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Iowa State University Athletics
Friday, December 5
Minneapolis, Minn.
4:30 PM
Iowa State
vs
St. Thomas
Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO
PRIMER: NCAA Volleyball Championship First Round
12.04.2025 | Volleyball
AMES, Iowa – No. 23 Iowa State (22-7, 12-6 Big 12) moves to postseason making its 18th NCAA Championships appearance, entering as the No. 5 seed. ISU meets St. Thomas in the first round as the Tommies are one of two teams making their first NCAA DI Tournament appearance. The winner moves on to play either No. 4-seed Minnesota or Fairfield in the second round Saturday at 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 5, 4:30 p.m., vs. St. Thomas (21-9, 11-5 Summit)
Maturi Pavilion, Minneapolis, Minn.
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By the Numbers
1 – Morgan Brandt leads all active Big 12 players with 3,736 career assists. The total ranks fourth in program history.
3 – Christy Johnson-Lynch ranks No. 3 all time in Big 12 history with 219 league victories.
3 – ISU ends regular season as the Big 12 leader in three categories: kills (14.14 per set), assists (13.03 per set) and digs (15.22 per set). The kill and assist average rank top 20 nationally.
5 – Iowa State placed five on All-Big 12 teams and took home Big 12 Libero and Setter of the Year.
10 – Maya Duckworth now ranks 10th in Iowa State history with 1,072 kills. Duckworth became the 12th in ISU history to join the 1,000-kill club.
12 – Iowa State has 12 Big 12 wins for the first time since 2012.
The 2025 Cyclones
Iowa State ends regular season at 22-7 and 12-6 in Big 12 play to finish tied for third after being picking ninth in preseason. ISU has the most regular season wins since 2011, while the last time ISU was ranked this late in the season was in 2017.
Rachel Van Gorp is the unanimous Big 12 Libero of the Year, and Morgan Brandt earned Big 12 Setter of the Year while both were placed on All-Big 12 First Team. Tierney Jackson was named All-Big 12 Second team, while true freshmen Alea Goolsby and Reagan Hanfelt were selected for the All-Rookie Team.
The Opponents
St. Thomas is in its first season eligible for postseason since its transition to Division I. The Tommies earned automatic qualification to the tournament winning the Summit League Tournament Championship, beating the No. 1-seed South Dakota State in Brookings, while SDSU went on to earn an at-large big to the NCAA Tournament.
Iowa State and St. Thomas have met once previously in 2021. The meeting also happened inside Maturi Pavilion at the Diet Coke Classic with ISU winning in three by set scores of 25-12, 26-24, 25-15.
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