After upsetting Texas – ranked no. 2 at the time – at home last season, no. 9 Iowa State fell victim to the upset Wednesday night in a five-set loss to the No. 13 Longhorns (17-25, 25-16, 12-25, 25-15, 15-11) in Austin, Texas.

In front of a packed Gregory Gymnasium, the Longhorns were led by an outstanding performance by junior middle blocker Rachael Adams.

Adams hit for a career-high 18 kills at a .519 clip offensively and chipped in with four block assists at the net for the Longhorns (8-4, 3-1 in Big 12).

The Cyclones (10-3, 3-2) were able to contain reigning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, outside hitter Juliann Faucette, early, but she came on strong when she needed to, hitting four of her 13 kills in the final set.

Looking at the wide margin of victory in each set, both teams were exploited on numerous runs of seven points or more.

“We just got stuck in a couple of passing rotations, and when we were, our passing just broke down,” coach Christy Johnson-Lynch said. “It was really a crazy match because each team didn’t play all that well in the matches they won, we just traded matches in terms of simply playing really bad.”

The Cyclones started quickly and took control of the net with five team blocks in the first set, holding the Longhorns to a -0.333 hitting percentage.

Both Cyclone middle blockers started quickly, with junior Deb Stadick posting two kills and two blocks and Straube putting down a pair of kills in the 25-17 first-set victory.

Six attack errors in the second set were just too much for the Cyclones, as the Longhorns never lost the lead in a 25-16 win in the second set.

UT setter Hannah Allison had a versatile second set with a kill, a service ace and a solo block to go along with 11 assists.

Iowa State came out of the intermission and jumped out to an early 6-1 lead, prompting a Texas timeout.

Following a Texas service error, the Cyclones scored three more points, bringing their lead to 9-2 and forcing Longhorns head coach Jerritt Elliot to call another timeout.

The timeouts didn’t phase the Cyclones. Texas never got closer than that seven-point margin as Iowa State took the third set, 25-12.

Iowa State hit for .450 as a team in the third, compared to only -.040 for the Longhorns.

Down two sets to one, the Longhorns led for much of the fourth set, and then with the score 10-8, the Longhorns exploded for a nine-point run.

A 20-10 lead would be too much for Iowa State as Texas took a 25-15 victory into the fifth and final set.

After falling down 7-3 early in the fifth set, Iowa State battled back to get the match to 9-8.

However, the Longhorns would be too much as they pulled away with five combined kills from Adams and Faucette to take the final set 15-11.

Coming into the match hitting only .189 against the Longhorns, ISU outside hitter Victoria Henson continued her inconsistency against Texas, hitting for only 11 kills on a season-low .114 clip.

Junior outside hitter Carly Jenson led the Cyclones with 13 kills on a .132 clip and chipped in with nine digs. Senior libero Ashley Mass led the Cyclones defensively with 21 digs.

The Cyclones finished the match with a season-low hitting percentage of 0.173.

“I think we had opportunities tonight, but when we did, we didn’t really take advantage and stay aggressive so we could go out and get those points,” Johnson-Lynch said. “We are looking forward to playing them again when we hopefully can generate some more offense and just play better.”

The Cyclones will have the weekend off as they prepare to host the Texas Tech Red Raiders (2-12, 0-5) on Wednesday at Ames High.

First serve is set for 7 p.m.