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ISU servers come up big in sweep of Texas Christian ISU volleyball earns 3-0 win against TCU Horned Frogs By Clint.Cole @iowastatedaily.com
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Freshman Ciara Capezio serves the ball during Iowa State’s win over TCU in straight sets on Saturday at Hilton Coliseum. ISU servers amped up their intensity for Saturday’s game against the Horned Frogs.
A crowd of 3,398 was on hand at Hilton Coliseum on Saturday to watch the Cyclones get behind a dominant serving performance en route to a 3-0 sweep against Texas Christian. The Cyclones (12-6, 6-2 Big 12) had a season-high 13 aces in the match against the Horned Frogs (13-9, 2-6 Big 12). Kristen Hahn had a career-high four aces in the match against TCU while Tory Knuth, who led the Big 12 in aces already going into the match, Caitlin Nolan and Ciara Capezio had three each. Hahn tied her career high of three aces right away in the first set alone and added one more in the third set. “My goal this week was to try and have more points out of my serving rotation and just get more opportunities for my
team,” Hahn said. “I’ve been really focusing on driving my serve and matching my teammates’ intensity on the serving line and them being such great servers, it’s really helpful and allows you to really go after the ball and know that you can be aggressive.” Capezio said that serving was one of their primary goals in practice last week. “It really came out in that game and it’s pretty awesome,” Capezio said. ISU coach Christy JohnsonLynch said she didn’t know why the serving was so good in that match specifically but reiterated that they worked on it a lot and that it continues to be an “elite” part of their game. “You really need to do a couple of things well and you need to keep at it and keep practicing it and we had a pretty terrific serving night, I thought,” Johnson-Lynch said. Hahn finished the match with 16 digs, which made for the 58th-straight match where she has had 10 or more digs. She struggled early, however, having just two digs in the first set. She
[Practicing intensity] allows you to really go after the ball and know that you can be aggressive.” Kristen Hahn, libero
turned the tables and added six more in the second set and eight more in the third set. “I just felt like I wasn’t in the right positions in the first set,” Hahn said. She said that one part of her turnaround was making sure she was “stopped on contact” in the second and third sets. “I think that’s my big thing is making sure that when the hitters are hitting the ball I’m stopped and ready to be able to read the play,” Hahn said. “Our hitters got really good touches and our blockers got really good touches and being able to pick up their tips allowed us to run a better offense too.”
Cyclone hockey splits with rival Ohio By Jared.Stansbury @iowastatedaily.com It was a tale of two nights when the Cyclone hockey team took to the ice for a series with conference rival Ohio. Friday night defense was the name of the game as the Bobcats (8-3-1, 1-10 CSHL) were able to pick up the 1-0 win against the Cyclones (11-2-1, 3-1-0 CSHL). On Saturday, the ISU offense came to play, picking up three goals in the first period on the way to a 4-3 win for a split of the series. For ISU coach Al Murdoch, one of the biggest differences from nightto-night was that Ohio only
played two lines compared to Iowa State’s four. “Their top two lines are good,” Murdoch said. “But our four lines combined are better.” The fourth line of the ISU attack came up big on Saturday night when sophomore Scott Antonsen was able to pick up two goals, including the game winner. Antonsen, who scored his second and third goals of the year Saturday, gives all the credit to his linemates for getting him the puck. “I can’t take all the credit, I am nowhere without them,” Antonsen said. “We have been a little snake-bit lately. But, the harder we work, the more chances we got, and finally the puck
went in the net.” Senior goaltender Matt Cooper was also a major bright spot during the series, according to Murdoch. “He played absolutely outstanding in the net,” Murdoch said. “He once again gave us the opportunity to win.” Senior forward Jon Feavel also gave a great deal of credit to the senior goaltender. “He is the reason that we are playing the way we are,” Feavel said. “Even if we don’t show up in front of him, like Friday, he is still playing his heart out back there.” Feavel played a key role in the game on Saturday, as he was able to pick up a goal, his sixth of the season, to ex-
tend his team’s lead in points. Iowa State was able to outshoot the Bobcats during the series 56-53, which was a number that really stuck out to Murdoch. Murdoch said he had a meeting with the captains on Saturday after the way the team played on Friday night. “I laid out the game plan to the captains before the game,” Murdoch said. “They bought into it, and when the captains bought in, that led to a win over a very, very good Ohio University team.” Murdoch said with a smile and a laugh that his biggest disappointment was not getting five goals on Friday. “I just wish we could have gotten that last goal
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The Cyclones fight to keep the Ohio Bobcats from scoring Friday. Goalie Matt Cooper saved this goal, but the Cyclones ultimately lost the game to the Bobcats, 1-0.
for ‘five goals for fries’ at McDonald’s,” Murdoch said. “I wanted to send the near-
sellout crowd home happy. We just couldn’t get one more for those fries.”
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