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Iowa State Hosts Intrastate Rival Northern Iowa
09.07.2010 | Volleyball
AMES, Iowa - The No. 11 Iowa State volleyball continues its homestand Wednesday when it plays host to No. 18 Northern Iowa at Ames High School. First serve for the showdown of nationall-ranked foes is slated for 7 p.m.
This Week's Schedule
Wednesday, Sept. 8
No. 11 Iowa State (5-1) vs. No. 18 Northern Iowa (5-1), 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 10
No. 11 Iowa State at Iowa (5-1), 7 p.m.^
^- Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series
Wednesday Match Info
Where: Ames High School (2,000)
Live stats: Live stats will be available for the match at cyclones.com.
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Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State plays host to Northern Iowa Wednesday night at Ames High School. The Cyclones and Panthers both stand at 5-1, with their only losses coming to ranked foes.
- The Cyclones went 4-0 last weekend, picking up wins over Milwaukee, North Dakota State, South Dakota State and FIU.
- The Cyclones had a great weekend offensively, hitting .325 as a team in the four matches. Their opponents hit just .125.
- Iowa State was led by its outside hitters - Victoria Henson (4.31 kills, .437 hitting %) and Carly Jenson (3.00 kills, .311 hitting %). The duo hit a combined .332.
- The Cyclones have hit over .300 in three of their six matches. Last season, Iowa State hit over .300 eight times.
- Right side hitter Kelsey Petersen and middle blocker Jamie Straube also had strong weekends for the Cyclones. Petersen hit .423 while averaging 2.46 kills per set. Straube notched 2.85 kills and hit .342 while posting 1.23 blocks per set.
- Petersen has been playing the best volleyball of her career this season. The junior is averaging 2.24 kills and hitting a career-best .359 this season, which ranks 10th in the Big 12. The Kearney, Neb. native is also averaging 0.52 blocks.
- In her first chance as a starter, junior Carly Jenson is making the most of the opportunity. Pressed into duty with Rachel Hockaday's season-ending knee injury, Jenson is averaging 2.90 kills and 2.33 digs. She is hitting an impressive .284 from her outside hitter slot.
- Henson has been in double-figures in all six matches this season. She posted a season-high 22 kills against NDSU. It was her ninth career 20-kill performance.
- Iowa State hit .400 against Milwaukee, marking the first time in 52 matches the Cyclones had been at .400 or better.
- Straube hit a career-high .545 (15k-3e-22att) in the Milwaukee match.
- Mass saw her string of matches with at least 10 digs snapped at 24 in the three-set win over Milwaukee. The senior has now been in double figures 97 times in her career.
- Mass is second all-time at ISU with 1,849 career digs. The junior is just 55 shy of the school record. Steph McCannon (1992-95) holds the current mark with 1,904.
- Mass also owns the school record with 32 career 20-dig matches. She posted 20+ digs nine times in 2009.
- Henson is keying in on the school's kill record. The senior has 1,337, just 283 shy of Kirstin Hugdahl's record.
Streaks and Trends
- The Cyclones are No. 11 in last week's AVCA poll. It marks the 20th-straight week in the top-25. The Cyclones are 34-7 all-time when they are ranked.
- Iowa State has beat at least one ranked foe in each of Christy Johnson-Lynch's six years at the school.
- The Cyclones are 14-3 against Missouri Valley schools under Johnson-Lynch, including five-straight wins over the league.
- ISU opponents have hit over .300 just 14 times in 169 matches under Johnson-Lynch. Topping .300 has happened just eight times in 106 matches since 2007.
- Mass has posted double-digit digs in 96 of the 99 matches she has started at libero. Mass will be making her 100th-straight start at libero against Northern Iowa.
Series Notes
- Northern Iowa leads the all-time series 25-22.
- The Cyclones are 5-1 against UNI since Christy Johnson-Lynch's arrival. Prior to her arrival UNI had won 11 in a row in the series.
- The only loss ISU has had since Johnson-Lynch became Iowa State's head coach came in 2008 at Hilton Coliseum. UNI won that match 3-1. The Cyclones avenged the loss later that fall in the first round of the NCAA Championships with a 3-1 win.
- In three career matches against UNI, Henson has averaged 5.89 kills per set and hit .347.
New Home For The Cyclones
- The Cyclones will be playing their 2010 home schedule at Ames High School after flooding on Aug. 11 caused heavy damage to Hilton Coliseum. Hilton Coliseum had over 10 feet of water inside and the volleyball court, with nets still standing, floated on top of the water.
Iowa State's locker room, training room and the coaching staff's office was damaged.
Iowa State was 50-19 at Hilton Coliseum over the past five seasons, including 24-4 the last two.
Hockaday To Miss Season
- Iowa State junior outside hitter Rachel Hockaday will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a knee injury against Florida in the season opener.
Hockaday averaged 3.22 kills and 2.96 digs in 2009, earning All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades. She was a preseason All-Big 12 pick this season.
Hockaday is scheduled to have surgery Sept. 22.
Hot Hitting
- In 2009, Iowa State hit a school record .237 as a team. This fall, the Cyclones have been even better, hitting .296 in the first six matches of the season.
The competition hasn't been a blow over either, with four of the six matches coming against NCAA Tournament teams from a year ago. Three of those teams (Florida, Kentucky, FIU) advanced to the second round or further.
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