Iowa State Volleyball Dominates Oklahoma, 3-1

Wednesday, October 8

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Iowa State Volleyball Dominates Oklahoma, 3-1

10.08.2003 | Volleyball

By: Iowa State University

NORMAN, Okla. ? Ashlie McWee had a game-high 15 kills and Dana Koziol had added 23 digs to lead Iowa State to a 3-1 win over Oklahoma on Wednesday night in Norman, Okla. It was ISU's second conference win of the season as it improves its record to 9-8 overall and 2-5 in league play. Joanna Schmitt led Oklahoma with 22 kills and 10 digs.

It was ISU's first win over Oklahoma since Oct. 17, 2001 and the first time Iowa State has won more than one Big 12 match since the 1996 season when the Cyclones were 3-17 in Big 12 play.

The Cyclones dominated the match, hitting .238 from the floor, compared to .136 for Oklahoma. The Cyclones pounded 58 total kills to OU's 55. One of the big keys to the game was serving. ISU had eight serving aces, while the Sooners managed just four aces. The Cyclones played a solid match defensively with 70 digs to Oklahoma's 60. ISU also did extremely well blocking, having a season high 27 blocks. McWee had a career-high nine block assists on the night, while Katie Kruenegel and Renae Pruess each added four.

Junior Brittany Dalager had nine kills and 17 total digs and freshman Katie Jessen and Pruess each added 11 kills and 10 kills to help the Cyclone cause on the evening.

The Cyclones started off slowly in game one, hitting only .049 from the floor, while OU hit .318 and had 18 kills to ISU's nine. The Sooners won game one, 30-22.

Iowa State started rolling in game two, hitting a solid .314 from the floor and pounding 17 kills, while holding the Sooners to 10 kills and .062 from the floor. The Cyclones won game two, 30-20.

Game three was all ISU as the Cyclones hit a sizzling .419 from the floor along with 16 kills and only three hitting errors. The Sooners were held to .024 hitting from the floor, as ISU won game three, 30-19.

Iowa State pounded 16 kills and had only six hitting errors in game four to win the game, 30-23, and the match 3-1.

“After game one, we really got some momentum going,” Crum said. “We really did a great job serving. That was really the key in us turning things around after game one. It made a big difference in the match. Great serving really made it easier for us to block as well as we did. I'm proud of how the kids responded after game one. They had great chemistry and never let the ball hit the floor. They really did a nice job.”

The Cyclones return home to play host to No. 24 Texas A&M on Saturday, Oct. 11, at Hilton Coliseum. First serve is set for 7 p.m.