Iowa State Takes Fourth-Straight Win Over Iowa

CORALVILLE, Iowa – Iowa State (8-1, 0-0 Big 12) downed Iowa (7-3, 0-0 Big Ten) on the Hawkeye's home court by set scores of 25-23, 25-13, 21-25, 21-25, 15-12, ISU's fourth-straight win over Iowa. Iowa State now leads the all-sport Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series 5-2.

Morgan Brandt marked the match breaking the barrier of 3,000 career assists, becoming the just the fourth in Cyclone history to do so. Brandt had 44 assists on the night and now totals 3,031.

3K Assists for Morgan.

Morgan Brandt totals her 3,000th career assist, becoming the fourth in Iowa State history to break the barrier. Congrats Morgan!

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True freshman Alea Goolsby put up a match-leading 17 kills for her fifth match in double figures to cross over 100 kills on the season totaling 105. Amiree Hendricks-Walker had a season-high 15 at .500 hitting while Lilly Wachholz hit 14 as three had 10-plus kills.

Rachel Van Gorp had her 14th match in a row with 10-plus digs, entering double figures in the second set. The libero also had a season-high four aces.

SET ONE
A service ace by Van Gorp kept an early Cyclone run alive, giving ISU a 5-2 lead. Iowa State won the race to 15 (15-8) after a run of four capped on a Pam McCune kill, her second on three swings. The Hawkeyes clawed their way back after falling behind by seven, coming within two at 17-15 to cause an ISU timeout. The set was then brought to a tie at 22s, while Goolsby quieted the crowd with her fourth kill to deny Iowa flipping the lead. That kill was assisted by Brandt, her 13th of the match to give her assist No. 3,000. ISU pressed on to take the 1-0 match lead with an opening set score of 25-23.

SET TWO

Iowa State took the lead to start, but Iowa kept in it knotting the score at 8-8. ISU followed finding a three-point edge (12-9) as McCune delivered her sixth kill on three attempts without an error. Iowa State reached the media timeout ahead 15-10 after three-straight kills by Goolsby, and the Cyclones took over from there extending the scoring run to 10 to lead 22-10. ISU went on to win it 25-13 hitting at .414 in the frame.

SET THREE

The home team put the first four points on the board, and would reach 10 points as the Cyclones held three. Iowa State answered taking four straight including back-to-back aces by Ava Martin as Iowa called a timeout. An ISU block out of the timeout brought things back within two as the run stretched to five, and the Cyclones continued to battle as they tied it at 16s. Iowa remained up at 20-17, but a Goolsby kill and ace again made it a one-point set. Iowa pressed on to extend the match by a set score of 25-21.

SET FOUR

The set opened with five ties as the scoreboard read 6-6, and Iowa went on to run ahead by six (15-9) causing an Iowa State timeout. ISU came out firing following the timeout, taking the next four on three kills and a block. Iowa kept the lead, but following a 45-second rally Iowa State tied it 19-19. Another tie at 20s followed, but Iowa forced a fifth ending the set on a run of four (25-21).

SET FIVE

Van Gorp made it 3-3 with her fourth ace of the night, and ISU went on to take the lead at 6-5. Iowa State's run was brought to three straight to put the Cyclones up 7-5 and cause a timeout by the home team. A successful Iowa challenge put the score at 7-7, while Iowa State took the next point on a Goolsby kill to switch sides with the lead. Maya Duckworth put down a crucial kill, her third of the set, as ISU held the lead at 11-9. A block by Goolsby and Hendricks-Walker electrified Iowa State, and ISU never looked back on its way to the win sealed on a Wachholz kill at 15-12.

NEXT UP
ISU remains on the road traveling to the Illinois Tournament to meet Eastern Illinois Sept. 19 and Illinois Sept. 20. The match vs. Eastern Illinois will be streamed on B1G+ and the Illinois match will be televised on Big Ten Network.

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Team Stats

Alea Goolsby

Amiree Hendricks-Walker

Lilly Wachholz

Pam McCune

Players Mentioned

Morgan Brandt

Maya Duckworth

Alea Goolsby

Amiree Hendricks-Walker

Ava Martin

Pam McCune

Rachel Van Gorp

Lilly Wachholz

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