UJ Women’s Volleyball Sweeps Mt. Marty, Sat.

UJ The University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team stayed perfect with a sweep of Mount Marty (S.D.) University Saturday at Harold Newman Arena. Set scores were 25-16, 25-20, and 25-18.

The Jimmies hit .348 for the match, making just eight attack errors in 89 attempts.

Set one saw UJ take a 15-6 lead and then went ahead 20-11 following a Kalli Hegerle (JR/West Fargo, N.D.) kill. Leading 23-16, a service ace by Anna Holen (JR/LaMoure, N.D.) and Jayla Ritter (JR/Forest Lake, Minn.) kill ended the set.

Mount Marty played the Jimmies closer in the second set, tying at 10 before UJ won seven of the next 10 points. The Lancers closed within 22-20, but three straight kills by Nicole Schmitz (FR/Oakes, N.D.), Holen, and Jackie Meiklejohn (JR/Dickey, N.D.) won it for Jamestown.

The Jimmies led by as much as eight in the third set at 19-11, but Mount Marty won five straight points to close the gap to 19-16. Holen and Ritter kills put UJ ahead by 5, and following a service ace by Sydney Ellingson (SR/Langdon, N.D.), Emily Lindquist (JR/Braham, Minn.) ended the match with a kill.

Anna Holen had 10 kills to lead the offense, with Ritter adding nine. Hegerle hit .462 with seven kills and Corina Huff (SR/Breezy Point, Minn.) had a team-high .500 hitting percentage with five kills.

Meiklejohn passed out 18 assists and Megan Gaffaney (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) 12.

Ellingson led the back row with 11 digs. Holen added 10 to record a double-double.

Ritter and Hegerle finished with four block assists each.

Jamestown, now 14-0 overall and 11-0 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, host Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.