14th-Ranked Cyclones Host Missouri Saturday

AMES, Iowa - The 14th-ranked Iowa State volleyball team looks to remain perfect at home this season when it plays host to Missouri Saturday night in a Big 12 contest at Hilton Coliseum. The match is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.

Who: No. 14 Iowa State (11-3, 3-2 Big 12) vs. Missouri (10-5, 2-2)
When: Saturday, Oct. 3, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Hilton Coliseum (8,524)
Live Stats: Available at cyclones.com.
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Cyclone Notebook
? Iowa State plays host to Missouri Saturday evening at Hilton Coliseum in search of its seventh-straight home win.
? ISU is ranked No. 14 in this week's poll, its sixth-straight week in the top-25.
? The Cyclones are 3-2 in Big 12 play after sweeping Texas Tech Wednesday evening in Lubbock.
? ISU hit .389 against the Red Raiders, marking the second match in a row that ISU has hit .300 or better. It is the first time since 2007 that ISU has been above the .300 mark against back-to-back Big 12 opponents.
? Against Tech, Victoria Henson led the way with 14 kills and became the eighth player in school history to record 1,000 for her career. Henson reached the milestone in her 80th career match, faster than any player before her.
? Rachel Hockaday was also in double-figures with 12 kills and Ashley Mass led the way with 14 digs.
? Kaylee Manns finished with 37 assists and 10 digs to record her 57th career double-double.
? Mass, who had a Big 12 record 33 in ISU's match last week at Baylor, averaged 8.33 per set last week and was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season and the ninth time in her career.
? The Cyclones rank among the nation's leaders in a number of categories. Led by Kaylee Manns, who is leading the country in assists, ISU also ranks third in the nation in assists as a team. The Cyclones are also fifth in kills and 13th in digs.
? Manns has moved into the Big 12's top-10 all-time for assists. The senior has 4,894 assists and currently ranks ninth. She is four assists shy of eighth place (Disney Bronnenberg, KSU).
? Mass needs two more 10-dig matches to move into a tie for third all-time at the school with her predecessor Katie Churm. Churm had 76 career matches in double-figures.
? Henson needs just seven digs to match her total from a year ago when she notched 134.
? ISU has a pair of Big 12 leaders in Mass and Kaylee Manns. Mass paces the league with 5.33 digs and Manns leads the way with 12.24 assists.
? ISU is hitting .246 this season after hitting for a school-record .234 in 2008.

Streaks and Trends
? Iowa State is 4-0 at home this season. ISU is 41-18 at home in five years under Christy Johnson-Lynch.
? The Cyclones have won six-straight home matches and 14-straight against unranked opponents at Hilton Coliseum.
? ISU has won 17-straight matches when winning the opening set.
? The Cyclones are 11-0 this season when winning the first set and 0-3 when losing the opening frame.
? The Cyclones have been out blocked in the three of the last four matches after out blocking Texas Tech Wednesday night (8-4).
? ISU hasn't allowed an opponent to hit over .300 since Nov. 8, 2008 against Texas, a streak spanning 24 matches. ISU opponents have only hit over .300 12 times in 145 matches under Christy Johnson-Lynch.
? The Cyclones have hit over .300 in back-to-back matches.
? Mass has posted double-digit digs in 73 of the 75 matches she has started at libero.
? Henson has recorded double-figure kills in the last nine contests.
? Manns has started 80 consecutive matches at setter for the Cyclones.
? Rachel Hockaday has been in double-figures for kills in the last three matches after a streak of five matches with less than 10 kills.
? Diane Kieger is hitting .346 over the last five matches.
? Henson is averaging 4.47 kills and hitting .230 over the last five matches.
? Mass has posted 20 or more digs in three of four career contests against Missouri.

Quick Look At Missouri
? Missouri is 10-5 overall and 2-2 in Big 12 play heading into this weekend's match in Ames.
? The Tigers suffered a 3-0 setback at No. 19 Baylor Wednesday, snapping a two-match winning streak.
? Mizzou is 1-3 on the road this season, including 0-2 in Big 12 play.
? Missouri is seventh in the league in hitting percentage (.214) and eighth in opponent hitting percentage (.190). In league play, the Tigers are hitting just .148.
? Middle blocker Weiwen Wang is seventh in the league in hitting percentage at .336, but the junior is hitting just .205 in conference play.
? The Tigers are led offensively by Julianna Klein's 3.21 kills per set. Klein is hitting only .176 this season.
? Defensively, Missouri is fifth in the league in digs (15.68 per set). Caitlyn Vann paces the team and ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 4.34 digs.
? Mizzou holds a 36-29 edge in the all-time series. The teams split last season's series with both winning on their home courts. The Cyclones have won the last two meetings at Hilton Coliseum.

This Weekend In The Big 12
Friday, Oct. 2
No. 2 Texas (10-0, 5-0) at Kansas State (6-7, 0-3), 7 p.m. - Live Stats
Saturday, Oct. 3
Kansas (9-4, 2-2) at Texas A&M (9-3, 2-2), 2 p.m. - Live Stats
Texas Tech (2-10, 0-3) at Oklahoma (10-4, 3-2), 3 p.m. - Live Stats
No. 19 Baylor (15-1, 4-1) at Colorado (5-9, 0-5), 8 p.m. - Live Stats

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Victoria Henson

Victoria Henson

Rachel Hockaday

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Kaylee Manns

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