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Brown Reaches Career Milestone in Loss to No. 17 Baylor
Nov 13, 2024 | Volleyball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State senior Meg Brown achieved her 400th career block in the Wildcats three-set loss to No. 17 Baylor at Morgan Family Arena Wednesday – 21-25, 25-22, 25-18.
Brown, a senior from Santa Ana, California, entered the night needing just one block to reach the milestone and tallied her 400th in the first set. She finished the night with two block assists. With her 334 blocks from Pepperdine, Brown has totaled 401 in her collegiate career.
Baylor (18-6, 10-3 Big 12) stretched its win streak to eight, as the Bears defense limited K-State (9-13, 7-6 Big 12) to a .200 hitting efficiency with nine blocks. Two players eclipsed the 10-plus kill mark for the Bears led by Elise McGhee with 15 and Allie Sczech with 11.
Aliyah Carter, who turned in her 11th consecutive match with 10 or more kills, reached the 10-kill mark with a team-leading 14. Shaylee Myers added 11 followed by Aniya Clinton with nine, while Izzi Szulczewski and Ava LeGrand combined for 33 assists.
Defensively, senior Ella Larkin totaled 13 digs for the Cats followed by Symone Sims with seven. Jordyn Williams, who made her first appearance since October 10, had a team-best three blocks (one solo, two assists).
K-State will face No. 18 TCU on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Morgan Family Arena. The match will be broadcast on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.
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
On Shaylee Myers's impressive playing …
"She just continues to try to be aggressive, and I just love how aggressive she's been the last couple of matches. She's one of those players that is fearless and at moments that a lot of people kind of tip and get a little tentative and I think that's the big thing."
On what coaches did to get the team back on track in the second set…
"We focused on just trying to stay positive. We knew that we had not played our best, and so we're a couple plays away from really turning it around in any given set. There are lots of plays up to that point that we know we can make. We just have to be present and, again, stay aggressive and be in the moment. But we got to go for it. We can't be tentative."
On what the things that need to be improved for TCU's game…
"It's tough. I mean, there are a lot of little things. Defensively, we can be better as blockers. I thought we were scrambling. It's a good offensive team with a lot of really good arms, and that'll be true against TCU, which is a really good, athletic team. So yeah, I think we have to try to touch more balls than the net and try to slow them down. And then offensively, we must continue to pass so we can run offense. So, I think there's a lot of positive things from tonight. We just have to do it more often and be more consistent."
SET-BY-SET
Set One – #17 Baylor 25, K-State 21
After back-and-forth action, Baylor led 13-11 until K-State scored four straight points to take a two-point lead. Tied 18-18, the Bears used a 7-3 closing run to put the first set away.
Baylor hit at a .385 clip (19 kills, 4 errors), behind a set-best six kills from Sczech. Myers led the Wildcats with five kills followed by Carter with four.
Set Two – #17 Baylor 25, K-State 22
Down 9-5, a kill from Myers and block assist by Clinton and Williams helped K-State close the gap.
Baylor stretched its lead out to seven, 21-14, before the Wildcats put together a 5-1 scoring run to bring the score within three and force a timeout from the Bears.
The Wildcats fought off set-point twice behind serves from Molly Ramsey, but a kill from Kendal Murphy held off the rally.
Set Three – K-State 00, #17 Baylor
A call was overturned in favor of K-State to even the score at 12-all with a kill from Carter. Tied at 14-14, Baylor took advantage of a 7-0 scoring run to run away with the match.
INSIDE THE BOX
Brown, a senior from Santa Ana, California, entered the night needing just one block to reach the milestone and tallied her 400th in the first set. She finished the night with two block assists. With her 334 blocks from Pepperdine, Brown has totaled 401 in her collegiate career.
Baylor (18-6, 10-3 Big 12) stretched its win streak to eight, as the Bears defense limited K-State (9-13, 7-6 Big 12) to a .200 hitting efficiency with nine blocks. Two players eclipsed the 10-plus kill mark for the Bears led by Elise McGhee with 15 and Allie Sczech with 11.
Aliyah Carter, who turned in her 11th consecutive match with 10 or more kills, reached the 10-kill mark with a team-leading 14. Shaylee Myers added 11 followed by Aniya Clinton with nine, while Izzi Szulczewski and Ava LeGrand combined for 33 assists.
Defensively, senior Ella Larkin totaled 13 digs for the Cats followed by Symone Sims with seven. Jordyn Williams, who made her first appearance since October 10, had a team-best three blocks (one solo, two assists).
K-State will face No. 18 TCU on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Morgan Family Arena. The match will be broadcast on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.
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
On Shaylee Myers's impressive playing …
"She just continues to try to be aggressive, and I just love how aggressive she's been the last couple of matches. She's one of those players that is fearless and at moments that a lot of people kind of tip and get a little tentative and I think that's the big thing."
On what coaches did to get the team back on track in the second set…
"We focused on just trying to stay positive. We knew that we had not played our best, and so we're a couple plays away from really turning it around in any given set. There are lots of plays up to that point that we know we can make. We just have to be present and, again, stay aggressive and be in the moment. But we got to go for it. We can't be tentative."
On what the things that need to be improved for TCU's game…
"It's tough. I mean, there are a lot of little things. Defensively, we can be better as blockers. I thought we were scrambling. It's a good offensive team with a lot of really good arms, and that'll be true against TCU, which is a really good, athletic team. So yeah, I think we have to try to touch more balls than the net and try to slow them down. And then offensively, we must continue to pass so we can run offense. So, I think there's a lot of positive things from tonight. We just have to do it more often and be more consistent."
SET-BY-SET
Set One – #17 Baylor 25, K-State 21
After back-and-forth action, Baylor led 13-11 until K-State scored four straight points to take a two-point lead. Tied 18-18, the Bears used a 7-3 closing run to put the first set away.
Baylor hit at a .385 clip (19 kills, 4 errors), behind a set-best six kills from Sczech. Myers led the Wildcats with five kills followed by Carter with four.
Set Two – #17 Baylor 25, K-State 22
Down 9-5, a kill from Myers and block assist by Clinton and Williams helped K-State close the gap.
Baylor stretched its lead out to seven, 21-14, before the Wildcats put together a 5-1 scoring run to bring the score within three and force a timeout from the Bears.
The Wildcats fought off set-point twice behind serves from Molly Ramsey, but a kill from Kendal Murphy held off the rally.
Set Three – K-State 00, #17 Baylor
A call was overturned in favor of K-State to even the score at 12-all with a kill from Carter. Tied at 14-14, Baylor took advantage of a 7-0 scoring run to run away with the match.
INSIDE THE BOX
- Baylor swept past K-State – 25-21, 25-22, 25-18.
- BU hit at a .327 clip (46 kills, 12 errors, 104 swings)
- K-State was held to a .200 hitting efficiency (39 kills, 16 errors, 115 attempts.
- Two Wildcats reached the 10-kill mark: Carter (14) and Myers (11).
- Szulczewski had 17 assists followed closely by LeGrand with 16.
- BU out-blocked K-State 9.0-6.0 with a 50-41 advantage in dig production.
- Larkin was the only Cat to record over 10 digs (13).
- Williams led with three blocks (1 solo, 2 assists).
- K-State leads the all-time series 30-29, since the series began in 1993.
- The Cats are 17-12 when playing at home against the Bears, with their last home victory coming 2016.
- This season, K-State is 0-7 against nationally ranked opponents and are 5-12 all-time under Mansfield.
- Mansfield is 1-2 against the Bears.
- With the loss, K-State moves to seventh in the Big 12 standings.
- Jordan Williams returned to the court for the first time since October 10 (vs. Cincinnati).
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Team Stats
Baylor
KState
Kills
46
39
Errors
12
16
Attempts
104
115
Hitting %
.327
.200
Points
62.0
47.0
Assists
45
37
Aces
7
2
Blocks
9
6
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
14
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
1
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