IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Coastal Carolina volleyball team saw its season-opening winning streak come to an end at nine matches with an early afternoon loss to Iowa State in five sets on Friday, but the Chants were able to salvage a split on the opening day of the Cy-Hawk Invitational with a four-set win over Iowa in the primetime match.
 
Coastal now sits at 10-1 following Friday's split, and has one non-conference match remaining against Lipscomb on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET. A win over Lipscomb would give Coastal its best non-conference record in program history.
 
Match 1: Iowa State 3 – Coastal Carolina 2
Despite a spectacular comeback effort Coastal faced its first loss of the season, falling to Iowa State in five sets, 14-25, 25-22, 17-25, 30-28, 12-15. The Chants rallied from losses in both the first and third sets, but were unable string together two set wins in a row to close out the match.
 
Anett Nemeth started the day leading all offensive players with 22 kills and a .340 hitting percentage. Kyla Manning had her best offensive output of the season, putting down 17 kills while hitting .297.
 
For the fifth-straight match, Brigitta Petrenko crossed the 40-assists plateau as she dished out 41 helpers. The freshman also totaled 10 digs for her fourth double-double of the season.
 
Iowa State's defense held advantages in blocks (10-5) and digs (59-55), while the offense was powered by four players reaching double-digits in kills, including Eleanor Holthaus (21), Anni Hatch (18), Candelaria Herrera (12) and Josie Herbst (11).
 
Match 2: Coastal Carolina 3 – Iowa 1
Coastal picked up its first-ever win over Iowa, and a Big Ten opponent, with the 25-18, 14-25, 25-20, 25-16 victory on Friday night.
 
With the exception of the second set, the Chants jumped on their opponents early in each frame to cruise to wins in the first, third and fourth games.
 
In the opening set, Coastal won seven of the game's first 10 points and led by as many as seven points down the stretch. The third set once again featured a 7-3 lead for Coastal early on, and the Chants continued to pour it on with an 8-2 run midway through the set. The story remained the same in the fourth set with Coastal again taking a 7-3 lead early on and forcing an Iowa timeout. The Chants continued to pull away on their way to a nine-point set win.
 
For the second straight match Nemeth led all players in kills with 16, and tied for the match-high of 11 blocks, her most so far this season. Nemeth's double-double against the Hawkeyes was her first this year.
 
Joining Nemeth at 11 blocks was Christina Nance, who totaled 10 assists and one solo effort. Kyla Manning notched five total blocks, including three solos and two assists. For the match, Coastal out-blocked Iowa 19-4.
 
The Coastal defense forced 26 Iowa hitting errors, and the Hawkeyes were limited to hitting .197 for the match.
 
Petrenko dished out 28 assists, and Mariia Levanova totaled a team-high eight digs to go along with her 11 kills and .375 hitting percentage.