With “Late Night in the Phog” taking place later Friday next door at Allen Fieldhouse, Lima said some people probably were killing time before the men’s basketball celebration began.

The Jayhawks took it as a challenge to turn those visitors into volleyball fans, using a balanced attack to throttle the Cyclones, 3-0 (30-21, 31-29, 30-19).

“Coach (Ray Bechard) said there were lots of people coming to watch volleyball for the first time,” Lima said of the sellout crowd and about 200 other people who were turned away.

The Jayhawks (13-7 overall, 5-4 Big 12 Conference) looked flat as the match began, falling behind, 3-1, in Game One.

Junior Lindsey Morris woke them up with a kill that started an 11-3 run; Morris added three more kills during a 5-1 run that put the game out of reach.

KU controlled Game Two, but never gained much separation from the Cyclones (10-10, 2-7). Bechard said his team was slightly lazy and out of synch.

“They didn’t respect their opponent as much as they needed to as far as concentration,” he said. “We missed back-to-back serves, and we were doing some things we shouldn’t have been doing, but when we needed to, we stepped up.”

Among KU’s mistakes were six service errors and multiple blocking errors that kept the Cyclones in the game.

Trailing 27-26, however, KU got the breaks it needed.

Two Iowa State service errors and combination blocks by junior Ashley Michaels, sophomore Andi Rozum and senior Sarah Rome put the game away.

Following the close call, the Jayhawks rebounded with a Game Three rout. Rome and Michaels fired aces as Kansas roared to a 6-1 lead, and back-to-back aces by Lima fueled a 10-2 run, and the Cyclones never recovered.

Kansas earned the win by holding Iowa State to a .097 hitting percentage for the match and firing eight more aces.

“I was most pleased that we held their hitting efficiency well below where it usually is,” Bechard said, citing Renae Pruess’ 11 kills as the only consistent threat the Cyclones offered.

The Jayhawks played their third straight match without freshman hitter Janaina Correa. They are 2-1 without her, but seemed unfazed Friday in a balanced effort as three players tallied double-digit kills. Lima led the way with 14, while Rome and Michaels had 10 each. Morris added eight while starting in Correa’s spot.

“She’s really hard to replace,” Morris said. “She gives so much energy on the court, and she can hit the ball harder than most people can, but I think we’re doing OK filling her spot.”