No. 22 Volleyball Earns Four-Set Win Over Iowa

Sunday, October 11

East Lansing, Mich.

1 PM

Michigan State University

14-2,4-2Big Ten

Iowa

12-8,1-5Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Iowa	27	22	22	23	1
Michigan St.	25	25	25	25	3

Photo by: Ynhi Le

10/11/2026 4:29:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score MSU 3, Iowa 1

EAST LANSING, Mich. - No. 22 Michigan State volleyball finished off the weekend with a four-set win (25-27, 25-22, 25-22, 25-23) against Iowa Sunday afternoon inside the Breslin Center.

MSU moves to 14-2 overall and 4-2 in the Big Ten with the win, while Iowa drops to 12-8 and 1-5.

The Spartans hit .279 for the match and held Iowa to .211 hitting while leading in total kills (59-49), service aces (11-7) and total blocks (14-9). The Hawkeyes held a 36-27 advantage in digs.

Freshman outside hitter Madi Andrews led MSU in kills with a career-best 16 and was one of three Spartans to post double-digit kills on the afternoon, joined by junior middle blocker Carmen Waye (14) and senior outside hitter Alanna Bankston (12). Andrews also put up a team-high three service aces and added a pair of block assists for a 20-point afternoon. Junior opposite Hayley Ogden and senior middle blocker Zora Hardison each added seven kills, while Hardison tied a career-high nine total blocks to surpass 300 blocks for her career.

Redshirt sophomore setter Malayah Long provided a team-best 39 assists and was one of seven different Spartans to record at least one service ace. Along with Andrews' trio of service aces, Waye and senior libero Lia Schneider had two, while Karolina Staniszewska, Ky Clayton, Sarah Vellucci and Long each recorded one. Schneider also put up a team-high eight digs.

Iowa held as large of a lead as 7-3 in the first set before MSU used a 6-2 run capped off by a Waye kill to tie the set at 9-9. An Iowa kill gave the Hawkeyes a one-point lead again at 10-9, but MSU fired off three-straight kills from Waye, Andrews and Hardison to force an Iowa timeout at a 12-10 MSU advantage. An Ogden kill out of the timeout extended MSU's lead to three before a 3-1 Hawkeye run got Iowa within a point at 14-13. MSU responded with a Hardison kill to take a 15-13 lead at the media timeout. An Andrews service ace and Hardison kill then extended the MSU advantage to four at 17-13 out of the timeout. The Hawkeyes followed with a 5-1 run to get back within one at 19-18, but back-to-back Waye kills extended the MSU lead back to three to force another timeout at 21-18. MSU opened a four-point lead at 22-18 after an Iowa attack error out of the timeout before Iowa scored four-straight points to force MSU into a timeout of its own at 22-22. MSU took another timeout after back-to-back Iowa points out of the timeout got the Hawkeyes to set point at 24-22. The Spartans fought off two Iowa sets points with a Waye kill and Hardison solo block to tie the set at 24-24 and staved off a third Iowa set point with another Hardison kill. Iowa scored the final two points of the set to take the first in extras, 27-25.

The Hawkeyes called timeout after MSU jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the second set following back-to-back MSU blocks. A service ace from Clayton and kill from Waye helped MSU to back-to-back points for a 14-7 lead before the Hawkeyes put up five-straight points to force an MSU timeout at 14-12. Andrews put down a kill out of the timeout to help MSU to a three-point, 15-12 lead at the media break. Iowa got within one at 19-18 with back-to-back points before calling a timeout after the Spartans responded with two-straight points from a solo block and kill from Waye at 21-18. The Hawkeyes used a 4-0 run out of the timeout to take a one-point lead at 22-21 and force an MSU timeout. An Iowa service error, block from Hardison and Andrews and Andrews kill then got MSU to set point before a Hardison and Ogden block finished off a 4-0 run to end the set and tie the match, 25-22.

After a back-and-forth start to third set, MSU pulled away with a 4-0 run with a Hardison kill, block from Bankston and Waye and back-to-back Schneider service aces to force an Iowa timeout at 11-7. The teams traded points back-and-forth in the following points, with MSU taking a 15-11 lead at the media timeout after a career-high-tying ninth block from Hardison. The Hawkeyes used a 4-2 run out of the timeout to get within a pair at 15-13 and again at 18-16, but a kill from Waye and Iowa attack error extended MSU's lead back to four before an Andrews kill and Staniszewska service ace made it 22-17 to force an Iowa timeout. Iowa used three-straight points out of the timeout to get within two at 22-20 before cutting the lead to just a point at 23-22, but a Hardison kill got the Spartans to set point before an Andrews service ace finished off the set, 25-22.

MSU took an 8-5 lead with a 5-0 run after Iowa opened a 5-3 advantage in the fourth, using a trio of Iowa attack errors and two kills from Waye. Iowa then used a 6-2 run to take a one-point lead at 11-10 and force an MSU timeout. The Hawkeyes extended their lead to two with a block out of the timeout before an Ogden kill and Vellucci service ace tied the set at 12-12. MSU tied the set at 13-13 with a dump from Long and again at 14-14 with a kill from Bankston before the Hawkeyes used a kill for a 15-14 lead at the media timeout. MSU responded with three-straight points from a Bankston kill, block from Waye and Bankston and Iowa attack error to take back a two-point lead at 17-15 and forced an Iowa timeout at 22-20 after back-to-back kills from Ogden and Andrews. An Iowa kill out of the timeout got the Hawkeyes back within one before an Andrews kill and Hawkeye attack error got MSU to match point at 24-21. The Hawkeyes staved off two MSU match points to force an MSU timeout at 24-23, but a Bankston kill to follow ended the set and match, 25-23.

Up next, MSU travels to Champaign to take on Illinois on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network.