K-State Starts Five-Match Road Trip at #20 Baylor Wednesday

MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State will begin a five-match road trip Wednesday night, as the Wildcats face No. 20 Baylor at 7 p.m. at Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas. The Wildcats continue their time in the Lone Star State and head to Fort Worth to take on No. 11 TCU on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

The Wildcats (10-4, 3-3 Big 12) head into Week 4 of league action at No. 9 in the Big 12 standings, while TCU (14-3, 4-1 Big 12) is No. 3 and Baylor (9-6, 4-3 Big 12) is No. 8.

MATCH #15
K-STATE (10-4, 3-3 BIG 12) at #20 BAYLOR (9-6, 4-3 BIG 12)
Wednesday, October 15 // 7 PM CT // Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Live Stats // ESPN+

MATCH #16
K-STATE (10-4, 3-3 BIG 12) at #11 TCU (14-3, 4-1 BIG 12)
Friday, October 17 // 6:30 PM CT // Schollmaier Arena (Fort Worth, Texas)
Live Stats // ESPN+

FOLLOW THE CATS

Both Big 12 matchups will broadcast on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.
Live stat links can be found on the K-State volleyball schedule page on kstatesports.com, while fans can find live game updates all season long on the Wildcats social media pages (@KStateVB).
Single-match tickets for all home matches can be purchased by contacting the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS, visiting kstatesports.com/tickets or at the Morgan Family Arena ticket booth.

A WEDNESDAY WIN WOULD…

Hand the Wildcats their second victory over a Top 25 team, while it would be the first in Big 12 play.
Mark the eighth win over a ranked opponent under head coach Jason Mansfield. K-State currently is 7-14 against Top 25 teams in the Mansfield era.
Be the Bears fourth consecutive loss.
Mark the first victory against Baylor since 2023.

K-STATE AT A GLANCE

The 2025 Wildcats (10-4, 3-3 Big 12) swept past Texas Tech Friday night to register their 10^th win of the season, becoming the fastest team to get to 10 victories under Mansfield – first team to reach 10 wins in 14 matches since 2021.
K-State swept their opponent for the first time since September 12 after a 3-0 victory over Northern Colorado.
Four of the Cats five next five matches are against teams featured in the latest AVCA Coaches Top 25 poll.
Junior libero/defensive specialist Symone Sims recorded her 500^th career dig last week in a five-set thriller against Iowa State. The Texas native now boasts 520 career digs.
Two-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week Shaylee Myers is nine kills short of reaching the 800 career kill mark and 20 points from recording No. 1,000.
LeGrand leads the 2025 roster with six double-doubles on the year. She has registered a double-double in five of the last seven matches.

SCOUTING #20 BAYLOR

The No. 20 Bears (9-6, 4-3 Big 12) look to snap a three-match losing that included back-to-back top-25 matchups against No. 18 Kansas and No. 8 Arizona State.
Baylor boasts an impressive 5-1 mark at home this season.
Offensively, senior middle blocker Manuela Bibinbe paces the Bears with 157 kills (2.71 per set) while hitting .256 and recently surpassing 200 career blocks.
Freshman outside hitter Ksenia Rakhmanchik was named the Big 12's Rookie of the Week on Tuesday afternoon.
The Minsk, Belarus ranks second on the team with 135 kills (2.60 per set) and has recorded double-digit kills in five-straight matches.
Defensively, Morgan Madison anchors the back row with a team-best 207 digs (3.57 digs/set), while Gabrielle Essix leads with 67.0 blocks (1.22 blocks/set).
As a team, Baylor is hitting .234 and holding opponents to .213.

INSIDE THE SERIES

K-State leads the all-time series 30-29, since the series start in 1993, while both schools were inaugural members of the Big 12 when it began in 1996.
On the road, K-State is 13-17 at Baylor, including 1-4 in the last five meetings in Waco.
The two squads split the 2023 season series with K-State snapping a 10-match losing streak.
The Cats are 1-9 in the last ten matches against the Bears, with the lone win coming in the team's first meeting under Mansfield on October 5, 2023.

Last 5 Matches
10-22-22 – Baylor 3, Kansas State 1
11-26-22 – Baylor 3, Kansas State 0
10-5-23 – Kansas State 3, Baylor 2
10-6-23 – Baylor 1, Kansas State 3
11-13-24 – Baylor 3, Kansas State 0

SCOUTING #11 TCU

TCU (14-3, 4-1 Big 12) checked in at No. 11 in the latest AVCA Coaches Top 25 poll. The Horned Frogs are third in the league behind Colorado and Arizona State, while their 4-1 league record marks their best start since joining the Big 12 in 2012.
TCU has won 16 straight matches on its home court dating back to last season (8-0 in 2025) and are 22-1 in Schollmaier Arena since the start of 2024.
It marks the fourth-longest active home winning streak among Power 4 Teams, trailing only Nebraska (53), Pitt (41) and Kentucky (19).
•Sophomores Evan Hendrix and Becca Kelly represent TCU as two of 47 athletes on the watch list for the 2025 AVCA Player of the Year Award.
Hendrix has recorded at least 20 kills in three of her last four matches and has tallied a double-double in seven consecutive contests
Sarah Sylvester leads the Big 12 Conference with 88.0 total blocks and 1.44 per set. She is also hitting at a league-best .396 clip.
As a team, TCU is the Big 12 leader in digs per set (14.86) and attacks per set (35.75).

INSIDE THE SERIES

K-State leads the all-time series with TCU, 15-10, which began when the Horned Frogs joined the Big 12 Conference in 2012.
K-State is 2-3 in the last five meetings against the Horned Frogs, including a 2-1 edge in matches in the Mansfield era.
The Wildcats are 5-6 on the road against the Frogs, while Friday's match marks the first meeting between the two squads since 2022.
K-State is 6-4 in the last 10 meetings in the series.

Last 5 Matches
10-15-22 – TCU 3, Kansas State 2
11-19-22 – TCU 3, Kansas State 1
9-21-23 – TCU 3, Kansas State 0
9-22-23 – Kansas State 3, TCU 2
11-15-24 – Kansas State 3, TCU 0

LAST TIME OUT

K-State defeated Texas Tech in three – 25-15, 25-14, 25-19.
K-State led the entire match with just nine tie scores in total over three sets.
It was Aniya Clinton's third consecutive game with a double-double, her fifth of the season.
Caleigh Ponn led both teams with three service aces, now with nine for the season over six matches.
Texas Tech tied up the third set seven times after trailing the entire second set.
No Red Raiders were responsible for more than five kills, with five being registered to Kenna McKenzie.
TTU recorded just four blocks from four different players in the first and third set.

K-State leads the all-time series 46-16, with a 27-3 lead in matches played in Manhattan, while boasting a 3-1 record in the Mansfield era.
The Wildcats are 9-2 in the last 11 matches vs. TTU.

VS. RANKED OPPONENTS

K-State is 1-1 against teams ranked in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll with a victory against then-No. 25 North Carolina, while they are 1-1 against teams receiving votes.
Myers is averaging an impressive 4.75 kills per set against ranked teams followed by Clinton (2.38).
Defensively, opponents lead the Cats with a 11.50-10.25 edge in dig production and out-block them 2.88-2.00.
Overall, K-State boasts a 7-14 mark against Top 25 opponents under Mansfield.
In 2023, K-State set a program record for Top 25 wins in a single season, that included 12 consecutive set wins with sweeps over #8 BYU (twice) and #3 Texas.
K-State was last ranked in 2020.

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

Middle blocker Jordyn Williams delivered a standout week for the Wildcats, highlighted by a career-high 12 kills against Iowa State, where she hit an impressive .500 with just two errors on 20 swings.
She followed with a season-best seven blocks and a career-high .667 hitting percentage in the match against Texas Tech.
A native of Lantana, Texas, Williams led the Big 12 in hitting percentage (.563) for the week and ranked among the league's best defensively, finishing fifth with 1.25 blocks per set behind a league-high total of 10 blocks.

DIGGY SIMS

Libero and defensive specialist Symone Sims, from Frisco, Texas, anchored a K-State defense that limited opponents to a .153 hitting percentage, the second-best mark in the Big 12 for the week.
Sims totaled 36 digs, averaging 4.50 per set, which ranked third in the league in both categories.
She posted a career-high 25 digs in a five-set thriller against Iowa State and followed with 11 digs against Texas Tech, marking her eighth straight match with double-digit digs and 10th overall this season.

MYERS MAYHEM

Senior Shaylee Myers' has recorded double-digit kills in all but one match this season, reaching the 20-kill mark in seven that includes a record-breaking 34 kills against West Virginia (Oct. 1).
Myers has earned the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week award twice this season (Sept. 23, Oct. 7).
She became the first player in the rally-scoring era to record 34 kills in a single match and just the fourth in program history to reach the milestone.
Her 34 kills are the most kills by any Big 12 player in a match this season.
Myers is only the second player in school history to post 39.5 or more points in a match, setting a new rally-scoring era record.
Tied the program record for service aces in a five-set match, becoming the fifth player in the rally-scoring era to notch five aces.

ANIYA-LATOR

Clinton, who was selected to the 2025 Preseason All-Big 12 Volleyball Team, has eclipsed the 20-kill mark in three matches this season.
She matched a career-best 25 kills twice this season at West Virginia (Oct. 1) and at Cincinnati (Oct. 3).
A product of Midland, Texas, Clinton is second on the team with 197 kills (3.72 per set) while hitting at a .189 efficiency with 2.32 digs per set and 0.40 blocks per set with 10 service aces.
The 6-foot-2 outside hitter/ opposite was one of 18 Big 12 players to earn a spot on the conference's preseason squad.
In 2023, Clinton was named to the All-Big 12 Rookie Team and earned multiple Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors.

DOUBLE DOWN

Ava LeGrand, Aniya Clinton and Shaylee Myers have each recorded a double-double this season for K-State, with all three registering double-doubles at Cincinnati.
LeGrand leads the way with six, followed by Clinton with four and Myers has one.
The trio combine for 15 double-doubles in their respective careers.

SENIOR STACKED

K-State's four seniors are leading the team in nearly every major statistical category.
Myers paces the offense with 260 total kills, 4.91 kills per set, 286.5 points, and 5.41 points per set, as well as service aces (15).
LeGrand leads the team and is fourth in the league with 10.19 assists per set, while her 14 service aces are good for second on the team.
Brenna Schmidt leads the way in blocks per set (1.20), while Jordyn Williams leads overall in total blocks (48.0) and hitting percentage (.391).

SHINING IN PURPLE

Five of K-State's six true freshman made their collegiate debuts during the Wildcats' non-conference schedule.
Defensive specialist/libero Caleigh Ponn has appeared in all but three sets in her true freshman season, while middle blocker Cadence Lundgren has played in 28.
Lundgren has made seven match starts and totaled 29.0 blocks this season (0.82 blocks/set), that includes four solo blocks.
Redshirt freshman Emerson Van Lannen is third on the team in service aces (13), recording a season-high three twice against East Carolina (Sept. 20) and at West Virginia (Oct. 1).

CATS VS. THE BIG 12

K-State is ninth in the league standings with a 3-3 conference record, that includes a 2-0 record when playing on the road.
In Big 12 matches, the Cats' offense is led by Myers, who is second in the league in total kills (121) and total points (131.5) in league matches. Myers is third in kills per set (4.84) and points per set (5.26) in Big 12 matches.
Williams paves the way at the net, tallying .92 blocks per set (23 total blocks) which includes a team-leading four solo blocks. She also leads with a .416 hitting percentage in league games.
Offensively, the Wildcats are third in the league in kills per set (13.68) in conference only matches.
The Cats 286-248 all-time in Big 12 play, including a 21-21 record under Mansfield, while the program boasts an overall conference record of 339-383.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The Wildcats are undefeated when leading in kills and attack percentage and are 9-0 when hitting above .200 with four victories hitting north of .300. ..
Additionally, the Cats are 6-1 when they have limited their opponents to a hitting efficiency under .200. In four of those wins, opponents hit under .100.
Conversely, K-State is 4-3 when opponents post a team efficiency above .200.
K-State has out-blocked opponents in seven matches (6-1), totaling a season-high 10 against in four matches (last: vs. Texas Tech, October 10).
This season, the Wildcats have recorded a season-high 78 digs against Iowa State (Oct. 8) with a 7-1 record when leading in digs.
In the month of October, K-State is 3-1, while the Wildcats are 2-1 when playing on Wednesday and 6-1 in Friday matches.

YEAR THREE OF THE MANSFIELD ERA

Jason Mansfield, who was appointed as the ninth head coach on Dec. 27, 2022, enters his third season at the helm of the Kansas State volleyball program.
In year one, K-State achieved a record-breaking five top-25 wins with victories over No. 3 Texas, No. 8 BYU (twice), No. 18 Baylor, and No. 25 Iowa State.
K-State handed Texas – the 2022 and 2023 NCAA National Champion – its only loss in conference play in its final season in the Big 12.
Overall, K-State boasts a 7-14 mark against Top 25 opponents under Mansfield.

AROUND THE BIG 12

Arizona State (14-2) is the only undefeated team in league play with a perfect 5-0 mark in Big 12 matches, while Colorado (14-3) and TCU (14-3) have each recorded just one loss.
Six schools rank in the latest AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll – No. 7 Arizona State, No. 11 TCU, No. 15 Kansas, No. 19 BYU, No. 20 Baylor, and No. 24 Colorado – while Iowa State is receiving votes.
Arizona State's Noemie Glover (offensive), Iowa State's Rachel Van Gorp (defensive) and Baylor's Ksenia Rakhmanchik (rookie) were named the Big 12 Volleyball Players of the Week for the third week of Conference play.

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