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Iowa State University Athletics
Iowa State Finishes No. 25 in Final AVCA Poll
12.18.2017 | Volleyball
AMES, Iowa – For the seventh time in program history, the Iowa State volleyball team finished among the Top 25 teams in the country as the Cyclones ended the 2017 season at No. 25 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Final Poll, announced on Monday. The Cyclones are back in the final Top-25 for the first time since 2012. All seven of ISU's Top-25s to finish the season have come under the watch of Christy Johnson-Lynch.
The Cyclones finished 2017 with a 22-7 overall record, finished tied for third in the Big 12 with an 11-5 conference mark and hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Volleyball Championship inside Hilton Coliseum.
ISU was led on the court by AVCA Honorable Mention All-Americans Jess Schaben and Hali Hillegas. Schaben concluded her junior season by leading ISU with 3.31 kills per set and ranking second on the team at 3.06 digs per frame. Hillegas, the 2017 Big 12 Libero of the Year, led Iowa State and ranked 15th in the country with her 5.60 digs per set. The duo were both AVCA All-Midwest Region Team members and All-Big 12 First Team honorees, with Samara West also being on both teams with them.
Iowa State had one of its top blocking seasons in program history, averaging 3.00 blocks per set sixth in the nation in blocking. The Cyclones had two players over 100 blocks for the first time since 2011 in Grace Lazard (121 blocks) and Alexis Conaway (103 blocks), while Avery Rhodes had 97 blocks in her freshman campaign.
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