[Herky] Iowa sweep! Here is more

[Sue Bailey]

*IOWA CITY, Iowa --* With a 3-1 victory over No. 25 Texas A&M on 
Saturday night, the University of Iowa volleyball team clinched the 2015 
Comfort Suites Challenge Championship. The win marks Iowa's first win 
over a ranked opponent since defeating No. 12 Purdue, 3-1, on Nov. 8, 2014.

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"Our expectation now is to win," said UI head coach Bond Shymansky 
<http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/bond_shymansky_883892.html>. 
"We didn't think that we were the underdog, and we were even 
disappointed that we even lost a set. We have something really special 
happening within our program. What a fantastic job by our whole team 
tonight."

Iowa is now 6-3 on the season and currently riding a four-match win streak.

Sophomore Jess Janota 
<http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/jess_janota_906010.html> 
was named the tournament's most valuable player, while senior Mikaela 
Gunderson 
<http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/mikaela_gunderson_905988.html> 
and junior Lauren Brobst 
<http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/lauren_brobst_857477.html> 
were both named to the all-tournament team. Janota finished the weekend 
with 41 kills, including a career-high 20 against Iowa State. Brobst 
paced the team with 45 kills throughout the weekend, while Gunderson 
posted a .459 attack percentage and 30 kills in three matches.

Four Hawkeyes reached double digits in kills in the victory. Brobst led 
the way with 17, while Janota (14), freshman Reagan Davey 
<http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/reagan_davey_973392.html> 
(13), and Gunderson (12) also reached double digits. Davey has now 
posted a career-high in kills in three-straight matches.

Junior Loxley Keala 
<http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/loxley_keala_942236.html> 
ran the Hawkeye offense, dishing out a season-high 57 assists. Sophomore 
Annika Olsen 
<http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/annika_olsen_972679.html> 
paced the team in digs with 13, while Davey and Gunderson each added 
four blocks.

The Hawkeyes and Aggies battled in set one as neither team could 
establish a commanding lead. With the set tied, 23-23, Shymansky called 
a timeout. Janota followed with a kill and senior Alli O'Deen sealed the 
set with an ace to give the Hawkeyes a 1-0 lead. Iowa posted a .406 
attack percentage in the set, and four Hawkeyes (Davey, Brobst, and 
Janota) registered four kills apiece.

After dropping the second set, the Hawkeyes came out firing in the 
third. Iowa posted a .438 attack percentage with the help of Davey and 
Gunderson who recorded five kills apiece. After trading points with the 
Aggies, the Hawkeyes used a five-point run to establish a lead. They 
remained in control from there, fighting off a late Aggie rally to take 
the set, 25-22.

Iowa got out to an early 5-1 lead in the fourth set with the help of 
kills from Davey, Janota and Brobst. Texas A&M used a five-to-one run 
late to tie the game at 22, before kills by Janota (1) and Brobst (2) 
sealed the 25-22 set victory.

"I thought our intensity level and our scrappiness was really sharp," 
said Shymansky. "It would have been so easy to just be flat tonight 
after all that we gave last night against Iowa State. We gave it all 
again tonight. We are so proud of our group."

The Hawkeyes return to action next weekend, hosting the Holiday Inn 
Hawkeye Challenge on Sept. 18-19. Iowa hosts Gardner-Webb, Coastal 
Carolina, and Drake in the two-day tournament.

*#25 Texas A&M vs. Iowa * 	*1st* 	*2nd* 	*3rd* 	*4th*
*#25 Texas A&M (5-3) * 	23 	25 	22 	22
*Iowa (6-3) * 	25 	20 	25 	25


*Statistical Leaders*
*Kills: *Brobst (IOWA) 17   |  Babers (TAMU) 17
*Assists: *Keala (IOWA) 57 |  Aiple (TAMU) 50
*Digs: *Olsen (IOWA) 13   | Nettles (TAMU) 17
*Blocks: *GundersonDavey (IOWA) 4   |  Babers (TAMU) 6




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