Iowa State Volleyball Drops Match to No. 8 Kansas State

Wednesday, October 22

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Iowa State Volleyball Drops Match to No. 8 Kansas State

10.22.2003 | Volleyball

By: Iowa State University

AMES, Iowa ? Brittany Dalager had 15 kills and 16 digs for her eighth double-double on the year and Dana Koziol added 18 digs, but No. 8 Kansas State proved to be too much and defeated Iowa State, 3-1,Wednesday night in Hilton Coliseum. With the loss, Iowa State falls to 10-11 overall and 2-8 in Big 12 play. Valeria Hejjas led the way for Kansas State with 16 kills, who improves to 19-3 on the season.

The Wildcats dominated the match offensively and defensively, hitting .235 from the floor and collecting 60 digs. Kansas State committed 25 hitting errors on 149 attacks. The Cyclones were limited to 42 kills, a .083 hitting percentage and 51 digs. The Cyclones had a solid blocking night with 16 blocks.

ISU's Renae Pruess and Ashlie McWee drilled nine kills each and senior Michelle Gannon added three kills and two block assists to help the Cyclone cause on the night. Sophomore Amanda Craig had 29 assists, one kill and three digs for the Cyclones.

Iowa State came out on fire in game one, hitting a solid .250 from the field and pounding 15 kills with only four hitting errors to KSU's 14 kills and eight hitting errors. The Cyclones also dominated the game defensively with 27 total digs compared to 16 for the Wildcats. Pruess had six kills in game one to help ISU win, 30-25.

“I thought we really did a great job competing in game one,” head coach Linda Crum said. “We competed on every play, we were disciplined on the block and I thought we were incredible on defense. We created so many things by how hard we worked. We served well and really gave ourselves some opportunities in the first game.”

Kansas State came back strong in game two, hitting .400 from the floor, compared to ISU's .000 and pounded 13 kills to ISU's 10. Dalager led the Cyclones with five kills and three digs. But Kansas State took game two, 30-20.

Game three was all Kansas State as the Wildcats again hit .400, while holding ISU to .065. Iowa State pounded 10 kills while KSU had 17 to defeat ISU, 30-20. Dalager again led the way with four kills and two digs.

Game four was more of the same as the Wildcats hit .171 and had 16 kills compared to seven kills for ISU. Pruess and Dalager each had two kills to lead the Cyclones, while Dalager added two digs.

“Overall I was disappointed,” Crum said. “We started the match well, but just didn't take advantage of our good start. I thought Brittany (Dalager) had a solid match with her hits and digs and Renae had a decent match as well. We played a lot of kids off the bench tonight and they really came in and provided a spark for us.”

Iowa State travels to Lincoln, Neb., to take on No. 11 Nebraska on Saturday, Oct. 25, with first serve at 5 p.m., at Nebraska's Devaney Center.