Massey Puts Down 23 Kills, Cats Fall to No. 18 BYU

Thursday, October 1

Manhattan, Kan.

6:30 p.m.

Kansas State University

9-2,1-2Big 12

BYU

10-1,2-0Big 12

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
BYU	27	25	24	25	3
Kansas St.	25	18	26	18	1

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Oct 01, 2026 | Volleyball

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Freshman Addison Massey compiled a career-high 23 kills in K-State's four-set loss, 25-27, 18-26, 26-24, 18-25, to 18^th-ranked BYU Thursday night at Morgan Family Arena.

Massey, a native of Las Cruces, N.M., led all players as she recorded her third performance of the season with 20 or more kills, all coming over the last five matches.

BYU (10-1, 2-0 Big 12) won its seventh consecutive match and had three players eclipse the 10-kill mark led by Elli Mortensen with 19, while Claire Little Chambers and Sophia Callahan each had 13.

K-State, which is receiving votes in the latest AVCA coaches' poll, moves to 9-2 overall and falls to 1-2 in conference play.

FROM THE CATS
JASON MANSFIELD, K-STATE HEAD COACH
Opening statement…
"Congrats to BYU. Very well coached team. We saw in film that they were going to be a lot to handle. The best team, the most talented team we played so far this season, we saw that in film, and that was confirmed tonight. But I'm really proud of how we fought back, and we're right there in that first set to steal one and go up 1-0. And I love our bounce back in the third set, but that's what it's going to take against a team like this that has a lot of offense from a bunch of different people and is really difficult to slow down. We did not slow them down enough. They hit over 300 in every set."

On what K-State did well to keep the game close and what led to BYU pulling away…
"I think that BYU is a really talented team with four extremely talented pin attackers. I think that's where their offense starts, and then they have two middles that are incredibly efficient, hitting over .400, both of them, for the season. Their offense is a lot. You have to serve tough. I thought we were a little reckless with our serve as far as our misses and just how we missed. But, I get it, we have to try to serve aggressively and try to get them off the net, and then once we do that, then we have to make them pay by playing great defense. And I thought we did that in the third set and then in part of the fourth, but then we just gave up a streak of points again in the fourth where it kind of separated, and we couldn't catch back up. But again, I love our effort. We're close against a very, very talented team. Their ranking to me doesn't really matter. They're certainly a top team in the country, and a team that's going to be really difficult for anyone to beat because of their experience and how well they play together."

On starting every Big 12 game down 0-2 so far…
"No one wants to go down 0-2, and we are three in a row at going down 0-2 in the Big 12. So it's certainly something that we've talked about, and clearly, we don't want it to happen. But we played better in the first set. We made 10 errors, though. You can't make 10 errors against a good team and win. So, I think it starts with being aggressive. [Addison Massey] had eight kills in the first set out of 14, and we need more help. I mean something that is pretty obvious about our team, we have one player, [Addison Massey], that has 23 kills, and the next closest is six. And so, we need more help offensively. She needs more help, and we're capable of giving her more help but we have to score the ball, and you can't get 11 kills in the second set and 11 kills in the fourth set and beat anybody good. You have to be closer to 15 kills, and we were at 16 in the third set where we won. So we got to score more."

SET-BY-SET
Set 1 – #18 BYU 27, K-State 25

Headlined by four kills from Addison Massey, K-State jumped out to a 6-3 lead, before the Cougars scored six straight points to erase the deficit.
The Wildcats tied the set, 9-9, with back-to-back aces by Fuka Sekita.
Trailing 24-21, K-State scored three consecutive points and fought off set-point twice, but BYU ran away with the win with kills from Callahan and Elli Mortensen.
Massey and BYU's Mortensen registered eight kills apiece in the opening set, with Mortensen leading both sides with a .700 hitting percentage (1 error, 10 attempts).

Set 2 – #18 BYU 25, K-State 18

After back-and-forth action, BYU scored three straight points to break away from a 12-12 tie.
The Wildcats pulled within one with a kill from Skylar Brady and block by Cadence Lundgren but was answered with BYU's 9-3 closing run.
BYU held K-State to 11 kills and forced six errors, as the Cougars held a 5-2 advantage in blocks.
The Cougars hit .364 in the set (16 kills, 4 errors, 33 attempts), led by four from Mortensen and Brooke Hardy.

Set 3 – K-State 26, #18 BYU 24

The set was tied three times before the Cougars broke away with a substantial 15-9 lead.
K-State fought its way back into the set to tie the set 22-22 with two kills by Massey and ace by Sekita.
An ace by Reagan Fox handed K-State a two-point lead, 24-22, before the Wildcats took advantage of a service error and bad set to earn the set victory.
K-State recorded 16 kills in Set 3, but was held to a .188 hitting percentage, while BYU hit .316 with just one error (13 kills).
Massey recorded 11 kills in the set.

Set 4 – #18 BYU 25, K-State 18

Tied 17-17, BYU scored five straight points behind strong serves from Brooke Hardy before putting the match away with back-to-back kills from Little Chambers and Callahan.
BYU out-hit the Wildcats .375-.233 in Set 4 with five different players contributing two or more of the team's 17 kills.

INSIDE THE BOX

BYU picked up a four-set win over K-State – 27-25, 25-18, 24-26, 25-18.
K-State hit .185 (52 kills, 24 errors, 151 swings), while BYU hit .336 behind 63 kills (16 errors, 140 swings).
Massey led all players with 23 kills, hitting .250 with nine errors on 56 swings, while adding eight digs.
Sekita recorded a match-leading four service aces.
Emerson Van Lannen dished out 24 assists and added five digs.
Defensively, Sekita and Ponn produced nine digs apiece, while Ellah Derrer led the Cats with four blocks (1 solo, 3 assists).
BYU out-blocked K-State, 14-8, led by 10 from Kelli Jo Burgess.
Mortensen led the Cougars with 19 kills and team-match-high .630 hitting percentage.
Little Chambers and Callahan both registered 13 kills on the night.
The match featured 41 tied scores and 15 lead changes.

TEAM NOTES

BYU leads the all-time series 6-3, including a 3-2 edge in matches played in Manhattan.
K-State is 12-19 overall against Top 25 programs under Mansfield, that includes a 2-2 record against No. 18 teams.
In 11 matches this season, K-State is 10-1 in Set 3.

PLAYER NOTES

For the second time in her NCAA career, Sekita recorded multiple service aces in the same match. Her four aces are the most in her NCAA career, and tie for the most produced by a Wildcat this season.
Massey has put down 10 or more kills in seven consecutive matches, three of those being 20-kill performances.

UP NEXT
K-State will return to Morgan Family Arena on Saturday to face Utah (10-4, 2-1 Big 12), with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT. Saturday's contest can be seen on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.

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