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HOUSTON, Texas – The Idaho State swept its opponent for the second-straight match, defeating Lamar in three sets 25-23, 26-24 and 25-22 in its first match of the Cougar Classic, hosted by the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. The Bengals hit .316 for the match and had 42 assists on 43 kills.
Three Bengals finished with double-digit kills led by junior outside hitter
Chloe Hirst with a match-high 15. Hirst hit .500 for the match, connecting on 15-of-26 attempts with just two errors. Junior
Marissa Todd also registered double-digit kills with 11, while sophomore
Abby Jensen also connected on 11. Freshman
Haylie Keck led the defensive effort for the Bengals with a match-high 11 digs.
In the first set, Idaho State claimed the early lead 7-4 as the Bengals capitalized on four Cardinals errors, but a 9-3 run in favor of LMU gave the Bengals a three-point hole deficit midway through the set. That gap widened to four points, 15-11, following a Bengal error and a Cardinal kill. Idaho State responded with three-straight kills from three different players, Todd, Hirst and senior
Taeja Davis to force Lamar in to a timeout.
Over the next few plays, ISU took advantage of four LU errors and a service ace courtesy of Hirst to take the lead 19-18. The Bengals finished the set with three-straight points, two kills from Hirst and a final big block from Todd and Davis, to take the first 25-23.
In the second set, it was Lamar that claimed the early advantage as the Cardinals raced out to a 5-1 lead following two ISU errors and two LU kills and a service ace. Lamar extended its lead to five, 16-11, midway through the set following four-straight Cardinals kills.
The Bengals responded with a 7-3 run to cut Lamar's lead to one, 19-18. The Bengals took their first lead of the set a few plays later off a kill from Jensen to break a 23-all tie and give ISU the 24-23 lead. Lamar tied the set once more 24-all following and ISU error, but the Bengals finished with two-straight points off an LU error and a service ace from Farrer for the 26-24 win and 2-0 match lead.
In the third set, Idaho State was rolling offensively as the Bengals hit .419 for the set connecting on 16-of-31 attempts with just three errors. The Cardinals led early, but once ISU took the lead 5-4 following a kill from Todd, the Bengals cruised to the 25-22 third set win.
The Bengals are back in action this evening, Sept. 2 against Houston at 6 p.m. MST. Click
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