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Red Raiders Hand Wildcats Four-Set Loss Thursday
Oct 03, 2024 | Volleyball
LUBBOCK, Texas – K-State's Ella Larkin recorded her 1,000th career dig and three players turned in a double-doubles, but Texas Tech handed the Wildcats a four-set defeat Thursday night at United Supermarkets Arena, 25-18, 25-21, 18-25, 25-15.
Larkin, a senior from Maize, Kan., entered the night needing 11 digs to reach the milestone and tallied the magic number in the third set. She ended the night with a team-high 17 digs, totaling 189 in her first season at K-State. With her 817 total digs from LSU, Larkin has totaled 1,006 in her collegiate career.
Liz Gregorski produced career-high 21 kills – her third consecutive match with double digit kills – while adding 14 digs for her first career double-double. A native of Appleton, Wis., Gregorski hit .318 on the night and had 10 kills through Set 2 on her way to becoming just the second Wildcat to reach the 20-kill mark this season.
For the second consecutive match, Izzi Szulczewski and Ava LeGrand both notched double-doubles. Szulczewski added 14 digs with 27 assists for her team-leading sixth double-double of the season with two aces, while Legrand registered hers with 18 assists and 12 digs.
In its first Big 12 victory of the season, Texas Tech (9-6, 1-2 Big 12) hit .295 in racking up 50 kills while limiting K-State (3-9, 1-2 Big 12) to a .191 hitting percentage behind 10 blocks.
The Wildcats held a 59-50 edge in kill production with a 74-60 advantage in digs, but 30 attack errors proved to be the difference maker, as TTU out-blocked the Cats 10.0-4.0. Aliyah Carter finished with 16 kills while Jordyn Williams hit .333 in tallying eight kills.
Two players reached double figure kills for the Red Raiders with Mia Wesley (14) and Brynn Williams (13). Wesley added a match-high 19 digs to complete the double-double while Aliyah McDonald totaled five blocks (two solo, three assists).
In total, Thursday's match had 10 lead changes and 16 tie scores.
The Wildcats return to Morgan Family Arena to take on rival Iowa State (8-5, 2-0 Big 12) on Saturday at 4 p.m. CT and can be seen on ESPN+.
Tickets are available for all K-State home matches 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.
FROM THE CATS
Jason Mansfield, K-State Head Coach
Overall thoughts…
"Congrats to Texas Tech. They are a veteran team, and they played like it with making very few errors tonight. I thought we had a good week of practice and prep for this match but making 10 attacking errors in the first set was not the start we wanted. The second set wasn't much better with nine, but I thought we battled. I was happy with the girl's response in the third set and thought we played really aggressive and clean volleyball. We unfortunately didn't carry that momentum into the fourth set and got outplayed. We have a very short turnaround to play a good Iowa State team, hopefully we learn and move on quickly to compete better on Saturday."
On Gregorki's career night…
"Really proud of how Liz has responded to playing six rotations these last two matches. She is aggressive and keeping the ball high to give herself a chance to score. This is why we recruited her and were so excited to have her in our program, I'm really happy for her that she's playing so well, she deserves it with how hard she has worked."
SET-BY-SET
Set One – Texas Tech 25, K-State 18
The two squads went back-and-forth until Tech took hold of a seven-point lead, 18-11, highlighted by four kills from Williams. K-State snapped the run with a kill by Carter but was responded with a kill from McDonald to help take the initial set.
TTU's defense held K-State to a .075 hitting percentage with a pair of blocks and 17 digs. Carter and Gregorski both turned in four kills while Szulczewski served up two service aces in the first.
Set Two – Texas Tech 25, K-State 21
Behind three serves from Correa, TTU opened with a 4-1 scoring run until K-State closed the gap to one with swings from Schmidt and Gregorski. K-State rallied for a 5-1 scoring run for the 12-10 lead – its second of the night.
Tied 20-20, the Red Raiders pieced together a 5-1 closing run with the help of kills by McDonald and Cochran. TTU hit at a .244 clip while K-State produced a .125 hitting percentage and held a 14-11 edge in kill production.
Set Three – K-State 25, Texas Tech 18
The Wildcats bounced back in the third, taking a 21-11 lead, behind a 13-4 scoring run that included five kills from Gregorski.
As a team, K-State hit .429 in the third led by eight kills from Gregorski followed by Carter (5) and Williams (4).
Set Four – Texas Tech 25, K-State 15
Tech opened with an 11-3 scoring to force a timeout from K-State. The Red Raiders stretched their lead out to 20-7 to put the match away, finishing the set with a .444 hitting efficiency .
INSIDE THE BOX
Larkin, a senior from Maize, Kan., entered the night needing 11 digs to reach the milestone and tallied the magic number in the third set. She ended the night with a team-high 17 digs, totaling 189 in her first season at K-State. With her 817 total digs from LSU, Larkin has totaled 1,006 in her collegiate career.
Liz Gregorski produced career-high 21 kills – her third consecutive match with double digit kills – while adding 14 digs for her first career double-double. A native of Appleton, Wis., Gregorski hit .318 on the night and had 10 kills through Set 2 on her way to becoming just the second Wildcat to reach the 20-kill mark this season.
For the second consecutive match, Izzi Szulczewski and Ava LeGrand both notched double-doubles. Szulczewski added 14 digs with 27 assists for her team-leading sixth double-double of the season with two aces, while Legrand registered hers with 18 assists and 12 digs.
In its first Big 12 victory of the season, Texas Tech (9-6, 1-2 Big 12) hit .295 in racking up 50 kills while limiting K-State (3-9, 1-2 Big 12) to a .191 hitting percentage behind 10 blocks.
The Wildcats held a 59-50 edge in kill production with a 74-60 advantage in digs, but 30 attack errors proved to be the difference maker, as TTU out-blocked the Cats 10.0-4.0. Aliyah Carter finished with 16 kills while Jordyn Williams hit .333 in tallying eight kills.
Two players reached double figure kills for the Red Raiders with Mia Wesley (14) and Brynn Williams (13). Wesley added a match-high 19 digs to complete the double-double while Aliyah McDonald totaled five blocks (two solo, three assists).
In total, Thursday's match had 10 lead changes and 16 tie scores.
The Wildcats return to Morgan Family Arena to take on rival Iowa State (8-5, 2-0 Big 12) on Saturday at 4 p.m. CT and can be seen on ESPN+.
Tickets are available for all K-State home matches 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.
FROM THE CATS
Jason Mansfield, K-State Head Coach
Overall thoughts…
"Congrats to Texas Tech. They are a veteran team, and they played like it with making very few errors tonight. I thought we had a good week of practice and prep for this match but making 10 attacking errors in the first set was not the start we wanted. The second set wasn't much better with nine, but I thought we battled. I was happy with the girl's response in the third set and thought we played really aggressive and clean volleyball. We unfortunately didn't carry that momentum into the fourth set and got outplayed. We have a very short turnaround to play a good Iowa State team, hopefully we learn and move on quickly to compete better on Saturday."
On Gregorki's career night…
"Really proud of how Liz has responded to playing six rotations these last two matches. She is aggressive and keeping the ball high to give herself a chance to score. This is why we recruited her and were so excited to have her in our program, I'm really happy for her that she's playing so well, she deserves it with how hard she has worked."
SET-BY-SET
Set One – Texas Tech 25, K-State 18
The two squads went back-and-forth until Tech took hold of a seven-point lead, 18-11, highlighted by four kills from Williams. K-State snapped the run with a kill by Carter but was responded with a kill from McDonald to help take the initial set.
TTU's defense held K-State to a .075 hitting percentage with a pair of blocks and 17 digs. Carter and Gregorski both turned in four kills while Szulczewski served up two service aces in the first.
Set Two – Texas Tech 25, K-State 21
Behind three serves from Correa, TTU opened with a 4-1 scoring run until K-State closed the gap to one with swings from Schmidt and Gregorski. K-State rallied for a 5-1 scoring run for the 12-10 lead – its second of the night.
Tied 20-20, the Red Raiders pieced together a 5-1 closing run with the help of kills by McDonald and Cochran. TTU hit at a .244 clip while K-State produced a .125 hitting percentage and held a 14-11 edge in kill production.
Set Three – K-State 25, Texas Tech 18
The Wildcats bounced back in the third, taking a 21-11 lead, behind a 13-4 scoring run that included five kills from Gregorski.
As a team, K-State hit .429 in the third led by eight kills from Gregorski followed by Carter (5) and Williams (4).
Set Four – Texas Tech 25, K-State 15
Tech opened with an 11-3 scoring to force a timeout from K-State. The Red Raiders stretched their lead out to 20-7 to put the match away, finishing the set with a .444 hitting efficiency .
INSIDE THE BOX
- Texas Tech handed the Wildcats a four-set defeat – 25-18, 25-21, 18-25, 25-15.
- Four players turned in 10 or more digs: Larkin (17), Gregorski (14), Szulczewski (14), LeGrand (12).
- Gregorski had a career-high 21 kills – her third consecutive match with double digit kills – and hit .318 while adding 14 digs for her first career double-double.
- Two players had double-doubles: Szulczewski (27 assists, 14 digs), LeGrand (18 assists, 12 digs).
- Carter finished with 16 kills while Jordyn Williams hit .333 in tallying eight kills.
- TTU hit .295 (50 kills, 9 errors, 139 swings) while limiting K-State to a .191 (59 kills, 30 errors, 152 attempts).
- K-State held a 59-50 edge in kill production with a 74-60 advantage in digs.
- TTU out-blocked the Cats 10.0-4.0.
- Two players reached double figure kills for Tech: Wesley (14) and Williams (13).
- Wesley added a match-high 19 digs to complete the double-double while McDonald totaled five blocks (two solo, three assists).
- In total, there were 10 lead changes and 16 tie scores.
- K-State leads the all-time series 45-16, with a 17-11 edge in Lubbock. The Cats are 11-7 in four-set matches against TTU and own a 2-1 record under head coach Jason Mansfield.
- The Wildcats move to 1-5 on the road this year, including a 0-3 record in true road matches.
- Larkin achieved her 1,000th career dig, totals overall in her collegiate career (189, K-State; 817, LSU).
- K-State is 1-4 this season in four-set matches.
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Team Stats
KState
TTU
Kills
59
50
Errors
30
9
Attempts
152
139
Hitting %
.191
.295
Points
67.0
66.0
Assists
51
43
Aces
4
6
Blocks
4
10
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
21
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
16
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
2
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