No. 18 VB Falls in Five to Iowa State

Saturday, September 30

Ames, Iowa

2PM

Baylor

6-6,0-2Big 12

Iowa State

12-2,3-0Big 12

Baylor

Iowa St.

No. 18 VB Falls in Five to Iowa State

9/30/2023 5:28:00 PM | Volleyball

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AMES, Iowa – The 18th ranked Baylor volleyball squad fell in five sets against Iowa State in the first of back-to-back matches at Hilton Coliseum, 3-2.

The Bears (6-6, 0-2) couldn't capitalize against the Cyclones (12-2, 3-0), falling 17-25, 25-19, 25-15, 22-25, 8-15.

THE RUNDOWN
Set 1
BU started off hot with four-straight points, which included an overpass kill from Kyndal Stowers, returning after missing a match, and a Lauren Briseño ace. The Cyclones then went on a run of their own, tying it at five-all. Swapping points mostly thanks to errors, the teams kept it tied all the way to 10-10 with the third ISU ace and a kill from Stowers. Six-straight errors from both teams put Iowa State ahead 14-12.An incredible save and rally by the Bears got them the point in the end thanks to an attack error, ISU now up 18-15. Down the stretch, the Cyclones had an answer at every turn. Elise McGhee had a kill at 23-16 but it was too far gone, and despite staving off set point, ISU took the set, 25-17.

Set 2
The first play of the set was a monster block from the "Allies", Allie Sczech & Alicia Andrew. The Cyclones returned with a kill and a block assist, but McGhee had a kill to even it back at 2-2. Stowers got a kill at 4-3, ISU up, but Cyclone Maya Duckworth had back-to-back kills. After a service error and another Duckworth kill, the Bears started a run. Manuela Bibinbe showed her offensive prowess with an impressive kill, followed by one from Stowers. A block from the "Allies" and a kill from McGhee made it a 4-0 stretch. Following another McGhee kill off an ISU block error, Baylor had back-to-back blocks, the first from the Allies and the second from Stowers and Andrew after the media timeout, put BU up 16-11. Stowers made it another four-point run with a kill. Andrew and Bibinbe had kills one after another to bring BU to 19-12. The 'Clones had two errors and a kill but Bibinbe made it 22-14. Three-straight BU errors from the Bears was followed by an ace from ISU, now 22-18. McGhee made it set point by tooling the block, and Sczech finished off the set at 25-19 with a kill.

Set 3
Duckworth started the set for ISU with a kill but then the Cyclones had two errors and blocked a BU ball to make it 2-2. Bibinbe had a massive kill to make it 3-2. Two points came for ISU before Bibinbe would have another kill, 4-4. Stowers served up an ace that was called out, but the call was overturned and Baylor went up 5-4. McGhee got two kills down the stretch to make it 7-6, then made it 8-7. An attack error on Iowa State tied it at 9-9, then a Bibinbe kill tied it at 10-all. The programs kept swapping points to keep it tied, but that ended at 13-all. An attack error on ISU was followed by a block from McGhee and Andrew to go into media timeout. Out of it, the Cyclones had back-to-back errors and called timeout, BU on a 4-0 run and up 17-13. Iowa State got a kill but Sczech responded. She put the Bears up 19-15 with another kill and Briseño had her second ace of the afternoon to make the score 20-15, the Cyclones calling for another timeout. Stowers had her ninth kill of the match and Briseño served up her third ace, now 22-15. To end the set, Bibinbe teamed up with Stowers for a block, there was an ISU error and Bibinbe had a fireball of a kill to end it, 25-15.

Set 4
The Bears once again started the set off hot with a 4-0 run capitalized by an ace from Carlson, the Bears' sixth of the match. ISU called timeout and got a kill out of it, but BU responded with McGhee getting a quick kill, tooling the block, now 5-1. Stowers made it 6-2, Sandwiched by kills from Iowa State. Sczech had a kill at 7-4, then Bibinbe at 8-5. Andrew got a kill to make it 10-6, followed by Stowers at 11-7. Just errors plagued the teams from 12-7 to 13-10, but Sczech had a kill in her and helped BU stay ahead, 14-10. Stowers had the point at 15-11, but ISU kills and back-to-back service errors, then a Cyclone block, ISU tied it up at 17-all. Sczech tied it again at 19-19, and Stowers put the Bears up by one, 20-19. Sczech again tied it at 21-all, but Nayeli Gonzalez went on a tear for the Cyclones and had three-straight kils before an ace ended the set, 25-22.

Set 5
Gonzalez kept hot for ISU in the fifth set, getting three of the Cyclones' first four points, going 4-0. Sczech got a kill to stop their run, 4-1. A block from Sczech and Victoria Davis made it 4-2, but again ISU got two points from Gonzalez and a block. Stowers made it 6-3, but ISU followed with a kill. Iowa State had a service error and then a kill before Bibinbe got the kill to make it 8-5. Back-to-back BU errors had the Cyclones go up by five points. McGhee tried to keep the set alive for the Bears with a kill, but ISU responded, now 11-6. Stowers again struck, then Sczech, with an ISU kill in between, 12-8. Another Gonzalez kill and an ace from the Cyclones brought it to match point. Iowa State shut the door at 15-8 with an attack error from the Bears.

HIGHLIGHTS

Kyndal Stowers returned from injury, having not played against BYU
Manuela Bibinbe (10), Elise McGhee (18) and Kyndal Stowers (15) each had double-digit kills
Lauren Briseño, Averi Carlson and Stowers each had double-digit digs
Stowers had her fourth double-double of the season
BU out-blocked ISU with 12 blocks

Sunday's match at 2 p.m. will be broadcast on ESPN, with Paul Sunderland and Jennifer Hoffman on the call. Live stats and link to watch the match on can be found at linktr.ee/baylorvball.

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