Iowa State Back at Hilton Wednesday vs. WVU

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AMES, Iowa - After spending last week in Texas, the Iowa State volleyball team will be back in the friendly confines of Hilton Coliseum on Wednesday night when the Cyclones host West Virginia. First serve between the Cyclones and Mountaineers will be at 6:30 p.m.

Iowa State will be looking to bounce back from a tough 3-0 loss at No. 3 Baylor on Sunday afternoon. The Mountaineers were also in Texas over the weekend, falling to No. 1 Texas 3-0 in Austin.

Buy Tickets/Parking Information/Fan Information

Tickets to Wednesday's match can be bought online on the day of the match, here, or starting one hour prior to the match at the Hilton Coliseum Ticket Office at the lower Southwest corner of Hilton. Students receive free admission to all Iowa State home volleyball matches, and should enter at the North entrance.

A reminder to season ticket holders with parking passes that they may park in any spot in Lots C1, C2, C3 and D1. The numbers on the bottom of the parking pass DO NOT indicate a specific spot where fans have to park.

Iowa State Athletics has a clear bag policy for all home events, for more information click here.

Follow the Match

Wednesday's match will be televised on Cyclones.TV Powered by Mediacom and the Cyclones.TV web player. For more info about Cyclones.TV, click here. Live stats will be provided by Iowa State, here.

Baylor Recap

Iowa State fell to No. 3 Baylor 3-0 Sunday afternoon at the Ferrell Center in Waco. Like the meeting between the two teams in Ames, Iowa State did have its opportunities to get set wins. In the second set, ISU held off four Baylor set points and were able to get a set point of its own, but were unable to convert and on their sixth set point of the set, the Bears was able to put the frame away.

In defeat, Iowa State was led by Eleanor Holthaus, who recorded 16 kills at .294 hitting.

About West Virginia

The Mountaineers (11-12, 2-8 Big 12) fell to No. 1 Texas 3-0 on Sunday afternoon in Austin. The Mountaineer defense had no answer for a Texas attack which hit .384 on the day. WVU were led by Katelyn Evans, who notched 10 kills, while libero Alexa Hasting recorded 18 digs.

In their first meeting back on Oct. 5, Iowa State won 3-0, with the Cyclone offense powering their way to .374 hitting in the victory. A balanced Iowa State attack was led by 12 kills at .370 hitting from Annie Hatch, 11 kills by Josie Herbst, 10 from Eleanor Holthaus and nine by Avery Rhodes.

Iowa State has not lost to West Virginia since the Mountaineers joined the Big 12 in 2012, with ISU having won the last 16 meetings of the two sides. In WVU's previous seven trips to Hilton Coliseum, the Mountaineers have only claimed a combined three sets off the Cyclones.

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Baylor Recap

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Players Mentioned

Annie Hatch

Josie Herbst

Eleanor Holthaus

Avery Rhodes

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