No. 24 Iowa State Drops Match to No. 3 Texas, 3-1

Saturday, November 11

Ames, Iowa

5:00 PM

Iowa State

18-6, 8-5Big 12

Texas

21-2, 13-0Big 12

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Texas	25	25	23	25	3
Iowa State	21	18	25	18	1

No. 24 Iowa State Drops Match to No. 3 Texas, 3-1

11.11.2017 | Volleyball

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AMES, Iowa – No. 24 Iowa State fell to No. 3 Texas 3-1 (25-21, 25-18, 23-25, 25-18) Saturday evening in front of 3,184 at Hilton Coliseum. The loss drops ISU to 18-6 overall and 8-5 in Big 12 play. Texas improved to 21-2 overall and continued its reign atop the Big 12 at 13-0.

The Cyclone effort was led by an impressive evening from Hali Hillegas, as the Cyclone libero finished with 31 digs and a career-best six aces, the most by a Cyclone since Erin Boeve got six at Colorado in 2007. ISU got double-doubles from Monique Harris (14 assists, 12 digs) and Jess Schaben (12 kills, 12 digs).

First Set: Texas 25 Iowa State 21
The Horns took the first three points of the first set to get the early advantage. The Cyclones chipped away at the UT advantage, eventually tying the set at 12-12 on an Alexis Conaway kill, and getting ahead at 14-13 on a kill from Jess Schaben. However, ISU's lead never made it over one point as Texas eventually went on a 5-1 run to pull ahead for good at 23-19. Texas took the first set when Ashley Shook dumped one over the Cyclone block at 25-21 UT.

Second Set: Texas 25 Iowa State 18
Iowa State moved ahead early in the second set, using a 4-0 run capped by a Hali Hillegas ace to get ahead 5-3. The lead was short lived, as UT went on a 5-0 run to get back ahead 11-7. ISU made a couple of runs to reel back the Horns back in, cutting the UT lead to 14-13 and 17-15, but the Cyclones were not able to make the next step to get back into the frame. The Horns made the match 2-0 when Lexi Sun moved to the middle for a kill at 25-18 Longhorns.

Third Set: Iowa State 25 Texas 23
Texas used an early 5-1 run to get ahead 7-3, but the Cyclones battled back from behind the service line, with Hali Hillegas getting back-to-back aces to knot the set back up at 10-10, and Samara West hit one off the block to move ahead 11-10. After falling behind 14-11, Izzy Enna got a pair of aces to help knot it back up at 14-14. The Cyclones eventually were the beneficiaries of a pair of UT attack errors to move -ahead 19-17, and made their way to set point on a block by Grace Lazard and Samara West at 24-22. Lazard followed that up with a kill to give the Cyclones the set at 25-23.

Fourth Set: Texas 25 Iowa State 18
A tight fourth set, which featured nine ties, three lead changes and two more Hillegas aces through 28 points, was broken open at the halfway point by the Longhorns. Tied 14-14, Texas found Chiaka Ogobogu for three-straight kills to push the visitors ahead 17-14. UT carried the set from there, hitting .393 for the set. The Longhorns wrapped up the match when Ebony Nwanebu put away a kill at 25-18, UT.

Up Next
Iowa State is back on the road to take on Oklahoma on Wednesday. First serve between the Cyclones and Sooners will be at 7 p.m. in Norman.