Friday, October 9
Ames, Iowa
6:30 p.m.
Kansas State University
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Iowa State
K-State Hits the Road for Big 12 Matchups at Iowa State, No. 23 Colorado
Oct 08, 2026 | Volleyball
MATCH #13
K-STATE (9-3, 1-3 BIG 12) at IOWA STATE (9-6, 3-1 BIG 12)
Friday, October 9 // 6:30 PM CT // Hilton Coliseum
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MATCH #14
K-STATE (9-3, 1-3 BIG 12) at #23 COLORADO (11-3, 2-2 BIG 12)
Sunday, October 11 // 2 PM CT // CU Event Center
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FIRST SERVE
FOLLOW THE CATS
K-STATE AT A GLANCE
SCOUTING IOWA STATE
INSIDE THE SERIES
SCOUTING #23 COLORADO
INSIDE THE SERIES
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
A WIN WOULD…
WILDCAT LEADERS
Points: Addison Massey (222.5)
Kills: Addison Massey (196)
Hitting Percentage: Ellah Derrer (.378)
Assists: Emerson Van Lannen (257)
Aces: Emerson Van Lannen (23)
Digs: Fuka Sekita (154)
Blocks: Cadence Lundgren (35)
AGAINST THE TOP 25
STARTING SEVEN
CATS VS. THE BIG 12
BIG 12 RANKINGS
AROUND THE BIG 12
UP NEXT
K-STATE (9-3, 1-3 BIG 12) at IOWA STATE (9-6, 3-1 BIG 12)
Friday, October 9 // 6:30 PM CT // Hilton Coliseum
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats
MATCH #14
K-STATE (9-3, 1-3 BIG 12) at #23 COLORADO (11-3, 2-2 BIG 12)
Sunday, October 11 // 2 PM CT // CU Event Center
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats
FIRST SERVE
- K-State (9-3, 1-3 Big 12) hits the road for a pair of Big 12 matchups, starting Friday at Iowa State (9-6, 3-1 Big 12) at the Hilton Coliseum at 6:30 p.m. CT.
- Following the match against the Cyclones, the Wildcats will head West to face No. 23 Colorado (11-3, 2-2 Big 12) Sunday at 2 p.m. at the CU Event Center.
FOLLOW THE CATS
- Both matches will broadcast on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.
- Live stat links can be found on the K-State volleyball schedule page on kstatesports.com, while fans can find live game updates all season long on the Wildcats social media pages (@KStateVB).
K-STATE AT A GLANCE
- K-State moved to 9-3 overall and 1-3 in Big 12 play after dropping a pair of top-25 matchups against then-No. 18 BYU and No. 23 Utah last weekend.
- K-State enters the week 11th in the Big 12 standings.
- Massey led all players in both matches, totaling 36 on the week including a career-high 23 against BYU.
- She hit .316 on the week and was named to the Big 12 Starting Seven.
- With her 13 kills on Saturday, Massey turned in her eighth straight match with 10 or more kills, totaling a 10-kill performance in all but one match this season.
- Freshman Skylar Brady led K-State against Utah with three blocks, while Emerson Van Lannen dished out 20 assists.
- With the loss against Utah, K-State moves to 4-3 overall at home with all three losses coming in league action.
- The team's .211 hitting percentage is the fourth-lowest of the season, while Utah's .412 is the highest opponent hitting percentage allowed this year.
- In the Mansfield era, K-State is 12-20 against Top 25 teams, including a 1-2 record this year.
SCOUTING IOWA STATE
- Iowa State enters Friday's contest with an overall record of 9-6 and 3-1 mark in Big 12 play after splitting matches in Arizona.
- The Cyclones defeated Arizona, 3-1, before falling to then-No. 12 Arizona State in four.
- Libero Rachel Van Gorp earned a spot on the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List – the first player in ISU history.
- Van Gorp tops the Big 12 in digs per set, averaging 4.54 this season, earning two Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week awards twice this season.
- Nayeli Gonzalez leads the Cyclones in kills per set (3.42) followed by Nayeli Ti'a (3.20). Gonzalez has a streak of six matches with 10 or more kills, while Ti'a is 65 kills of achieving her 1,000th.
- Head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch ranks third all-time in Big 12 history with 222 league victories.
INSIDE THE SERIES
- Iowa State leads the all-time series, 57-49, with a 29-18 advantage in matches played in Ames.
- The Wildcats are 8-2 in the last 10 contests, including a 4-1 record under head coach Jason Mansfield.
- The two squads split the regular-season series in 2025, with Iowa State taking the match in Manhattan before the Wildcats swept past the Cyclones in Ames in the regular-season finale.
SCOUTING #23 COLORADO
- Colorado is off to a 2-2 start in league action, with an overall record of 11-3 following a 10-0 start to the season.
- The Buffaloes moved up to No. 23 in the AVCA-Taraflex Poll, their seventh straight week in the top 25 this season.
- CU leads the Big 12 in blocks per set, averaging 2.92, converting to eighth in the NCAA.
- The Buffaloes are also third in the Big 12 for opponent hitting percentage, with .170.
- Senior setter Jenna Ylivainio reached 500 career assists in just 14 matches. She is the second-fastest to reach 500 in Colorado volleyball history.
- Sophomore pin attacker Ines Lodasa tied her career high aces against Baylor with five. She also recorded nine digs and three blocks.
- With the recent win against Baylor, Colorado moved to 9-0 when winning the first set.
- Pin attacker Ana Burilovic is currently ranked 24th in the country in kills per set, aver-aging 4.21.
INSIDE THE SERIES
- Colorado posts a 27-24 record in the all-time series, including a 15-10 edge in matches played in Boulder.
- The Wildcats swept Colorado in 2025 at Morgan Family Arena for their third Top 25 win of the season.
- In the Mansfield era, K-State boasts a 1-1 record against CU.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
- K-State posts a perfect 5-0 record on the road this season after rallying in a reverse sweep over UCF in the Big 12 Conference opener.
- On the road, K-State is out-hitting opponents .219-.188 and averaging 12.48 kills per set, led by 4.43 from Addison Massey.
- Emerson Van Lannen has recorded 11 of the team's 32 service aces on the road, while pacing the offense with 5.43 assists per set.
- Defensively, Fuka Sekita is averaging 3.43 digs per set with just five reception errors across 120 attempts, while Cadence Lundgren leads at the net with 21 blocks – the only player with over 20.
- The Wildcats are 474-445-2 all-time when playing on the road, including a 27-21 record under Mansfield.
- In 15 road matches last season, K-State finished 10-5 with upsets against No. 25 North Carolina, No. 14 KU, and No. 21 Iowa State.
A WIN WOULD…
- Push K-State back into the win column, ending a three-match losing streak.
- Mark the team's fifth straight win over Iowa State in Ames, while a win on Sunday would be the first road victory at Colorado since October 21, 2009, and be the 13th Top 25 win under Mansfield.
- Give the Wildcats their first win in October.
WILDCAT LEADERS
Points: Addison Massey (222.5)
Kills: Addison Massey (196)
Hitting Percentage: Ellah Derrer (.378)
Assists: Emerson Van Lannen (257)
Aces: Emerson Van Lannen (23)
Digs: Fuka Sekita (154)
Blocks: Cadence Lundgren (35)
AGAINST THE TOP 25
- K-State topped No. 20 Creighton on the road in week 4 for its 12th victory against a Top 25 opponent in the Mansfield era, while it is the program's 57th overall.
- The Wildcats boast an overall mark of 12-20 in the Mansfield era against Top 25 teams, including a 1-2 record in 2026.
- K-State has recorded seven sweeps over ranked opponents under Mansfield.
- In 2023, K-State set a program record for Top 25 wins in a single season, before achieving the feat against last season.
- Overall, K-State is 57-245 against nationally ranked opponents, that includes a 6-8 record against No. 23 teams.
STARTING SEVEN
- Freshman Addison Massey was named to the Big 12 Starting Seven, which honors standout performances across the Conference, as the league announced its weekly award winners Tuesday afternoon.
- She led the Big 12 in Week 6 in kills per set (5.14) during the week, ranking 16th nationally, while her 5.29 points per set ranked third in the league and 40th across Division I.
- She also finished third in the conference in total kills (36) and fourth in total points (37), while surpassing her career mark with a match-leading 23 kills against No. 18 BYU for her third 20-kill performance of the season.
- On Sept. 22, Massey and Cadence Lundgren each earned spots on the Big 12 Starting Seven for their strong performances in Week 4.
CATS VS. THE BIG 12
- K-State is off to a 1-3 start in Big 12 play, after dropping a pair of Top 25 matches against No. 18 BYU and No. 23 Utah.
- The Wildcats are 29-29 against Big 12 opponents in the Mansfield era.
- K-State tied sixth in the final Big 12 standings in 2025, with a league record of 10-8, finishing in a four-way tie with BYU, TCU, and Arizona, while ranking eighth overall.
- The Cats 294-256 all-time in Big 12 play, while the program boasts an overall conference record of 347-391.
BIG 12 RANKINGS
- The Wildcats rank fifth in the Big 12 Conference in aces per set (1.60), led by Van Lannen (3rd – 0.51 aces per set; 4th – 23 total aces).
- Addison Massey is fourth in points per set (4.94) and kills per set (4.36), while her 196 total kills are good for ninth.
- Cadence Lundgren is 17th in the league in blocks per set (0.97).
AROUND THE BIG 12
- The Big 12 has five teams in the AVCA/TARAFLEX Division I Women's Volleyball Poll led by No. 8, TCU, followed by Arizona State at No. 11, BYU at No. 17, Kansas at No. 19, and Colorado at No. 23. Baylor and Utah received votes.
- It is the seventh consecutive week the league has had five or more teams ranked, tied for the second most among all conferences.
- In the first RPI rankings of the 2026 season, the league has six teams inside the top 30, led by TCU at No. 8.
- The Big 12 is tied for the most teams that have recorded a win streak of eight or more matches among P4 Conferences (five teams). Those teams include BYU, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State and TCU.
UP NEXT
- The Wildcats will return to Morgan Family Arena for the first matchup of the Dillons Sunflower Showdown, when the Wildcats take on in-state rival Kansas on Thursday, October 15.
- First serve is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and can be seen ESPN+ and the ESPN app.
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