GRAND FORKS, N.D.-- Three different North Dakota players recorded double-doubles, powering the home team to its 18th straight home win with a 3-0 win over Idaho State Thursday in Big Sky Conference play. North Dakota has now won 35 consecutive sets at home as well, dating back to last season.

Faith Dooley (10 kills, 10 total blocks), Tamara Merseli (10 kills, 14 digs) and Sydney Griffin (40 assists, 10 digs) all charted double-doubles while Jordan Vail paced the offense with 13 kills in the sweep. Alivia Fraase had 21 digs while Teodora Tepavac chipped-in 16.

"This was not a pretty offensive performance for us, but our defensive mindset was great," UND head coach Mark Pryor said. "We got back to playing UND volleyball--grind it out, work the point, pick your shot, then score.

"Alivia Fraase and Teodora Tepavac played great on the defensive side, and our block made really good adjustments during the play to slow down their offense."

All three players (Dooley, Griffin, Merseli) have tallied double-doubles already this season with Griffin and Merseli doing so 10 times now on the year, but never have all three done it in the same match. Dooley's 10-kill, 10-block effort was her second double-double of the season as North Dakota used a solid defensive performance to garner the win Thursday.

UND charted 14 blocks as a team in Thursday's win and the Fighting Hawks' back-row players shined in extending longer rallies, especially during a second-set comeback. After UND had taken set one, 25-22, Idaho State stormed to a 7-3 lead and stayed in front for nearly the entire middle frame.

It was not until the latter stages of the set that North Dakota was able to regain the lead. Jordan Vail killed a pair of balls to make it 22-22 then Dooley had a kill later and the home team had set point at 24-22. But, three straight Bengal points swung the advantage to ISU. Merseli tied the score then Dooley got a kill and one of her match-high ten blocks to save the set and notch it in the win column, 27-25, North Dakota.

In the third set, UND ran away from the Bengals in the middle portion of the stanza. North Dakota turned a 7-all score into a 14-8 lead and then later UND strung together another spurt with seven of nine points to eventually win the set, 25-16 and get to 7-2 in Big Sky Conference play, North Dakota's exact conference record at this point last season, a year that saw the Hawks win the regular season, the league tournament and advance to the program's first NCAA Tournament berth.

"It's a win, and we will take it. On to Weber State Saturday, who is another team with a lot of length up front. We have to make them play the whole court, and not just try to side out with them. It will be a tough one."

North Dakota (22-4, 7-2 Big Sky) hosts Weber State Saturday at 11:00 a.m.

Notes: North Dakota is 7-0 at home this season, all sweeps ... UND has now won 18 straight home matches with its last loss coming Sep. 3, 2016 vs. Texas Tech ... UND has won an incredible 35 straight sets at home ... UND's last set loss at the Betty was the second set of a 3-1 win over Idaho on Nov. 5, 2016 ... Idaho State fell to 6-4 all-time against North Dakota ... Merseli also had six blocks Thursday, a new career high ... Dooley has reached double figures in blocks nine times, including four times this season ... North Dakota is 42-7 at home under Pryor in his four seasons ... Idaho's loss Thursday put UND and the Vandals in a tie atop the Big Sky Conference North Division at 7-2.