Cincinnati Tops Wildcats in Three Sets Thursday - Kansas State University Athletics

Thursday, October 22

Cincinnati, Ohio

5:30 p.m.

Kansas State University

9-7,1-7Big 12

Cincinnati

9-8,2-5Big 12

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Kansas St.	23	16	22	0
Cincinnati	25	25	25	3

Box Score (PDF)

VB Skylar Brady, cadence Lundgren UC 2026

Oct 22, 2026 | Volleyball

Box Score

CINCINNATI, Ohio – The K-State Wildcats suffered a three-set loss Thursday night, as Cincinnati picked up its second conference victory of the season at Fifth Third Arena, 25-23, 25-16, 25-22.

With the win, Cincinnati notched its second Big 12 victory and seventh sweep of the season, improving to 2-5 in league action and 9-8 overall. The Wildcats dropped to 9-7 overall with a 1-7 mark in conference play.

The Bearcats hit at .425 clip in the match, committing just six errors, while the Wildcats held a 44-43 edge in total kills led by 15 from freshman Addison Massey. Cincinnati's Sydney Nolan, a Preseason All-Big 12 selection, produced a match-high 16 kills and a .417 hitting percentage on 36 swings.

FROM THE CATS
JASON MANSFIELD, K-STATE HEAD COACH
Overall statement…
"Congrats to Cincinnati, I thought they were really good offensively tonight. We needed to put a lot more pressure on them. When a team hits .425 for the match, that's a tough hill to climb. I thought our passers did a nice job and we were more balanced offensively so I think we are doing some good things on that side of the ball. I've said it before and I'll say it again, we are close to getting over this slump we're in, we just need to keep believing and keep finding ways to get better."

SET-BY-SET
Set 1 – Cincinnati 25, K-State 23

After back-and-forth action, K-State pushed ahead with a 15-11 lead with Addison Massey leading all players with six kills on nine swings.
The Wildcats held a 17-12 advantage until the Bearcats clawed back within one, 19-18, to force a K-State timeout.
Tied 21-21, Skylar Brady connected on a pass from Fuka Sekita to give K-State back the lead, before Cincinnati rallied to score four of the final six points to pull ahead in the match.
K-State held an 18-13 lead in total kills in Set 1, while Cincinnati led in hitting percentage, .400-.256.
Massey put down eight kills in the set, followed by four from Brady.

Set 2 – Cincinnati 25, K-State 16

The Wildcats trimmed the deficit to four, 15-11, with a kill from Cadence Lundgren, before she teamed up with Brady for the block, but Cincinnati responded with a 10-5 closing run.
Cincinnati hit at a .400 clip (13 kills, 2 errors, 30 attempts) in Set 2, led by six errorless kills on 14 swings by Sydney Nolan.
The Bearcats limited K-State to a .150 hitting percentage, with the Cats' compiling 12 kills with six errors on 40 attempts, led by three kills each by Massey and Lundgren.

Set 3 – Cincinnati 25, K-State 22

K-State trailed 15-13 before leveling the score with Brady's sixth kill of the night and ace by Emerson Van Lannen – her 25^th of the season.
With the set tied 20-20, Cincinnati pulled ahead and scored three straight points with kills by Nolan and Nina Scrucca.
Back-to-back kills from Brady brought the set within one, but the Wildcats would ultimately fall as Cincinnati put the match away with attacks from Nolan and Scrucca.

INSIDE THE BOX

Cincinnati defeated K-State in three sets Thursday night – 25-23, 25-16, 25-22.
The Wildcats had a .243 hitting percentage (44 kills, 18 errors, 107 swings) led by 15 kills from Massey followed by eight apiece from Brady and Lundgren.
Stucky and Van Lannen combined for 32 assists, with Stucky leading with 18 and two service aces.
Fuka Sekita produced a team-high nine digs to go along with eight assists, while Lundgren had two blocks.
Nolan was the only Cincinnati player to eclipse the 10-kill mark, putting down a match-high 16 while Scrucca added eight and Ligia Williams and Izzy Busignani each had six.
As a team, Cincinnati hit at a .425 clip (43 kills, 6 errors, 87 swings) paced by 34 assists from Kate Lijic.
The Bearcats out-blocked K-State, 4.0-2.0, with a 33-30 edge in dig production, forcing 18 errors from the visitors.
Individually, Ana Ledebuhr had a match-high with 10 digs and Lilian Entenmann led with three blocks.
The match featured 13 tie scores and five lead changes.

TEAM NOTES

K-State leads the series 3-2 with a 2-1 edge in matches played in Cincinnati.
In 2026, the Wildcats are 5-3 when playing on the road, that includes a 4-3 record when playing in true road matches.
The loss ended a three-match winning streak to Cincinnati and extended the Cats' losing skid to seven, its longest stretch since 2017.

PLAYER NOTES

Massey turned in her 15^th double-digit kill match, reaching the mark in all but two matches this season, while it was her 10^th with 15 or more. She achieved her 250^th career kill with her 11^th of the night.
Stucky turned in her second multi-ace performance, matching her career mark with two.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats will return to Morgan Family Arena on Sunday afternoon, as they welcome the Texas Tech Raiders (8-11, 0-7 Big 12). First serve is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT and can be seen on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.

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