Cyclones Fall 3-1 At Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. ? Iowa State hit just .143 as a team and Na Yang had 22 kills for Missouri as the Cyclones fell, 3-1 (28-30, 26-30, 30-24, 24-30), to the Tigers on Wednesday night at the Hearnes Center. The loss tied put the teams in a tie for fifth in the Big 12.

Erin Boeve had 14 kills while Jen Malcom and Lauren Cummings had 12 and 10, respectively, to join Henson in double-digits. Boeve finished with her second triple-double of the season recording 10 digs and 10 total blocks in the loss.

The Cyclones (15-12, 9-8 Big 12) out blocked the Tigers (16-10, 9-8), 17.5 to nine, but were out dug, 81-75, for the second straight match.

Yang was joined in double-digits by Amanda Hantouli (14 kills) and Weiwan Wang and Megan Wilson, who chipped in 13 each for the Tigers. Tatum Ailes had 29 digs to pace the Tigers defensively.

The Tigers rallied back from a 26-23 deficit to grab a 30-28 first game win. After Iowa State took an early 5-3 lead, Missouri scored seven straight to go on top 10-5. The Cyclones were able to slowly chip away at the lead and eventually tie it at 15-15 on back-to-back block assists from Cummings and Boeve. ISU then stretched its lead to three at 26-23 but the Tigers called a timeout and responded with three straight points to tie the score and eventually went on to take the 1-0 lead in the match.

Henson paced the Cyclones with six first game kills while Ailes had 13 first game digs to lead Mizzou.

Missouri held the Cyclones to a .116 hitting percentage in the second game to win 30-26 and send ISU into the intermission with a 2-0 lead. The Cyclones led briefly at 9-8 following a kill by Boeve and a block assist by Boeve and Cummings but the Tigers rolled off four straight and never trailed again in the game.

The Cyclones got back into the match with a 30-24 third game victory that was keyed by four service aces. ISU trailed 15-13 but a timeout propelled it on a 5-0 run that included a pair of aces from Manns and a couple kills from Boeve. The Cyclones, who never trailed from that point on, still struggled offensively, hitting just .111 but turned it up on defense, holding the Tigers to a .093 hitting percentage to close to within 2-1.

Missouri took the fourth game 30-24 and the match 3-1. A Malcom kill tied the game at 15-15 but the Tigers scored the next four points and held the Cyclones off the rest of the way to pull into a tie for fifth in the Big 12.

Iowa State will return to action Saturday as it travels to Kansas for an 11 a.m. match with the Jayhawks.

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