Volleyball Preview: Iowa State
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MATCH #10
No. 22 Texas (9-0, 2-0 Big 12) vs.
Iowa State (7-2, 1-1 Big 12)
When: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Austin, Texas (Gregory Gym, 4,400 capacity)
All-Time
Series Record: Texas leads, 16-1 (9-0 home, 7-1 away)
Series
Streaks: Iowa won the teams’ last meeting
Last
Meeting: Nov. 2, 2003 in Ames: ISU won, 3-1 (26-30, 30-27, 32-30,
31-29)
Last
UT victory: Sept. 17, 2003 in Austin: UT won, 3-0 (30-17, 30-22,
31-29)
Last
ISU victory: See last meeting
Elliott
vs. Iowa State: 5-1
Match
Promotions: Volleyball Club Night - $1.00 general admission for all
coaches and players wearing team jerseys ... Youth Organization Night
- $1.00 general admission for groups with a flyer
QUICK SETS
Texas
jumped into the national rankings this week when the Horns entered
the USA Today/CSTV Top 25 Coaches Poll at No. 22 in the Sept. 20
poll. It's the team's first ranking since the first poll of 2003.
Texas
is one of eight remaining undefeated teams in the nation, joining
Toledo, Washington, Ohio State, UC Santa Barbara, Long Beach State,
Hawaii and Penn State.
The
Longhorns are 9-0 to open a season for the first time since 1990 when
the Horns opened 26-0 ... UT will look to go 3-0 in the Big 12 for the
first time since 2001.
Senior
Mira Topic has recorded a double-double in each of the last two matches
and now has six in nine matches this season. She was named Big 12 Player
of the Week on Monday after collecting 44 kills (5.50/game) and 31 digs
(3.88/game) in a 2-0 week for the Horns.
Topic
collected her 1,000th dig last Wednesday night (Sept. 15) and in the
process, became the seventh player in UT history to record 1,000 kills
and 1,000 digs in her career.
UT
has limited it opponents to a hitting percentage under .250 in each of
its nine matches.
Saturday's
match against Colorado was the first time in 2004 that Texas failed to
lead a match in either kills or digs.
Senior
Bethany Howden is 14 kills away from recording her 1,500th career kill
... Topic is three aces shy of tying the UT career ace record and four
shy of owning the record.
Topic
is one dig shy of entering the UT career Top 10 in the category. She
enters Wednesday's match with 1,027 digs, one shy of 10th-place Missy
Curt's 1,028.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
Iowa
State is 7-2 overall and 1-1 in Big 12 matches after dropping its conference
opener to No. 12 Texas A&M (3-1) and defeating Oklahoma (3-1) on
Friday evening in Norman ... Katie Kruenegel leads the Cyclones in
kills and kills/game (95 total, 2.97 kills/game) and has a .268 attack
percentage ... Meghan Ferrie had a team-best .330 attack percentage,
while Katie Churm had a team-best 4.44 digs/game.
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IOWA
STATE
QUICK FACTS Location: Ames, Iowa Nickname: Cyclones Colors: Cardinal and Gold Head Coach: Linda Crum (Iowa '87) 2003 Record: 12-19 2003 Big 12 Record (Finish): 4-16 (Tied for eighth) NCAA Postseason: None |
