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Cyclones Open Home Tournament Friday
09.11.2008 | Volleyball
AMES, Iowa - Iowa State continues its five-match home swing this weekend with matches against Iowa, Drake and 2007 NCAA Tournament qualifier Xavier this weekend at its home tournament. The Cyclones will face Iowa Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the first Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk series contest of 2008 before playing Drake at noon and Xavier at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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Tournament Schedule
Friday, Sept. 12
Xavier vs. Drake, 4:30 p.m.
Iowa at Iowa State, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 13
Xavier vs. Iowa, 10 a.m.
Drake at Iowa State, noon
Iowa vs. Drake, 4:30 p.m.
Xavier at Iowa State, 6:30 p.m.
Live Stats: Live stats will be available for all matches by clicking live stats under the multimedia menu on the left side of Cyclones.com.
Promotions: Cardinal Rules - $1 admission for those wearing cardinal at the Iowa match Friday night.
Cyclone Notebook
? Iowa State returns to the court Friday after suffering its third loss of the season Wednesday, a 3-1 setback against Northern Iowa.
? The Cyclones will host a tournament for the first time since 2006, welcoming Drake, Iowa and Xavier to Hilton Coliseum. ISU opens tournament play Friday against Iowa in a Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series contest before facing Drake and Xavier Saturday.
? Sophomore Victoria Henson had her best match as a Cyclone against the Panthers, ripping a career-high 27 kills and hitting .372. Henson has now posted 23 double-digit kill matches in her career, including three straight.
? With Henson's performance, ISU has now posted the top kill and hitting percentage matches in the Big 12 to date. Jen Malcom's .789 hitting percentage at Creighton also tops the list.
? The 27 kills by Henson was a school-record for a four-set match in the rally scoring era.
? Kaylee Manns is leading the Big 12 with 11.48 assists per set. Against UNI, Manns finished with a season-high 59 assists.
? Sophomore libero Ashley Mass has had 10+ digs in every match this season, running her consecutive match streak to 34. The streak dates back to her first career start at libero against LSU in 2007.
? Henson is leading Iowa State with 4.17 kills per set, which ranks second in the Big 12. Henson also is third in the league in points per set with 4.67.
? Henson has 121 kills in the first eight matches after having just 39 in last year's first eight contests. More impressive is the fact that after hitting .023 to open last season, Henson is hitting at a .256 clip.
? Iowa State is 8-1 against Iowa schools under Christy Johnson after falling to UNI Wednesday.
? Iowa State has been out blocked in three of eight matches this season, with Wednesday's 16 to four against UNI the largest difference this season and the largest of the Christy Johnson era. It was the most an ISU team has been out blocked since Sept. 25, 1998 at Nebraska, when the Cyclones were out blocked 13 to one.
? Mass had a career-high five service aces and ISU had 11 as a team against Florida International. The 11 team aces was the most by a Cyclone squad in a three-set match since 1997, when ISU aced Hofstra 11 times.
? Jen Malcom is third in the Big 12 with a .460 hitting percentage.
? The Cyclones, who rank fifth in the Big 12 in digs, have out dug all but one opponent on the season. Middle Tennessee had 51 digs to ISU's 50 last Friday night.
Scouting Iowa
? The Hawkeyes are 3-3 on the season after a 2-1 performance last weekend at the Pioneer Classic in Denver, Colo. Iowa beat Tennessee and Virginia but lost to Denver in sweeping fashion.
? Iowa's offensive attack is led by outside hitters Catherine Smale and Megan Schipper. Smale averages 3.39 kills per set and Schipper is just behind with 3.26. Middle blocker Laura Kremer is the Hawkeyes leading hitter with a .355 hitting percentage on 2.57 kills per set.
? Defensively, Emily Hiza returns as the team's libero and averages 3.06 digs. Iowa ranks at the bottom of the Big Ten in digs (11.83) and blocks (1.70) per set.
? Sharon Dingman is in her first season as head coach of the Hawkeyes after spending eight seasons as head coach at Illinois State.
? Iowa leads the all-time series 21-19 but the Cyclones have won the last three meetings.
Last Time They Met
? Iowa State swept Iowa at the Hampton Inn State of Iowa Collegiate Volleyball Challenge at Drake last season. ISU went on to win the tournament.
? The Cyclones hit .348 and out blocked Iowa, 15.5 to three.
? Lauren Cummings and Erin Boeve led the Cyclones with 14 and 13 kills, respectively. Diane Kieger had nine kills and hit .667 and Ashley Mass had a match-high 15 digs. Jen Malcom finished with seven kills and seven block assists in the match.
? Megan Schipper had 12 kills and Aimee Huffman chipped in 10 for the Hawkeyes.
Scouting Drake
? Drake is off to its best start since 2003, opening the season at 7-1 under the guidance of new head coach Phil McDaniel. McDaniel came to the Bulldogs after spending four seasons as an assistant at South Dakota State.
? The Bulldogs are hitting .222 as a team but the blocking has been the biggest improvement. Drake is blocking 2.63 balls per set after posting 1.76 in 2007.
? Outside hitter Angela Bys, an MVC all-freshman team pick a year ago, leads the way with 3.73 kills per set while hitting .245. Michelle Reidy is the team's leading blocker with 1.23 blocks per set. Libero Alana Wittenburg is averaging 5.10 digs per set.
? Iowa State holds a 34-20 edge in the all-time series, including wins in seven straight meetings.
Last Time They Met
? Iowa State hit .494 and out blocked Drake, 15.5 to one, to sweep the Bulldogs and capture the Hampton Inn State of Iowa Collegiate Volleyball Challenge title last year.
? Tournament MVP Mary Bisenius had 10 kills in the match. Jen Malcom also had 10 kills while Ashley Mass had a match-high 12 digs. Kaylee Manns had 33 assists and also earned a spot on the all-tournament team.
? Angela Bys had eight kills in the contest to lead the Bulldogs.
Scouting Xavier
? Xavier comes to Ames for the first time this weekend, sporting a 4-2 record after dropping a four-set match to Western Kentucky on Tuesday.
? The Musketeers, a tournament team last season, have a tough right side hitter in Hillary Otte, who is averaging 3.82 kills while hitting .361 on the season. Outside hitter Kelly Ruth is second on the team with 2.77 kills.
? Defensively, Ruth leads Xavier with 2.86 digs per set. Michelle Matia leads the Xavier block with 1.06 per set.
? Floyd Deaton is in his 19th season as head coach of Xavier. Deaton has led the Musketeers to a pair of NCAA Tournaments (2001, 2007) and two Atlantic 10 titles (1998, 2004).
Henson Goes Off
? Not much went right for the Cyclones against Northern Iowa but Victoria Henson had the best night of her career, ripping a career-best 27 kills on a .372 hitting percentage. The 27 kills was a four-set rally scoring school record and stands as the top match in the Big 12 this season.
Malcom's Big Night
? Jen Malcom had a night to remember in Iowa State's win over Creighton. The senior was virtually unstoppable, hitting for a school record .789 hitting percentage on the night. Malcom finished with 15 kills on 19 attacks with no hitting errors. She also had a solo block and five block assists.
Hot Hitting
? ISU hit .451 in its win over Florida International, a percentage which ranks eighth all-time. The Cyclones committed no hitting errors in the final two sets against FIU.
600 Wins
? Iowa State's win over Creighton was the 600th in the history of the program, which was started in 1973.
Johnson Quickest To 60
? Fourth-year head coach Christy Johnson picked up her 60th career win against Appalachian State. Johnson is the fastest ISU coach to 60 wins in the programs history, reaching the mark in the 102nd match of her career.
Team Captains
? Senior Jen Malcom and junior Kaylee Manns will serve as team captains for the 2008 season.
The Omaha Connection
? Iowa State added two players from Omaha, Neb., this season, which is also the hometown of head coach Christy Johnson. Carly Jenson joins the Cyclones from Johnson's alma mater, Millard North, while Caitlin Mahoney comes to ISU from Marian High School.
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