Kansas State University Athletics
Tuesday, September 12
Manhattan, Kan.
6 p.m.
Kansas State University
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Carlson, Cats Tame Roos Tuesday Night
Sep 12, 2017 | Volleyball
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MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State recovered from a 25-21 opening-set loss Tuesday night by taking the following three sets, 25-11, 25-18, 25-18, from UMKC at Ahearn Field House for its first home victory of the season.
K-State (5-5) was led by a trio of hitters – Brynn Carlson, Bryna Vogel and Kylee Zumach – that hit .400 or better in the match while the Wildcat defense forced UMKC (4-6) into 21 attacking errors over the match's final three sets. Carlson, a freshman outside hitter, led all players with a career-high 15 kills on 30 swings (3 errors).
"No, I had no idea," said Carlson of her new career-high output. "We're just playing to win every point individually and focus on the next point and eventually win the game. That's something that isn't all that important in the scheme of things."
"We had three outside hitters hit over .400 - that's a really good night for them," said head coach Suzie Fritz after the match. "Brynn Carlson had a nice night. Kylee Zumach had a nice night. Bryna Vogel – all three of those attackers. Any time you can get an outside hitter hitting over .300, you're feeling pretty good. So, to hit over .400 is pretty special."
K-State had a 25-kill advantage over the Kangaroos (59-34) that paired with a +20 edge in total assists (52-32). Over the final three sets, UMKC had 22 kills but 21 attack errors for a .011 team hitting percentage in that span. The Cats finished with a .233 efficiency while UMKC was limited to .071.
"That's a great defensive effort, no matter who is on the other side of the net," added Fritz. "I think we caught some breaks, they lost (some) personnel throughout the match to injury, but we had a pretty good idea they wanted to utilize their middles if they were in good and perfect pass. We were able to serve them into some medium pass situations and not have to contend with their high-percentage middles as much. But when they were there, I thought we responded to it well – we got some bodies in front of it, we got some hands in front of it. We were slowing some people down at the net. So that was a pretty good defensive effort for us."
Despite registering four more kills in the first set, K-State was out-hit by UMKC .242-.174. The Roos recorded four team blocks that ignited a 7-1 run midway through the frame, breaking a 9-9 tie and handing UMKC a 16-10 lead. The Cats immediately responded with a six-point spurt of their own to level the score but the Roos closed the set by scoring five of the final seven points to claim game one.
"We were not ready to go to work," Fritz said of K-State in the opening set. "Thankfully, they figured out that they were going to have to find another level and they were able to. Once you start that way, it's hard to find another gear. But, thankfully, I thought starting game two, we started working our way into some things and getting some stops on defense, the momentum started to shift and we started to play significantly better."
"We had a conversation as a team," Carlson said of the team's slow start. "We said, 'hey, we had a slow start and that's something that's in the past and we just need to go onto the next three sets and play together and really play for each other.'"
The Cats never trailed in sets two and three and an 11-2 run early in the second set sparked a dominant 25-11 win. UMKC committed more attacking errors (11) than it had kills (8) while K-State hit over .300 as a team in the frame.
A stretch of nine straight points behind the serve of junior Brooke Smith handed the Cats a 15-5 lead. Smith recorded three consecutive aces in that span and finished with a match-best four aces. Outside hitter Alyssa Schultejans, who finished with 11 kills in the match, led the Wildcat offense with four kills in the third game.
The fourth set was Zumach's turn to drive the Wildcat offense, as she killed six balls on nine swings without an error. The redshirt junior from Buffalo, Minnesota, had 10 kills on 22 swings without a single hitting error on the night (.455). With the score tied 6-6, K-State scored seven of the next nine points for a five-point cushion – a lead the Cats would grow to a seven-point set win.
Vogel, a senior opposite, had nine kills with one error (20 attempts) for a .400 efficiency. The Clearwater, Kansas, native matched libero Reilly Killen's match-high dig total of 14. Setter Sarah Dixon had 10 digs along with 25 assists for her third double-double of the year.
Vogel and middle blocker Peyton Williams each tallied three blocks, as six different Wildcats recorded at least one block in the match.
K-State travels north to Omaha for its final non-conference action at the Omaha Challenge held at Baxter Arena. The Cats will meet Omaha Thursday at 7 p.m., before finishing the weekend with Nebraska on Friday and Northern Iowa on Saturday. All three matches can be heard on KMAN 1350 AM and K-StateSports.com.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State recovered from a 25-21 opening-set loss Tuesday night by taking the following three sets, 25-11, 25-18, 25-18, from UMKC at Ahearn Field House for its first home victory of the season.
K-State (5-5) was led by a trio of hitters – Brynn Carlson, Bryna Vogel and Kylee Zumach – that hit .400 or better in the match while the Wildcat defense forced UMKC (4-6) into 21 attacking errors over the match's final three sets. Carlson, a freshman outside hitter, led all players with a career-high 15 kills on 30 swings (3 errors).
"No, I had no idea," said Carlson of her new career-high output. "We're just playing to win every point individually and focus on the next point and eventually win the game. That's something that isn't all that important in the scheme of things."
"We had three outside hitters hit over .400 - that's a really good night for them," said head coach Suzie Fritz after the match. "Brynn Carlson had a nice night. Kylee Zumach had a nice night. Bryna Vogel – all three of those attackers. Any time you can get an outside hitter hitting over .300, you're feeling pretty good. So, to hit over .400 is pretty special."
K-State had a 25-kill advantage over the Kangaroos (59-34) that paired with a +20 edge in total assists (52-32). Over the final three sets, UMKC had 22 kills but 21 attack errors for a .011 team hitting percentage in that span. The Cats finished with a .233 efficiency while UMKC was limited to .071.
"That's a great defensive effort, no matter who is on the other side of the net," added Fritz. "I think we caught some breaks, they lost (some) personnel throughout the match to injury, but we had a pretty good idea they wanted to utilize their middles if they were in good and perfect pass. We were able to serve them into some medium pass situations and not have to contend with their high-percentage middles as much. But when they were there, I thought we responded to it well – we got some bodies in front of it, we got some hands in front of it. We were slowing some people down at the net. So that was a pretty good defensive effort for us."
Despite registering four more kills in the first set, K-State was out-hit by UMKC .242-.174. The Roos recorded four team blocks that ignited a 7-1 run midway through the frame, breaking a 9-9 tie and handing UMKC a 16-10 lead. The Cats immediately responded with a six-point spurt of their own to level the score but the Roos closed the set by scoring five of the final seven points to claim game one.
"We were not ready to go to work," Fritz said of K-State in the opening set. "Thankfully, they figured out that they were going to have to find another level and they were able to. Once you start that way, it's hard to find another gear. But, thankfully, I thought starting game two, we started working our way into some things and getting some stops on defense, the momentum started to shift and we started to play significantly better."
"We had a conversation as a team," Carlson said of the team's slow start. "We said, 'hey, we had a slow start and that's something that's in the past and we just need to go onto the next three sets and play together and really play for each other.'"
The Cats never trailed in sets two and three and an 11-2 run early in the second set sparked a dominant 25-11 win. UMKC committed more attacking errors (11) than it had kills (8) while K-State hit over .300 as a team in the frame.
A stretch of nine straight points behind the serve of junior Brooke Smith handed the Cats a 15-5 lead. Smith recorded three consecutive aces in that span and finished with a match-best four aces. Outside hitter Alyssa Schultejans, who finished with 11 kills in the match, led the Wildcat offense with four kills in the third game.
The fourth set was Zumach's turn to drive the Wildcat offense, as she killed six balls on nine swings without an error. The redshirt junior from Buffalo, Minnesota, had 10 kills on 22 swings without a single hitting error on the night (.455). With the score tied 6-6, K-State scored seven of the next nine points for a five-point cushion – a lead the Cats would grow to a seven-point set win.
Vogel, a senior opposite, had nine kills with one error (20 attempts) for a .400 efficiency. The Clearwater, Kansas, native matched libero Reilly Killen's match-high dig total of 14. Setter Sarah Dixon had 10 digs along with 25 assists for her third double-double of the year.
Vogel and middle blocker Peyton Williams each tallied three blocks, as six different Wildcats recorded at least one block in the match.
K-State travels north to Omaha for its final non-conference action at the Omaha Challenge held at Baxter Arena. The Cats will meet Omaha Thursday at 7 p.m., before finishing the weekend with Nebraska on Friday and Northern Iowa on Saturday. All three matches can be heard on KMAN 1350 AM and K-StateSports.com.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- K-State posted a .233 attacking percentage while holding UMKC to a.071 hitting efficiency.
- Carlson led all players with a career-high 15 kills. Schultejans ended with 11 and Zumach added 10.
- Dixon recorded her third double-double of her career with 25 assists and 10 digs.
- Vogel hit .400 (9k-1e-20ta) and added 14 digs and three blocks.
- The Wildcats had a 59-34 edge in total kills and 52-32 advantage in team assists.
- K-State's 60 digs were a seasoan-best in a four-set match.
- K-State had seven service aces in the match – four from Smith and three from Zumach.
- As a team, K-State has had seven or more aces in each of the last four matches.
- Smith has registered three or more aces in three of the last four matches. Zumach's three aces matches her career high.
- K-State now leads the all-time series with UMKC, 31-3, and extends its winning streak to 29 matches against the Roos – its longest streak against any single opponent.
- Head coach Suzie Fritz is now 64-0 when holding opponents below a .100 hitting percentage.
- Redshirt junior defensive specialist Devan Fairfield had nine digs, moving over 400 digs in her Wildcat career.
- The victory was K-State's first home win of the season after starting 0-3 at home for the first time in program history.
Team Stats
UMKC
KSU
Kills
34
59
Errors
25
25
Attempts
126
146
Hitting %
.071
.233
Points
48.0
72.0
Assists
32
52
Aces
2
7
Blocks
12.0
6.0
Game Leaders
Kills
15
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
10
Aces
3
Blocks
2
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
3
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