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Cyclones Play At Kansas On Wednesday
09.24.2012 | Volleyball
AMES, Iowa – The No. 19 Cyclones (7-4, 1-0 Big 12) take to the road for the first time during the Big 12 schedule this week, traveling to Kansas (13-2, 1-0 Big 12) on Wednesday night. The match with the Jayhawks will be televised on Metro Sports in the Kansas City area.
Heading into the mid-week match, sophomore outside hitter Victoria Hurtt is coming off one of her best career performances in which she hit a career-high .444 against Baylor and was one of four Cyclones with at least 10 kills. Mackenzie Bigbee paced Iowa State with 18 kills in the match, the most kills by a Big 12 player in a league match this season.
After one full week of Big 12 play - no team has played more than two conference matches - the Cyclones sit atop the standings in assists (15.50), kills (16.50) and digs (17.00). A major player in the Cyclones' defense, libero Kristen Hahn collected 25 digs against the Bears in her second-straight match with 25 digs. After recording 26 digs in Iowa State's upset over then-No. 1 Nebraska, Hahn was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week and one of the NCAA's top-three performers for the week of Sept. 17.
Kansas tore through its non-conference schedule, losing only at Arkansas and Notre Dame while going 8-0 at home, but Iowa State poses the biggest competition of the season for Jayhawks as their first ranked foe. Overall, Kansas has outplayed opponents in all key categories, including a 2.94-1.75 blocking advantage. Three Jayhawks average more than 1.00 blocks per set, led by Caroline Jarmoc's 1.43 blocks per set. Jarmoc is third in the Big 12 in blocking this season and sits atop the offensive leaderboard with a hitting percentage of .409.
The Cyclones.com live volleyball blog returns on Wednesday night at 6:15 p.m. CDT before first serve at 6:30 p.m.
Cyclone Notebook
• Iowa State is back on the road this week, heading to Kansas for a Metro Sports showdown against the Jayhawks.
• Metro Sports aired both Iowa State-Kansas matches last season, both 3-0 Iowa State sweeps.
• Iowa State defeated Baylor in its Big 12 opener last weekend, hitting .326, the second .300-plus performance by the team this season (.370 vs. Eastern Washington).
• Iowa State out-dug Baylor 68-53, its largest digging margin of the year.
• Baylor is the fifth team to hit under .200 against the Cyclones in 2012, hitting just .174 in the match.
• Saturday's match marked the second time this year Iowa State earned the blocking edge, with a 5-4, advantage over the Bears.
• Freshman Mackenzie Bigbee turned in an impressive conference debut with 18 kills (4.50 kills per set) on .424 hitting against Baylor.
• Outside hitter Victoria Hurtt had a career match against Baylor, hitting a personal-best .444.
• Bigbee's 18 kills are the most for a conference player during league play and her 18.5 points tie the Big 12-high.
• Overall, Bigbee is ranked seventh in the league with 3.37 kills per set, the higher ranked freshmen of the two on the top-10 kills list this season, and is the only freshman in the top-10 in points, with an average of 3.57 per set (8th overall).
• In Big 12 play, Bigbee is the only freshman in the top-10 in kills per set (4.50), ranked second and is one of two freshmen in the top-10 in points per set, with 4.62 through one match; again, Bigbee is the higher-ranked freshman in the category.
• Coming off her Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week win, libero Kristen Hahn collected 25 digs against Baylor, the most for a conference player during league play this season.
• Hahn was also one of the NCAA's top-three performers of the week after her play against the Huskers.
• The conference opener performance is Hahn's second-straight with at least 25 digs, after the junior posted 26 digs in Iowa State's upset of then-No. 1 Nebraska two weeks ago.
• The Cedar Rapids native is also one of two players in the Big 12 ranked in the top-10 in both digs per set and aces per set (10th in aces, 0.29 per set).
• After the first full week of conference play, Hahn is averaging 6.25 digs per set, tops in the Big 12; no other player is averaging better than 4.80 digs per set.
• On the year, Hahn six matches of at least 20 digs and is third in the league with 4.78 digs per set.
• Bigbee's 26.5 points against Illinois on Sept. 1 is tied for the most points in a match by a Big 12 player this season.
• No Big 12 team has played more than two league matches this season and the Cyclones lead the early conference-only standings in assists (15.50), kills (16.50) and digs (17.00).
• Iowa State is the only team in the Big 12 with three players ranked in the top-10 in hitting percentage during league play: Jamie Straube (.455), Victoria Hurtt (.444) and Bigbee (.424).
• Alison Landwehr's 56 assists against the Bears are the most by a Big 12 player in conference play this season.
• No team has recorded more kills or assists in a match than Iowa State, with 66 kills and 62 assists against Baylor.
Streaks and Trends
• Iowa State opponents have hit over .300 just 16 times in 234 matches under Johnson-Lynch.
• Iowa State went 14-3 in three set matches in 2011 and is 2-1 in 2012. Under Johnson-Lynch, Iowa State is 91-33 in three set matches.
• Behind Johnson-Lynch's leadership, the Cyclones win 88% (127-18) of their matches when earning the first set victory.
• Iowa State has collected 20 wins in five-consecutive seasons under head coach Johnson-Lynch. The Cyclones have had 11 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 eight seasons and have defeated at least two top 25 teams in each of the last six seasons.
Scouting Kansas
• The Cyclones swept Kansas in both of the teams' meetings last season, growing their win streak over the Jayhawks to three.
• The Jayhawks are 13-2 overall and 1-0 in Big 12 play with a sweep of Texas Tech last Saturday.
• Iowa State will be Kansas' first ranked opponent of the season.
• Against Texas Tech, Kansas hit a Big 12-best .371 while holding the Red Raiders to .080 hitting.
• Kansas' defense blocked 14 Texas Tech attacks and out-dug their hosts 50-38.
• After one match, the Jayhawks lead the Big 12 in hitting (.371), opponent hitting (.080) and blocks (4.67).
• The team is second to Iowa State in kills (14.33) and digs (16.67).
• Known for their blocking presence, the Jayhawks had three players with at least 2.00 blocks per set in their league opener: Caroline Jarmoc (2.33), Taylor Tolefree (.200) and Tiana Dockery (2.00).
• Jarmoc is first in the Big 12 in hitting on the year with an average of .409 and is third in blocks with 1.43 per set.
• Erin Mcnorton leads the league with 12.34 assists per set and Brianne Riley is tops in digs with an average of 5.38 per set.
• Kansas out-dug Iowa State 7-5 in Lawrence last year.
• The Cyclones hit .310 on the road at Kansas in 2011. Senior Carly Jenson was the only player with 10 kills.
Hahn Garners Defensive Awards
• Cyclone Kristen Hahn earned her fifth career weekly conference award on Sept. 17, named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week and was named one of the NCAA's top-three Division I players for her 26-dig performance in Iowa State's upset over then-No. 1 Nebraska.
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