Jimmie Women Sweep VCSU, Volleyball, Tues.

VALLEY CITY, N.D.-  (UJ) – Anna Holen (JR/LaMoure, N.D.) and Corina Huff (SR/Breezy Point, Minn.) each had nine kills to help lead the top-ranked University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team to a 3-0 sweep of Valley City State University Tuesday night. Set scores were 25-19, 25-15, and 25-18.

It was the sixth straight win for the Jimmies, improving their record to 21-1. Valley City State falls to 4-13 overall.

Jamestown took an 8-2 lead early in the first set, eventually stretching their advantage to 13-5 after a Holen service ace. VCSU won six of the next eight points to close the gap to 15-11, but Kadyn Mehring (SO/Carrington, N.D.)’s kill started a 5-0 run that made it 20-11. A kill by Huff gave UJ a 25-19 set win.

UJ trailed 4-3 in set two and used a 9-1 run to go ahead 12-5 on a Taylor Sabinash (JR/Kensal, N.D.) kill. Jamestown trailed by no less than seven points, and led by as many as 12 when Ellie Holen (FR/LaMoure, N.D.)’s ace made it 23-11.

Eight VCSU attack errors helped the Jimmies in the third set, as UJ hit just .125 in the final frame while making eight errors of their own. The Jimmies led 6-5 before three straight Viking attack errors, an ace by Megan Gaffaney (JR/Jamestown, N.D.), and a Sabinash kill quickly made it 11-5. Jamestown kept the advantage throughout and closed the match with four of the last five points.

Sabinash added six kills and hit a team-high .417, while Jayla Ritter (JR/Forest Lake, Minn.) added four kills. Jackie Meiklejohn (JR/Dickey, N.D.) had 21 assists and Gaffaney finished with 10.

Sydney Ellingson (SR/Langdon, N.D.) was busy on defense, posting 20 digs. Ellie Holen was next with eight. Sabinash and Ritter each had three block assists.

The Jimmies are back in action Saturday with a 3 p.m. match at Mayville State (N.D.) University.