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Myers’ Record-Breaking Night Powers Cats’ Five-Set Victory
Oct 01, 2025 | Volleyball
MORGANTOWN, W.V. – Senior Shaylee Myers' record-breaking 34 kills highlighted K-State's five-set victory (25-21, 25-23, 22-25, 25-27, 20-18) over West Virginia, as the Wildcats rallied to secure their first Big 12 win of the season Wednesday night at WVU Coliseum.
A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, Myers became the first player in the rally-scoring era to reach 34 kills in a single match and only the fourth in program history to achieve the milestone, joining K-State greats Dawn Cady, Kathy Saxton, and Liz Wegner-Busch.
K-State (8-3, 1-2 Big 12) battled back from a six-point deficit in a decisive fifth set to extend its win streak over WVU to six, dating back to 2022. The Wildcats have now taken nine of the last 10 matches against the Mountaineers (12-2, 0-2 Big 12), that includes six consectutive victories in Morgantown.
Myers and Aniya Clinton combined for 59 of the Wildcats' 77 kills, with Myers leading all players with 34. Myers' performance not only marked the most kills by any Big 12 player in a single match this season but also made her one of just two players in the league to record a 30-kill match.
Additionally, Myers is now the second player in school history to total 39.5 or more points in a match, setting a rally-scoring era record. She also matched the program-record for service aces in a five-set match, becoming the fifth player in the rally scoring era to tally five in a five-set match.
Clinton added 25 kills, matching her career high, as Wednesday's match marked the first time this season that two Wildcats each recorded 20 or more kills in the same contest. Setter Ava LeGrand dished out a career-high 59 assists and added 14 digs to turn in her fourth double-double of the season, while Symone Sims led all players with 20 digs.
FROM THE CATS
JASON MANSFIELD, K-STATE HEAD COACH
Overall comments…
"Such a gritty performance by the girls tonight, so proud of their fight. I thought we made enough plays to win the first and second, but we couldn't really slow them down at the net the whole night and it caught up with us in the third and fourth sets. To be down 5-0 to start the fifth is obviously not ideal but to be able to chip away and switch only down 8-6 was huge. From there I thought we played such good volleyball, so steady and aggressive."
On LeGrand and Sims performances…
"Ava [LeGrand] ran a great offense tonight, so many good choices and she located extremely well. Symone [Sims] controlled our serve-receive so well all night, especially early. She has been flying around on defense too these last couple of matches and we needed all of her 20 digs tonight."
On Myers and Clinton's career-nights…
"Shaylee and Aniya were exceptional tonight. For them both to take 64 swings each and attack that efficiently is unreal but 34 kills by Shaylee and setting the single-match record is special. The fact that she hit .453 is crazy but that's what she's capable of, hopefully this gives her a bunch of confidence moving forward."
SET-BY-SET
Set 1 – K-State 25, WVU 21
K-State faces Cincinnati (9-3, 1-1 Big 12) on Friday at 5:30 p.m. CT at Fifth Third Avenue before returning home for matchups against Iowa State (October 8) and Texas Tech (October 10) at Morgan Family Arena.
Single-match 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.
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A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, Myers became the first player in the rally-scoring era to reach 34 kills in a single match and only the fourth in program history to achieve the milestone, joining K-State greats Dawn Cady, Kathy Saxton, and Liz Wegner-Busch.
K-State (8-3, 1-2 Big 12) battled back from a six-point deficit in a decisive fifth set to extend its win streak over WVU to six, dating back to 2022. The Wildcats have now taken nine of the last 10 matches against the Mountaineers (12-2, 0-2 Big 12), that includes six consectutive victories in Morgantown.
Myers and Aniya Clinton combined for 59 of the Wildcats' 77 kills, with Myers leading all players with 34. Myers' performance not only marked the most kills by any Big 12 player in a single match this season but also made her one of just two players in the league to record a 30-kill match.
Additionally, Myers is now the second player in school history to total 39.5 or more points in a match, setting a rally-scoring era record. She also matched the program-record for service aces in a five-set match, becoming the fifth player in the rally scoring era to tally five in a five-set match.
Clinton added 25 kills, matching her career high, as Wednesday's match marked the first time this season that two Wildcats each recorded 20 or more kills in the same contest. Setter Ava LeGrand dished out a career-high 59 assists and added 14 digs to turn in her fourth double-double of the season, while Symone Sims led all players with 20 digs.
FROM THE CATS
JASON MANSFIELD, K-STATE HEAD COACH
Overall comments…
"Such a gritty performance by the girls tonight, so proud of their fight. I thought we made enough plays to win the first and second, but we couldn't really slow them down at the net the whole night and it caught up with us in the third and fourth sets. To be down 5-0 to start the fifth is obviously not ideal but to be able to chip away and switch only down 8-6 was huge. From there I thought we played such good volleyball, so steady and aggressive."
On LeGrand and Sims performances…
"Ava [LeGrand] ran a great offense tonight, so many good choices and she located extremely well. Symone [Sims] controlled our serve-receive so well all night, especially early. She has been flying around on defense too these last couple of matches and we needed all of her 20 digs tonight."
On Myers and Clinton's career-nights…
"Shaylee and Aniya were exceptional tonight. For them both to take 64 swings each and attack that efficiently is unreal but 34 kills by Shaylee and setting the single-match record is special. The fact that she hit .453 is crazy but that's what she's capable of, hopefully this gives her a bunch of confidence moving forward."
SET-BY-SET
Set 1 – K-State 25, WVU 21
- Down 20-18 after a 5-2 run from WVU, K-State scored four consecutive points to take back the lead and put together a 7-1 closing run to take the set.
- K-State took Set 1 behind 18 kills and a .317 hitting percentage (5 errors, 41 attempts), led by eight kills from Myers.
- Myers hit at an incredible .727 efficiency with all three service aces in the set.
- WVU out-blocked K-State 2.0-0.0 in Set 1, while the Wildcats produced an 19-13 advantage in dig production.
- The first set featured nine tie scores and five lead changes.
- The Mountaineers overcame an early six-point deficit, 10-4, and knotted the score at 22-all to force a timeout from K-State.
- Tied 23-23, back-to-back kills from Clinton and Myers handed the Cats the set victory.
- K-State hit .326 in Set 2 (20 kills, 6 errors), while WVU produced a team effiecny of .235 (13 kills, 5 errors).
- After nine tie scores, WVU pieced a 5-2 closing run to force Set 4.
- The Mountaineers hit .379 (17 kills, 6 errors), their best efficiency of the night, while the Cats were held to a .280 hitting percentage with 12 kills and five errors.
- WVU scored six straight points to start off the fourth set and force a timeout from the Wildcats.
- Highlighted by four service aces, including two consecutive from Myers, the Wildcats rallied to bridge the gap to one before tying the set 13-13 with Myers 27th kill of the match.
- After back-and-forth, K-State fended off set-point as a call was overturned tying the set at 24-24.
- K-State erased the Mountaineers' 6-0 lead and tied the set 8-8 before Clinton connected on a pass from Symone Sims for her 23rd kill of the night to hand the Wildcats their first lead of the set.
- Tied 18-18, the eighth tie score of the set, Myers and LeGrand recorded two consecutive kills to secure the win.
- The Wildcats held a 12-8 edge in kills production, led by six kills from Myers.
- K-State defeated West Virginia in five – 25-21, 25-23, 22-25, 25-27, 20-18.
- Myers totaled a record-breaking 34 kills and 39.5 points, finishing the day with nine digs and a match-leading and career-best five service aces. She hit at a .453 efficiency with just five errors on 64 swings.
- K-State collected a season-high 77 kills and hit .280 with 26 errors.
- The Cats had 9-3 advantage in service aces, that included three from freshman Emerson Van Lannen.
- LeGrand dished out a career-high 59 assists and added 14 digs for her fourth double-double of the year.
- Both squads were evenly matched in digs (65), while Sims led with a match-high 20.
- WVU out-blocked the Cats, 11.0-6.0, that included six from Maddy McGath.
- Clinton also reached double-figure kills, totaling 25 on 64 attempts with eight errors.
- Cadence Lundgren totaled three blocks followed by Jordyn Williams with two.
- K-State turned in 15 or more kills in three sets, including a season-high 20 in Set 2.
- WVU had two players eclipse the 20-kill mark: Nina Horning (24) and Cassidy Tanton (23).
- The Mountaineers had three players register double-doubles.
- In total, Wednesday's matchup had 41 tie scores and 21 lead changes.
- Myers' 34-kill performance not only marked the most kills by any Big 12 player in a single match this season. She is one of just two players in the league to record a 30-kill match.
- Myers became the first player in the rally-scoring era to reach 34 kills in a single match and only the fourth in program history to achieve the milestone, joining K-State greats Dawn Cady, Kathy Saxton, and Liz Wegner.
- She is now the second player in school history to total 39.5 or more points in a match, setting a rally-scoring era record.
- Myers also matched the program-record for service aces in a five-set match, becoming the fifth player in the rally scoring era to tally five in a five-set match.
- Wednesday's match marked the first time this season that two Wildcats each recorded 20 or more kills in the same contest.
- Wednesday's match marks the 26th meeting between the Wildcats and Mountaineers with K-State leading the all-time series 18-8.
- In Morgantown, the Wildcats lead the series 10-4 that includes a six-match winning streak.
- The Wildcats are 9-1 in the last 10 matchups, after stretching their winning streak to six with the victory.
- Myers turned in her eighth consecutive match with 10 or more kills, while it marked her first career match eclipsing the 30-kill mark.
- K-State is 2-0 in five-set matches in 2025.
- Myers recorded her 700th career kill. She is 269 kills from joining the Wildcats 1,000-kill club.
K-State faces Cincinnati (9-3, 1-1 Big 12) on Friday at 5:30 p.m. CT at Fifth Third Avenue before returning home for matchups against Iowa State (October 8) and Texas Tech (October 10) at Morgan Family Arena.
Single-match 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.
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How to follow the Cats: For complete information on the K-State Volleyball, visit www.kstatesports.com and follow the team's social media channels on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and Facebook.
Team Stats
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Kills
77
74
Errors
26
20
Attempts
182
173
Hitting %
.280
.312
Points
92.0
88.0
Assists
74
73
Aces
9
3
Blocks
6
11
Game Leaders
Kills
34
Aces
5
Blocks
1
Kills
25
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
5
Aces
1
Blocks
1
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