Cats, #25 Cyclones Meet at Morgan Family Arena Wednesday – Kansas State College Athletics

• Kansas State returns to Morgan Family Arena for a midweek matchup because the Wildcats face No. 25 Iowa State with first serve scheduled for six:30 p.m. Wednesday.  
• The Wildcats (9-6, 3-3 Big 12) recorded their first victory over a ranked opponent within the Mansfield period in week seven motion after taking down Baylor in five-sets.
• Two Wildcats reached new milestones within the Cats final outing in opposition to the Bears as Sydney Bolding reached her 300^th profession block and Mackenzie Morris her 1,500^th dig. Morris now ranks fifth total and fourth within the rally-scoring period with 1,515 digs.

• No. 25 Iowa State (13-3, 4-1 Big 12) is coming of a straight-set home victory over Texas Tech, 25-21, 25-23, 25-17.
• The Cyclones lead the all-time sequence 59-43, whereas Okay-State is 24-22 when taking part in at home.
• At 3-3 in convention motion, Okay-State ties sixth within the Big 12 standings alongside No. 16 KU (12-4, 3-3 Big 12).
• Okay-State is in its 50^th season of Wildcat Volleyball, posting an total 902-715-12 document.

 SCOUTING #25 IOWA STATE

• Iowa State (13-3, 4-1 Big 12) involves Manhattan ranked 25^th total within the latest AVCA/GameChanger Top 25 ballot
• Brooke Stonestreet (Defensive) and Nayeli Gonzalez (Rookie) earned Big 12 volleyball weekly awards for the seventh week of the season.
• Christy Johnson-Lynch is in her 19^th season on the helm of the Cyclones volleyball program, guiding the group to an total 363-194 (.652) document.
• Johnson-Lynch is a two-time AVCA Central Region Coach of the Year and was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year in 2009
• Redshirt-sophomore Maya Duckworth was named to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team because the Cyclones had been picked seventh within the group polls
• In 2022, Duckworth turned the primary ISU freshman to be named an AVCA All-Region First Team choice and totaled 311 kills at 2.70 per set.
• The 2023 Cyclone group options 12 returners and three newcomers
• Cyclones are hitting .268 whereas holding oppoentns to a .180 hitting effectivity – good for fifth within the league
• Gonzalez leads the offense, averaging 4.20 factors per set and three.47 kills per set whereas hitting .273.
• At 10.07 assists per set, Morgan Brandt paces the 5-1 offense and has served up a team-high 20 aces (0.36 per set)
• Stonestreet leads the league in whole digs (266) and digs per set (4.67)
• Jordan Hopp and Pam McCune mix for 110.0 of the Cyclones 136.0 whole blocks with Hopp main with 0.96 blocks per set.
• Cyclones put up a 20-win season in 2022, advancing to the second spherical of the NCAA Tournament for the 11^th time at school historical past.

 INSIDE THE SERIES

• ISU leads the all-time sequence, 59-43, whereas the Cats maintain a present three-match win streak.
• Okay-State is 24-22 when taking part in at home in opposition to the Cyclones.
• The Cats are 4-6 within the final 10 conferences with all 4 victories coming previously three seasons.
• Okay-State’s longest successful streak in opposition to the Cyclones was 20 between 1996-2005.

 THE WEEKEND REVIEW

• The Wildcats earned the primary victory over a ranked opponent within the Mansfield period, defeating No. 18 Baylor in 5
• Two Wildcats reached new milestones as Sydney Bolding reached her 300^th profession block and Mackenzie Morris her 1,500^th dig.
• Morris now ranks fifth total and fourth within the rally-scoring period with 1,515 digs
• Okay-State and Baylor break up the season sequence, with the Bears taking the four-set finale.
• Hinkle (23 assists, 12 digs) and Carter (19 kills, 20 digs) every tallied a double-double Thursday
• Carter turned in a season-best 21 kills, changing into the primary Cat to achieve 20 this season
• The senior exterior hitter totaled 40 kills (4.44 per set) with 28 digs
• Bolding served up a weekend-high three aces with 12 kills, 12 blocks and .400 hitting effeciency
• Szulczewski dished out 29 assists adopted by Hinkle with 46
• Bolding turned in her 11^th match with 5 or extra blocks
• The Wildcats transfer to 3-3 in convention motion
• Okay-State strikes to 6-2 when taking part in away and 3-2 in true highway video games
• In seven straight matches, Carter has reached double figures, marking the 11^th time total this season. Additionally, she generated her 20^th profession double-double.

 VS. RANKED OPPONENTS

• Wednesdays’ matchup with No. 25 Iowa State will mark the Wildcats’ fourth ranked opponent this season.
• A season in the past, Okay-State went 1-3 in opposition to groups ranked within the AVCA top-25 ballot, together with two matches in opposition to the nation’s prime 5.
• The Cats earned their first victory over a ranked opponent Thursday night time in opposition to Baylor, who was then ranked fourth
• Okay-State is 1-2 in opposition to ranked opponents this season 

HOME COOKIN’

• Okay-State started is 3-4 when taking part in at home in 2023
• In seven home matches, the Wildcats are hitting .137 whereas opponents submit a .167 group effectivity.
• Carter is averaging a team-high 3.83 kills per set and hitting .145 at home
• Brenna Schmidt leads in hitting effectivity at .394 adopted by Fernholz at .214
• Of Bolding’s 81.0 whole blocks 34.0 have been at home as she averages 1.42 at Morgan Family Arena
• The Cats have served up 35 aces at home, with Szulczewski accounting for 9 of them and Gregorski seven.
• Okay-State is 407-212-5 all-time when taking part in at home.

 AROUND THE BIG 12

• UCF (5-0) and Texas (6-0) each stay undefeated in Big 12 motion.
• Texas leads the league total with an 11-3 document.
• Iowa State rounds out the highest three with a 4-1 league document.
• Six applications from the Big 12 are ranked within the AVCA standings with No. 7 Texas, No. 9 BYU, No. 16 Kansas, No. 20 Baylor, No. 21 Houston, and No. 25 Iowa State whereas UCF is receiving votes. 
• Texas’ Madisen Skinner (Offensive) together with Iowa State’s Brooke Stonestreet (Defensive) and Nayeli Gonzalez (Rookie) earned Big 12 volleyball weekly awards for the seventh week of the season.

 IT’S THE BREAKDOWN

• The Cats have received the opening set in seven matches this season, going 7-0.
• Conversely, Okay-State is 2-6 when dropping the primary set
• The Wildcats are 9-1 when main in attack share and 8-0 when producing extra kills than their opponents.
• Additionally, the Cats are 7-0 when limiting opponents to hitting effectivity underneath .200. with a 5-0 document when holding groups to underneath .100
• Okay-State is 8-1 when main opponents in blocks and 7-2 when main in digs
• The Wildcats are 1-1 within the month of October
• Carter totals 193 kills (3.64 per set) this season adopted by Clinton at 2.53 kills per set
• On protection, Morris is third within the league with 4.63 digs per set
• Bolding is second within the convention with 1.53 blocks per set, rating fourth total within the nation.
• Currently, the Big 12 ranks fourth in RPI (ranking share index) with a median RPI of .6026 with six applications ranked the highest 25 of the nationwide polls.
• In the primary launch of the group RPI standings, Okay-State is available in 92^nd total.

 IT’S A PARTY

• Okay-State is averaging the league’s fourth-best 2.73 blocks per set which ranks 16^th amongst Division I.
• The group’s 147.5 whole blocks is sweet for fifth total within the Big 12.
• Okay-State has reached double-figure blocks in 10 matches this season
• The Wildcats collected a season-best 14.0 blocks in a sweep of UT Martin on Sept. 8. 
• Additionally, Okay-State is 8-1 when out-blocking opponents

 
DOUBLE-TROUBLE

• Three Wildcats have recorded double-doubles this season led by Szulczewski and Carter with 5 adopted Hinkle with two
• Hinkle and Carter every produced a double-double within the Cats upset over #18 Baylor
• A local of Beaverton, Ore., Szulczewski generated a group season-best 41 assists in her first double-double with the Wildcats within the season opener
• Preseason All-Big 12 honoree Aliyah Carter introduced her profession whole to twenty after with 19 kills and a season-high 20 digs
• Carter is 15 double-doubles away from becoming a member of the Wildcats’ Double-Double Club
• Former Wildcat Kim Zschau holds this system’s profession double-double document with 69 throughout 457 units throughout 1995-98.
• Katie Brand (2013-16) holds the document within the rally-scoring period with 68

 GRAND HINKLE

• Loren Hinkle is shy of 1,000 profession digs which might put her within the Cats’ Double-Grand Club, changing into simply the ninth participant in historical past to achieve 1,000 in two classes.
• The senior from Shawnee, Kan., reached her 1,000 assists in 2022.
• With 1,263 assists, Hinkle is 39 digs away from reaching 1,000.

BEING BOLD

• Senior center blocker Sydney Bolding continues to be a menace on the web for the Wildcats as she ranks second within the league and fourth nationally with 1.53 blocks per set.
• The Pickens, S.C., product’s 2.86 factors per set ranks is second on the group behind group chief Aliyah Carter
• She was named to the Lippy Invitational All-Tournament Team, her fourth all-tournament group choice and second of the season as she was additionally tabbed to the Rose metropolis Showdown all-tournament group.
• Bolding earned her 300^th profession block at Okay-State, and is eighteen whole blocks away from leaping into the Top 10 rally-scoring period leaderboard.
• In simply three years at Okay-State, she has compiled over 400 kills, 600 factors, and 50 service aces.

 KILLER CARTER

• Carter eclipsed the 20-kill plateau on Oct. 6, 2023, in opposition to Baylor (21 kills).
• Aliyah Carter is the quickest participant to every 1,000 kills as she turned the 19^th participant in program historical past to achieve the milestone within the season opener at Portland State on Aug. 25, 2023.
• Totaling 1,187 profession kills, Carter ranks 13^th total and sixth within the rally-scoring period
• The 2020 Big 12 Freshman of the Year has led the Wildcats offense in 11 matches this season, together with a season-high 21 kills in opposition to Baylor.
• Carter ranks within the prime 10 of the Big 12 leaderboards in two offensive classes – kills per set (3.64) and factors per set (4.21)
• Carter’s present profession common of three.69 kills per set ranks third in Okay-State historical past throughout the rally-scoring period and fourth total.
• She earned her 14^th profession match with 20 or extra kills Saturday, rating second in program historical past throughout the rally-scoring period and sixth total.
• Additionally, she is simply the second participant in program historical past to earn back-to-back unanimous first-team accolades, becoming a member of Kaitlynn Pelger (2012-13).

 MACK ATTACK

• Senior libero Mackenzie Morris’ is third in Big 12 in digs per set (4.63) which ranks 46^th in NCAA.
• The Dallas, Texas product is the fifth participant to generate over 1,500 profession digs at Okay-State, rating fifth within the rally-scoring period at 1,515 and fourth total.
• Morris has produced 4 20 or extra dig matches this season with a season-best 30 to carry her profession whole to 24.
• Her 30 digs in opposition to TCU is probably the most by any Big 12 participant in any match this season, tying West Virginia’s Camilla Covas.
• Morris’ 24 matches with at the least 20 digs ranks third in program historical past.
• Morris joined the 1,000-digs membership final season versus Kansas on Sept. 24., 2022.
• At 4.26 profession digs per set, she is at the moment one in all simply two gamers within the rally-scoring period to common over 4.00 digs per set (Angie Lastra, 4.37).
• Morris is one in all simply 5 energetic gamers within the Big 12 with at the least 1,300 profession digs, 32^nd total in Division I.

 A NEW HOME

• Okay-State formally unveiled the Morgan Family Arena on Sept. 1, 2023 within the Wildcats defeat over Omaha in entrance of capability crowd of three,044.
• The new home of Wildcat volleyball has reached a capability crowd 3 times in its first season
• Wildcats are 3-4 (.429) when taking part in at home this season
• Morgan Family Arena will host 13 common season video games in its inaugural season.
• The enviornment has reached capability 3 times this season
• The all-volleyball inclusive enviornment is the third home of Wildcat volleyball becoming a member of the Bramlage Coliseum and Ahearn Field House
• Okay-State is 407-212-5 all-time when taking part in at home

 THE MANSFIELD ERA

• Jason Mansfield is in his first season on the helm of the Kansas State volleyball program.
• The Sunnyvale, Calif., native is 9-6 (.600) total and 3-3 (.500) in Big 12 motion in his first season as a head coach.
• Mansfield turned the second coach in Okay-state historical past to start out his profession 4-0, becoming a member of Jim Moore in 1994
• Mansfield was appointed because the ninth head coach on Dec. 27, 2022.
• Compiled over 480 victories as an assistant coach with stints at Stanford, Illinois, and Washington
• The 2004 Stanford squad received the nationwide championship, whereas the Cardinals superior to the Final Four six instances in 14 whole NCAA Tournament appearances with Mansfield on workers.

 UP NEXT

• Okay-State units out to the Sunshine State to face UCF (14-2, 5-0) on Oct. 14 at The Venue at UCF in Orlando, Fla.
• Saturday’s match is the fourth assembly between the 2 colleges, first assembly as Big 12 opponents
• UCF is simply exterior of the AVCA/GameChanger Top 25 polls, receiving 85 votes.
• Okay-State leads the all-time sequence, 2-1
• The match might be seen on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.