While school takes a four-week break, sports at Iowa State will continue as normal.

The Iowa State volleyball team finishes its season Dec. 11 at Hilton Coliseum in the NIVC Championship against Tulane. The Cyclones finished the regular season by winning four straight games, and they have followed it up with four wins in a row in the NIVC.

Perhaps the most active teams over winter break will be the men’s and women’s basketball teams.

The women’s team plays seven games over break, six of which will be played at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones play Drake on Dec. 16 and Prairie View A&M on Dec. 19, then have a 10-day break. Drake was ranked No. 21 in the first coaches poll of December.

After Christmas, the Cyclones return to Hilton Coliseum to play Bucknell on Dec. 29. Then, Big 12 play starts. Iowa State opens its conference slate with a matchup against Kansas State on Jan. 2, 2019. The Cyclones will travel to Lawrence, Kansas, to take on the Jayhawks on Jan. 5, before finishing winter break with home games against Texas Christian and Texas.

The men’s team has a similar schedule. The Cyclones will take on Drake in Des Moines at the Hy-Vee Classic on Dec. 15 before returning home for a game against Eastern Illinois on Dec. 21.

After New Years Day, the Cyclones play at Oklahoma State in the first Big 12 game of the season. The biggest game of break for the men’s basketball team comes when they take on Kansas, a consensus top-5 opponent. That game is scheduled for Jan. 5 at Hilton Coliseum.

Iowa State then travels to Waco, Texas, to play Baylor before finishing break against Kansas State on Jan. 12.

The wrestling team has picked up attention in the month of December after taking perennial national power Iowa to the wire in a 19-18 loss.

Coach Kevin Dresser’s squad will take on Ohio on Dec. 16 before taking a break for two weeks. The Cyclones will return to the mat Jan. 1 and Jan. 2 for the Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tennessee. On Jan. 9, Iowa State travels to Fargo, North Dakota, to take on North Dakota State in the first Big 12 dual of the season. Fresno State comes to Hilton Coliseum on Jan. 13 for another Big 12 matchup.

The biggest sporting event over break, of course, will be the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas, on Dec. 28. The Iowa State football team matches up with No. 12 Washington State, looking to finish the season with a ninth win. Nine wins would tie the school record, most recently set in 2000 when the Cyclones finished 9-3 after winning the Insight Bowl.