Wildcats Welcome Cincinnati, #24 Baylor to Morgan Family Arena

MATCH #20
K-STATE (10-9, 2-9 BIG 12) vs. CINCINNATI (11-9, 4-6 BIG 12)
Friday, November 6 // 5 PM CT // Morgan Family Arena (Manhattan, KS)
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MATCH #21
K-STATE (10-7, 2-7 BIG 12) vs. #24 BAYLOR (13-7, 5-5 BIG 12)
Sunday, November 8 // 2 PM CT // Morgan Family Arena (Manhattan, KS)
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FIRST SERVE

K-State (10-9, 2-9 Big 12) returns to the Little Apple to host a pair of Big 12 foes, as the Wildcats prepare to face Cincinnati (11-9, 4-6 Big 12) on Friday and No. 24 Baylor (13-7, 5-5 Big 12) on Sunday.
Friday's contest is slated for 5 p.m. CT at Morgan Family Arena, while Sunday is scheduled for 2 p.m.

FOLLOW THE CATS

Friday and Sunday's contests can be seen on ESPN+ and the ESPN app with Brian Smoller and Liz Wegner-Busch calling all the action.
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).
Single-match tickets for all home matches can be purchased by contacting the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS, visiting kstatesports.com/tickets.

PROMOTIONS

Wildcat 4-Pack (Nov. 6): Each Wildcat 4-Pack includes four general admission tickets and four $10 concession vouchers and remains the best deal for bringing families to see the Cats. Purchase your Wildcat 4-Pack now.
Wildcat Weekend (Nov. 6): Show your K-State Football ticket at the ticket booth on matchday to receive a discounted ticket to the game.
Youth Team Game (Nov. 8): Registration for this match is fully booked. Fans are encouraged to register for remaining available matches.
Pre-Match Fan Favorites (Nov. 8): Available for all Sunday volleyball contests, enjoy $1 off hot dogs, nachos, water, and soda from the time doors open until the playing of the National Anthem.
Wildcat Weekend (Nov. 8): Show your K-State Football ticket at the ticket booth on matchday to receive a discounted ticket to the game.

K-STATE AT A GLANCE

With just seven matches left of the regular season, K-State enters the weekend with an overall mark of 10-9 and 2-9 record in Big 12 matches.
Sunday's contest will mark the seventh matchup against a top-25 opponent in Big 12 action.
Freshman Addison Massey is fourth in the Big 12 and 17^th nationally in kills per set (4.38), while her 4.85 points for set is good for fifth in the league and 22^nd among all Division I players.
Freshman PIN Skylar Brady and junior setter Emerson Van Lannen each registered their second career double-doubles in Week 10.
Three of the Wildcats final seven matches are against current Top 25 programs – No. 24 Baylor (Nov. 8), No. 16 TCU (Nov. 13) and No. 9 Arizona State (Nov. 25).
K-State is in its fourth season under head coach Jason Mansfield, who boasts a 54-47 overall record as a collegiate head coach.

SCOUTING CINCINNATI

Cincinnati (11-9, 4-6 Big 12) is coming off sweep over West Virginia, where the Bearcats held the Mountaineers to a .037 hitting percentage. The Bearcats have won three of their last five matches after starting off their Big 12 schedule 1-4.
Outside hitter Sydney Nolan and setter Kate Lijic have been among the nation's best this season.
Nolan is second in the league standings and 13^th across all Division I players in kills per set (4.45), while she is fourth in the league and 21^st nationally with 4.87 points per set.
Lijic averages 9.63 assists per set, which is good for fourth in the Big 12.
Nolan has one 30-kill performance and seven 20-plus-kill matches. Her 30-kill performance in a five-set victory over Arizona are the most by a Big 12 player this season.
As a team, Cincinnati ranks fourth in the league in digs per set (13.70), led by libero Viktoria Ninova, who posted a career-high 34 of the team's season-high 110 digs in the triumph over Arizona.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Cincinnati earned its second win against K-State last month, snapping a three-match losing streak to the Cats.
K-State leads the all-time series, 3-2, dating back to the series start in 2024 when Cincinnati joined the Big 12.
In 2025, the Cats swept the season series, 2-0, and dropped just three sets, claiming a five-set victory in Cincinnati on October 2.

SCOUTING #24 BAYLOR

Baylor (13-7, 5-5 Big 12), which enters Week 11 with an RPI of 19, stayed at No. 24 in the AVCA poll for a third straight week and has been ranked in 130 of the last 132 polls.
Ksenia Rakhmanchik, the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Month, leads the Big 12 in both kills per set (4.86) and points per set (5.29), while ranking sixth nationally in kills per set.
The four-time Big 12 "Starting Seven" selection this season passed 700 career kills against TCU.
Rakhmanchik has reached double-digit kills in 29 consecutive matches and has led Baylor in kills, attacks and points in 19 of its 20 matches.
Setter Isabela Haggard, a three-time Big 12 Setter of the Week this season, ranks third in the league with 9.81 assists per set. She needs three blocks to reach 100 for her career.
All seven of Baylor's losses have come against top-35 RPI teams, while six were against nationally ranked opponents.

INSIDE THE SERIES

K-State holds a 31-30 edge in the all-time series after tripping up the Bears in Manhattan last season, while Baylor has won 16 of the last 20 meetings in the series.
At home, K-State is 18-12 against Baylor, including 1-5 in the last six meetings in Manhattan.
The Wildcats snapped a 10-match losing streak in the inaugural season of the Mansfield era in 2023. Since then, the Cats are 2-3 against the Bears under Mansfield's leadership.
The series started in 1993, as both schools were inaugural members of the Big 12 when it began in 1996.

AGAINST THE TOP 25

K-State topped No. 20 Creighton on the road in week 4 for its 12^th victory against a Top 25 opponent in the Mansfield era, while it is the program's 57^th overall.
The Wildcats boast an overall mark of 12-24 in the Mansfield era against Top 25 teams, including a 1-6 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 57-249 against nationally ranked opponents, that includes a 0-8 record against No.17 teams.

CAN YOU DIG IT?

Fuka Sekita's 24 digs against CSUN (Sept. 4) set a school record for the most in a three-set match during the rally-scoring era, surpassing the previous mark of 23 set in 2007 and 2019.
Sekita also recorded her 400th career NCAA dig, reaching the milestone with her 14th dig of the night.
With 251 digs in her first season with the Cats, Sekita ranks 11^th overall in the league in total digs.
On Oct. 30, she earned her 600^th NCAA career dig. With her 1,297 digs at the JUCO level at New Mexico Military Institute, Sekita now has 1,912 career digs at the collegiate level.

A CLOSER LOOK

Though K-State is 2-9 in Big 12 play, six of those losses have been against teams that are within the top 35 of RPI.
Six of K-State's nine losses have been against nationally ranked programs.
The Cats are undefeated (9-0) against teams over the 100 RPI mark.

LAST TIME OUT

K-State fell in four sets to TCU, 21-25, 17-25, 25-17, 18-25.
The Cats hit at a .252 clip with 54 kills and 21 errors on 131 swings, while TCU hit .311 (53 kills, 15 errors, 122 attempts).
K-State held a 49-47 edge in total digs, and TCU led 9-7 in total team blocks, with four players tallying multiple.
Sekita posted a team-high 15 digs and added nine assists, followed by Brady with 11 digs and 10 kills for the double-double.
Massey put down 13 kills, while Maue and Derrer each tallied nine without committing an error.
Sydney Maue hit at an incredible .818 on 11 attempts, followed by Derrer at .692 on 13 attempts, both tallying nine kills apiece.
Brady, Derrer and Lundgren each had three blocks.
The match featured 18 tied scores, while all five lead changes came in Set 3 and 4.

WILDCAT LEADERS
Points: Addison Massey (334.5)
Kills: Addison Massey (302)
Hitting Percentage: Ellah Derrer (.354)
Assists: Emerson Van Lannen (408)
Aces: Emerson Van Lannen (28)
Digs: Fuka Sekita (251)
Blocks: Cadence Lundgren (49)

MAKING HER MARK

Freshman Addison Massey is the only player to reach the 20-kill mark this season, achieving the feat five times that includes a career-best 25 at No. 23 Colorado (Oct. 11).
This season, she has led the offense in kills and points in all but one match.
Massey is now fourth in the conference in kills per set (4.38), ranking 17^th among all Division I players, while her 4.85 points per set rank fifth in the league and 22^nd nationally.

UP NEXT

K-State will continue its quick homestand with a match against No. 16 TCU (17-5, 8-3 Big 12) on Friday, November 13 at Morgan Family Arena and can be seen on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.

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Players Mentioned

Skylar Brady

Ellah Derrer

Cadence Lundgren

Addison Massey

Sydney Maue

Fuka Sekita

Emerson Van Lannen

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Event: Volleyball versus Cincinnati on Nov 6, 2026 at 5 p.m.

Upcoming Event: Volleyball versus #24 Baylor on Nov 8, 2026 at 2 p.m.

Upcoming Event: Volleyball versus TCU on Nov 13, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.

Upcoming Event: Volleyball at Texas Tech on Nov 19, 2026 at 6 p.m.

Upcoming Event: Volleyball versus West Virginia on Nov 22, 2026 at 12 p.m.

Upcoming Event: Volleyball at Arizona State on Nov 25, 2026 at 8 p.m.

Upcoming Event: Volleyball at Arizona on Nov 27, 2026 at 7 p.m.

Results

Completed Event: Volleyball at #16 TCU on November 1, 2026 , Loss , 1, to, 3

Completed Event: Volleyball at #15 Kansas on October 30, 2026 , Loss , 0, to, 3

Completed Event: Volleyball versus Texas Tech on October 25, 2026 , Win , 3, to, 0

Completed Event: Volleyball at Cincinnati on October 22, 2026 , Loss , 0, to, 3

Completed Event: Volleyball versus #17 Kansas on October 15, 2026 , Loss , 0, to, 3

Completed Event: Volleyball at #23 Colorado on October 11, 2026 , Loss , 2, to, 3

Completed Event: Volleyball at Iowa State on October 9, 2026 , Loss , 0, to, 3

Completed Event: Volleyball versus #23 Utah on October 3, 2026 , Loss , 0, to, 3