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Iowa State Hosts Oklahoma on Senior Day
11.27.2009 | Volleyball
AMES, Iowa - The No. 7 Iowa State volleyball team will wrap up its regular season Saturday at 6:30 p.m. when it plays host to Oklahoma at Hilton Coliseum. First serve for the match is slated for 6:30 p.m.
Who: No. 7 Iowa State 24-4, 16-3 Big 12) vs. Oklahoma (18-10, 11-8)
When: Saturday, Nov. 28, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Hilton Coliseum (8,524)
Live Stats: Available at cyclones.com.
Live Video: Available to Clone Zone subscribers at cyclones.com.
Promotions: Fan Appreciation Day. Numerous giveaways during the match.
Cyclone Volleyball on Twitter: Follow Cyclone Volleyball (CycloneVB) on twitter for the latest information on the team.
Cyclone Notebook
• Iowa State wraps up the regular season Saturday at home with a Senior Day showdown with Oklahoma at 6:30 p.m. ISU has won its last four regular season matches, all of which have been at home. ISU can wrap up sole possession of second place in the Big 12 with a win.
• ISU will recognize seniors Diane Kieger and Kaylee Manns following the match. Kieger and Manns have made up the winningest class in school history with an 86-42 mark overall.
• The NCAA Selection Show will be Sunday at 2 p.m. (CT) on ESPN News.
• ISU is looking for win No. 25 this season, which would break the school's record for wins in a season during the NCAA era.
• ISU is ranked No. 7 in this week's poll, its 14th-straight week in the top-25 and fifth-straight in the top-10.
• ISU is having its best regular season ever, both overall (24-4) and in Big 12 play (16-3). The 16 Big 12 wins is also a school record.
• The Cyclones have won 20 matches for the third time under Christy Johnson-Lynch, who is in her fifth year as head coach. ISU has won 20 matches nine different times since 1982.
• The Cyclones have swept 17 matches in 2009, the most by any ISU team in the NCAA era.
• Iowa State won for the 15th time in 16 matches last Saturday with a sweep of Missouri.
• The Cyclones were led by Victoria Henson for the fourth match in a row. Henson finished with 16 kills while hitting .293. Debbie Stadick had a great match for the Cyclones, posting 14 kills on a .357 hitting percentage. Ashley Mass had a match-high 22 digs in the win.
• Henson has led the Cyclones in kills 19 times this season. ISU is 16-3 in those matches.
• Mass is second all-time at ISU with 1,703 career digs. The junior is just 201 shy of the school record. Steph McCannon (1992-95) holds the current mark with 1,904.
• Mass owns the school record with 31 career 20-dig matches. She has posted 20+ digs nine times this season.
• Debbie Stadick has been in double-figures six times this season after doing it just twice during her freshman campaign.
• Kaylee Manns has moved into fourth on the Big 12's all-time list for assists. The senior has 5,490 assists and is 329 assists shy of third place (Michelle Moriarty, UT).
• Manns leads all active Big 12 players with 64 career double-doubles.
• ISU is hitting .239 this season after hitting for a school-record .234 in 2008.
Streaks and Trends
• Iowa State is 10-1 at home this season and 44-19 at Hilton Coliseum in five years under Christy Johnson-Lynch.
• The Cyclones are 21-0 this season when taking the first set and 3-4 when losing the opening frame. ISU's three wins when dropping the opening frame came against Nebraska, Baylor and Texas.
• ISU has out blocked 11-of-its-last-15 opponents.
• Nine of Iowa State's last 10 opponents have hit below .200.
• ISU opponents have only hit over .300 13 times in 159 matches under Johnson-Lynch. Topping .300 has happened just seven times in 96 matches since 2007.
• Mass has posted double-digit digs in 87 of the 89 matches she has started at libero.
• Manns is making her 94th-straight start at setter for the Cyclones.
• Mass is averaging 6.14 digs over the last 10 matches.
• Henson is hitting .301 and averaging 4.92 kills per set over the last four matches.
• Straube has been at her best over the last four matches as well, posting 2.83 kills and hitting .361. The freshman is also averaging 1.33 blocks during the stretch.
Quick Look At Oklahoma
• Oklahoma, which has lost three of its last four after a four-match winning streak, enters Saturday's match with a 18-10 overall mark and 11-8 in Big 12 play. The Sooners are in fourth place in the Big 12 and in the running for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
• OU hits .210 as a team and boasts a scrappy defense that holds opponents to a .163 mark. The Sooners are second behind only ISU with 17.61 digs per set.
• Offensively, Oklahoma is led by Suzy Boulavsky's 3.06 kills per set. Francie Ekwerekwu averages 2.68 kills and hits .289.
• Sophomore Brianne Barker is one of the better defensive setters in the Big 12, averaging 3.43 digs per set. She also dishes out 9.90 assists per set.
• Defensively, the Sooners are led by one of the top freshman in the league in libero Maria Fernanda, who averages 4.46 digs per set. Sarah Freudenrich tops the team with 1.06 blocks per frame.
• The Sooners lead the all-time series 41-23. ISU is 5-4 against OU under Johnson-Lynch, with the last season sweep for the Cyclones coming in 2005.
Defensively Speaking
• Defensively, the 2009 Cyclones have been limiting their opponents to the lowest hitting percentage since the beginning of the Division I era. ISU's opponents are hitting at just a .147 clip this season. Here is a look at the top-five defensive efforts by ISU:
1. .147 - 2009
2. .156 - 1983
3. .164 - 1995
4. .167 - 1992
5. .169 - 2006
Solid On The Court, Solid In The Classroom
• Iowa State players have picked up some honors for their work in the classroom as well this fall. Kaylee Manns was a first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection and was also an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII selection. Diane Kieger took home Academic All-Big 12 first team honors.
Saturday in the Big 12
Kansas State (11-18, 5-14) at Texas Tech (2-26, 0-19), 11:45 a.m. - Live Stats
Missouri (18-13, 9-10) at Texas A&M (17-10, 10-9), 4 p.m. - Live Stats
Kansas (16-13, 8-11) at No. 2 Texas (23-1, 18-1), 6:30 p.m. - Live Stats
Colorado (7-21, 2-17) at No. 8 Nebraska (22-6, 15-4), 7 p.m. - Live Stats
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