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Carter Hits Historic Mark, #11 Jayhawks Hold Off Wildcats
Nov 24, 2024 | Volleyball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State's Aliyah Carter became the second player in school history to reach 2,000 career points Sunday, however, 11th-ranked Kansas managed to outlast the Wildcats in the season's second Dillons Sunflower Showdown at Morgan Family Arena – 25-17, 23-25, 25-18, 28-26.
KU (23-3, 14-2 Big 12) owned a 64-59 edge in total kills, as the Jayhawks hit .269 with four players reaching 10 kills. The Jayhawks defense held K-State (10-15, 8-8 Big 12) to a .147 hitting percentage, forcing 30 errors, to extend its winning streak to eight over the Cats. KU's 60 kills were a season-high allowed by the Cats in a four-set contest.
Carter reached career point No. 2,000 in her 129th match in a Wildcat uniform, becoming the first player to reach the milestone in the rally-scoring era and second in program history. Carter is second only to K-State Hall of Fame Liz Wegner (1998-2001), who owns the record with 2,161 points.
The graduate outside hitter finished with a match-high 24 kills for her 26th career 20-kill outing along with 13 digs to complete her 33rd career double-double. Additionally, Aniya Clinton recorded her third straight match reaching double-digit kills (16).
Izzi Szulczewski turned in her team-leading 13th double-double of the season, as the senior setter dished out 44 assists to go with 14 digs and two service aces. Ella Larkin led all players with 24 digs while Molly Ramsey's 15 digs set a career high. Seven players contributed a block, including a team-best five from Meg Brown.
With her 11th match with 20 or more digs, Larkin moves to third in the single-season records. The Maize, Kansas product has eclipsed the 20-dig mark in seven of the last 10 contests.
Sunday's match marked the first meeting between the in-state rivals at Morgan Family Arena. K-State is 30-23 all-time when playing KU in Manhattan.
The Wildcats will head west down I-70 on Wednesday afternoon to take on Colorado in the first meeting between the two squads since 2010. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT at the CU Events Center. K-State will host No. 24 BYU Friday night at Morgan Family Arena and honor six players as part of its annual Senior Day celebration. Seniors include Meg Brown, Aliyah Carter, Liz Gregorski, Ella Larkin, Molly Ramsey and Izzi Szulczewski.
Tickets are available for the Wildcats' regular-season finale against the Cougars and can be purchased at 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…
"Incredible atmosphere today, I continue to be amazed with the support we get for our home matches. I love the way we battled in the second and fourth sets. We know we can play with that team from our earlier match, so I felt good going into today. We scouted them well and played with a lot of passion. It came down to making one more play to push it to the fifth set, which would've been exciting. Aliyah carried us for most of the match until Aniya got going and then they both took a lot of great swings to keep us in it."
On Carter's career milestone…
"Aliyah getting her 2,000th point is pretty special, I'm glad it happened at home where the crowd could see it and celebrate it with her. She's meant so much to this program the last five years, it's going to be tough to see her and the other seniors play their final match Friday."
SET-BY-SET
Set One – #11 KU 25, K-State 17
The two rivals went point-for-point until KU utilized a 6-1 scoring run to take a five-point lead, 15-10, at the media timeout. KU stretched its lead out to 18-11 and held on to run away with the initial set.
Behind four kills from Bien and Davis, the Jayhawks produced a .394 hitting percentage (15 kills, 2 errors), while out-blocking the Cats 4.0-2.0. K-State was forced into 10 attacking errors in the first set, hitting .041 with 12 kills.
Set Two– K-State 25, #11 KU 23
Trailing 7-3, K-State scored six consecutive points to take its first second of the match, highlighted by four kills from Carter. With back-to-back blocks from Carter, Brown, and Reagan Fox, K-State took an 18-17 lead and held on to pick up its lone set win.
Carter led all players with a match-high 11 kills in Set 2, hitting at a .381 kill with three errors. K-State held a .255-.208 advantage in kills production in the set.
Set Three – #11 KU 25, K-State 18
K-State dug itself an early 11-point hole at 11-0 with until a service error by Onabanjo ended the burst. Down 20-9, K-State managed to bring the score back within six, but KU was able to hold off the rally.
KU generated 16 kills in 35 swings with three errors (.371), with three players totaling four kills in the set while Clinton totaled five for K-State.
Set Four – #11 KU 28, K-State 26
With the help of three straight kills from Carter, K-State fought its way out of an eight-point deficit and bridged the gap to one before a block by Schmidt and Myers tied the set at 20-all. The Cats took the lead with a block assist from Carter and Schmidt.
After six tie scores, kills by London Davis and Ayah Elnady sealed the Jayhawks conference victory. Carter totaled seven kills in Set 4 for the Cats, while KU was led by six from Caroline Bien.
INSIDE THE BOX
KU (23-3, 14-2 Big 12) owned a 64-59 edge in total kills, as the Jayhawks hit .269 with four players reaching 10 kills. The Jayhawks defense held K-State (10-15, 8-8 Big 12) to a .147 hitting percentage, forcing 30 errors, to extend its winning streak to eight over the Cats. KU's 60 kills were a season-high allowed by the Cats in a four-set contest.
Carter reached career point No. 2,000 in her 129th match in a Wildcat uniform, becoming the first player to reach the milestone in the rally-scoring era and second in program history. Carter is second only to K-State Hall of Fame Liz Wegner (1998-2001), who owns the record with 2,161 points.
The graduate outside hitter finished with a match-high 24 kills for her 26th career 20-kill outing along with 13 digs to complete her 33rd career double-double. Additionally, Aniya Clinton recorded her third straight match reaching double-digit kills (16).
Izzi Szulczewski turned in her team-leading 13th double-double of the season, as the senior setter dished out 44 assists to go with 14 digs and two service aces. Ella Larkin led all players with 24 digs while Molly Ramsey's 15 digs set a career high. Seven players contributed a block, including a team-best five from Meg Brown.
With her 11th match with 20 or more digs, Larkin moves to third in the single-season records. The Maize, Kansas product has eclipsed the 20-dig mark in seven of the last 10 contests.
Sunday's match marked the first meeting between the in-state rivals at Morgan Family Arena. K-State is 30-23 all-time when playing KU in Manhattan.
The Wildcats will head west down I-70 on Wednesday afternoon to take on Colorado in the first meeting between the two squads since 2010. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT at the CU Events Center. K-State will host No. 24 BYU Friday night at Morgan Family Arena and honor six players as part of its annual Senior Day celebration. Seniors include Meg Brown, Aliyah Carter, Liz Gregorski, Ella Larkin, Molly Ramsey and Izzi Szulczewski.
Tickets are available for the Wildcats' regular-season finale against the Cougars and can be purchased at 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…
"Incredible atmosphere today, I continue to be amazed with the support we get for our home matches. I love the way we battled in the second and fourth sets. We know we can play with that team from our earlier match, so I felt good going into today. We scouted them well and played with a lot of passion. It came down to making one more play to push it to the fifth set, which would've been exciting. Aliyah carried us for most of the match until Aniya got going and then they both took a lot of great swings to keep us in it."
On Carter's career milestone…
"Aliyah getting her 2,000th point is pretty special, I'm glad it happened at home where the crowd could see it and celebrate it with her. She's meant so much to this program the last five years, it's going to be tough to see her and the other seniors play their final match Friday."
SET-BY-SET
Set One – #11 KU 25, K-State 17
The two rivals went point-for-point until KU utilized a 6-1 scoring run to take a five-point lead, 15-10, at the media timeout. KU stretched its lead out to 18-11 and held on to run away with the initial set.
Behind four kills from Bien and Davis, the Jayhawks produced a .394 hitting percentage (15 kills, 2 errors), while out-blocking the Cats 4.0-2.0. K-State was forced into 10 attacking errors in the first set, hitting .041 with 12 kills.
Set Two– K-State 25, #11 KU 23
Trailing 7-3, K-State scored six consecutive points to take its first second of the match, highlighted by four kills from Carter. With back-to-back blocks from Carter, Brown, and Reagan Fox, K-State took an 18-17 lead and held on to pick up its lone set win.
Carter led all players with a match-high 11 kills in Set 2, hitting at a .381 kill with three errors. K-State held a .255-.208 advantage in kills production in the set.
Set Three – #11 KU 25, K-State 18
K-State dug itself an early 11-point hole at 11-0 with until a service error by Onabanjo ended the burst. Down 20-9, K-State managed to bring the score back within six, but KU was able to hold off the rally.
KU generated 16 kills in 35 swings with three errors (.371), with three players totaling four kills in the set while Clinton totaled five for K-State.
Set Four – #11 KU 28, K-State 26
With the help of three straight kills from Carter, K-State fought its way out of an eight-point deficit and bridged the gap to one before a block by Schmidt and Myers tied the set at 20-all. The Cats took the lead with a block assist from Carter and Schmidt.
After six tie scores, kills by London Davis and Ayah Elnady sealed the Jayhawks conference victory. Carter totaled seven kills in Set 4 for the Cats, while KU was led by six from Caroline Bien.
INSIDE THE BOX
- KU won in four Sunday afternoon – 25-17, 23-25, 25-18, 28-26.
- KU led in kill production (64-59) and hit .269 with four players reaching 10 kills.
- K-State hit .147 (59 kills, 30 errors)
- KU's 60 kills were a season-high allowed by the Cats in a four-set contest.
- Carter produced a match-high 24 kills while Clinton added 16.
- Two players had double-doubles: Carter (24 kills, 13 digs), Szulczewski (44 assists, 14 digs).
- Larkin led all players with 24 digs while Ramsey's 15 digs set a career high.
- Seven players contributed a block, including a team-best five from Brown.
- Carter became the first Wildcat in the rally-scoring era to eclipse 2,000 career points and is second all-time only to Liz Wegner.
- Larkin moves to third in the single-season records with her 11th match with 20 or more digs.
- Szulczewski moves to seventh in the rally-scoring era records with 1,719 career assists.
- K-State leads the all-time series with KU, 67-62-1, dating back to 1974.
- With the win, KU extends its winning streak to eight over K-State – its second longest win streak of the series.
- K-State is 30-23 at home against KU and is 1-4 in the last five meetings in Manhattan.
- Head coach Jason Mansfield is 0-4 in his career against Kansas, while Sunday marked the first meeting at home.
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Team Stats
KU
KState
Kills
64
59
Errors
18
30
Attempts
171
197
Hitting %
.269
.147
Points
78.0
75.0
Assists
61
54
Aces
2
5
Blocks
12
11
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
24
Aces
1
Blocks
4
Kills
16
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
4
Aces
2
Blocks
2
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