Iowa State Headed to Montana Invitational

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AMES, Iowa – Coming off their win over No. 17 UNI Wednesday night, the Iowa State volleyball team is headed to Missoula for the Montana Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The Cyclones will play three matches inside Dahlberg Arena.

The Cyclones have a doubleheader on Friday, taking on Gonzaga at 1 p.m. Central, and then the host Grizzlies at 8 p.m. Central. On Saturday, the Cyclones will take on No. 22 Utah at Noon Central Time.

How to Watch/Follow

All three matches will be streamed online for free. The neutral site matches between Iowa State and Gonzaga, and Iowa State and Utah will be shown via the Big Sky Conference, here. The match against Montana will be streamed live and for free via the Big Sky Conference channel on Pluto.TV, here.

Live stats for the entire tournament can be found here. Fans can also receive updates on the progress of the matches via the Iowa State Volleyball Twitter account, @CycloneVB, and the Iowa State Volleyball Instagram story, @IowaStateVB.

About Our Opponents

Iowa State and Gonzaga will be meeting for the first time on Friday. This will mark ISU's seventh match against a program currently in the West Coast Conference and the first since 2013.

The Cyclones and Grizzlies will meet for the sixth time, with Montana leading the all-time series 3-2. ISU's trip to Missoula is a return for Montana's trip to Ames for the Cyclone Invitational in 2016, a match ISU won in three sets. Hannah Bailey and Grace Lazard led Iowa State with eight kills each in the sweep.

ISU and Utah will be meeting for the fourth time, with the Utes leading the series 2-1. The last meeting between the two programs came in 2005, head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch's first season at Missouri State in Springfield, Missouri, with the Utes winning in four sets.