POCATELLO, Idaho -- Idaho State's Tressa Lyman had 17 kills, including five in the fourth set, to lead the Bengals to a 3-1 victory (25-15, 25-17, 16-25, 25-21) over Sacramento State in a Big Sky Conference volleyball matchup Thursday evening at Reed Gym.

The Hornets, who entered the match as winners of 14 of their last 15, dropped to 15-3 overall and 2-1 in the Big Sky. Idaho State was selected to win the league in the Big Sky preseason poll, and improved its record to 11-6 overall and 3-0 in the conference. ISU has now won eight straight against the Hornets dating back to 2011.

Sacramento State had 29 attack errors (second most this season), and hit just .147, easily the team's lowest percentage of the season. In fact, the Hornets had hit at least .219 in nine consecutive matches before tonight's loss. Sacramento State hit .000, .054 and .158, respectively, in its losing sets.

Statistically, the match was close as Idaho State had just three more kills (53-50) and 1.5 more team blocks (11.5-10.0) while the Hornets had more digs (56-55). The Bengals, however, hit over 100 percentage points higher than Sacramento State (.256) and limited the Hornets to just one service ace. Sacramento State had entered the match as one of the Big Sky's top serving teams, averaging 1.62 aces per set.

The only set that was close was the fourth when both teams were tied at 21-21. However, ISU was able to rip off four straight points on a kill from Lyman, a Hornet attack error, an ISU combo block and a Chloe Hirst kill, respectively. Sacramento State had come back from a 19-16 deficit to tie the score at 21-21.

Senior outside hitters Lauren Kissell (19) and Sloan Lovett (13) combined for 32 of the Hornets' 50 kills, but the pair was limited to a combined .153 hitting percentage. Kissell had hit at least .382 in six straight matches, and her .151 hitting percentage tonight was her third lowest tally of the season. The two-time Big Sky Player of the Week had 19 kills with 11 errors in a season-high 53 attacks.

Besides setter Kennedy Kurtz (four kills, .800 hitting%), no Hornet player hit better than .158. Kurtz also had 41 assists, eight digs and a season-high tying four blocks. Morgan Stanley had seven kills and nine digs, Madeline Cannon six kills and match-high six blocks, Courtney Dietrich posted four blocks, and libero Lexie Skalbeck had a match-high 16 digs. For Skalbeck, it marked the ninth straight match with at least 15 digs.

For the third consecutive match, the Hornets played without sophomore Shannon Boyle (back) who remains second on the team in digs (3.04 dps) and third in kills (2.11 kps).

For Idaho State, Lyman's 17 kills accompanied 12 digs and a .273 hitting percentage. Makenzie Filer had 11 kills and five blocks, and Hirst had eight kills and 11 digs.

Sacramento State continues its four-match road trip this Saturday at Weber State. The Hornets and Wildcats will play at 6 p.m. PDT.