Set 1
Both teams traded points in the early going, but a 4-0 Iowa State run, including two service aces, had BYU call a timeout trailing 8-4. Kills by Mortensen, Kemavor, Little and Strong got the Cougars within one, at 16-15, Cyclones.
A pair of Mortensen kills tied the set at 17 before a Billeter ace put BYU ahead 18-17, forcing an ISU timeout. Another Billeter ace, quick hitter for Strong and Little-Strong double block made it 22-18, and Iowa State took its second timeout.
A Bower dump kill and Little-Kemavor block gave BYU set point, and Little would convert off the block a play later, earning the Cougars a 25-20 opening set win.
Set 2
Facing a 3-0 deficit for the second-straight set, a trio of kills by Little tied the set at four. Iowa State took six of the next 10 points, however, to lead 11-7 as BYU took its first timeout.
The Cougars got a dump kill by Bower and tip kill from Strong, but found themselves down 15-10 and called their second timeout. A pair of 3-0 BYU runs had it within two, at 19-17, and the Cyclones called a timeout.
ISU reeled off four-straight coming out of the timeout, and would ultimately take the set to knot the match at one set apiece, 25-19.
Set 3
The Cougars found themselves trailing for a third set in a row before Bower’s third dump kill of the night was followed up by a quick hitter for Kemavor, tying the set at four. Three Kate Prior kills from the right side and a service ace by Short, her first of the season, paced BYU to a 15-12 advantage at the media timeout.
A 3-0 run by the Cougars was answered with three-straight from Iowa State, and BYU took a timeout leading 18-16. Two kills by Strong and another from Little made It 23-18, but a 6-0 Cyclone run, spanning the Cougars’ second timeout gave Iowa State set point at 24-23.
BYU responded with back-to-back Prior kills, one cross-court and the other through the block to earn its own set point, finishing it off with a Mortensen kill through the block, 26-24.
Set 4
A Kemavor kill and aces by both Little and Lulu Uluave helped the Cougars double up on the Cyclones at 8-4, but five in a row by ISU gave it a 9-8 lead, and BYU took its first timeout.
The Cougars scored three-straight to take an 11-9 advantage, remaining in front on kills by Mortensen and Little, and Short’s second ace, with ISU taking a timeout trailing 16-13.
With a quick hitter for Kemavor and a Prior-Kemavor block, the Cougars led 19-14, and forced Iowa State’s second timeout. A Kemavor-Mortensen double block capped off a 5-0 BYU run, and the Cougars would close the set on a 3-0 run, winning it on an Uluave ace, 25-15.
