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Cyclones Take On Missouri On Wednesday
11.07.2011 | Volleyball
AMES, Iowa - The No. 13 Cyclones (19-4, 10-2 Big 12) visit Columbia, Mo. on Wednesday night for a Metro Sports showdown against the Missouri Tigers (20-9, 6-6). The match is slated for 6:30 p.m. CDT.
Earlier this season, Iowa State wasted no time against Mizzou, dismissing the Tigers in straight-sets. Senior outside hitter Carly Jenson led Iowa State with 13 kills and 11 digs in the match while freshman Hannah Willms added 11 kills on .308 hitting.
Missouri is 5-1 this season in conference play, falling to No. 10 Texas last month. The Tigers swept No. 21 Oklahoma at the Hearnes Center on Oct. 29 before downing both Kansas, on the road, and Baylor in four sets last week.
Tiger sophomore Lisa Henning has been blowing Big 12 teams away this year, leading the league with 4.80 kills per set during the league schedule. Henning is the current offensive player of the week after averaging 5.75 kills per set and hitting .380 last week in Missouri's wins over Kansas and Baylor.
Jenson is coming off a dominating week of her own for the Cyclones. The Omaha, Neb. Native put up 25 kills against No. 25 Oklahoma last Wednesday and finished the week averaging 5.57 kills per set.
Sophomore Tenisha Matlock continues to blossom in her new role at middle blocker, moving over from the right side at the beginning of the season. Matlock had four blocks (one solo, three assists) against Texas Tech on Saturday and has collected four or more total blocks in each of Iowa State's last seven matches.
Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State and Missouri meet on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. CDT in Columbia, Mo. The match will air live on Metro Sports in the Kansas City metro area.
- Metro Sports has broadcast four of the Cyclones' 11 TV matches this season.
- Iowa State became the first Big 12 team to reach 10 conference wins with its sweep of Texas Tech on Saturday.
- The Cyclones are one win away from their fifth-consecutive 20-win season. The Cyclones have never missed postseason when earning 20 wins.
- After Wednesday's match at Mizzou, Iowa State will have its final bye of the season on Saturday Nov. 12.
- Last weekend's match against Texas Tech drew a crowd of 2,660, the second largest crowd at Hilton Coliseum this season (The Oct. 2 match against Texas drew 4,929).
- Iowa State has swept 11 opponents this season, one shy of last season's total of 12 three-set wins.
- Although trailing in the all-time series, 15-20, the Cyclones have won the last 11 meetings with the Red Raiders.
- In last week's wins over No. 25 Oklahoma and Texas Tech, senior outside hitter Carly Jenson averaged a monster 5.57 kills per set.
- Junior Jamie Straube led the team last week with a .391 hitting percentage, including a .433 clip against the Sooners.
- Both Straube and fellow middle blocker Tenisha Matlock averaged 1.14 blocks per set against the Sooners and Red Raiders.
- Iowa State hit .402 against the Tigers in Ames, one of two teams to hit over .400 against a Big 12 rival this season.
- Defensive specialist Caitlin Mahoney collected a season-high 16 digs against Texas Tech.
- Iowa State continues to lead the Big 12 in aces per set this conference season (1.41), helped in large part by Straube who had four aces last week, three against the Sooners.
- Straube is the only Big 12 player this season with four or more aces in two conference matches.
- Iowa State and Missouri are the only two conference teams with 10 aces in a league match this season. The Cyclones put up 10 aces on Kansas while the Tigers had 10 against Texas Tech.
- The Cyclones are also tops in the league in opponent hitting percentage (.163), assists (13.46) and kills (14.39) per set.
- In Big 12 road games, the Cyclones are holding rivals to .205 hitting.
- Matlock has posted at least four blocks in each of Iowa State's last seven matches, leaving her third in the Big 12 in blocks per set against conference rivals.
- Straube (.354), Matlock (.340) and Kelsey Petersen (.318) are among the top 10 hitters in the Big 12 during league play.
- Mahoney is one of two league players to have five aces in a match, reach the feat in the season-opener against Cincinnati. Missouri's Lisa Henning is the other player to have five aces in a match, doing so against Central Arkansas.
- Kristen Hahn remains the only Big 12 player to post 35 digs in a match this season (at Northern Illinois).
Streaks and Trends
- Iowa State opponents have hit over .300 just 15 times in 215 matches under Johnson-Lynch.
- Iowa State went 12-1 in three set matches in 2010. Under Johnson-Lynch, Iowa State is 86-32 in three set matches.
- This year the Cyclones are 11-3 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 19 of its opponents this season.
- Behind Johnson-Lynch's leadership, the Cyclones win 89% (118-15) 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.
Scouting Missouri
- The Cyclones swept past Missouri in an hour and 11 minutes in Ames on Sept. 21 of this year.
- Carly Jenson led the Cyclones against the Tigers, collecting 13 kills and 11 digs. Jamie Straube and Tenisha Matlock added three blocks each.
- Freshman Hannah Willms had 11 kills in the match for Iowa State on .308 hitting.
- Iowa State hit .402 against the Tigers in Ames, one of two teams to hit over .400 against a Big 12 rival this season.
- The Tigers are 7-5 since their loss in Ames. On Oct. 29, they defeated No. 21 Oklahoma in straight-sets in Columbia.
- Iowa State won the match with Missouri in Columbia last year, 3-1.
- Missouri's Lisa Henning is having a breakout season, leading the league with 4.80 kills per set against Big 12 teams. Henning also leads the league with 5.36 points per set, the only player averaging more than five points per set this season.
- Henning, a sophomore, is the only Big 12 player to record 28 or more points in a league match this season, doing so four times and topping out at 30 points against Kansas.
- The outside hitter is the current Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week after averaging 5.75 kills per set and hitting .380 against Kansas and Baylor last week.
- Henning had 13 kills but hit .205 in Ames earlier this season.
- Mizzou is last in the Big 12 this season, allowing opponents to hit .262 against them. Iowa State is first in the category, holding foes to .163 hitting.
- In Big 12 road games, the Cyclones are holding rivals to .205 hitting.
- Missouri setter Molly Kreklow is fourth among Big 12 setters this season with 10.90 assists per set.
- Defensively, Mizzou averages 14.31 digs per set and 2.21 blocks per set in league play but is ranked eighth in allowing kills; opponents are averaging 14.22 kills per set against the Tigers this season.
- Opponents are out-blocking the Tigers during the conference slate with the 2.52-2.21 edge. Iowa State allows only 1.96 blocks against them this season.
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