Cyclones Sweep Texas Tech, 3-0

LUBBOCK, Texas ? Victoria Henson had 16 kills and Iowa State hit .391 to defeat Texas Tech, 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-22), Wednesday night at United Spirit Arena. The win marks the 40th Big 12 victory of Iowa State head coach Christy Johnson's career.

“I thought Victoria had a really nice night for us tonight,” Iowa State head coach Christy Johnson said. “She had some key side outs for us and that was important because I felt like we were really good offensively, but not defensively.”

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Diane Kieger joined Henson in double-figures with a season-high 12 kills and Rachel Hockaday added seven for the Cyclones (16-9, 8-6 Big 12).

“Kieger had a nice night for us on the offensive side,” Johnson said. “She did a really nice job running the slide.”

Kaylee Manns finished with 39 assists while setting the Cyclones to their third-highest Big 12 percentage of the season. Ashley Mass had 11 digs to move within 10 of becoming the fastest Cyclone to ever reach 1,000 for a career.

Iowa State hit .577 and used five kills from Henson and four from Kieger to dispose of the Red Raiders 25-14 in set one. ISU led 12-9 but scored eight of the next 12 points to gain control of the set. The Cyclones scored the final five points of the set, with the last coming on Kelsey Petersen's first career solo block, to go ahead 1-0.

The Cyclones rallied late in the second set to take the 25-23 win. After giving up a 20-17 lead on a 3-0 Texas Tech run, ISU fell behind 23-22 before scoring the final three points. With the score tied at 23-23, ISU got a block from Hockaday and Malcom to force set point. Manns then fed Malcom for the kill as ISU went to the break with a 2-0 lead.

The Cyclones took the third set 25-22 behind a .375 hitting percentage and seven kills from Henson.

The Red Raiders (5-20, 0-14) were led by 11 kills from Hayley Ball and eight from Brandi Hood. Karlyn Meyers finished with 30 assists as Texas Tech hit .231 in the match.

The Cyclones and Red Raiders tied with five blocks each but ISU held a 31-24 edge in digs.

The Cyclones will return to action Saturday as they host fourth-ranked Texas at 7 p.m.

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