No. 15 Kansas Sweeps K-State Friday in Lawrence - Kansas State University Athletics

Friday, October 30

Lawrence, Kan.

7 p.m.

Kansas State University

10-8,2-8Big 12

Kansas

15-5,8-2Big 12

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Kansas St.	17	21	20	0
Kansas	25	25	25	3

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K-State Volleyball vs #15 KU, Friday, October 30, 2026, Allen Fieldhouse, Manhattan, KS Final Score: KSU 0, KU 3

Oct 30, 2026 | Volleyball

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Emerson Van Lannen turned in her second double-double of the season in the second edition of the 2026 Dillons Sunflower Showdown, while K-State fell in straight sets to rival No. 15 Kansas Friday (17-25, 21-25, 20-25) at Allen Fieldhouse.

The Wildcats (10-8, 2-8 Big 12) were held to a .129 hitting percentage, compiling 33 kills led by 11 from Addison Massey, the Big 12 Rookie of the Week. Van Lannen dished out 19 assists to go with 10 digs to become the third Wildcat to earn two double-doubles this season. Senior libero Fuka Sekita turned in a match-leading 14 digs – her 14^th match eclipsing the 10-dig mark.

KU (15-5, 8-2 Big 12) hit at a .309 clip (37 kills, 8 errors, 94 attempts), highlighted by 10 from Grace Nelson. Reese Ptacek and Taylor Stanley, the Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year, each added nine kills. The Jayhawks' defense forced 20 K-State attack errors and recorded eight blocks, including six from Aisha Aiono, while KU held a 45-44 edge in dig production.

FROM THE CATS
JASON MANSFIELD, K-STATE HEAD COACH
Overall statement…
"Disappointing start for sure. I loved our response in the second, and then towards the end of the third set. The environment today was great. I think it probably got to us a little bit to start with, and we weren't really on the scouting report the way we needed to be, and weren't really ourselves. But I think we made good adjustments and battled. [KU] is a good serving team that I felt like we did a much better job as the match went on of fighting off aces. But our serve and our offense just never quite got going. I mean, Reagan [Fox] got going at the very end there, but we just didn't put enough pressure on them. Didn't serve in enough and didn't hit it in enough. I mean, you give the other team 30 errors on attack errors and service errors in three sets, you're probably going to lose. And we're lucky that we got 20. But I love our fight. I mean, I expect that from us. I wish we would have found a way to win the second or third set and kind of get going and get some more confidence. But we'll learn from it. We'll learn that we can't play this level of volleyball in the Big 12."

SET-BY-SET
Set 1 – #15 KU 25, K-State 17

The two rivals went point-for-point until KU broke away with a 5-1 scoring run, highlighted by service aces from Taylor Stanley and Logan Bell.
Trailing 9-4, the Wildcats scored four of the next six points to pull within three.
KU held on as it stretched its lead out to six with its third ace, before putting the match away with a 5-2 closing run.
The Jayhawks hit at a .387 clip (13 kills, 2 errors, 30 attempts) led by six from Stanley, while limiting the Wildcats to a .156 hitting percentage (10 kills, 5 errors, 32 swings).

Set 2 – #15 KU 25, K-State 21

A kill from Camdyn Stucky bridged the gap to one, 9-8, as the sophomore connected on a pass from Emerson Van Lannen.
The Wildcats continued to trail by one until KU pulled ahead, 15-12, behind a kill from Reese Ptacek.
KU capitalized on a 6-2 scoring run to take a six-point advantage but was answered with four consecutive points by the Cats to make it 21-19.
Leading 22-19, KU scored three of the final five points to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
K-State's defense held KU to a .171 hitting percentage (12 kills, 5 errors, 41 attempts in Set 2), with 20 digs led by five from Sekita to go with a block by Massey and Ellah Derrer.

Set 3 – #15 KU 25, K-State 20

KU jumped out of the gate with a 7-2 lead and expanded its lead to seven to force a K-State timeout.
K-State trailed 23-13 before scoring five straight points with the help of three consecutive service aces from Reagan Fox to bring the score back within five.
Massey put down her 10^th kill of the match to fight off match-point but KU snapped momentum by putting the match away with a kill by Grace Nelson.

INSIDE THE BOX

Kansas swept past the Cats, 25-17, 25-21, 25-20.
K-State was held to a .129 hitting percentage (33 kills, 20 errors, 101 attempts), while KU hit .309 (37 kills, 8 errors, 94 swings).
Massey had 11 kills to lead the offense followed by Cadence Lundgren with six to go along with a team-high two blocks.
Sekita tallied 14 digs followed by Van Lannen with 10.
Van Lannen dished out 19 assists to complete her second double-double of the season and added an ace.
Fox led all players with three service aces, while KU had two players with multiple.
Nelson was the lone Jayhawk to reach double figure kills with 10, while Ptacek and Stanley each added nine.
KU out-blocked K-State, 8-2, and held a 45-44 edge in total digs.

TEAM NOTES

Friday marked the 100^th game under head coach Jason Mansfield.
K-State leads the all-time series 68-65-1, which includes a 32-23 advantage in matches played in Lawrence.
In the Mansfield era, K-State moved to 1-7 against the Jayhawks, including a 1-4 record on the road.
Friday's contest marked the Cats' seventh match against a Top 25 team in 2026. In 100 games under Mansfield, 35 have been against ranked opponents (12-23).
For just the fifth time this season, K-State was held under a .200 hitting percentage.

PLAYER NOTES

With her ace in Set 1, Van Lannen recorded her 28^th service ace of the season, tying her single-season career-best and bringing her career total to 56.
Massey notched her 16^th match with 10 or more kills this season, leading the team in the category in all but one match.
Sekita turned in her 14^th match eclipsing the 10-dig mark, while she achieved her 600^th NCAA career dig in Friday's contest.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats will head to Texas to take on No. 16 TCU (15-5, 6-3 Big 12) Sunday afternoon at Schollmaier Arena. Sunday's contest is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT and can be seen on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.

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