K-State announced on Wednesday afternoon that the match against Texas Tech scheduled for 7 p.m. at Ahearn Field House had been officially postponed. According to the Texas Tech Web site, six players on the volleyball team have come down with the flu and, after conferring with both K-State and the Big 12 conference, the game was postponed.

K-State (6-6, 0-2 Big 12 Conference) took another day of practice in place of the match in preparation for this weekend's trip to Iowa State.

"Well you know, the kids would probably prefer to play a match and the coaches would prefer to practice, that's kind of how that works," said head coach Suzie Fritz. "We need the practice time; we're working on a lot of things. I thought we had a good practice today. But ultimately there's no better teacher than matches. It was unfortunate we weren't able to play the match, but we still had a productive day and had an opportunity to get better, so we just make the most of it and control what we can control."

The flu, which has already hit college campuses hard this fall, is not something K-State hasn't witnessed itself with plenty of students out of class. The K-State volleyball team, however, has remained in good health and good spirits.

"You know you always have those constant ups and downs and constant health issues you're dealing with because you live and work in close proximity with everyone," Fritz said.

While no decision has been made yet regarding the future of the match-up against Texas Tech, it will surely be an item of interest for other teams around the league.

"It will be interesting to see what the conference decision is, ultimately, in regards to such an occurrence," Fritz said. "At this point, I quite frankly don't have any idea. It is postponed for now. Will it be canceled or not canceled? I'm sure that whatever they do decide now will certainly set a precedent for how [the Big 12] are going to go from here on. There have been some cases of other volleyball teams during the course of the preseason that had to cancel their matches because they had kids out sick."