Iowa State Sweeps Past West Virginia, 3-0

Wednesday, October 21

Ames, Iowa

6:30 PM

Iowa State

12-6, 5-2

West Virginia

5-15, 0-7

Team	1	2	3	Final F
West Virginia	20	11	16	0
Iowa State	25	25	25	3

Iowa State Sweeps Past West Virginia, 3-0

10.21.2015 | Volleyball

Box Score

By: cyclones.com

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State was dominant in all aspects on its way to a 3-0 (25-20, 25-11, 25-16) sweep of West Virginia Wednesday evening at Hilton Coliseum. The win improved ISU to 12-6 overall on the year, and 5-2 in Big 12 play. WVU is now 5-15 overall and 0-7 against conference competition.

Jess Schaben led ISU with 12 kills at a career-best .632 hitting percentage, while Ciara Capezio added 10 kills at a season-best .588 hitting clip. Caitlin Nolan had 14 digs to lead Iowa State.

Cyclones Ease Way to First-Set Win
The Cyclones have been ravaged by slow starts throughout the 2015 season, but that would not be the case in the first set Wednesday night. ISU got the first four points of the match to force an early Mountaineer timeout. The break helped WVU stymie the tide, but the Iowa State attack kept flowing as a 3-0 run upped the Iowa State advantage to 11-4.

The Cyclone lead reached as many as nine points on multiple occasions, giving Christy Johnson-Lynch the chance to bring in some different faces, with Hannah Bailey and Abby Phillips among the Cyclones seeing playing time. ISU brought up set point at 24-16 on a Ciara Capezio ace. WVU put up a strong resistance by fighting off four set points, but ISU was finally able to convert on the fifth try with a Jess Schaben kill to make it 25-20 Cyclones.

All Iowa State to Make it 2-0
The second frame had the same start as the first one, as Iowa State jumped out to a 4-0 lead that forced an early West Virginia timeout. The Mountaineers tried to hang close for a little bit, but Iowa State went on to a 6-0 run that blew open the frame to 20-7. The Cyclones were strong in attack with a .409 hitting percentage for the second set, while using five blocks to help restrict WVU to a -.071 hitting mark for the set.

ISU got its first set point on a Morgan Montgomery service error, and close the set on the first try with Grace Lazard powering down a kill to make it 25-11 Iowa State.

ISU Cruises to Sweep
After two sets of Iowa State running away with the set before it started for WV.U, the Mountaineers responded with a strong start to the frame, having the set tied at 8-8. That was when ISU turned it on, with a strong serving run from Monique Harris putting ISU ahead 11-8.

That was all the gap Iowa State needed, as the Cyclones continued to ride the outstanding play of Capezio and Schaben en route to building up a lead of eight points at 23-15. The Cyclones would bring up set point at 24-16 on Grace Lazard's fifth kill of evening, and closed it out on the next point with a kill from Conaway at 25-16.

Cyclone Notes
*Caitlin Nolan posted 14 digs, her 36th-straight match with at least 10 digs and 66th of her career.
*Ciara Capezio posted 10 kills, her seventh match in 2015 with double figures and 36th of her career.
*Capezio's .588 hitting percentage is a season-best and just missed her career-best of .593 set against South Dakota in 2013.
*Jess Schaben led Iowa State with 12 kills, her third-straight match in double figures and 13th of the season.
*Schaben earned her 12 kills at a .632 hitting percentage, a new career-high and the fifth-best hitting percentage by a freshman in a match in Iowa State history.

Up Next
Iowa State is back on the road this weekend when they go to take on Baylor. The Sunday match at the Ferrell Center will begin at 2 p.m.