OMAHA, Neb. - Facing one of their toughest opponents of the season, the Mavericks were defeated 3-0 by Kansas to close out the Omaha Invite presented by Sarpy County Tourism.

Omaha is now 0-2 to begin the season and falls to 2-10 all-time against the 2-0 Jayhawks.

Set by Set: (16-25, 21-25, 13-25)

• Initially coming out to a 4-0 lead in the first, the Mavericks wound up being outscored 25-12 in the remainder of the set. While Shayla McCormick and Kali Jurgensmeier each picked up four kills in the set, the team's 11 combined attack and service errors prevented Omaha from coming up with the win.
• Morgan DeBow started off set two for Omaha with her first kill of the season, followed by McKenna Ruch's first block of the day. Amanda Hardt also had another impressive set in her young career, racking up five kills including three in a row for Omaha to get them within four points of Kansas later in the set. It was not enough to fully get the Mavericks back in it, however, as the Jayhawks held on to take a 2-0 lead.
• Like many times over the weekend, the Mavericks came out strong at the beginning of the set, with rookie Emily Huss getting her first career block to give Omaha a 4-2 lead. Brynlee Arnold later recorded her first kill of the season on a tower blast from the right side to make it 7-7. The Jayhawks, though, began to quickly pull away, going up 18-13, before scoring seven unanswered to close out the match.

Inside the Box Score

• With six more kills and two more blocks tonight, Hardt ends her first week of action with 13 kills and four blocks.
• Jurgensmeier and McCormick again led Omaha in total kills with eight and seven, respectively. The two are now tied for the team lead with 20 kills each.
• In her new role as the team's libero, Rachel Fairbanks has 14 digs through the first two matches, putting her in second on the team behind Erica Fava with 15.

Up Next
The Mavericks will be a part of history next week when they head to Lincoln, Nebraska to take on the No. 5 Huskers in Memorial Stadium on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The match is projected to not only become the most attended volleyball match in history, but the most attended women's sporting event of all-time with a crowd of nearly 91,000 expected.