Saturday, October 30
Ames, Iowa
2 p.m.
West Virginia University
at
Iowa State
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Mountaineers Head to Iowa State
October 29, 2021 09:51 AM | Volleyball
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The West Virginia volleyball team (13-6, 3-5 Big 12) travel to Ames, Iowa, for a two-match series against Iowa State (12-7, 4-4 Big 12), at the James H. Hilton Coliseum, from Oct. 30-31.
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The first serve for both matches will be at 2 p.m. ET.  Live stats and video for both matches are available on WVUsports.com. Sunday's match will air on ESPNU. Â
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"This is an important week for us, said coach Reed Sunahara. "We go to Iowa State, and Iowa State is a really good team. We are looking forward to playing them in Iowa. We need to make sure we are taking care of business."
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The Mountaineers and the Cyclones meet for the 22nd time since 1994. Iowa State leads the all-time series, 18-3. In its last meeting, WVU swept ISU on Nov. 6, 2020.
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In its last weekend of competition, West Virginia hosted Baylor for a two-match series from Oct. 22-23 in Morgantown, West Virginia, at the WVU Coliseum.Â
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The Mountaineers were unable to overcome the Bears in a pair of matches, as WVU suffered a 3-0 loss on Friday and a 3-1 loss on Saturday.Â
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The Bears took Friday's match in set scores of 26-24, 25-20 and 25-22. Overall, WVU finished Friday's match hitting .179 with 39 kills and seven team blocks. On Saturday evening, BU won the match in set scores of 25-16, 25-19, 23-25 and 29-27. The Mountaineers finished the match with 50 kills, 13 team blocks and a match-high five service aces.
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The Cyclones fell in a two-match series to No. 1 Texas on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23.Â
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Looking ahead, the Mountaineers return to Morgantown to play host to Kansas in a two-match series, at the WVU Coliseum, from Nov. 4-5 14. Thursday's match will begin at 6 p.m. ET, followed by Friday's match at 3 p.m.
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For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVU Volleyball on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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The first serve for both matches will be at 2 p.m. ET.  Live stats and video for both matches are available on WVUsports.com. Sunday's match will air on ESPNU. Â
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"This is an important week for us, said coach Reed Sunahara. "We go to Iowa State, and Iowa State is a really good team. We are looking forward to playing them in Iowa. We need to make sure we are taking care of business."
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The Mountaineers and the Cyclones meet for the 22nd time since 1994. Iowa State leads the all-time series, 18-3. In its last meeting, WVU swept ISU on Nov. 6, 2020.
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In its last weekend of competition, West Virginia hosted Baylor for a two-match series from Oct. 22-23 in Morgantown, West Virginia, at the WVU Coliseum.Â
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The Mountaineers were unable to overcome the Bears in a pair of matches, as WVU suffered a 3-0 loss on Friday and a 3-1 loss on Saturday.Â
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The Bears took Friday's match in set scores of 26-24, 25-20 and 25-22. Overall, WVU finished Friday's match hitting .179 with 39 kills and seven team blocks. On Saturday evening, BU won the match in set scores of 25-16, 25-19, 23-25 and 29-27. The Mountaineers finished the match with 50 kills, 13 team blocks and a match-high five service aces.
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The Cyclones fell in a two-match series to No. 1 Texas on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23.Â
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Looking ahead, the Mountaineers return to Morgantown to play host to Kansas in a two-match series, at the WVU Coliseum, from Nov. 4-5 14. Thursday's match will begin at 6 p.m. ET, followed by Friday's match at 3 p.m.
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For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVU Volleyball on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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