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Volleyball Hosts No. 8 Kansas Saturday

by Jenna VanHoose
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The Matchup

  • UCF hosts No. 8 Kansas on Saturday at 1 p.m. in The Venue and the first 500 fans will recieve a Knights Claw Clip.
  • This will be the first time since 2019 that the Jayhawks visit the Knights in The Venue.
  • Kansas leads the league with a .320 hitting percentage along with 2.69 blocks per set.
  • The Knights average 13.40 kills per set and limit their opponents to just 10.54 assists per set to rank No. 3 in the Big 12.

Scouting Kansas

  • The Jayhawks enter the matchup 15-1 on the season and are 6-0 in Big 12 play.
  • Head coach Ray Bechard is in his 27th season with Kansas and boasts a 386-309 record with the Jayhawks.
  • Toyosi Onabanjo leads the Jayhawks and the Big 12 in hitting percentage with a .466 clip.
  • Camryn Turner runs the offense and leads the Big 12 with 11.31 assists per set.

Kuehl with the kill

  • Alexia Kuehl leads the Knights with .425 hitting percentage and is ranked No. 4 in the Big 12.
  • The middle blocker has tallied the fourth-most kills on the team with 120 to go along with 37 blocks this season.
  • A transfer from Colorado, where she spent the last four seasons, decided to move back to Florida for her last year.

Road Warriors

  • The Knights started their season with three weekends on the road.
  • UCF traveled to Virginia and North Carolina, along with two weekends on the road in Florida.
  • It marked the first time since the 2017 season that the Knights played their first three weekends away from The Venue.

Double-Trouble Trio

  • Three Knights have recorded double-doubles this season led by Avah Armour and Abby Schomers with three each, followed by Emily Wilson with two.
  • Schomers and Armour each produced a double-double in the first match of the season against Virginia Tech.
  • Schomers dished out 40 assists and 10 digs while Armour recorded 16 kills and 10 digs.
  • Wilson earned her first double-double of the season in the first matchup against Nevada (9/19) tallying 21 kills and 10 digs.

Year Two in the Big 12

  • The Knights ended their inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference with a 17-12 overall record and 8-10 in conference play.
  • With the addition of four new members into the Big 12, the Knights will host Colorado for the first time since 2003, Utah (1996) and travel to Arizona and Arizona State for the first time in program history.

Milestone Watch

  • Chloe Scheer has recorded 1,387 digs in her career at UCF, which ranks fifth in the individual career records.
  • The Murrieta, California, native currently has 128 aces, the ninth most in program history.

Knight in Shining Armour

  • Headlined by nine matches with double digits in kills along with a career-high 18 kills at Stetson (9/5), Avah Armour leads the Black and Gold with 149 kills.
  • Armour recorded her first double-double this season in the season opener against Virginia Tech (8/31).
  • The Colorado native’s 18 kills at Stetson rank in the top five in the Big 12 for kills in a three-set match.

Knights In The Rankings

  • Four players are currently ranked in the top 10 of the Big 12 rankings.
  • Chloe Scheer is third in the conference, averaging 4.42 digs per set.
  • Scheer is sixth with 252 total digs.
  • Abby Schomers slides in at No. 9 with 9.46 assists per set.
  • Avah Armour has tallied 9.77 attacks per set which ranks seventh in the Big 12.
  • Alexia Kuehl ranks fourth in the Big 12, hitting a .425 clip.