Sunday, October 27
Ames, Iowa
12 p.m.
Kansas State University
at
Iowa State
Cats Face Cyclones Sunday on ESPN2
Oct 26, 2024 | Volleyball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State begins the second half of its Big 12 schedule Sunday, as the Wildcats take on Iowa State at Hilton Coliseum at noon for a nationally televised broadcast on ESPN2 in Ames, Iowa.
K-State (6-11, 4-4) has dropped the last two matches, both to top-25 teams (No. 8 KU and No. 21 Utah). Aliyah Carter produced 27 kills against the Utes Thursday night to set a four-set program record and move to second all-time in career kills.
Iowa State (9-9, 3-4 Big 12) is coming off a four-set loss to nationally ranked Kansas. The Cyclones took the third set to avoid the sweep at KU.
The Wildcats trail the all-time series with ISU 60-44, going 16-29 in Ames. Under head coach Jason Mansfield, K-State is 2-0, including a five-set comeback victory earlier this month to stretch the Cats win streak to five over the Cyclones.
K-State will return to Morgan Family Arena to host West Virginia (8-11, 2-6 Big 12) Thursday at 6:30 p.m., which can be seen on ESPN+.
Single match tickets for all Wildcat home matches are available through the K-State Athletics ticket office at 1-800-221-CATS and www.kstatesports.com/tickets, starting at just $10 when purchased in advance.
MATCH #18
K-STATE (6-11, 4-4 BIG 12) at IOWA STATE (9-9, 3-4 BIG 12)
Sunday, October 27 // 12 PM CT // James H. Hilton Coliseum
Live Stats // ESPN2
K-STATE AT A GLANCE
K-State (6-11, 4-4) has dropped the last two matches, both to top-25 teams (No. 8 KU and No. 21 Utah). Aliyah Carter produced 27 kills against the Utes Thursday night to set a four-set program record and move to second all-time in career kills.
Iowa State (9-9, 3-4 Big 12) is coming off a four-set loss to nationally ranked Kansas. The Cyclones took the third set to avoid the sweep at KU.
The Wildcats trail the all-time series with ISU 60-44, going 16-29 in Ames. Under head coach Jason Mansfield, K-State is 2-0, including a five-set comeback victory earlier this month to stretch the Cats win streak to five over the Cyclones.
K-State will return to Morgan Family Arena to host West Virginia (8-11, 2-6 Big 12) Thursday at 6:30 p.m., which can be seen on ESPN+.
Single match tickets for all Wildcat home matches are available through the K-State Athletics ticket office at 1-800-221-CATS and www.kstatesports.com/tickets, starting at just $10 when purchased in advance.
MATCH #18
K-STATE (6-11, 4-4 BIG 12) at IOWA STATE (9-9, 3-4 BIG 12)
Sunday, October 27 // 12 PM CT // James H. Hilton Coliseum
Live Stats // ESPN2
K-STATE AT A GLANCE
- K-State will close the season-series with Iowa State Sunday afternoon for a nationally televised broadcast on ESPN2.
- In their last outing, two Wildcats achieved career milestones in K-State's four-set loss to No. 21 Utah -25-21, 22-25, 24-26, 19-25.
- K-State (6-11, 4-4 Big 12) collected a season-best 68 kills (.289) against the Utes and held a 65-48 lead in dig production.
- Aliyah Carter, who matched a career-high 27 kills (.362), led all players in the match.
- Carter's 27 kills set the school record for kills in a four-set match during the rally-scoring era. The graduate outside hitter also produced her 28th career double-double with 11 digs.
- Izzi Szulczewski, who produced her fourth 50-assist match of the season, entered the night needing 51 to reach her 3,000th career assist. Szulczewski finished the night with a match-leading 51 assists and seven digs.
- The senior setter from Beaverton, Ore., achieved the milestone in the fourth and final set, becoming the 50th active Division I player to record 3,000 assists in their collegiate career.
- In addition to Carter, two Wildcats reached double-digit kills, as Shaylee Myers accounted for a season-high 17 kills and Aniya Clinton with 12.
- Defensively, Ella Larkin produced a match-high 22 digs – her fifth match with 20 or more digs – while Symone Sims added 10.
- The Cats and Utes were evenly matched with six blocks each. Meg Brown recorded four blocks (2 solo, 2 assists).
- Iowa State (9-9, 3-4 Big 12) after suffering a four-set defeat against nationally ranked KU.
- The Cyclones finished the match with a .164 team efficiency and held a 9.0-7.0 edge in total blocks.
- Four players average over two kills a set, now led by Maya Duckworth after Nayeli Gonzalez announced a season-ending injury.
- Duckworth leads the Cyclones with a 2.74 kills average and is hitting at a .217 efficiency, while Amiree Hendricks-Walker guides the offense that is hitting .377 along with 56 total blocks (0.79 per set).
- Defensively, Pam McCune's 1.16 blocks per set is fourth in the Conference and Brooke Sonestreet's 3.64 digs per set is eighth.
- ISU is 5-5 in its last 10 matches, hitting at a .227 clip in that time span. The Cyclones have produced nearly three kills better than opponents, with 14.12 kills per set against 11.57.
- ISU has played in only two three-set matches in their last 10 outings, sweeping past Montana State and Texas Tech.
- The Cyclones fell in four sets in the NCAA First Round in 2023 against Hawaii.
- K-State trails the all-time series with Iowa State 60-44, going back to 1976.
- The Cats are on a five-match winning streak, defeating the Cyclones in five-sets earlier this month.
- The two squads are 6-4 in in the last 10 meetings overall.
- The Wildcats are 16-29 on the road against ISU.
- The teams last played in Ames during the 2022 season, picking up a top 25 sweep over the Cyclones.
- Carter's 27 kills against No. 21 Utah set the school record for kills in a four-set match during the rally-scoring era.
- The graduate outside hitter also produced her 28th career double-double with 11 digs vs. the Utes.
- With her 22nd kill of the night, Carter moved to second all-time in career kills (1,652). She is just second to K-State Hall of Fame and two-time All-American Liz Wegner-Busch (1,907).
- The senior from Dubuque, Iowa, has turned in 98 matches with 10 or more kills, along with a team-leading 28 career double-doubles.
- After picking up her third 21-kill match of the season at Cincinnati, Carter ties third all-time with 20 matches posting 20 or more kills, ranking first in the rally-scoring era.
- She also stands alone as the rally-scoring era kills career average leader at 3.82.
- With the help of a three-match winning streak, K-State is 3-2 in its last five outings.
- K-State is averaging 13.25 kills per set during that time span, while hitting at a .216 clip.
- Carter leads the Wildcats with 4.08 kills per set while Gregorski is second at 2.94 kills per set during the stretch.
- Schmidt is hitting at a team-leading .387 over the last five matches, while totaling 32 blocks (1.33 per set) followed by Brown with 22 (0.92 per set).
- K-State is 4-4 in Conference play, that includes a three-match win streak from Oct. 5-13.
- Carter leads the offense with 3.94 kills per set at a .180 hitting efficiency with 16 blocks.
- K-State is second in the league in digs per set (16.29) in Big 12 play led by 4.53 from Ella Larkin, who is fourth in the league.
- During Conference play, the Cats have totaled 78 blocks this season (2.29), which is third in the league. Schmidt and Williams lead K-State at the net, both averaging over one per match.
- The Wildcats are 6-1 when hitting a higher efficiency and 4-5 when producing more kills than their opponents.
- Additionally, the Cats are 4-1 when they have limited their opponents to a hitting efficiency under .200.
- K-State has out-blocked opponents in six matches going 5-1, while the win over Cincinnati marked the first victory when trailing in blocks (1-9).
- The Cats are 5-7 overall when leading in digs.
- K-State 3-6 (2-2 Big 12) when playing on the road this season and 2-4 after dropping a five-setter at KU last week.
- On the road, the Wildcats are hitting .200 with opponents hitting at a .214 efficiency.
- Larkin guides the defense with 4.47 digs per set while Schmidt has totaled 49 blocks (1.11 per set) with a team-leading .379 hitting percentage.
- Carter averages 4.00 kills per set (.180) to lead the offense.
- The Cats have served up 41 aces with Gregorski and Sims both accounting for 11 of those.
- Szulczewski averages 9.89 assists per set on the road with 24 total blocks and four service aces.
- K-State is 457-437-2 all-time when playing on the road, and 236-296 in true road matches.
- As a team, K-State is the Big 12 leader in digs per set (16.63) and has led in digs in 12 of 17 matches this season, dropping four matches when trailing in digs.
- The Wildcats are fifth in the league with a rate of 2.25 blocks per set, totaling 151 overall, and are third in conference games alone (2.29).
- K-State has held its opponents under a .200 hitting efficiency in five matches this season, going 4-1.
- K-State accumulated 100 digs in a five-setter against UC Davis (Aug. 31), marking the first 100-dig match since 2019.
- K-State generated season-high 21.0 blocks led by 11 from Schmidt, who is the first Cat to produce 11 since 2016 (Bryna Vogel v. Ohio State).
- K-State's 21.0 total blocks is the highest block production since Sept. 19, 2014, against Michigan (23.5), while it marks the sixth time in school history K-State reached 21.0 blocks in a five-setter.
- KU (17-1) remains the only undefeated team in Conference games with a perfect 8-0 league record.
- Arizona State (20-2, 8-1 Big 12) ranks second in the league followed by Utah (16-3, 6-2 Big 12).
- Six schools were ranked in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll following week one action – No. 9 KU, No. 13 Arizona State, No. 18 TCU, tied-No. 21 Utah, tied-No. 21 Baylor, and No. 23 BYU.
- TCU's Melanie Parra (offensive), Houston's Kate Georgiades (defensive) and Arizona's Avery Scoggins (rookie) earned weekly league volleyball accolades for their play during week eight.
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