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11.13.2007 | Volleyball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State volleyball team travels to Missouri Wednesday for what figures to be an important Big 12 match in the standings. The Cyclones currently sit at 9-7 in the Big 12 while Missouri has recovered from an 0-4 league start and currently sits one game behind ISU at 8-8. The match will be played at the Hearnes Center in Columbia with FSN Midwest televising the event, which is slated to start at 6:30 p.m.
Cyclone
Who: Iowa State (15-11, 9-7 Big 12) at Missouri (15-10, 8-8 Big 12)
Where: Hearnes Center (Columbia, Mo.)
When: Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
Television: The match will be televised throughout the state of Iowa on FSN Midwest. FSN Midwest can be found on Mediacom (Ch. 40), DirecTV (Ch. 647) and Dish Network (Ch. 418)
Live Stats: Live stats will be available at Cyclones.com by clicking here.
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Tale of the Tape | |||
| Iowa State | Missouri | ||
| Record | 15-11 | 15-10 | |
| Conference | 9-7 | 8-8 | |
| Kills | 1487 | 1477 | |
| Kills/Game | 15.49 | 15.23 | |
| Hitting Pct. | .217 | .242 | |
| Assists | 1366 | 1329 | |
| A/Game | 14.23 | 13.70 | |
| Aces | 109 | 119 | |
| Digs | 1586 | 1609 | |
| Digs/Game | 16.52 | 16.59 | |
| Solo Blocks | 64 | 79 | |
| Block Assists | 506 | 385 | |
| Total Blocks | 317.0 | 271.5 | |
| Blocks/Game | 3.30 | 2.80 | |
| Blocking Errors | 75 | 55 | |
- The Cyclones (15-11, 9-7 Big 12) fell 3-0 (20-30, 19-30, 16-30) to No. 2 Nebraska on Sunday afternoon at Hilton Coliseum.
- The match drew a school-record 6,705 spectators. It was the largest crowd ever to watch a collegiate volleyball match in the state of Iowa.
- Against the Huskers, Victoria Henson was the lone Cyclone to reach double-figures with 11 kills as ISU hit just .135 as a team while allowing NU to hit .389. Ashley Mass and Amy Vos recorded double-digit digs for ISU with 12 and 10, respectively.
- In Iowa State's two contests last week Henson led the team with 3.62 kills per game on .253 hitting. Ashley Mass averaged 5.12 digs per game as the Cyclones went 1-1.
- Iowa State has recorded at least 100 digs on three different occasions this season, including 102 against Mizzou in a digfest earlier this season (MU had 97 in the match). The Cyclones also topped the century mark with 102 against Baylor and 101 at Oklahoma.
- The Cyclones need one win to become eligible for an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament.
- Jen Malcom is Iowa State's leading regular attacker in road matches, hitting at a .328 clip away from Hilton Coliseum.
- Ashley Mass ran her streak of consecutive matches with double-figure digs to 19 with her 12-dig performance against Nebraska. The freshman has recorded 20+ digs seven times this season, including two of the last three matches.
- Kaylee Manns moved into sixth all-time at ISU with her 28 assists against Nebraska. The sophomore now has 2,479 assists and needs just four to move into fifth and past Julie McGrath (1995-98).
- Erin Boeve and Amy Vos earned second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII honors while Lauren Cummings earned third-team honors.
Stat of the Week
- With 12 more digs Ashley Mass, who already holds the freshman record with 393 digs, will move into Iowa State's single-season top-10. The freshman from Muskego, Wis., has a realistic shot at recording the third highest single year total.
Head Coach Christy Johnson
- Head coach Christy Johnson is in her third season at Iowa State with a 52-37 (.584) record.
- Johnson, who inherited a team that had won just 13 Big 12 matches in 180 tries, has led ISU to a 30-26 league record.
- Johnson is 2-3 all-time against Missouri. The wins have come in the last two meetings between the schools with last season's road win in Columbia snapping a 19 match losing streak to the Tigers.
- Against Texas Tech, Johnson picked up her 50th win as head coach at Iowa State, becoming the fastest ISU coach to reach 50 wins. Here is a look at the other ISU coaches to reach 50 wins and how long it took:
| Coach | No. of Matches To 50 Wins | Record |
| Christy Johnson | 84 | 50-34 (.595) |
| Jackie Nunez | 89 | 50-39 (.562) |
| Vicki Mealer | 91 | 50-41 (.549) |
| Mary Fischl | 95 | 50-44-1 (.532) |
| Sharon Hitsman | 115 | 50-58-7 (.465) |
- Against the Red Raiders, Na Yang had a match-high 17 kills and Amanda Hantouli chipped in a career-high 16 kills for the Tigers, who hit .338 as a team. - Missouri ranks second in the Big 12 averaging 16.59 digs per game. The Tigers are led by reigning Big 12 Libero of the Year Tatum Ailes, who ranks second in the league with 4.80 digs per game. - Individually, preseason all-Big 12 selection Na Yang leads the way with 4.48 kills per game. Lei Wang paces the Missouri offense, which hits at a .242 clip, with 9.72 assists per game. - Missouri took a significant hit when Julianna Klein went down with a knee injury before the start of Big 12 play. Klein was leading the Tigers with 4.44 kills at the time of the injury. - Mizzou leads the all-time series 34-28 but the Cyclones have won the last two matches. Last Time They Met (9/22/07)
With the match tied at two apiece the Cyclones roared out to a 14-7 lead in game five and appeared headed to sure victory. But the Tigers had other plans as they ripped off seven straight to tie it at 14-14 before a Mary Bisenius' kill and a block by Erin Boeve and Lauren Cummings gave Iowa State the win. Boeve, playing in her first game back at middle blocker, led ISU with 22 kills while Cummings chipped in 18 and Ashley Mass recorded 26 digs. Weiwen Wang paced Mizzou with 18 kills while Lei Wang had 24 digs in the loss.
A Closer Look At Missouri (15-10, 9-7 Big 12)
- Missouri claimed its second straight Big 12 victory on Saturday evening with a 3-0 ( 30-28, 30-26, 30-26) win at Texas Tech. The win, coupled with Texas A&M's loss leaves the Tigers alone in sixth place in the Big 12 at 9-7 after starting 0-4 in conference play.
- A thrilling 3-2 (27-30, 30-24, 30-26, 26-30, 16-14) win by Iowa State gave Missouri its third straight loss to open the Big 12 season.
- Boeve entered the Big 12's record books for career block assists and is currently ranked seventh in league history. Here is a look at the top-10:
| Player | Team | Block Assists |
| Melissa Elmer | Nebraska | 697 |
| Amber Holmquist | Nebraska | 646 |
| Desiree Guillard-Young | Baylor | 527 |
| Meghan Barkman | Colorado | 496 |
| Tracy Stalls* | Nebraska | 491 |
| Jenny Kropp | Nebraska | 484 |
| Erin Boeve* | Iowa State | 471 |
| Tonia Tauke | Nebraska | 463 |
| Amber Woolsey | Texas A&M | 451 |
| Megan Korver | Nebraska | 442 |
* - Active
Elite Company
- Senior middle blocker Erin Boeve needs just 48 total blocks to become just the fifth player in Big 12 or Big Eight history to reach 1,000 career kills and 600 career blocks. Here is a look at the complete list:
| Player | Team | Years | Kills | Blocks |
| Gloria Holcomb | Oklahoma | 1990-93 | 1,774 | 616 |
| Amber Holmquist | Nebraska | 1999-02 | 1,122 | 728 |
| Melissa Elmer | Nebraska | 2002-05 | 1,210 | 767 |
| Desiree Guillard-Young | Baylor | 2003-06 | 1,070 | 600 |
| Erin Boeve* | Iowa State | 2004- | 1,245 | 552 |
Quite The Freshman
- Ashley Mass added to her already stellar freshman campaign. The Muskego, Wis., native became the school's freshman leader in digs with her career-best 29-dig performance against Baylor on Wednesday. Manns now has 393 digs on the season as she surpassed teammate Kaylee Manns, who had 359 digs last season.
- Iowa State has eight sweeps this season, including four straight at one point. The most since moving to the Big 12 in 1995 was 11 in 2006.
Ace
- Boeve's six service aces against Colorado set the school rally scoring record. Perhaps most impressive was the fact that all six service aces came in the third game of Iowa State's sweep.
Classroom Excellence
- Three Cyclones were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII teams. Erin Boeve and Amy Vos earned second-team honors and Lauren Cummings was a third-team selection.
What A Crowd!!
- The 6,705 fans in attendance at the Iowa State/Nebraska match on Nov. 11 was a school-record and also marked the largest crowd ever to watch a collegiate volleyball match in the state of Iowa. There's more, it was the 15th biggest crowd in the nation this season and the biggest crowd to watch a Big 12 match this season.
Time Change
- The Cyclones match at Kansas on Nov. 17 has been switched to an 11 a.m. start.
Other Big 12 Matches
No. 2 Nebraska (23-1, 15-1) at Texas A&M (18-9, 7-9), 5:30 p.m. - Live Stats
Texas Tech (7-19, 1-16) at No. 3 Texas (20-3, 15-1), 6:30 p.m. - Live Stats
Baylor (14-13, 6-10) at No. 22 Oklahoma (19-7, 11-5), 7 p.m. - Live Stats
Kansas (12-15, 5-12) at No. 12 Kansas State (20-7, 12-5), 7 p.m. - Live Stats
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