Iowa State Volleyball Drops Tough Match to Texas Tech, 3-2

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Iowa State Volleyball Drops Tough Match to Texas Tech, 3-2

11.12.2003 | Volleyball

By: Iowa State University

AMES, Iowa ? Ashlie McWee had a game-high 18 kills and Dana Koziol added a game-high 24 digs, but Iowa State dropped a tough 2-3 match to Texas Tech, Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum. Freshman Nicole Lorenzen added a career-high 10 kills for the Cyclones. With the loss, Iowa State falls to 11-16 overall and 3-13 in Big 12 play. Texas Tech was led by Kelly Johnson, who had 16 kills and 20 digs. Texas Tech improves to 11-14 overall and 3-13 in league play.

The Cyclones played a solid match against Texas Tech, outhititng the Red Raiders, .164 to .133. But Texas tech outkilled the Cyclones, 63-57, and outdug ISU, 92-87. But the Cyclones had a great night blocking with 18 assists and two solo blocks.

Senior Renae Pruess drilled 16 kills and added 10 digs for her fifth double-double of the year and junior Brittany Dalager had 13 digs to help the Cyclone cause on the night. Sophomore Katie Kruenegel had seven kills and a team-high six block assists and senior setter Lindsey Chapman added 47 assists and six digs. Iowa State played its fourth five-game match of the season.

Iowa State dominated game one, hitting .293 from the floor and pounding 15 kills with only three hitting errors. The Red Raiders were held to .000 from the floor and managed only 10 kills. ISU also outdug Texas Tech, 23-19. McWee and Lorenzen each added five kills as the Cyclones took game one, 30-17.

In game two, the Cyclones struggled, hitting just .098 from the floor compared to .308 from Texas Tech. The Red Raiders had 17 kills to ISU's 12 and defeated the Cyclones in game two, 30-21. The two teams went to the locker-room with a 1-1 tie.

In game three, ISU continued to struggle, hitting just .048 to Texas Tech's .149. Iowa State had just nine kills to Texas Tech's 16 and 23 digs to ISU's 14. Pruess and McWee each added three kills but Texas Tech defeated ISU, 30-25.

The Cyclones came back strong in game four, hitting a sizzling .231 from the floor and pounding 15 kills and 21 digs. Texas Tech was held to a -.077 hitting percentage and only seven kills. Pruess had a game-high six kills, while Dalager and Lorenzen added four kills to defeat Texas Tech, 30-17, in game four.

In the fifth and deciding game, the Red Raiders hit .324 from the floor along with 13 kills and only two hitting errors, while holding ISU to a .154 hitting percentage and six kills to defeat the Cyclones, 15-13, and win the match, 3-2.

“Overall, I am pretty disappointed,” head coach Linda Crum said. “We lost an opportunity in a match tonight that we should've and could've won. We really started playing safe instead of playing to win and we really needed to take advantage of the opportunities we had tonight and we didn't do that. However, I thought Dana (Koziol) did an awesome job tonight. She was aggressive on defense and she played with a lot of heart and desire. Brittany (Dalager) passed really well tonight and Ashlie (McWee) had a nice offensive game tonight.”

Iowa State continues its homestretch when it plays host to Kansas on Saturday, Nov. 15, at Hilton Coliseum, starting at 7 p.m.