Wildcats Fall to No. 11 TCU, 3-1

FORT WORTH, Texas – Senior setter Ava LeGrand recorded her eighth double-double of the year in K-State's four-set loss, 24-26, 23-25, 34-32, 17-25, to 11^th-ranked TCU Friday night at Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena.

LeGrand orchestrated the Wildcats' 5-1 offense with 40 assists and added 19 digs with four blocks. The senior has registered a double-double in seven of the last nine matches. Libero Symone Sims ended the night with 20 digs – her sixth match of the year reaching the 20-dig mark.

TCU (16-3, 6-1 Big 12), which won its 18^th consecutive match at home, had three players eclipse the 10-kill mark. Evan Hendrix led all players with 27 kills, while Becca Kelley had 13 and Sarah Sylvester added 12.

Shaylee Myers and Aniya Clinton combined for 39 of the Wildcats' 57 kills, with Clinton registering a match-leading three service aces. Brenna Schmidt added eight kills to go with a match-high six blocks.

FROM THE CATS
JASON MANSFIELD, K-STATE HEAD COACH
Overall comments …
"It was a hard fought battle tonight by both teams but I'm really proud of how we competed on the road against a very good TCU team. We are so close to winning these types of matches, which means we are improving, we just need to find a way to make a couple more plays in the first and second sets and it's a different match. Really great defensive effort tonight. There were lots of long rallies in all four sets and those are the moments I was the most proud of them. We saved four match points in the third set, I thought we showed so much grit to find a way to battle in those moments and win. We will build off of those moments for sure."

SET-BY-SET
Set 1 – #11 TCU 26, K-State 24

Trailing 10-7, a kill and service ace from Clinton opened a 4-0 scoring-run and handed the Wildcats their first lead of the night.
K-State led 23-21 following a service ace from Emerson Van Lannen to force a timeout from TCU. The Horned Frogs answered with a 5-1 closing run to take the set.
In total, Set 1 featured 11 ties and four lead changes.
TCU hit .300 (18 kills, 6 errors) with five different players recording a kill, led by a set-best six from Evan Hendrix. Clinton and Myers combined for nine of K-State's 12 kills (.150).

Set 2 – #11 TCU 25, K-State 23

TCU jumped out to an 8-2 lead, that included a 4-0 scoring run to start the set.
K-State overcame a five-point deficit, 13-8, and rounded out a 7-1 scoring run capped by back-to-back kills from Reagan Fox to take its first lead of the set.
Tied 22-22, Clinton's eighth kill of the match pushed the Wildcats ahead until TCU rattled off three consecutive kills for the set win.
The Wildcats out-blocked the Frogs 3.0-1.0 in Set 2, holding TCU to a .225 hitting percentage (16 kills, 7 errors). K-State was limited to a .130 efficiency with 13 kills on 46 swings and seven errors.

Set 3 – K-State 34, #11 TCU 32

After 11 tied scores and seven lead changes, TCU utilized an attack error and kill from Hendrix – her 16^th of the night – to take a 19-17 lead.
With a 6-0 scoring run, led by a kill from Jordyn Williams, K-State came from behind to lead 24-20. Tied 25-25, the two squads went back-and-forth with K-State fending off match-point four times.
A service error leveled the score 32-32, before back-to-back kills from Myers delivered the final blow.
Myers put down nine kills in the set, followed by Clinton with seven.

Set 4 – #11 TCU 25, K-State 17

Kills from Fox and Clinton leveled the score, 13-13, but was immediately answered with a 9-1 scoring run to hand TCU its largest lead of the match.
K-State hit a match-low .115 in the set (13 kills, 7 errors).

INSIDE THE BOX

TCU picked up a four-set win over K-State – 26-24, 25-23, 32-34, 25-17.
K-State hit .134 (57 kills, 29 errors, 209 swings) with two Wildcats reaching double-digit kills: Myers (21), Clinton (18)
LeGrand produced her eighth double-double of the season, dishing out 40 assists with 19 digs.
Defensively, Sims produced a team-best 20 digs, while Schmidt led with a match-high six blocks (1 solo, 5 assists) and LeGrand had four block assists.
K-State out-blocked TCU, 9.0-7.0.
TCU hit .220 with 67 kills (27 errors, 182 attempts).
Satuala and Gibadlo both registered 12 kills on the night, while Satuala led all players with a .476 hitting percentage.
Hendrix led all players with 27 kills, while Kelley had 13 and Sylvester added 12.

BEYOND THE BOX

K-State leads the all-time series 15-11, while TCU holds a 7-5 edge in matches played in Fort Worth.
The Wildcats are 7-16 against Top 25 opponents in the Mansfield era.
On the road, K-State moves to 5-3 that includes a 3-3 mark as a true road team.
This season, K-State is 6-4 in matches that exceed three sets.
Set 3 was the highest scoring set for K-State since September 27, 2024 vs. UCF, where the Wildcats scored 30 points to win the set.
Myers registered her sixth match with 20 or more kills, while Clinton recorded her sixth consecutive match in double figures.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats will head to Lawrence on Friday, October 24 for the annual Dillons Sunflower Showdown against the Kansas Jayhawks (14-7, 5-2 Big 12). Friday's match will broadcast on ESPNU, marking the Wildcats' first nationally televised match of the season.

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Team Stats

Shaylee Myers

Aniya Clinton

Brenna Schmidt

Reagan Fox

Players Mentioned

Aniya Clinton

Reagan Fox

Ava LeGrand

Shaylee Myers

Brenna Schmidt

Symone Sims

Emerson Van Lannen

Jordyn Williams

Players Mentioned

Aniya Clinton

Reagan Fox

Ava LeGrand

Shaylee Myers

Brenna Schmidt

Symone Sims

Emerson Van Lannen

Jordyn Williams

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