Preview: No. 24 Baylor & Kansas State

FORT WORTH – No. 16 TCU Volleyball rounds out the month of October with a ranked matchup at No. 24 Baylor on Friday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. before returning home to host Kansas State on Nov. 1 at 2 p.m.

TCU NOTABLES
• The Horned Frogs are ranked No. 16 in the latest AVCA/TARAFLEX Coaches Poll, extending their streak to 40 consecutive weeks in the top 25.
• Freshman middle blocker Kinsley Young ranks third in the Big 12 with 1.32 blocks per set and sits just nine blocks shy of 100 on the season.
• Becca Kelley joined Evan Hendrix on the AVCA Division I Player of the Year Watch List, making TCU one of 15 programs with multiple selections.
• Kelley and Hendrix are the fourth highest-scoring attacking duo in D1 Volleyball, combining for 8.24 kills per set coming into the week.
• The Frogs rank top 25 nationally in four categories: kills per set (11th, 14.07), assists per set (16th, 13.01), blocks per set (21st, 2.70) and hitting percentage (22nd, .267).
• TCU checked in at No. 8 in the NCAA Selection Committee's in-season top-16 rankings.
• The Frogs and Baylor meet for the second time in two weeks. The Bears won the previous meeting in straight sets in Fort Worth.

SCOUTING REPORT
No. 24 Baylor enters Friday's matchup with TCU at 13-6 overall and 5-4 in Big 12 play. The Bears have won four of their last five matches, including a straight-set victory over TCU on Oct. 18. They are coming off a five-set loss to No. 17 Kansas. Outside hitter Ksenia Rakhmanchik has been the focal point of Baylor's offense, leading the Big 12 with 4.88 kills per set. The sophomore has racked up 332 kills on a .288 hitting percentage and has recorded 20 or more kills in three straight matches. Setter Isabela Haggard directs the offense at 9.84 assists per set, while Victoria Davis leads the team with 75 blocks. As a team, Baylor is hitting .262 while holding opponents to a .193 clip.

Kansas State enters the weekend 10-7 overall and 2-7 in Big 12 play after snapping a seven-match losing streak with a sweep of Texas Tech on Sunday. The Wildcats opened the season with nine straight victories, including a five-set win at UCF in their Big 12 opener, before dropping seven consecutive conference matches. Freshman outside hitter Addison Massey leads the Wildcat offense, ranking second in the Big 12 with 4.48 kills per set. She has totaled 278 kills this season and is coming off a record-setting performance against Texas Tech, where she tallied 24 kills, the most by a Kansas State player in a three-set match in the rally-scoring era. Kansas State is hitting .228 as a team while allowing opponents to hit .235.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
» TCU's Evan Hendrix and Becca Kelley have established themselves as one of the most dangerous attacking duos in the country.
» Hendrix ranks seventh in the Big 12 with 4.24 kills per set (24th nationally), while Kelley ranks eighth with 4.00 per set (44th nationally).
» They are one of just three pairs of teammates nationally averaging at least 4.00 kills per set each, joining UNI's Cassidy Hartman and Lily Dykstra and Duke's Nataly Moravec and Ashby Zubchevich.
» Further, Hendrix and Kelley's combined 8.24 kills per set coming into the week are the fourth most of any duo in D1 volleyball in 2026.

STOCK RISING
» TCU is catching the attention of everyone across the nation, including the NCAA Selection Committee, who tabbed the Horned Frogs as the No. 8 team in their in-season ranking.
» The Frogs' resume features top-25 wins over No. 8 SMU, No. 14 Purdue and No. 24 Colorado.
» The committee considered several criteria to determine their rankings, with an emphasis on head-to-head results, top-10 wins, and strength of schedule.
» TCU has its sights set on hosting postseason play in Fort Worth for the first time in school history and looks to secure a top-16 ranking on Nov. 29 during the NCAA Selection Show.

SHE'S JUST A FRESHMAN
» Middle blocker Kinsley Young doesn't play like a rookie. This season, the Southlake, Texas, product ranks third in the Big 12 with 1.32 blocks per set.
» With 91 on the season so far, she has her sights set on triple digits and the TCU freshman record of 123.0 total blocks (Kourtney Edwards, 2006).
» In addition to her defense, Young also proved to be a weapon who can score in the middle. She's averaging 1.77 kills per set for the Frogs on a .358 clip.
» In the win over Rice on Sept. 18, she tallied a career-best 16 kills, the most by a TCU middle blocker since Mykayla Myers had 16 vs. Oklahoma in 2021.
» Young also became the first TCU middle blocker to record a double-double since Myers in 2021 (10 kills and 10 blocks vs. WVU).

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Players Mentioned

Evan Hendrix

Becca Kelley

Kinsley Young

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