The Matchup
- The Knights wrap up their home schedule with Kansas State Wednesday, November 20 for Senior Knight a 7p.m.
- This will be the second matchup this season against the Wildcats as Kansas State won 3-0 in Manhattan on Sept. 27.
- K-State is ranked first in the Big 12 averaging 16.91 digs per set while the Knights are ranked fourth limiting their opponents to 13.64.
Scouting Kansas State
- The Wildcats enter the matchup 10-13 on the season and are 8-6 in Big 12 play.
- Head coach Jason Mansfield is in his second season overall.
- Aliyah Carter leads the squad with 394 kills and is second in the Big 12 averaging 4.38 kills per set.
- Ella Larkin is third in the league averaging 4.52 digs per set.
Kuehl with the kill
- Alexia Kuehl leads the Knights with a .393 hitting percentage and is ranked No. 5 in the Big 12.
- The middle blocker has tallied the third-most kills on the team with 188 to go along with 58 blocks this season.
- A transfer from Colorado, where she spent the last four seasons, decided to move back to Florida for her last year.
Road Warriors
- The Knights started their season with three weekends on the road.
- UCF traveled to Virginia and North Carolina, along with two weekends on the road in Florida.
- It marked the first time since the 2017 season that the Knights played their first three weekends away from The Venue.
Year Two in the Big 12
- The Knights ended their inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference with a 17-12 overall record and 8-10 in conference play.
- With the addition of four new members into the Big 12, the Knights hosted Colorado for the first time since 2003, Utah (1996) and travel to Arizona and Arizona State for the first time in program history.
Milestone Watch
- Chloe Scheer has recorded 1,507 digs in her career at UCF, which ranks fifth in the individual career records.
- The Murrieta, California, native currently has 136 aces, the ninth most in program history.
Knight in Shining Armour
- Headlined by 14 matches with double digits in kills along with a career-high 20 kills against Utah (11/16), Avah Armour leads the Black and Gold with 226 kills.
- Armour came back to action against Cincinnati (10/30) after nursing an injury that caused her to miss three matches.
- The sophomore sprung right back in recording 13 kills and two aces against Cincinnati (10/30).
- Armour recorded her first double-double this season in the season opener against Virginia Tech (8/31).
- The Colorado native’s 18 kills at Stetson rank in the top five in the Big 12 for kills in a three-set match.
Knights In The Rankings
- Four players are currently ranked in the top 10 of the Big 12 rankings.
- Chloe Scheer is fourth in the conference, averaging 4.38 digs per set.
- Scheer is sixth with 372 total digs.
- Abby Schomers slides in at No. 7 with 9.29 assists per set.
- Avah Armour has tallied 10.48 attacks per set which ranks fifth in the Big 12.
- Alexia Kuehl ranks fourth in the Big 12, hitting a .393 clip.
Double-Trouble Quartet
- Four Knights have recorded double-doubles this season led by Avah Armour and Abby Schomers with three each, followed by Emily Wilson with two and Sasha Cohen with one.
- Cohen earned her first double-double of her career against Houston (Oct. 25) as she recorded 15 kills and 11 digs.
- Schomers and Cohen each have recorded double-doubles in Big 12 matches this season.
Schomers notched her third double-double against Colorado (Oct. 13) with 26 assists and 12 digs.