ISU Makes NCAA Volleyball Championship

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State volleyball is back in the NCAA Tournament, as the Cyclones were selected for the 2021 NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship on Sunday night. ISU will travel to Minneapolis to take on Stanford on Friday, December 3 at 4:30 p.m. inside Maturi Pavilion on the campus of the University of Minnesota.

Should ISU win, the Cyclones would play the winner of No. 12 Minnesota and South Dakota on Saturday, December 4.

This is the 15th all-time NCAA Championships appearance for Iowa State, with 14 coming in the 17-year tenure of head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch.

The Cyclones finished the regular season 16-11, 8-8 in Big 12 play. Middle blocker Candelaria Herrera was a force on both sides of the ball, getting her 2.48 kills per set at .326 hitting and leading the Big 12 with her 1.28 blocks per set. Senior right side Eleanor Holthaus led the ISU offense with 3.21 kills per set, while ranking second on the team with 2.58 digs per set. Libero Marija Popovic led the Big 12 with her 4.65 digs per set.

Match tickets are on sale now through the University of Minnesota, here.

Players Mentioned

Candelaria Herrera

Eleanor Holthaus

Marija Popovic

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