Saturday, November 23
Manhattan
3 p.m.
Kansas State University
vs
Baylor
K-State Hosts No. 3 Baylor on Senior Day
Nov 22, 2019 | Volleyball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State will play host to No. 3 Baylor Saturday, as the Wildcats will honor their senior class following the 3 p.m. match at Ahearn Field House.
K-State (8-18, 3-11 Big 12) will conduct a post-match ceremony to celebrate seniors Sarah Dixon and Mckenzi Weber along with redshirt junior Peyton Williams. Brooke Heyne, who medically retired prior to the 2019 season, will also be recognized in addition to managers Makenzie Holcomb and Avery Noel.
Baylor (22-1, 12-1 Big 12) has won six consecutive matches following a five-set home victory over top-ranked Texas on Wednesday night. The Bears mark the fourth top-five opponent the Cats will face this season.
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 #27
K-STATE (8-18, 3-11 BIG 12) vs. #3 BAYLOR (22-1, 12-1 BIG 12)
Saturday, November 22 // 3 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: Senior Day // Buy Tickets
K-STATE AT A GLANCE
K-State (8-18, 3-11 Big 12) will conduct a post-match ceremony to celebrate seniors Sarah Dixon and Mckenzi Weber along with redshirt junior Peyton Williams. Brooke Heyne, who medically retired prior to the 2019 season, will also be recognized in addition to managers Makenzie Holcomb and Avery Noel.
Baylor (22-1, 12-1 Big 12) has won six consecutive matches following a five-set home victory over top-ranked Texas on Wednesday night. The Bears mark the fourth top-five opponent the Cats will face this season.
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 #27
K-STATE (8-18, 3-11 BIG 12) vs. #3 BAYLOR (22-1, 12-1 BIG 12)
Saturday, November 22 // 3 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: Senior Day // Buy Tickets
K-STATE AT A GLANCE
- K-State is prepped for its home finale Saturday, as the Wildcats take on third-ranked Baylor on Senior Day.
- K-State will honor its senior class in Sarah Dixon, Mckenzi Weber and Peyton Williams following the match against the Bears.
- In its last outing, K-State fell in three-sets to Oklahoma on Wednesday at Ahearn Field House.
- Gloria Mutiri put down 10 kills while hitting a career-high .533 to lead the Cats.
- Brynn Carlson picked up seven kills and Anna Dixon registered six at a .250 clip.
- K-State picked up 10 team blocks, led by Williams' seven.
- Carlson and Megan Vernon each finished with three block assists.
- Loren Hinkle led the back row with 11 digs while Holly Bonde added six.
- OU hit .298 and got 16 kills from Ashlynn Dunbar (.314) in the win.
- The Sooners held a 42-31 edge in total kills while limiting the Cats to a .119 hitting percentage.
- Oklahoma pushed its winning streak to four matches against the Wildcats, taking the last two season series.
- The Cats fell to 0-7 in three-set matches this season and dropped their fourth consecutive match overall.
- Baylor (22-1, 12-1 Big 12) enters Saturday as the nation's third ranked team while coming off a five-set home win over No. 1 Texas Wednesday night.
- The Bears are led by national player of the year candidate Yossiana Pressley, who ranks second in the country with 5.63 kills per set.
- BU is the Big 12 leader in kills per set (14.49) and assists per set (13.61) while ranking second in offensive efficiency at .288.
- Senior Shelly Stafford is the league leader with her .366 hitting percentage.
- Baylor opened the season on a 16-match winning streak before a three-set loss to the Longhorns.
- Since, BU has rattled of six consecutive victories.
- K-State leads the all-time series 29-29, dating back to 1993.
- Baylor has taken the last two matchups, including a straight-set win on Oct. 5 in Waco.
- The Cats are 17-7 at home vs. the Bears but have dropped the last two in Manhattan.
- K-State is 4-6 in the last 10 meetings and have split the last 10 at Ahearn Field House.
- BU has claimed four of the last five matches in the series and six of the last eight.
- Head coach Suzie Fritz is 22-15 in her career against Baylor and 13-5 at home.
- K-State and Baylor met on Oct. 5 in Waco, as the then-No. 1 Bears claimed a three-set victory.
- In the match, the Cats limited the BU offense to a .240 hitting percentage - at the time, its lowest output of the season.
- K-State picked up 11.0 team blocks on the day, getting eight from Megan Vernon and apiece from Anna Dixon and Gloria Mutiri.
- Dixon led the Wildcats' offense with 10 kills.
- Brynn Carlson turned in seven kills and Mutiri added six.
- Pressley hit just .209 in the match, finishing with 20 kills on 45 swings.
- Baylor marks the fourth to-five opponent K-State will face this season (0-3).
- K-State last defeated a top-10 opponent at home on Nov. 15, 2003 - upsetting No. 10 Nebraska in four sets.
- The Wildcats went 2-2 against ranked teams a season ago, picking up wins over then-No. 24 Baylor and No. 22 Kansas in consecutive matches.
- Against top-five foes, K-State is a combined 2-72 (.027) in its history.
- K-State is 7-118 (.056) all-time against teams ranked in the nation's top 10.
- The Wildcats last defeated a top-five team in 2011, when they ousted No. 2 Nebraska in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Lincoln.
- K-State last defeated a top-10 team on Aug. 27, 2016 when it defeated No. 6 Hawaii in four sets.
- Since 2014, K-State is 3-28 (.097) against teams ranked in the AVCA Top 25.
- Four Wildcats - Brynn Carlson, Anna Dixon, Gloria Mutiri, Peyton Williams - have each eclipsed 300 points this season.
- Carlson (316.5), Dixon (310.5), Williams (308.0) and Mutiri (307.5) mark the only quartet in the Big 12 with 300 or more points.
- No other conference foe has more than two players with 300+ points.
- All four have registered at least 230 kills and average over 2.15 kills per set.
- The four have accounted for 1,242.5 of K-State's 1,639 points this season (76 percent).
- They have also accounted for 1,078 of the Cats' 1,318 (82 percent).
- It is the first time four Cats have recorded over 200 kills since the 2015 season.
- On Thursday, seven Wildcats were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
- Brynn Carlson, Sarah Dixon and Mckenzi Weber each produced 4.0 GPAs, as they accounted for three of the seven perfect GPAs in the league.
- Additionally, Carlson and Peyton Williams were each named CoSIDA Academic All-District last week.
- Since 2015, 46 Cats have received Academic All-Big 12 accolades, including 41 first-time selections.
- 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).
- K-State's five five-set victories this season are its highest total since the 2014 season (6).
- The Wildcats' match on Oct. 23 against KU marked the second time this season in which K-State battled back from an 0-2 hole to win in five sets (Clemson on Sept. 5).
- The Cats' two wins this season when trailing by two sets equal the program's single-season record, as the Cats have done so twice in 2003, 2008 and 2014.
- K-State has never erased a two-set deficit to win three times in one season.
- K-State has just 11 victories when trailing 0-2 in the Fritz era (since 2001).
- Redshirt junior Peyton Williams moved to sixth in the Big 12 in hitting percentage (.309) after a team-high .421 efficiency at KU Saturday.
- Her career hitting percentage of .313 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 is now tied for the team lead in service aces with 23 while ranking second in total blocks (97) and blocks per set (0.91).
- She has led or tied for the team lead in blocks in each of the last five matches - a season-long streak.
- Freshman Anna Dixon has registered double-digit kills in last 13 of the last 16 matches, including a season-long streak of 12 from Sept. 20-Nov. 2.
- She has led the Cats in kills in eight of the last 12 outings.
- Dixon produced back-to-back matches with 21 kills - her first two 20-kill performances of her career - against Oklahoma and Kansas earlier this season.
- Her 25-point night (21 kills, 3 aces, 2 block assists) vs. KU is a season high by any Wildcat this season
- Dixon ranks seventh in the Big 12 in conference-only matches with 3.23 kills per set and eighth with 3.65 points her set.
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