COLUMBIA, Mo. ? Iowa State continued its amazing trend of snapping long losing streaks to Big 12 opponents with a 3-1 (30-27, 30-22, 24-30, 30-22) win over No. 21 Missouri on Wednesday night. The win ended a string of 19 straight losses to Missouri, a streak dating back to 1996.
The Cyclones have now snapped losing streaks this season of 20 to Kansas State, 21 to Texas A&M as well as picking up their first win against Colorado in Boulder for the first time since 1987.
With the win, Iowa State improves to 16-7 overall and 8-5 in Big 12 play. The 16 wins equal last season's total. Missouri falls to 14-9 overall and 8-6 in Big 12 play.
The Cyclones moved ahead of Missouri in the Big 12 standings for the first time this season.
“Missouri is a great program with a great tradition,” said Iowa State head coach Christy Johnson. “We blocked well and played strong defense tonight and that was the key. This is a big win for us.”
As a team, Iowa State held Mizzou to a .164 hitting percentage and posted 21.5 blocks. The Cyclones also had 75 digs in the win.
Offensively, Iowa State was led by Katie Jessen, who blasted a match-high 18 kills. Joining Jessen in double-figures were Erin Boeve (11 kills), Lauren Cummings (11 kills) and Jessica Klein (10 kills). Cummings had her best match defensively as well, posting three solo blocks and matching a career-high with eight block assists. Katie Churm had a match-high 21 digs in the win.
Iowa State held Mizzou to a .089 hitting percentage to take game one, 30-27. The Cyclones, who hit .243, took a 10-6 lead out of the gate and pushed it to 17-11 after a kill by Katie Jessen. Missouri didn't go quietly, eventually getting within one at 27-26 and forcing a Cyclone timeout. Following the timeout, ISU got a kill from Lorenzen and a solo stuff from Klein to bring it to game point. The Tigers would score one but following a long rally, Manns won the battle at the net, stuffing back a Jessica Vander Kooi attack to give ISU the 1-0 lead in the match.
Jessica Klein had five first game kills and Churm chipped in five digs in the game. Iowa State out blocked the Tigers, 6.5 to 5, in the first stanza.
Game two was much like the first with ISU pouncing on the Tigers early. With the game tied at four, ISU rattled off five straight to go up 9-4. The Cyclones never looked back en route to a convincing 30-22 win.
The Cyclones again held Missouri to a sub-.100 hitting percentage in game two, limiting the Tigers to just a .058 percentage while adding seven more blocks. The Cyclones increased their average, hitting .267 behind six kills from Boeve.
Missouri jumped all over ISU in the third game, taking a quick 10-3 lead and disposing of the Cyclones, 30-24.
The Cyclones were out hit by the Tigers, .347 to .182, as well as out blocked six to four.
Iowa State got back on track in the fourth game, rolling out to a 7-2 lead following a Boeve kill. The Cyclones, who hit .333 in the fourth game, controlled the match until the end, cruising to a 30-22 win.
Iowa State will host Kansas Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Admission to the match is free and live streaming video will be available for free on Cyclones.com.
.png&width=84&height=84&quality=100&type=webp)
