Cincinnati Volleyball travels to Kansas for Big 12 Matches

Cincinnati volleyball travels to Manhattan, Kan., to face Kansas State on Friday, Nov. 6, at 6 p.m. ET at Morgan Family Arena, then heads to Lawrence, Kan., to face No. 15 Kansas on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m. ET at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena. Both matches will stream on ESPN+.

Recent Match Performance

Cincinnati had 110 digs against Arizona, the most by a Big 12 team this season and a program record in the rally-scoring era. Four Bearcats reached double-digit digs: freshman libero Viktoria Ninova had a career-high 34, Andrea Simovski added 22, Ava Ledebuhr 15 and Kate Lijic 10. Simovski posted a season-high 24 kills and a career-high 22 digs versus Arizona, making her the first Power 4 player in the nation this season to achieve 20-plus kills and 20-plus digs in a single match.

Series History

Against Kansas State, the Wildcats hold a 3-2 advantage in the all-time series, but the Bearcats claimed the most recent contest earlier this season, 3-0 on Oct. 22 at Fifth Third Arena (25-23, 25-16, 25-22), hitting .425 in the match. Against Kansas, the Jayhawks lead the all-time series 4-0. Last season, the then-No. 13 Jayhawks beat the Bearcats 3-0 in Lawrence.

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Team Statistics

Sydney Nolan ranks 13th nationally and second in the Big 12 in kills per set (4.45). Lijic ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 73rd nationally in assists per set (9.63). Ninova paces the Bearcats with 257 digs (3.62 per set), a figure that places her seventh in the Big 12. Cincinnati ranks fourth in the Big 12 in digs per set (13.70) and fifth in the Big 12 in team hitting percentage (.257). The Bearcats are averaging 1.73 aces per set, the second-best mark in the Big 12 and 56th nationally.