Iowa State to Host Oklahoma in ESPNU Showdown

AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State volleyball team returns to Hilton Coliseum on Sunday as the Cyclones will take on one of the Big 12's two remaining undefeated sides in conference play, the Oklahoma Sooners. The Cyclones (8-6, 1-3 Big 12) and Sooners (12-4, 3-0 Big 12) will start at 1:30 p.m. and the match will be televised on ESPNU.

With the match being on ESPNU and WatchESPN, the match will not be shown live on any Cyclones.TV platforms. The match will be available to see on-demand on the Cyclones.TV web player 48 hours after the conclusion of the match. The Cyclones.TV Powered by Mediacom channel will show replays of the match, witht he first broadcast on Friday, Oct. 17 at 9:30 p.m.

Tickets to the match are on sale now online, or on the day of the match at the Hitlon Coliseum Ticket Office, located at the Southwest corner of Hilton Coliseum. Fans with a ticket stub from Saturday's football game against Toledo can redeem the ticket for $2 tickets at Hilton Coliseum on the day of the match. To buy tickets online, in advance, click here.

Live stats for the match will be provided by cyclones.com, here. Iowa State Athletics Communications Assistant Director Patrick Tarbox will be hosting a live blog during the match here.

Cyclone Notes

The Iowa State volleyball team returns home for its first of three national TV home matches in 2014 when the Cyclones host Oklahoma Sunday at 1:30 PM.
Iowa State will be looking to bounce back from a four-set loss suffered at Kansas State on Wednesday. K-State won a tightly contested first set 25-23 and ran away with the second at 25-12. ISU was able to recover and grind out the third set at 25-23, but the Wildcats closed out the match in the fourth at 25-14.
Morgan Kuhrt led the Iowa State offense with 13 kills. Alexis Conaway had a strong all-around performance, recording 10 kills while also chipping in six total blocks (one solo, five assists). Caitlin Nolan led the back-row with 20 digs, while Branen Berta chipped in with 10.
Nolan has continued ISU's tradition of great liberos, ranking atop the Big 12 and 15th in the NCAA with 5.27 digs per set. Nolan has also helped lead ISU's service game at 0.29 aces per set
For the second time in 2014, Nolan has been named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts at No. 2 Texas (19 digs) and against WVU (25 digs). Nolan's Big 12 DPOW honor marks the 38th time a Cyclone has won the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week Award.
Alexis Conaway has been a key figure for the Cyclones on both offense and defense. The freshman has been hot on offense as of late, recording 10 kills in five of her last eight matches. On defense, Conaway ranks fifth in the Big 12 and 50th in the NCAA with her 1.26 blocks per set. Conaway has posted at least 5.0 total blocks in eight of Iowa State's last 11 matches.
ISU's win over West Virginia marked Iowa State's 100th win at Hilton Coliseum under Christy Johnson-Lynch.
Three of ISU's six losses have come to the top-three teams in NCAA RPI in No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 Florida State and No. 3 Texas. Iowa State checked into the NCAA RPI at No. 27, while Oklahoma has an RPI of No. 31.

Players Mentioned

Branen Berta

Alexis Conaway

Morgan Kuhrt

Morgan Kuhrt

Caitlin Nolan

Caitlin Nolan

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