AMES, IA - The Chicago State volleyball team battled it out against Iowa State and suffered a 3-0 loss.
Yanlis Feliz led in kills with thirteen, while Whitney Barnes added on eleven and Mesalina Severino tallied seven.
Set One - Iowa State 25, Chicago State 18
- The Cyclones kicked it off with a 2-0 lead
- However, the Cougars bounced right back with a kill from Julieta Sandez and an attack errors by Iowa State to tie it up 2-2
- Nonetheless, the Cyclones retaliated with an 8-2 rally to stun the Cougars and go up 10-4
- Iowa State rode on this momentum and sealed the set win comfortably with a 25-18 score
Set Two - Iowa State 25, Chicago State 23
- Chicago State began with a ferocious kill from Feliz to go up 1-0
- Nonetheless, the Cyclones answered back with a 6-1 rally to once again stun Chicago State and g up 6-2
- The Cougars did not quit though and were able to come back after a 5-0 run featuring a service ace from Jaclyn Inclan and kills from Barnes and Severino to tie it up 12-12
- Unfortunately, the Cyclones once again regained momentum and sealed the set win with a very tight score of 25-23 to go up 2-0
Set Three - Iowa State 25, Chicago State 21
- The Cyclones started off with a kill to go up 1-0
- Chicago State immediately countered with a beautiful kill from Barnes to it up 2-2
- This led to a 6-5 lead for the Cougars with Iowa State trailing close behind
- The Cyclones suddenly erupted with a 8-1 run to go up 14-6
- This huge lead ultimately cemented the Cyclones win as they closed out the set with a 25-21 win to sweep the Chicago State 3-0
The Cougars next face off against Delaware on November 9th in Newark, DE at 5 P.M.
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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