K-State’s Serena Sundell and Ayoka Lee added to their career trophy cases, as the tandem were named honorable mention All-Americans by the Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday. This is the first time since 2004 the Wildcats have seen two players garner All-America honors. This is the third time Lee has collected AP All-America honors in her career, as she was a second team recipient in 2022 and honorable mention in 2024. This was the first All-America honor for Sundell. Sundell, a 2025 All-Big 12 First Team selection, is second in the nation with a career-high for total assists (233), is…
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K-State (26-7, 13-5 Big 12), the 5-seed in the Spokane 4 Region, will face the 12-seed, Fairfield (28-4, 19-1 MAAC), in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament on Friday at 1:30 p.m. (CT), in Lexington, Kentucky, at Memorial Coliseum. Jeff Mittie, Ayoka Lee & Serena Sundell https://youtu.be/9bVbPz5Lkj4
Friday: K-State 7 Utah 6 With back-to-back blasts by Shintaro Inoue and Bear Madliak, K-State rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth to walk off Utah, 7-6, in Big 12 opener at Tointon Family Stadium Friday night. In the first conference meeting between the two schools, K-State (10-7, 1-0 Big 12) carried a 2-1 lead into the sixth inning behind starter Jacob Frost. After four scoreless innings, Utah (11-6, 0-1 Big 12) plated five runs in a three-inning span to stretch out to a three-run lead and back Colter McAnelly’s seven-inning start. Down 6-4, Inoue launched the…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Following its second straight 26-win season, Kansas State women’s basketball was rewarded with an at-large bid and a five-seed in the Spokane 4 Regional in the 2025 NCAA Tournament during Sunday night’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Show on ESPN. This is the program’s 19th NCAA Tournament appearance in school history and the sixth under the direction of head coach Jeff Mittie. Got our dancin’ shoes ready #MarchMadness @MarchMadnessWBB pic.twitter.com/u6RtnUDxuN— K-State Women's Basketball (@KStateWBB) March 17, 2025 K-State (26-7, 13-5 Big 12) was chosen as a No. 5 seed in the Spokane 4 regional and will be opposed…
Friday: K-State 4 William & Mary 2 Right-handers Ty Ruhl and Blake Dean combined for five scoreless innings to help lead K-State to a 4-2 victory over William & Mary in its home opener Friday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. Ruhl (1-1) picked up the win in relief of starter Jacob Frost, scattering just one hit over 2 2/3 innings before handing the ball over to Blake Dean, who fired a scoreless eighth and ninth with three strikeouts to earn the save. The Wildcats (7-5) scored three of their four runs in the first and second innings, highlighted by a…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – K-State, the five-seed, used a hot first half shooting effort from the field to take a double-digit lead, but four-seed West Virginia came back to secure a 73-69 win in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship at T-Mobile Center on Friday. K-State (26-7) was led by a trio of seniors: Kennedy Taylor, Temira Poindexter and Serena Sundell. Taylor carded a personal season-high 21 points on a perfect 9-of-9 shooting and added three rebounds. Taylor is the first player in Big 12 Championship history to go perfect from the field on…
The Big 12 Conference and its television partners announced Friday that Kansas State’s non-conference football game at Arizona originally scheduled for Saturday, September 13, will now be played on Friday, September 12. The game will be shown on either an ESPN or FOX network, and the game time and network designation will be announced at a later date. Kansas State will play at Arizona for the eighth time in school history and will play in Tucson for the first time since defeating Wyoming in the 1993 Copper Bowl. K-State won the battle of the Wildcats last season, 31-9, in the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – K-State, the five-seed, used a hot shooting effort in the fourth quarter to blow open Thursday’s second round game with 13-seed UCF for an 80-65 win at the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship at T-Mobile Center. With the win, K-State (26-6) equaled its win total from last season. The 52 combined wins over the last two seasons are tied for the third-most over a two-season span in program history. The Wildcats saw four players reach double figures in scoring, as senior and All-Big 12 First Team honoree Serena Sundell registered 21 points, including…
(14/15) K-State saw its home win streak halted at 17, as (17/22) Baylor downed the Wildcats, 79-62, at Bramlage Coliseum on Monday night. K-State (25-5, 13-4 Big 12) was paced by senior guard and All-America candidate Serena Sundell with 20 points on 10-of-19 shooting, four rebounds, three assists and three steals. Senior forward Kennedy Taylor made her 10th start of the season and registered 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting and a 6-of-8 effort from the charity stripe and paced the Wildcats on the glass with seven rebounds. Baylor (25-5, 15-2) saw four players reach double figures and were led by…