Shemanova Records 1,500th Career Kill in Loss to K-State

Thursday, September 1

Orlando, FL

4:00 PM

Syracuse University

2-2,0-0ACC

Kansas State

4-0,0-0Big 12

Syracuse

Kansas St.

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Shemanova Records 1,500th Career Kill in Loss to K-State

9/1/2022 8:22:00 PM | Volleyball

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ORLANDO, Fla. - Syracuse Volleyball fell to Big 12 foe Kansas State on Thursday afternoon in the first matchup of the UCF Challenge, 1-3, in favor of the Wildcats.

"Consistency will help us eliminate a lot of errors that we made today," said head coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam in his post-game press conference. "However, I have to give credit to Kansas State, as they are a well-coached program with a talented roster. Games like this give us an opportunity to show that we can compete with high-caliber teams, even if the outcome wasn't in our favor."

The Orange (2-2,0-0 ACC) fell to the Wildcats (4-0,0-0 Big 12) in four sets, 23-25, 18-25, 25-22, and 21-25. In set four Syracuse almost managed to force the match into five sets by going on a 5-0 run late in the fourth set, but was unable to as points were traded for the final points of the set, ending in favor of K-State.

K-State paced the day with a .262 percent hitting clip, the Orange had a hitting percentage of just .224. The Orange trailed in points (72-69) and aces (11-3), tied in blocks (9-9) and Digs (49-49), while leading in the single category of kills (57-52).

Viktoriia Lokhmanchuk led the offensive effort for 'Cuse with a career-high 22 kills, besting her previous record of 21 kills in the win against Wofford just last week.

Polina Shemanova notched her name in the program record books, as she reached the 1,500 kill margin in the second set of the match. Shemanova is only one of five players in program history to eclipse the 1,500-point margin and is now just three kills shy of the fourth most career kills in program history.

1,500 KILLS FOR POLINA SHEMANOVA!!!

Shemanova is just 1 of 5 athletes in program history to reach this milestone! pic.twitter.com/9xzusNrM6Q
— Syracuse Volleyball (@CuseVB) September 1, 2022

Middle Blockers Raina Hughes and Didar Ozcan both set new career marks in the match. Hughes set a career-high in blocks by recording four and Ozcan set a new career-high with a single service ace in set four.

Setter Riley Hoffman had a new career high in the competition by logging 22 assists. Hoffman also matched her previous career highs of one service ace and 14 digs in today's loss.

The Orange will be back in action tomorrow, facing the University of Central Florida in day two of the UCF Challenge. The match is slated to start at 7:00 p.m. and will stream live on ESPN+.