Five Set Thriller. Bengals Hold Off 'Jacks

By Matt Gittins, ISU Sports Information

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona – The Idaho State volleyball team edged Northern Arizona 3-2 (25-27, 25-19, 25-18, 20-25 and 17-15) Thursday night at the Rolle Activity Center. It's the team's first five-set victory this season.

The win improves the Bengals' record to 10-1 in conference play and has a two-match lead on a trio of teams (North Dakota, Northern Colorado and Idaho) in second place with just five matches remaining in the regular season. They have won six straight matches and 13 of 14 overall.

ISU led the final set 11-4 before the visitors roared back to level the score at 12.  The Bengals would clinch the victory on their third match point.

Idaho State hit .246 over the five sets.  They improve to 12-0 in matches this season when they have an attack percentage greater than .198.

Three players finished with double-doubles. Tressa Lyman collected 23 kills and tied a season-high with 17 digs. Amy Sorensen posted 12 kills (season-high) and 12 digs while Hayley Farrer dished out a career high 66 assists to go along with 16 digs.

Kylee Sessions led the defense with 19 digs while Makenzie Filer had 17 kills, eight block assists and six digs.

ISU continues the road-trip with a match against Southern Utah Saturday evening in Cedar City.

 

School	Conf	CPct.	Overall	Pct.	Home	Away	Neutral	Streak
North
North Dakota	8-3	0.727	20-8	0.714	8-1	7-4	5-3	W2
Northern Colorado	8-3	0.727	15-8	0.652	8-4	4-4	3-0	W5
Idaho	8-3	0.727	12-11	0.522	6-2	4-6	2-3	W1
Montana	6-5	0.545	6-17	0.261	3-7	3-5	0-5	W3
Eastern Washington	5-6	0.455	9-15	0.375	3-4	4-5	2-6	L1
Montana State	1-10	0.091	4-19	0.174	0-6	1-8	3-5	L6
South
Idaho State	10-1	0.909	16-8	0.667	5-2	6-3	5-3	W6
Northern Arizona	7-4	0.636	16-6	0.727	7-1	5-5	4-0	L2
Southern Utah	5-6	0.455	13-10	0.565	7-3	4-5	2-2	W1
Portland State	5-6	0.455	7-16	0.304	3-3	2-8	2-5	L1
Weber State	2-9	0.182	6-19	0.240	1-4	3-8	2-7	L5
Sacramento State	1-10	0.091	6-20	0.231	0-10	2-7	4-3	L2