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The half-step that helped save KU's volleyball season

LAWRENCE — Ray Bechard and Cassie Wait lean forward, moving closer to the laptop to get a better view.

It’s Tuesday afternoon at Horejsi Center, two days before Kansas volleyball’s match against Nebraska in the Final Four, and the two are ready to relive the volley that got them to this point.

Wait — KU’s junior libero — admits to having already watched this clip more than 50 times, a 47-second back-and-forth in the Jayhawks’ five-set victory over No. 1 USC in the Elite Eight.

But here’s something you probably didn’t know: Bechard says USC only delivers one potential rally-ending hit in the entire sequence.