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09.26.2011 | Volleyball
AMES, Iowa - Metro Sports in Kansas City will broadcast Wednesday night's match between No. 16 Iowa State (11-2, 2-0 Big 12) and Kansas (11-2, 0-1). The Cyclones look to improve to 3-0 in conference play after defeating Missouri and Texas Tech last week.
The annual meetings between the Cyclones and Jayhawks have been intense in recent years as the teams have played two five-set matches, each winning one. Iowa State holds the 4-2 edge over the Jayhawks at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center but fell in four sets at Kansas last season.
Iowa State will need all its offensive firepower on Wednesday against a Kansas squad averaging 2.81 blocks per set. Caroline Jarmoc leads the Jayhawks with 1.32 blocks per set this season and picked up four blocks (one solo, three assists) in Kansas' loss to No. 8 Texas over the weekend.
Kansas' other loss on the year came against Northern Iowa in five sets the day before the Jayhawks beat No. 6 Minnesota in five.
Wednesday's match is set for a 6:30 p.m. CDT first serve.
Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State is 2-0 heading into Wednesday's match at Kansas. The Cyclones defeated Missouri and Texas Tech in the first week of conference play.
- Head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch broke Vicki Mealer's (1985-92) volleyball--wins record on Saturday against Texas Tech, notching win No. 136.
- Wednesday night's match will air on Metro Sports.
- The Cyclones improved to 6-2 in three-set matches this season with the win over the Red Raiders.
- Saturday's win is the 10th-consecutive win for the Cyclones over Texas Tech. The Cyclones have lost just one match to the Red Raiders since Johnson-Lynch stepped in as head coach in 2005.
- Iowa State continues to lead the Big 12 this season with 17.59 digs per set but ranks fifth in digs against conference foes in the defense-heavy league.
- Through the first week of league play, Iowa State leads the Big 12 in assists (15.50) and kills (16.33) while sitting second in hitting (.335), opponent hitting (.111), blocks (2.92) and service aces (1.67).
- Iowa State held Missouri and Tech to a combined 1.67 blocks per set last week, the fewest blocks allowed by a team during the first week of the conference season.
- The Cyclones are the only team to hit over .400 against a Big 12 opponent this season, hitting at a .402 clip against the Tigers last Wednesday.
- The Tigers and Red Raiders are the first pair of back-to-back conference opponents to lose the blocking battle with the Cyclones since Iowa State out-blocked Baylor and Missouri last season.
- Through their first two league matches, the Cyclones have 5.83 more assists a set than their opponents (15.50-9.67).
- Senior outside hitter Carly Jenson is 2-0 in double-doubles in Big 12 play this week after putting up 13 kills and 11 digs against Missouri and 16 kills and 12 digs against Texas Tech. Jenson has had a double-double in each of her last three matches.
- Tenisha Matlock leads the league with 1.67 blocks in conference play. Matlock's 7 blocks (all assists) against Texas Tech were the most blocks by an individual player in conference play last week.
- Matlock and Jenson set career records for single-match block assists on Saturday, grabbing seven and five, respectively.
- Middle blocker Jamie Straube had three block assists against the Red Raiders, leaving her with 203 in her career. Straube is one block assist shy of moving into the top 20 all-time block assist list.
- Right side Kelsey Petersen ranks eighth in the Big 12, hitting .325 on the season. Petersen is hitting .417 in conference play, ranked sixth.
- Jenson continues to be one of the hottest players in the Big 12, ranked in the top 10 this season in kills (3.89), digs (3.41) and points (4.24).
- Libero Kristen Hahn has yet to relinquish her hold on the top spot in digs among league players, averaging 5.65 digs per set this season. Hahn's 35 digs against North Dakota State sits atop the Big 12.
- Redshirt freshman Hannah Willms got off to a strong start in the Big 12, hitting .340 with 3.50 kills per set and 4.00 points per set against Missouri and Texas Tech. All three averages put her in the top 10 in the conference.
- Caitlin Mahoney is the only Big 12 player with five aces in a match (Cincinnati).
Streaks and Trends
- Iowa State opponents have hit over .300 just 15 times in 205 matches under Christy Johnson-Lynch.
- Iowa State went 12-1 in three set matches in 2010. Under Johnson-Lynch, Iowa State is 81-31 in three-set matches.
- This year the Cyclones are 6-2 in three-set matches, losing at No. 15 UNI and No. 10 Nebraska
- In true Johnson-Lynch fashion, Iowa State has out-dug 10 of its opponents (NDSU twice) this season.
- Iowa State has collected 20 wins for four-consecutive years under head coach Johnson-Lynch. The Cyclones have had 10 20+ win seasons since 1982.
- Under Johnson-Lynch, the Cyclones have one at least one match over a top 25 opponent in each of her seven seasons.
- Already this season, five players have led the Cyclones in kills during a match. Only three players ever led the team in kills in 2010.
- Jamie Straube and Kelsey Petersen have tied for the most blocks in a match six times this season.
Scouting Kansas
- Iowa State leads the all-time series 42-35-1 over the Jayhawks.
- The Cyclones are 4-2 in Lawrence since 2005, including last season's 3-1 loss.
- Two of the six matches at Kansas under Christy Johnson-Lynch have gone to five sets. Iowa State took the win in 2007 with Kansas getting the 3-2 decision in 2008.
- The Cyclones hit .182 at Kansas last year, out-dug 75-63 but put up better numbers at the net earning the 8-6 blocking edge.
- Kelsey Petersen had 10 kills in Lawrence while Carly Jenson posted 16 digs and Alison Landwehr posted a double-double with 43 assists and 10 digs.
- This season, Kansas returns all but one starter from last season's 17-14 (8-12 Big 12) team.
- At 11-2 this season, the Jayhawks have already played three five-set matches, pushing Northern Iowa to five before falling and defeating then-No. 6 Minnesota 3-2 the day after their match with UNI.
- Kansas has played one Big 12 match, an 0-3 sweep by No. 8 Texas on Saturday in Austin.
- Senior outside hitter Allison Mayfield is the glue for Kansas this season. Mayfield ranks second in the league with 4.36 kills per set on the year and is second also in points with 4.80.
- Junior Taylor Tolefree was named Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 19 and sits sixth in the league with 1.23 blocks per set.
- Middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc leads the Jayhawks with a .324 hitting percentage on the year, ranked ninth in the conference. Jarmoc's 1.32 blocks per set ranks second in the league.
- Jarmoc struggled against the Longhorns, hitting -.056 with seven attack errors but stayed strong at net, blocking 1.33 balls per set.
- Kansas is last in the Big 12 in assists this season with 11.87 per set. The team's 8.00 digs per set against Texas is the lowest average in the league in the first week of conference play.
Johnson-Lynch Breaks Record
• Seventh-year head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch set the Iowa State volleyball coaching record against Texas Tech this season, picking up win No. 136.
Johnson-Lynch also holds the distinction of reaching 100 career wins faster than any coach in the history of the program, doing so in 157 matches.
1. Christy Johnson-Lynch (2005-), 136-69 (.663)
2. Vicki Mealer (1985-92), 135-110 (.551)
3. Sharon Hitsman (1978-80), 85-80-7 (.494)
4. Mary Fischl (1981-84), 80-62-1 (.559)
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