PRIMER: ISU at K-State, No. 15 Kansas

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State heads to the Sunflower State to first meet K-State Wednesday before No. 15 Kansas Friday.

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 6:30 p.m., at Kansas State

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Friday, Oct. 10, 6 p.m., at No. 15 Kansas

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By the Numbers

1 – Morgan Brandt leads all active Big 12 players with 3,198 career assists. The total ranks fourth in program history.

1 – Iowa State leads the Big 12 in kills (14.53/set). The average is the seventh-highest in the nation.

3 – Christy Johnson-Lynch ranks No. 3 all time in Big 12 history with 210 league victories.

5 – ISU hit at .333 or better in the first five matches of the season. The last time ISU had a stretch of five-straight .300 matches happened in in 1992.

8 – The Cyclones ended con-conference at 10-1, the best mark in eight seasons.

42 – Maya Duckworth stands 42 kills away from becoming the 12th Cyclone in program history to hit 1,000 career kills. Duckworth currently ranks 15th in ISU history.

The 2025 Cyclones

Iowa State went 2-0 last week vs. Texas Tech and UCF and received votes in the AVCA Coaches Poll for the second week in a row. Pam McCune was dominant totaling 21 kills at .450 while putting up nine blocks. Against TTU, McCune had an errorless 11 kills on 18 swings (0.611 hitting) with six blocks.

Freshman Reagan Hanfelt made her Cyclone debut starting in both matches last week and totaled 11 kills at .500 and eight blocks. Her hitting percentage led the Big 12 in week six. Fellow freshman Alea Goolsby led ISU with 31 kills on the week.

Iowa State first received votes in the AVCA Coaches Poll last week after splitting a pair of ranked matches on the road. ISU reverse swept No. 23 Utah, before extending the third set at No. 14 BYU to nearly force a fourth. The Utah win was the 51st in program history, with 45 of those happening under Christy Johnson-Lynch.

The Opponents

ISU looks to end KSU's six-match series win streak that began Nov. 13, 2021. The last time ISU won in Manhattan was Sept. 25, 2020. The teams will meet for the 104th time in series history with the series the second longest for ISU behind KU. KSU's Shaylee Myers is the current conference leader averaging 4.98 kills per set.

The Cyclones and Jayhawks will meet for the 107th time, while Kansas has won the last three matchups. The last road win in the Kansas series for ISU came on Oct. 20, 2018, where the Cyclones swept No. 22 KU. This season Kansas has two ranked wins, and took three Top 10 teams to five sets. Half of KU's matches have been against ranked opponents.

Kansas is led by Matt Ulmer, one of three coaches new to the Big 12 this season, who spent the previous eight seasons as the head coach at Oregon guiding the Ducks to three Elite Eights and five Sweet 16s.

Next Up

Next week Iowa State returns home to host West Virginia Thursday, Oct. 16 at 6:30 p.m. Girls and Women in Sports Day will be celebrated. Tickets are available here.

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Players Mentioned

Morgan Brandt

Maya Duckworth

Alea Goolsby

Reagan Hanfelt

Pam McCune

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