Wednesday, November 20
Manhattan
6:30 p.m.
Kansas State University
vs
Oklahoma
K-State Begins Final Homestand Wednesday Night
Nov 19, 2019 | Volleyball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State begins its final homestand of the season Wednesday night, as the Wildcats are set to battle the Oklahoma Sooners at 6:30 p.m. at Ahearn Field House.
K-State (8-17, 3-10 Big 12) seeks to earn a season split with Oklahoma (16-8, 8-5 Big 12) after the Sooners took a five-set decision in Norman on October 16. In the match, the Cats set a program record with 119 digs, including 36 from freshman Dru Kuck.
Wednesday's match marks the final Wednesday Wildcat 4-Pack of the season, as fans can purchase four tickets with four $10 concession vouchers for just $38. The match is also Hometown Heroes Night, as K-State will honor its local first responders.
The match will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and available on the ESPN app. Fans can listen to Rob Voelker on the call on KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with free, live audio streaming at K-StateSports.com/watch.
MATCH #26
K-STATE (8-17, 3-10 BIG 12) vs. OKLAHOMA (16-8, 8-5 BIG 12)
Wednesday, November 20 // 6:30 p.m. // Ahearn Field House (5,000) // Manhattan, Kan.
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ // Brian Smoller, Liz Wegner-Busch
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Rob Voelker
Listen: K-StateSports.com/watch // Live Stats
Promotion: Hometown Heroes / Wednesday Wildcat 4-Pack // Buy Tickets
K-STATE AT A GLANCE
K-State (8-17, 3-10 Big 12) seeks to earn a season split with Oklahoma (16-8, 8-5 Big 12) after the Sooners took a five-set decision in Norman on October 16. In the match, the Cats set a program record with 119 digs, including 36 from freshman Dru Kuck.
Wednesday's match marks the final Wednesday Wildcat 4-Pack of the season, as fans can purchase four tickets with four $10 concession vouchers for just $38. The match is also Hometown Heroes Night, as K-State will honor its local first responders.
The match will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and available on the ESPN app. Fans can listen to Rob Voelker on the call on KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with free, live audio streaming at K-StateSports.com/watch.
MATCH #26
K-STATE (8-17, 3-10 BIG 12) vs. OKLAHOMA (16-8, 8-5 BIG 12)
Wednesday, November 20 // 6:30 p.m. // Ahearn Field House (5,000) // Manhattan, Kan.
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ // Brian Smoller, Liz Wegner-Busch
Radio: KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) // Rob Voelker
Listen: K-StateSports.com/watch // Live Stats
Promotion: Hometown Heroes / Wednesday Wildcat 4-Pack // Buy Tickets
K-STATE AT A GLANCE
- K-State returns to Ahearn Field House as it seeks a season split with Oklahoma Wednesday night.
- In its last match, K-State suffered a four-set road loss to Kansas in the season's second Dillons Sunflower Showdown Saturday.
- The loss to KU snapped the Wildcats' three-match winning streak against their in-state rivals and marked the first split in the Sunflower Showdown since 2014.
- Three Cats reached double-figure kills, paced by Brynn Carlson's 12 at a .308 clip.
- Anna Dixon and Peyton Williams each turned in 10 kills, with Williams hitting a team-high .421.
- In addition to leading K-State in hitting percentage, Williams also led the team in aces (3) and blocks (4).
- Dixon and Megan Vernon each added three block assists while Loren Hinkle had a match-best 12 digs.
- KU hit .314 as a team, led by Rachel Lang's .556 efficiency, picking up 13 kills.
- Langs, who also had a match-high seven blocks, led four Jayhawks in double-digit kills.
- The Cats fell to 3-6 in four-set matches this season matches and 6-10 when splitting the first two sets.
- Oklahoma (8-16, 8-5 Big 12) comes into Saturday's match in a third-place tie in the Big 12 standings.
- The Sooners are coming off a four-set road loss to Iowa State on Friday and have 3-3 in their last six matches overall.
- OU's offense is led by Ashlynn Dunbar, who ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 3.55 kills per set.
- Defensively, libero Keyton Kinley leads the league at 5.02 digs per set while Branna Kadiku (2nd, 1.30) and Sarah Sanders (6th, 1.07) rank in the top six in blocks per set.
- The Sooners boast the second-best opponent hitting percentage at .173 and lead the conference at 16.32 digs per set.
- OU, who had received votes in the two previous AVCA Top 25 polls, were picked sixth in the preseason Big 12 poll.
- Oklahoma leads the all-time series, 56-34-1, going back to 1975 after OU took the season's first matchup in five sets.
- The Sooners have won the last three in the series, their longest winning streak since 2012-13.
- K-State is 18-20 all-time at home against the Sooners and are 5-1 in the last six in Manhattan.
- K-State is 6-4 in the last 10 meetings overall.
- Head coach Suzie Fritz is 21-16 in her career against OU and 12-6 at home.
- K-State and Oklahoma met on Oct. 16 in Norman, with the Sooners taking a five-set battle in which they erased a two-set deficit.
- In the match, set a program record with 119 digs in the five-set match, led by Dru Kuck's career-high 36.
- Kuck's total marked the third highest in program history during the rally-scoring era, as five Wildcats set career highs in digs.
- Anna Dixon matched her career high with 21 kills while Gloria Mutiri added 13.
- Sarah Dixon produced her first 20-20 double-double with 43 assists and a career-high 20 digs.
- OU was led by Sarah Maras with 20 kills while hitting .373.
- Keyton Kinley recorded 30 digs.
- The loss was the first in which K-State held a 2-0 lead since 2017 (Texas).
- Through 25 matches, 19 of K-State's matches have gone at least four sets this season.
- Ten matches have gone the full five sets, matching the single-season record of 10 such matches (2017).
- K-State is 0-6 in three-set matches and has never finished a season winless in three-setters.
- The program record for three-set matches in a season is nine, which was set in 1986.
- Through the season's first 13 matches, the Wildcats did not play a three-set match, breaking the program record to begin a season.
- The Cats have also played nine four-set matches (3-6).
- The Cats played just three five-set matches a season ago - equaling the fewest such matches in a single season.
- Four Wildcats - Brynn Carlson, Anna Dixon, Gloria Mutiri, Peyton Williams - have each eclipsed 295 points this season.
- Carlson (308), Dixon (303.5) and Williams (303.0) have each broken the 300-point plateau.
- All four have registered at least 230 kills and average over 2.20 kills per set.
- No other Wildcat has over 100 kills.
- The four have accounted for 1,211 of K-State's 1,596 points this season (76 percent).
- They have also accounted for over 1,000 kills between them, 1,054 of the Cats' 1,287 (82 percent).
- It is the first time four Cats have recorded over 200 kills since the 2015 season.
- K-State is the only Big 12 team with four players with over 200 kills.
- Brynn Carlson and Peyton Williams were each named CoSIDA Academic All-District on Thursday.
- Carlson earned first-team honors while Williams garnered second-team accolades.
- The awards were the first in their respective careers and the first such honors earned by K-State since the 2016 season (Katie Brand, Kersten Kober).
- Redshirt junior Peyton Williams moved up to third in the Big 12 in hitting percentage (.319) after a team-high .421 efficiency at KU Saturday.
- Her career hitting percentage of .317 ranks fifth in program history during the rally-scoring era (since 2001).
- Williams has a career-high 13 matches this season with 10 or more kills, including a career-high 17 earlier this year against Central Arkansas (Sept. 7).
- The two-sport star led the Cats in hitting percentage, aces and blocks Saturday against the Jayhawks.
- The Topeka native now lead the team in service aces with 23 on the season while ranking second in total blocks (90) and blocks per set (0.87).
- K-State is 5-4 at home this season, with three wins coming at Bramlage Coliseum in its season-opening tournament.
- Fritz is 182-79 (.697) at home in her 19-year K-State career and is 103-67 (.606) at home in Big 12 play.
- K-State owns a 64-37 (.634) home record since 2011.
- Head coach Suzie Fritz is one win away from notching career victory No. 350 as coach of the Wildcats.
- Fritz would become just the third head coach in the history of the Big 12 to reach the landmark.
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