ISU Drops Match to Houston

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (9-13, 3-7 Big 12) fell in three to Houston (11-10, 6-5 Big 12) Wednesday night by set scores of 25-22, 25-22, 25-16.

Iowa State was held to under .100 hitting in the sweep, totaling 25 attack errors compared to Houston's 12. ISU was also outblocked 13-4. Lilly Wachholz (9) and Rachel Van Gorp (8) led ISU in kills and Brooke Stonestreet had her 15^th match in a row with double-digit kills totaling 10.

SET ONE

Iowa State began ahead 5-2 as a quartet of Cyclones put down kills, but Houston responded to take its first lead at 6-5. After a 10-10 tie, UH built three-point leads including at 18-15 deep in the set. ISU would come back to tie it at 19s after Tierney Jackson immediately sent the ball to the floor. The Cyclone run continued as ISU took a 21-19 lead but Houston followed to again flip it at 22-21. The Cougars' scoring spree continued to reach set point at 24-21. A successful ISU challenge ruled a Van Gorp attack a kill, but Houston took the next point for the set. Van Gorp led the set with six kills.

SET TWO

The Cyclones went up 11-7 after a run of four as Jackson was at the service line. Houston came within one at 11-10, but Iowa State brought the scoreboard to 15-10 after four straight kills including two by Lilly Wachholz. Iowa State went on to find a lead of 21-15, but Houston trimmed its deficit down to three to cause an ISU timeout. Houston kept pushing forward, taking a 23-22 lead after an ace. A Cougar block brought the frame to set point, and the visitors sealed the 2-0 match lead with a kill at 25-22.

SET THREE

Houston took the lead first at 5-1, while Iowa State came within one (6-5) after a Van Gorp ace. The Cougars kept control of the lead, making it 13-6 following Houston's eighth ace of the night. Iowa State did not have an answer as Houston reached 20 points while ISU held 11, and went on to seal the victory by a third set score of 25-16.

UP NEXT

Iowa State has a bye this weekend, and will return home next Wednesday, Nov. 13 to meet Colorado for the first time since 2013. Action in Hilton Coliseum begins at 6:30 p.m.

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Team Stats

Lilly Wachholz

Rachel Van Gorp

Tierney Jackson

Faith DeRonde

Players Mentioned

Tierney Jackson

Brooke Stonestreet

Rachel Van Gorp

Lilly Wachholz

Players Mentioned

Tierney Jackson

Brooke Stonestreet

Rachel Van Gorp

Lilly Wachholz

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