Wildcats Suffer Straight-Set Loss Friday Night

PROVO, Utah – No. 17 BYU had three players register double-digit kills Friday night, as the Cougars dealt K-State a straight-set loss at Smith Fieldhouse, 16-25, 18-25, 9-25.

Suli Davis, the Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year led all players with 12 kills while Claire Little-Chambers had 11 and Sophia Callahan added 10.

BYU (18-5, 6-5 Big 12), which has not lost back-to-back home matches since 2011, held K-State to a season-low .033 hitting percentage. The Cougars defense forced 22 errors and held a 38-31 edge in dig production with a 9.0-4.0 lead in blocks.

The Wildcats (12-7, 5-6 Big 12) were led by senior Shaylee Myers with 10 kills. Symone Sims led all players with nine digs, while Ava LeGrand dished out 21 assists.

FROM THE CATS
Jason Mansfield, K-State Head Coach
Overall comments…
"Disappointing loss tonight to a very good and physical BYU team. Not having Aniya [Clinton] was obviously tough but that's not how we've been competing. It's been a long three weeks on the road and we've improved in many ways, but we need to find a way to learn from this and move on."

SET-BY-SET
Set 1 – #17 BYU 25, K-State 16

BYU scored three consecutive points to start off a 7-1 opening run, highlighted by aces from Davis and Hannah Billeter and forced a timeout from the Wildcats.
With a kill from Fox and ace by Symone Sims, K-State brought the score within five, 9-4, but was immediately answered with an 8-2 run by the Cougars.
Suli produced a set-leading six kills followed by Claire Little-Chambers with four.
K-State was limited to a .080 (7 kills, 5 errors) hitting percentage, while the Cougars had a team .407 (14 kills, 3 errors) efficiency.

Set 2 – #17 BYU 25, K-State 18

K-State attacked early with a 5-2 lead – its largest of the match – until BYU added six straight points to the board to jump ahead.
Trailing 24-14, the Wildcats fended off set-point four times before a kill from Little-Chambers sent the match into intermission.
BYU had 15 kills with four errors and hit a .324 clip in Set 2, with six kills from Little-Chambers.

Set 3 – K#17 BYU 25, K-State 9

After back-and-forth action, BYU used a 10-2 scoring run to put the match away.
K-State hit -.065 in the set with seven kills and nine errors, that included four kills from Myers, while the Cougars' defense recorded five blocks in the final set.

INSIDE THE BOX

BYU defeated the Wildcats in straight sets – 25-16, 25-18, 25-9 – Friday night.
K-State hit at a season-low .033 clip, while BYU hit at .372 team hitting percentage.
Myers had a team-best 10 kills followed by Reagan Fox with four.
BYU had nine team blocks while K-State had four.
Symone registered nine digs, while LeGrand dished out 21 assists with six digs.
BYU out-served K-State, 7-2, with three Cougars recording multiple service aces.

BEYOND THE BOX

BYU leads the all-time series 5-3, that includes a 3-1 lead in matches played in Provo.
Freshman Lauren Latham made her first collegiate start – third appearance of the season. Avery Stones, whose mother played volleyball at BYU, recorded her first collegiate kill in Set 2.
K-State is 6-3 in three-set matches in 2025, suffering its first straight set loss since September 28 vs. Arizona State.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats return to Manhattan for a pair of Big 12 home matches at Morgan Family Arena, starting November 6 against Cincinnati (11-8, 3-6 Big 12) at 6:30 p.m. K-State will take on No. 23 Colorado (19-3, 9-1 Big 12) at 1 p.m. on November 8.

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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Team Stats

Shaylee Myers

Reagan Fox

Brenna Schmidt

Jordyn Williams

Players Mentioned

Reagan Fox

Lauren Latham

Ava LeGrand

Shaylee Myers

Symone Sims

Avery Stones

Players Mentioned

Reagan Fox

Lauren Latham

Ava LeGrand

Shaylee Myers

Symone Sims

Avery Stones

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