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Cyclones Look For 10th Conference Win Against Texas Tech
11.03.2011 | Volleyball
AMES, Iowa - The No. 13 Cyclones are 9-2 this season against Big 12 opponents (18-4 overall) and will look for their 10th conference win of the season when Texas Tech (15-10, 1-9) comes to Hilton Coliseum at 4 p.m. CDT on Saturday.
Tickets to Saturday's match can be purchased for $2 by fans with a ticket stub from the Iowa State-Kansas football game which is set for 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.
The Cyclones swept the Red Raiders in Lubbock earlier this season behind 16 kills and five block assists from Carly Jenson and 10 kill from Hannah Willms. Texas Tech's Amanda Dowdy, who is averaging 3.87 kills per set this season in league play, had 10 kills and 10 digs in the match.
Jenson is coming off another stellar match for Iowa State, recording 25 kills and 16 digs in Wednesday's win over No. 25 Oklahoma. Setter Alison Landwehr had a career-high 64 assists in the match and sophomore middle blocker Tenisha Matlock contributed four blocks (one solo, three assists).
Iowa State has won 10-straight against the Red Raiders, dating back to the 2006 season.
Cyclone Notebook
- The No. 13 Cyclones will play Texas Tech at Hilton Coliseum at 4 p.m. CDT on Saturday following the Iowa State football game with Kansas, which kicks off at 11 a.m.
- The Cyclones collected 92 digs at Oklahoma, the most digs since the 2009 squad recorded 92 digs in its five-set win over No. 2 Texas.
- The Cyclones got back on win streak on Wednesday with a 3-1 win at No. 25 Oklahoma.
- Wednesday marked the second time this season, and first time in conference play this year, that five Iowa State players have been in double-digits in digs during a match (Kristen Hahn, Carly Jenson, Alison Landwehr, Rachel Hockaday and Caitlin Mahoney).
- Jenson was the go-to player against the Sooners, taking a career-high 65 swings and connecting for 25 kills, one shy of her career-best 26 kills. Jenson also added 16 digs.
- The match was the third 20+ kill performance for Jenson in the last two seasons and is the first 20+ kill match for a Cyclone since Jenson had 26 at Northern Illinois in the first weekend of the season.
- The senior outside hitter's 65 attempts is the first 60+ attempt match for an Iowa State player this season.
- Landwehr's 16 digs against the Sooners is a career high.
- The junior setter also set a career-high in assists with 64. The last time an Iowa State player had more than 60 assists was Landwehr, last season against Creighton in the NCAA tournament when she had 62 assists over five sets.
- The match at Oklahoma was broadcast on ESPNU, the 10th TV match for the Cyclones this season and the fourth produced by ESPN. (Iowa State's match at Texas was aired on the Longhorn Network which is run by ESPN).
- The win moves the Cyclones to 12-12 in televised matches under head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch.
- With another four-set win, the Cyclones are 6-0 in four-setters this season and 17-0 when they take the first set.
- Iowa State has 11 matches this season of at least four service aces, including two matches of 10 aces (Cincinnati and vs. Kansas).
- Iowa State continues to lead the Big 12 in aces per set this season (1.37), helped in large part by junior Jamie Straube who had three aces against the Sooners on Wednesday. Straube has had at least one ace in the Cyclones' last six matches and at least three in half of those.
- Straube is the only Big 12 player this season with four or more aces in two matches.
- During that same six-match stretch, sophomore middle blocker Tenisha Matlock has posted at least four blocks in each match, leaving her third in the Big 12 in blocks per set against conference rivals.
- The Cyclones and Sooners each had seven blocks on Wednesday, marking the first time this season Iowa State has tied in blocks in a match.
- Sooner libero Maria Fernanda became the first opponent since Kansas' Melissa Manda last season to put up more than 25 digs against Iowa State. Fernanda had 26 on the night. Manda put up 32 digs in three sets in Ames last season.
- Cyclones defensive specialist Mahoney recorded a season-high 13 digs in Wednesday's win over the Sooners.
Streaks and Trends
- Iowa State opponents have hit over .300 just 15 times in 214 matches under Johnson-Lynch.
- Iowa State went 12-1 in three set matches in 2010. Under Johnson-Lynch, Iowa State is 85-32 in three set matches.
- This year the Cyclones are 10-3 in three-set matches, losing at No. 15, UNI, No. 10 Nebraska and No. 9 Texas.
- In true Johnson-Lynch fashion, Iowa State has out-dug 17 of its opponents this season.
- Behind Johnson-Lynch's leadership, the Cyclones win 89% (117-15) of their matches when earning the first set victory.
- Iowa State has collected 20 wins in four-consecutive seasons under head coach Johnson-Lynch. The Cyclones have had 10 20+ win seasons since 1982.
- Under Johnson-Lynch, the Cyclones have won at least one match over a top 25 opponent in each of her seven seasons and have defeated at least two top 25 teams in each of the last five seasons.
- This season, six players have led the Cyclones in kills during a match. Only three players ever led the team in kills in 2010.
- Libero Kristen Hahn's streak of 19-straight matches with both 10+ digs and in leading Iowa State in digs ended at home against Kansas on Oct. 26. Hahn had seven digs in the match while Rachel Hockaday led the team with 13 digs.
Scouting Texas Tech
- The Cyclones defeated the Red Raiders in straight sets in Lubbock this season.
- Since losing to Iowa State on Sept. 24, Texas Tech has gone 1-8 in league play with its lone win coming against Baylor at home.
- The Cyclones hit .277 in Lubbock behind 16 kills from Carly Jenson and 10 kills from Hannah Willms.
- Jenson also posted her career-best five block assists in the match.
- Tech was led by Amanda Dowdy in the early season match. Dowdy is averaging a team-high 3.87 kills per set this season against Big 12 opponents, ranked fifth in the conference.
- Although Tech is last in the league in hitting (.142), assists (10.24), kills (11.03) and aces (0.71) per set during the conference slate, the team is first in blocks with an average of 2.63 per set.
- Not a great pass-and-serve team, the Red Raiders allow 1.50 aces from foes per set, the most aces allowed by a Big 12 team this year.
- Offensively, the Red Raiders will be challenged from the start on Saturday as their .142 hitting against league rivals will come up against an Iowa State team that allows a league-low (best) opponent hitting percentage of .165 this season.
- Dowdy's 76 attack attempts against Baylor on Oct. 26 are the most attempts by a league player during conference play this season.
- As a team, Texas Tech had a league-high 209 attempts in their five-set loss to Oklahoma.
- Under first-year coach Don Flora, TTU had 19 blocks against Texas A&M. It is the most blocks by any team during league play this season.
- Libero Tory Vaughan is the current Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week and is averaging 3.66 digs per set this season.
- Aubree Piper is the best for-average hitter for TTU hitting at a .307 clip this season. Piper averages 1.88 kills per set and 0.75 blocks per set.
- Dravon Rangel leads the squad with 1.38 blocks per set in Big 12 play. Rangel, along with Piper and Miara Cave, had three block assists each against the Cyclones in the teams' earlier meeting.
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