Iowa State Travels to Compete with Boise State

Who: No. 19 Iowa State (2-2, 1-0 Big 12) at No. 35 Boise State (5-2, 2-0 MWC)

Where: ExtraMile Arena (12,480) – Boise, Idaho

When: Friday, Feb. 2, 2024 – 8:00 p.m

Leading Off: No. 19 Iowa State travels to Boise, Idaho to compete against the No. 35 Boise State Broncos. The Cyclones are coming off their second consecutive win in which they had another great performance. ISU will look to continue to build off each outing.

Iowa State are looking for their first win in the series against the Broncos. They

last met in 2019 where ISU had a narrow defeat. These matchups with Boise State have solely taken place on neutral floor.

The Cyclones will look to pick up right where they left off. Last Friday at home against Illinois State they scored yet another 196 to put them at three now on the year. This is triple the amount they had all last season. Coach Miles Greig has her team trending in a great direction as they jumped up three spots to being ranked 19^th after their previous score.

Storylines:

Iowa State won at home last Friday over Illinois State by a score of 196.650-194.825.
- This is now back-to-back wins for the Cyclones.
Kaia Parker led the way for ISU with her floor routine scoring 9.925.
- This is the highest score of the season for the Cyclones and Parker's new career high.
The Freshman Noelle Adams continues to thrive for in her young career. She scored two more 9.9 scores last Friday. First came on the beam and then she closed the night with one on floor.
- Adams now has six 9.9 scores just four meets into the season.
Iowa State's Lauren Thomas marked a new career high on beam with Thomas garnering a 9.9 score from her routine.
The Cyclones come in ranked 19^th on Road to Nationals with their top event ranking being on vault where they place 15^th nationally.

From the Notes:

Iowa State was able to top two season highs that they set in the previous meet. Beam saw a new high of 49.225 and floor saw one with a score of 49.325.
Josie Bergstrom has shown out on vault all season long. Last Friday she scored a 9.875. Her performances have her ranked the 24^th best vaulter in the country.
Twins Emma (BSU) and Hannah (ISU) Loyim will be pitted against each other on Friday.
Iowa State saw a handful of new career highs against Illinois State. This included a 9.850 from Madelyn Manternach to help ISU reach their new season high score on floor.

Switching Sides to the Broncos:

Head Coach Tina Bird is entering her 14^th year at the helm of Boise State.
Boise State comes into this meet ranked No. 35 on Road to Nationals
The Broncos are off to a solid start to the season with a record of 5-2 and their highest score being 196.250.
BSU has competed with some stout competition this season. They also have a win over 16^th ranked Nebraska.
Bird brought in five freshmen to pair with their 15 returnees.

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Players Mentioned

Noelle Adams

Josie Bergstrom-Te Slaa

Madelyn Manternach

Kaia Parker

Lauren Thomas

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