Iowa State Volleyball Returns to Hilton Coliseum

Why Iowa State is home for Rachel Van Gorp, one college volleyball's best liberos

Iowa State junior Rachel Van Gorp may be the best libero in the country. She has strong ties to Iowa State, where her late mother Janice Ninemire played.

Iowa State volleyball returns to Hilton Coliseum

Cyclone volleyball is back and ready to play its first exhibition match of the season at home against South Dakota State on Friday at 4 p.m.  Iowa State has not matched up with South Dakota State since 2013, and has an all-time record of 6-1, with the only loss being in their first matchup in 1977.  The Cyclones finished last season at 23-8, going 12-6 in Big 12 conference play and beating St. Thomas in the first round of the NCAA Volleyball tou…