The ISU volleyball team continued its trend of slow starts in their four-set victory over Baylor (21-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-19) on Thursday night at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas.

The No. 10 Cyclones (9-2, 2-1 Big 12) made strides against the Lady Bears (7-6, 1-2) in the first set. They fell short though, dropping the set 25-21, despite coming back from a four-point deficit on four separate occasions throughout the set.

The Cyclones were out-hit in the first set, hitting for a .120 clip against the Lady Bears’ .217 hitting percentage.

The two teams battled neck-and-neck throughout the second set, with Iowa State managing to tie the match up at 1-1 after taking control of the second set with a 25-20 victory before the intermission.

In the first two sets, the Cyclones contributed five service aces while the Lady Bears failed to record one of their own. Junior Carly Jenson led the team in service aces with four, but also notched three service errors as well.

Iowa State let its guard down in the third set after taking a 12-5 lead, allowing Baylor to go on a 5-0 run before taking its first timeout of the set. A pair of kills by senior Victoria Henson put the third set away for the Cyclones, 25-22.

After trailing 13-7 in the fourth set, the Cyclones rallied to go on an eight-point scoring streak to put them ahead, 15-13, and shift momentum in the favor of the cardinal and gold.

The Cyclones went on to win the fourth set, 25-19 and the match, 3-1.

The Henson-Jenson duo continued its consistency by notching a double-double for the third-straight match. Henson led the team with 18 kills while adding 16 digs for the Cyclones. Jenson recorded 15 kills and 15 digs.

Sophomore Jamie Straube ended the match with double digits in kills with 11 while hitting for .360. Senior libero Ashley Mass added to her dig total with 21, making it her third 20-dig performance of the season.

The Cyclones return home Saturday to face Oklahoma at 2 p.m.