Iowa State outside hitter Jess Schaben was named the Big 12 rookie of the week on Monday. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune
After some early-season tinkering, it’s not hard to know exactly what the Iowa State volleyball team will do on any given night. The Cyclones compete, and, more often than not, win. Consistency is the simple formula that’s allowed ISU to start 11-6 overall and 4-2 in Big 12 play.
“Day in, day out, we’re playing pretty high level ball,” Cyclones coach Christy Johnson-Lynch said Monday at her weekly press conference. “It’s very competitive in our gym.