NCAA Women
January 2, 2024
Our holiday hiatus is over, but volleyball didn’t care.
Not even on January 1, when the rest of the sports world was focused on football.
No, on Monday the 2022 Big Ten player of the year and a first-team VolleyballMag.com All-American, Taylor Landfair, said she was transferring to Nebraska.
It comes on the heels of a season in which Landfair and her team struggled and the 6-foot-5 outside hitter saw her stats drop considerably. More on Landfair and others making moves follows.
Since our last report there were coaching hires, conference moves by the Pac-2, and a disturbing story about Idaho volleyball by the Orange County Register.
Rush hour in the transfer portal
Landfair is headed to Nebraska, a team that lost in the NCAA national title match to Texas with no seniors. There were four outside hitters on that roster, including VBM second-team All-American freshman Harper Murray, juniors Ally Batenhorst and Lindsay Krause, and sophomore Hayden Kubik, who has entered the portal herself.
In 2022, Landfair had 479 kills (4.35/set) and hit .257 to go with 25 aces and 72 blocks. This past season, she had 361 kills in three more sets played…
