Iowa State Falls to Baylor, 3-1

Saturday, November 8

Waco, Texas

TBA

Iowa State

Baylor

11.08.2003 | Volleyball

By: Iowa State University

WACO, Texas - Brittany Dalager had a team-high 16 kills and 19 digs and Ashlie McWee added 15 kills, but Baylor defeated Iowa State, 3-1, Saturday night in Waco, Texas. With the loss, Iowa State falls to 11-15 on the season and 3-12 in Big 12 play. Andrea Vakulya paced Baylor with 23 kills as the Bears improve to 12-16 overall and 4-11 in league play.

The two teams played a pretty even match, with Baylor having the edge offensively. The Bears hit .305 from the floor and had 81 kills to ISU's .222 hitting percentage and 72 kills. Baylor also held the slight edge defensively with 85 digs to Iowa State's 71. The Cyclones had 16 block assists on the night.

Senior Lindsey Chapman had a solid night with a career-high 58 assists and seven digs. Katie Kruenegel had 13 kills, four digs and five block assists. She hit a team-high .419 from the floor. Sophomore Ashlie McWee added 15 kills and three block assists. Senior Dana Koziol had a team-high 20 digs to help the Cyclone cause on the night. Freshman Katie Jessed added nine kills on the night.

Game one was all Baylor as the Bears hit .302 from the floor and pounded 17 kills with only four errors. The Cyclones hit .163 from the floor and had 16 kills, but had eight hitting errors and lost the game, 30-24.

Iowa State had 23 kills in game two and hit .222 from the floor, but Baylor was able to hit .230 from the floor, along with 21 kills. The game went into overtime, but Baylor won game two, 33-31.

The Cyclones came back in game three. They hit .286 from the floor and pounded 17 kills with only three hitting errors. Although Baylor hit a match-high .364 from the floor and had 22 kills, ISU won game three, 31-29.

In game four, ISU led halfway through, 24-16, but the Bears hit .357 from the floor and had 21 kills compared to .220 from the floor from ISU and 16 kills. Baylor won game four, 30-28, and took the match, 3-1.

"I thought we played okay tonight," head coach Linda Crum said. "It hurt us that our outsides weren't all that strong tonight. But I thought the play of our middles was terrific. Katie (Kruenegel) and Ashlie (McWee) played extremely well. We were ahead in game four, but we lost our momentum and our focus. We did okay on defense, but I thought we could've played much better. Lindsey (Chapman) had a nice match tonight. She really kept us in a flow."

Iowa State returns home to play host Texas Tech on Wednesday, Nov. 12, starting at 7 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones defeated Texas Tech, 3-1, earlier this season.