Boeve's Blog: Week 9

Iowa State senior volleyball player Erin Boeve will be writing a weekly blog this season to give Cyclone fans an insiders look at the happenings of the program, which last year advanced to the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in school history. Boeve, a middle blocker from Steen, Minn., became the first Cyclone to earn AVCA All-American Honorable Mention honors a year ago. She also was the first ISU volleyballer to be named first-team All-Big 12 and the league's Co-Defensive Player of the Year. A preseason All-Big 12 selection this year, Boeve is the school's record holder for career block assists and owns the top-two single seasons in school history as well.

October 8, 2007

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Hello everybody! I hope everyone had a great first week of October. We sure did as the Cyclone Volleyball Team.

The week started with a couple of practices to prepare for the match against Kansas on Wednesday night. The match was in Hilton, so we didn't have to travel during the week. We ended up winning the match in three games. We had a great offensive night to help us get the win. The past couple weeks we have been working on our offense, so it was nice to see that our hard work paid off. The win was also a great birthday gift for our head coach, Christy Johnson, who celebrated her birthday that day!

We were back to practicing on Thursday, this time was to prepare for Oklahoma. On Friday, we had another busy afternoon of traveling. We got into Oklahoma City about 9:15 p.m., and then had to drive to Norman. It was only about 25 minutes from Oklahoma City to Norman, so we didn't have to travel too far. We stopped for a quick bite to eat and then we headed to the motel.

Saturday was a typical game day with a team breakfast in the morning along with watching film before practice. After our practice was complete we ate at Souper Salad. For those of you who don't know what it is, it is a huge salad bar with about every topping you can imagine. There is also a variety of soups, pizza and spaghetti. They also have many different kinds of bread, including the ginger bread, which I would consider a team favorite. Lastly, my all-time favorite dessert is the strawberry shortcake. As you can tell I love eating at Souper Salads for our pre-game meal.

Saturday night finally rolled around and it was game time against the Sooners. We knew coming into the match that it would not be an easy win for either team, since we are very evenly matched up. We were split one game a piece going into the break. We came out in the third game and won. Unfortunately, the fourth game didn't go as well; we had to play catch up the whole game. We came close, but not close enough to win the match. Now it was time for the deciding fifth game. It was close the whole way and sadly to say, we did not come out on top. The score of the final game was 12-15. I am sure we will be in more five game situations yet this season and hopefully we learned something from this match that will help us in the future.

We have had great fan support at every match this season, even when we are on the road. There are many parents and other relatives that take time out of their busy schedules to come and cheer us on. It is a lot more exciting to play when they are there showing their Cyclone support.

On Sunday, I celebrated my 22^nd birthday. I didn't quite get the gift I wanted, that was to beat Oklahoma, but I survived. We will just have to win when they come to Ames! It was an early morning for us, as we were checked out of the hotel at 5:45 a.m. That is a little early for me, but it is also nice to get back to Ames on time and have the rest of the afternoon and evening off.

That's all the news for this week!

Go State!
Erin Boeve

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