Jamestown  (uj.edu) The 11th-ranked University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team swept Presentation (S.D.) College in non-conference play Tuesday night at Harold Newman Arena. Set scores were 25-16, 25-15, and 25-13.

Jamestown (18-3 overall) returns to Great Plains Athletic Conference action this weekend with matches at Briar Cliff (Iowa) and Morningside (Iowa).

The first set saw UJ fall behind 11-9, but seven straight points put the Jimmies ahead 16-11, and the Saints would only get as close as 17-15 before Jamestown took the final six points of the set.

In set number two, the Jimmies never trailed although Presentation would trail by just two at 13-11. Jamestown turned the momentum in their favor and closed out the set by winning 12 of the final 16 points.

UJ took a 9-1 lead in the third set and had a lead no smaller than four (13-9) in finishing out the Saints. Once again, Jamestown took nine of the set’s final 11 points for the victory.

Britta Knudson (SR/Bismarck, N.D.), Ellie Michaletz (JR/Aitkin, Minn.), and Isabel Wedell (SR/Ellendale, N.D.) each had nine kills in the match, as the trio combined for 27 of UJ’s 43 total kills. Taylor Sabinash (SO/Kensal, N.D.) had six kills to go along with a team-high .625 hitting percentage. Knudson (.600) and Wedell (.563) were also above .500 on the night.

Miranda Lowman (SR/Mandan, N.D.) passed out 21 assists and Jackie Meiklejohn (SO/Dickey, N.D.) 11 in helping Jamestown to a .347 hitting percentage. The Jimmies made only nine attack errors in 98 attempts.

Hannah Schiele (SO/Jamestown, N.D.) (14) and Sydney Ellingson (JR/Langdon, N.D.) (10) recorded double-figure dig totals. Knudson’s six blocks were a team high, followed by Michaletz with four and Sabinash with three.