ISU Swept by K-State

MANHATTAN- Kan. - Kansas State (10-6, 1-2 Big 12) swept Iowa State (9-7, 1-2 Big 12) by set scores of 18-25, 24-26, 20-25 on Sunday afternoon. Eleanor Holthaus hit the mark of over 200 season kills as she notched her fourth double-double of the season.

Holthaus finalized 10 kills and 10 digs for her second double-double in as many matches. It is her 67^th career match with 10 or more kills and 24^th-career double-double. Holthaus now stands 11 kills away from the fifth-most in school history as she now totals 1,323.

Solei Thomas totaled nine kills at .316 while Abby Greiman totaled five blocks on the match.

The Cyclones held a slight advantage in hitting efficiency, .248-.243. K-State's Shaylee Myers led the attack by handing in 17 kills at .311 while the Wildcats sent 11 aces over.

SET ONE

K-State's Myers began the match with four kills to aid in the Wildcat's early lead of 8-4 as Iowa State called a timeout. K-State built a lead of five as the Cyclones battled back to a tie at 14. The Wildcat's fourth ace of the set then brought them to a score advantage of 20-16 as they served up two more in the frame, showing why they lead the conference in aces. Despite being out-hit by Iowa State .235-.139, K-State won the set 25-18.

SET TWO

Thomas fired off two kills to put the Cyclones on the board first. Holthaus got her fifth kill of the match to knot the set at 6-6 and total her 200^th kill of the season. Kansas State got out to a lead of four to put the score at 17-13 while the Wildcats hit .526 and the Cyclones hit .381. Greiman and Holthaus then each slammed down a kill to trim the lead to one. Iowa State then battled ahead 20-17 on a 7-0 scoring run capped by a Morgan Brandt ace. The set was extended, but K-State ultimately took the set victory 26-24.

SET THREE

Jaden Newsome handed in another setter kill for ISU's first point of the set. Another setter kill, this time by Brandt tied it up at 6 apiece. The Cyclones powered forward with another two kills and a block by Thomas and Greiman to go ahead 10-8, forcing a K-State timeout. Another K-State timeout was called as the Cyclones hit a 4-0 scoring run with a Brooke Stonestreet ace. Brandt sent another kill in the midst of the run to tie the freshman's career high. An ISU lead was built to 14-8 on another Thomas kill before K-State stopped the scoring run and eventually jumped ahead 19-16. Holthaus hit her 10^th kill for the next point to record the double-double. The Wildcats kept on to pull off the sweep by a set score of 25-20.

NEXT UP

The Cyclones return home next Friday, Oct. 7 meeting Kansas. The match begins at 6:30 p.m. and serves as the Women in Sports match. Girls in grades K-8^th can sign up for a ticket, t-shirt and fan banner for $10. Guests and parents can add on a ticket for $1. Reserved tickets are five for $5 or fans can show their ticket for the Oct. 8 football game vs. K-State for a complimentary volleyball ticket.

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Team Stats

Eleanor Holthaus

Solei Thomas

Alexis Engelbrecht

Maya Duckworth

Players Mentioned

Morgan Brandt

Abby Greiman

Eleanor Holthaus

Jaden Newsome

Brooke Stonestreet

Solei Thomas

Players Mentioned

Morgan Brandt

Abby Greiman

Eleanor Holthaus

Jaden Newsome

Brooke Stonestreet

Solei Thomas

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