***NCAA: Iowa State vs. FGCU (Friday, 3:30 p.m.)***

[theshadow]

NCAA Tournament - First Round
(6) Iowa State (19-11, 10-6 Big 12) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (26-6, 13-3 ASun)
Friday, Dec. 2 - 3:30 p.m. CT (4:30 p.m. ET)
O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Fla.

Iowa State Match Notes | Florida Gulf Coast Match Notes | NCAA Bracket

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ISU-FGCU will be followed by (3) Florida vs. Florida A&M. Friday's winners advance to Saturday's second round (6 p.m. CT).

 

[theshadow]

Thursday's 1st Round - Big 12
(1) Texas swept Fairleigh Dickinson
(4) Baylor swept Stephen F. Austin
Kansas swept (7) Miami

Friday's 1st Round - Big 12 (current and future)
3:00 - (7) BYU vs James Madison (at Pittsburgh)
3:30 - (6) Iowa State vs FGCU (at Gainesville)
3:30 - (5) Houston vs South Dakota (at Omaha)
4:00 - (5) UCF vs Yale (at State College)
4:30 - TCU vs (8) Washington (at Madison)

Friday's 2nd Round - Big 12
7:00 - Kansas at (2) Nebraska
7:00 - (5) Rice at (4) Baylor
8:00 - Georgia at (1) Texas

 

[TrulyCyclone]

Hoping for a good outcome today! Go Cyclones!

 

[theshadow]

ISU runs out 5-0 to start.

Timeout FGCU.

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

good start. 7-1 Clones

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

14-5 Clones

 

[theshadow]

14-5 ISU.

Timeout FGCU.

ISU 11 kills, 0 errors.

 

[Acylum]

These announcers seem genuinely disappointed whenever we do something good.

 

[theshadow]

ISU takes set 1, 25-14.

Duckworth (5 kills) and Hatch (4) leading the way.

 

[Matthew-10]

Finished strong and closed it out!

 

[theshadow]

Tighter start to set 2. No lead bigger than 3 points so far.

ISU up 11-10.

 

[theshadow]

Mini-run forces FGCU timeout. ISU 13-10.

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

I'd like to order a sweep please

 

[cyclone13]

21-16 2nd ISU

 

[theshadow]

ISU extends lead to 21-16, and FGCU takes its last TO of the set.

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

21-16 ISU. FGCU takes a timeout

 

[TrulyCyclone]

Maya Duckworth is electric. Very enjoyable

 

[theshadow]

ISU takes set 2, 25-19.

Thomas (8 kills), Duckworth (7), Holthaus (6) and Hatch (5).

ISU +2 at the service line (4 aces, 2 errors).

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

Cyclones win set 2, 25-19

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

These announcers seem genuinely disappointed whenever we do something good.

We're not a "hometown" team.