Kansas State University Athletics
Wednesday, October 15
Waco, Texas
7 p.m.
Kansas State University
10-5,3-4Big 12
1
at
3
Baylor
10-6,5-3Big 12
1
2
3
4
F
Kansas St.
23
25
22
26
1
Baylor
25
17
25
28
3
Myers Records 800th Kill, No. 20 Baylor Fends Off K-State
Oct 15, 2025 | Volleyball
WACO, Texas – After a commanding second-set victory, the Wildcats came up short in sets three and four, as K-State fell 3-1 to No. 20 Baylor at the Ferrell Center, 23-25, 25-17, 22-25, 26-28.
Â
Baylor (10-6, 5-3 Big 12) held a 57-53 edge in kills, hitting at a .257 efficiency with a match-leading 21 kills from Manuela Bibinbe (.400). The Bears' defense limited K-State (10-5, 3-4 Big 12) to a .174 hitting percentage behind 12.0 blocks with six from both Bibinbe and Gabriella Essix, while the Wildcats had a match-best eight service aces.
Â
Redshirt junior Aniya Clinton led the Wildcats' offense with 18 kills, marking her fifth consecutive match in double figures. Shaylee Myers added 15 kills, while setter Ava LeGrand dished out 40 assists to go with 14 digs for her seventh double-double of the season. She capped her performance with four service aces, four kills and four blocks.
Â
With her 15 kills, Myers reached a new career milestone, as the Lincoln, Nebraska product tallied her 800th career kill. Now with 806 career kills and 10 matches left of the regular season, she is 108 short of cracking the top-10 leaderboard in career kills during the rally-scoring era.
Â
Defensively, Symone Sims matched her career-best with 25 digs, leading all players in the category, while Caleigh Ponn finished with 15. In her first match back since September 20, Brenna Schmidt led at the net with five blocks, followed by Jordyn Williams and Clinton with four.
Â
FROM THE CATS
JASON MANSFIELD, K-STATE HEAD COACH
Overall comments …
"We battled tonight and did what we had to do to compete on the road against a top-25 team, we just needed to make a couple more plays in the first and fourth sets to win the match. Credit to Baylor for making those plays, especially on defense, they dug a lot of balls and won most of the long rallies. We are so close to being the team we want to be, I saw a lot of moments tonight where there is real improvement in areas we've been working on. I feel like we're getting better and that's a good feeling."
Â
SET-BY-SET
Set 1 – #20 Baylor 25, K-State 23
K-State faces No. 11 TCU (14-3, 4-1 Big 12) on Friday at Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena set for 6:30 p.m. Friday's match can be seen on ESPN+ and the ESPN app. Â Â Â
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.
Â
Baylor (10-6, 5-3 Big 12) held a 57-53 edge in kills, hitting at a .257 efficiency with a match-leading 21 kills from Manuela Bibinbe (.400). The Bears' defense limited K-State (10-5, 3-4 Big 12) to a .174 hitting percentage behind 12.0 blocks with six from both Bibinbe and Gabriella Essix, while the Wildcats had a match-best eight service aces.
Â
Redshirt junior Aniya Clinton led the Wildcats' offense with 18 kills, marking her fifth consecutive match in double figures. Shaylee Myers added 15 kills, while setter Ava LeGrand dished out 40 assists to go with 14 digs for her seventh double-double of the season. She capped her performance with four service aces, four kills and four blocks.
Â
With her 15 kills, Myers reached a new career milestone, as the Lincoln, Nebraska product tallied her 800th career kill. Now with 806 career kills and 10 matches left of the regular season, she is 108 short of cracking the top-10 leaderboard in career kills during the rally-scoring era.
Â
Defensively, Symone Sims matched her career-best with 25 digs, leading all players in the category, while Caleigh Ponn finished with 15. In her first match back since September 20, Brenna Schmidt led at the net with five blocks, followed by Jordyn Williams and Clinton with four.
Â
FROM THE CATS
JASON MANSFIELD, K-STATE HEAD COACH
Overall comments …
"We battled tonight and did what we had to do to compete on the road against a top-25 team, we just needed to make a couple more plays in the first and fourth sets to win the match. Credit to Baylor for making those plays, especially on defense, they dug a lot of balls and won most of the long rallies. We are so close to being the team we want to be, I saw a lot of moments tonight where there is real improvement in areas we've been working on. I feel like we're getting better and that's a good feeling."
Â
SET-BY-SET
Set 1 – #20 Baylor 25, K-State 23
- Tied 10-10, K-State used a 5-2 scoring run to take its second lead of the set highlighted by an ace from Emerson Van Lannen and kill by Schmidt.
- The Wildcats scored three straight points to expand their lead to five, 19-14, before the Bears came from behind and took the set with a 7-1 closing run.
- Baylor hit .233 (16 kills, 6 errors) in Set 1, while the Bears' defense used three blocks to hold K-State to a .167 hitting percentage with seven attack errors. Â
- A block assist from LeGrand and Williams handed the Wildcats a 10-6 advantage in Set 2. K-State continued to find its rhythm, expanding its lead to eight, 18-10.
- K-State hit at a .225 clip in Set 2 with 13 kills led by Myers with five, while Clinton and Williams each added three.
- Clinton, Van Lannen and LeGrand each registered a service ace in Set 2.
- The two squads went back-and-forth down to the final points, as Set 3 featured 12 tie scores and four lead changes before Baylor ran away with a 6-2 closing run.
- Baylor hit .400 and totaled 17 kills in Set 3 – the highest kill total in a single set in the match.
- K-State forced a timeout from Baylor after scoring three consecutive points to take a 13-10 lead.
- Baylor fended off set-point three times before tallying three straight kills to take the match.
- K-State fell 3-1 to No. 20 Baylor at the Ferrell Center, 23-25, 25-17, 22-25, 26-28.
- Baylor held a 57-53 edge in kills, hitting at a .257 clip (19 errors, 148 swings). BU also led in digs (77-75) and blocks (12.0-9.0).
- Bibinbe led both sides with 21 kills and a .400 hitting percentage.
- The Bears' defense limited K-State to a .174 hitting percentage (53 kills, 25 errors) behind 12.0 blocks with six from both Bibinbe and Essix.
- Wildcats had a match-best eight service aces. Â
- Two Wildcats had double-digiti kills led by Clinton with 18 kills while Myers added 15 kills.
- LeGrand dished out 40 assists to go with 14 digs for the double-double, and capped her performance with four service aces, four kills and four blocks.
- Defensively, Sims matched her career-best with 25 digs, leading all players in the category, while Ponn finished with 15.
- Schmidt led at the net with five blocks and Williams and Clinton each had four.
- With the win Baylor tied the all-time series 30-20, that includes a 18-13 lead in matches played in Waco.
- The Wildcats are 7-15 against Top 25 opponents in the Mansfield era.
- On the road, K-State moves to 5-2 that includes a 3-2 mark as a true road team.
- Myers recorded her 800th career kill in Set 2. She is ?? total kills short of cracking the program's top-10 leaderboard in the rally-scoring era.
- Brenna Schmidt returned to the court after sitting out the last six matches.
- This season, K-State is 6-3 in matches that exceed three sets.
- Clinton recorded her fifth consecutive match in double figures – 11th match of the season with 10 or more kills.
- Legrand recorded her 10th career double-double with her seventh of the year.
K-State faces No. 11 TCU (14-3, 4-1 Big 12) on Friday at Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena set for 6:30 p.m. Friday's match can be seen on ESPN+ and the ESPN app. Â Â Â
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.
Â
– k-statesports.com –
Â
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.
– k-statesports.com –
Â
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
KState
Baylor
Kills
53
57
Errors
25
19
Attempts
161
148
Hitting %
.174
.257
Points
70.0
73.0
Assists
49
56
Aces
8
4
Blocks
9
12
Game Leaders
Kills
18
Aces
1
Blocks
4
Kills
15
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Players Mentioned
OH/OPP
/ Volleyball
S
/ VolleyballOH/OPP
/ Volleyball
L/DS
/ VolleyballMB
/ Volleyball
L/DS
/ Volleyball
S
/ VolleyballMB
/ VolleyballK-State VB | Recap vs Texas Tech
Sunday, October 12
K-State Volleyball | Match Highlights vs Texas Tech
Saturday, October 11
K-State VB | Match Highlights vs Texas Tech
Friday, October 10
K-State VB | Match Highlights vs Iowa State
Wednesday, October 08