Wildcats Host Red Raiders on Senior Night

MANHATTAN, Kan. – In the home finale of the 2022 season, Kansas State faces Texas Tech in the last week of Big 12 match-play Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum for senior night.

K-State (14-13, 5-9 Big 12) looks to snap a two-match slide after falling to TCU in four sets Saturday in Fort Worth.

Kayde Fernholz and Sydney Bolding had incredible performances as Fernholz collected a career-high 14 kills and Bolding recorded a career-best 10 blocks. Fernholz added six blocks while Bolding went for 11 kills and her first double-double of the season.

Junior Mackenzie Morris posted a match-best 19-dig night. Senior Loren Hinkle inked 47 assists, three kills and two aces as senior Elena Baka clinched her ninth double-double of the season, collecting 13 kills (.114) and ten digs.

Texas Tech (15-12, 4-10 Big 12) cut an eight-match losing streak on Saturday after sweeping West Virginia at home. The Red Raiders' only road conference win was at West Virginia on Sept. 24.

The Wildcats lead the all-time series 42-15 and are 4-1 in the last five matchups in the series after dropping to TTU earlier this season. The Cats are 23-3 all-time at home versus Texas Tech while head coach Suzie Fritz is 34-9 in her career against the Red Raiders.

Wednesday's match will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and the ESPN app. Fans can also listen to Rob Voelker on News Radio KMAN (93.3FM) with online audio available at K-StateSports.com/watch and the K-State Sports app.

MATCH #28
K-STATE (14-12, 5-9 BIG 12) vs TEXAS TECH (15-12, 4-10 BIG 12)
Wednesday, November 22 // 6:30 p.m. // Bramlage Coliseum // Manhattan, Kansas
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ // ESPN app
Radio: News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM) // Rob Voelker
Listen: K-StateSports.com/watch // 1350KMAN.com
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K-STATE AT A GLANCE

K-State and TCU meet for the second time this season and the first time in Fort Worth.
The Wildcats are coming their third-straight loss, falling in four sets at TCU.
K-State swung at a .253 pace with 56 kills.
Fernholz led the Wildcats on 14 kills (.414) and 18 points.
She added six blocks, including two solo.
Baka and Bolding followed with 13 and 11 kills.
Bolding inked 17.5 points with seven blocks and an ace.
Baka claimed her ninth double-double (13 kills, 10 digs).
Carter donned ten kills and seven digs for the Cats.
Hinkle collected 47 assists and added two aces.
She posted eight digs.
Morris led both teams with 19 digs.
K-State sits third in the Big 12 with a 2.56 per set average in blocks, 13.96 digs per set, and 16.70 average points.
The Cats lead the conference with 1.69 average aces after collecting four against the Horned Frogs.
The nine three-set wins is the most by the Wildcats since they collected 12 during the 2015 season.
K-State is 12-1 when holding opponents to below .200 hitting percentage, with the only loss coming Saturday at TCU.

SCOUTING TEXAS TECH

Texas Tech (15-12, 4-10) enters Wednesday in eighth place in the Big 12 standings.
The Red Raiders are coming off a home sweep of West Virginia Saturday, which cut an eight-match slide.
Texas Tech is 3-7 on the road and 1-6 in away conference matches with the only win against WVU.
Kenna Sauer led TTU with ten kills and six digs, claiming second in the conference with 3.99 kills per set for the season.
Reagan Cooper followed with seven kills (.700) as Brooke Kanas collected six (.364).
Karrington Jones tallied five blocks while Reese Rhodes donned 30 assists and seven digs.
Roads ranks third in the league with 10.57 assists per set as Maddie O'Brien's 0.43 aces per set holds second for TTU.
Texas Tech leads the Big 12 Conference with 14.63 digs per set, led by Maddie Correa with 322 on the season.
She was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Sept 6.
The Red Raiders hold third place in the league with 12.04 average assists and 13.06 average kills.
TTU is last in the conference with 12.99 opponent kills per set and 11.89 opponent assists per set.

INSIDE THE SERIES

K-State holds a 42-15 lead in the all-time series with Texas Tech, dating back to 1982.
The Wildcats are 23-3 at home versus Texas Tech while head coach Suzie Fritz is 34-9 in her 22-year career against the Red Raiders.
The Cats have split the season series with TTU 10 times in the series history.
K-State snapped a five-match winning streak against Texas Tech after getting swept in Lubbock earlier this season.
K-State last went to Lubbock during the 2020 season, claiming both matches at United Supermarkets Arena during an adjust schedule (playing same opponent on consecutive days in one location).

HOME SWEET HOME

K-State began its home schedule 4-0 for the first time since 2018.
In 11 home matches this season, the Wildcats are hitting .224 while limiting opponents to a .193 team efficiency.
Myers is averaging 4.04 kills per set and hitting .338 at home while Bolding is hitting .358 with 2.00 kills per set.
The Cats have served up 79 aces at home, with Bolding accounting for 20 of them and 18 coming from Hinkle.
Opponents racked up just 56 service aces at home against the Wildcats.
K-State is 35-13 (.729) in matches played at Bramlage Coliseum and head coach Suzie Fritz has a career home record of 200-91 over her 22-year career.

FEELIN ACE-Y

K-State has racked up 172 service aces, the most in a single season since 2007 (225).
This ranks first in the Big 12 and 99th in the NCAA.
The team's 1.69 average also leads the conference and is 63rd nationally.
Sydney Bolding sits third in the conference with 38 total aces and ranks fifth with a 0.38 average.
Bolding has nine matches with multiple aces and has equaled her career high of four aces four times.
Loren Hinkle recently moved into second on the team and fifth in the league with 32 aces, two away from tying her single-season record of 34 (2021).
The senior collected eight consecutive matches recording at least one ace and has two aces in each of the last four matches.
Elena Baka holds ninth in the Big 12 at 29 aces.
Hinkle and Baka's 0.34 and 0.28 average aces post sixth and tenth in the conference rankings.
Six times the Cats have eclipsed the 10-ace mark, including in back-to-back matches at the UCF Challenge with 11 against Syracuse and a season-high 12 vs. North Florida.
The 12 aces were the most in a three-set match since the 2007 season and were tied for fourth-most in the rally-scoring era.
It was the first time K-State produced back-to-back matches with at least 10 aces since 2007.
Last season, K-State finished with 10 or more aces just twice.
Additionally, the six matches with 10 or more aces are the most since a rally-scoring-record seven matches in 2007.

DIGS FOR DAYS

K-State is one of the top passing teams in the Big 12, ranking third with 13.96 digs per set (1424 total).
The team accumulated a season-high 72 digs in three different matches – vs Creighton (9/17), at Oklahoma (10/19) and at Iowa State (11/04).
The Wildcats' dig totals versus Creighton and Iowa State are second and third in total for Big 12 four-set matches.
Junior libero Mackenzie Morris leads K-State with 455 digs.
Her average of 4.46 per set ranks second in the Big 12 and 66th nationally.
Morris set a career-high 29 digs at Oklahoma (10/19), counting as the fourth-highest single-match dig total in the league this season.
She has carded at least 15 digs in seven of her last eight matches.
The Dallas native owns 18 career matches with at least 20 digs, as she now has sole possession of third place in program history.
Loren Hinkle is just shy of 900 career digs, needing 41 to reach the mark.
Aliyah Carter sits at the 468-career dig mark – 25 away from reaching 500.

GOING BOLDING

Senior middle blocker Sydney Bolding has been a hit for the Wildcats, averaging 2.00 kills per set.
Her 1.31 blocks per set is second-best in the Big 12 and ranks 31st nationally while her total (130) sits third in the conference and 46th in the NCAA.
The senior's hitting .330 hitting percentage tops the Wildcats for the season.
Bolding four times has produced four aces this season, including four coming in the first set alone against St. Thomas.
The four aces matched a career-high, as she has nine matches with multiple aces this season (two such matches last season).
She pass the record for a K-State middle blocker in the rally-scoring era with 38 aces, making her the leading middle in aces.
She was named to the Rambler Challenge All-Tournament Team, her second all-tournament team selection after also being voted to the K-State Invitational All-Tournament Team.
Bolding notched a career-high 14 kills on Nov. 11 against the Cyclones (.414) and collected a career-best 10 blocks against TCU Saturday.
The Pickens, South Carolina, product has eclipsed double figure kills ten times this season and recorded her first double-double against the Horned Frogs (11 kills, 10 blocks).
Bolding has hit .350 or better 14 times, including a career-best .588 at Rice.
She has over 300 career kills and 200 career blocks in her two years at K-State.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

K-State has won the opening set in 17 of 27 outings to begin the campaign, going 11-6 in those matches.
The Wildcats are 12-2 when hitting at a higher hitting percentage and 11-3 when producing more kills than their opponents.
Additionally, the Cats are 12-1 when they have limited their opponents to a hitting efficiency under .200.
The Wildcats' 3-0 over Kansas City (Sept. 14) marked the 200th sweep under head coach Suzie Fritz.
Fritz collected her 200th career home win against Missouri on Sept. 7 and is eight away from her 400th career win at the helm of the Wildcats.
She claimed the 200th Big 12 win in her career on Nov. 10 against West Virginia.
Currently, the Big 12 has the top RPI (rating percentage index) conference in the country with an average RPI of .6026, ahead of the Big 10 in second at .5972.

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Players Mentioned

Sydney Bolding

Aliyah Carter

Loren Hinkle

Mackenzie Morris

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