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Banner Elk, N.C. (UJ) — The fifth-ranked University of Jamestown men’s volleyball team defeated its second straight NCAA DII opponent Wednesday night, taking care of Lees-McRae College 3-1. Set scores were 23-25, 25-21, 25-15, 25-14.
Jamestown improves to 12-2 overall and Lees-McRae drops to 0-12.
Despite making 23 attack errors to the Bobcats’ 19, UJ tallied 56 kills, 37 digs, and nine ace serves to Lee-McRae’s 32 kills, 36 digs, and two service aces.
Caylor Cox (FR/Helena, Mont.) led the way with 15 kills while Tanner Woods (FR/Huntington Beach, Calif.) had 11.
Braden Neumann (JR/Costa Mesa, Calif.) had a team-high nine digs, followed by Derek Correa (FR/Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) and Samuel Jackman (SO/St. Jean Baptiste, Manitoba) with seven. Correa passed out 45 assists and Austin Jacob (FR/Houston, Texas) finished with six total blocks, including two solo.
UJ trailed 20-15 in the first set before going on an 8-3 run to tie the set at 23. Back-to-back attack errors finished the first set 25-23.
The Jimmies were outhit .250-.200 in the second set and were behind 20-18 before a Samuel Jackman kill started a string of four straight UJ points. Leading 22-21, an Austin Jacob kill, an attack error by the home team, and a Tanner Woods kill gave UJ the 25-21 win.
Once again, Jamestown played from behind in the third set, falling down 11-8. A Bobcat service error sparked an amazing 12-0 rally, and a Caylor Cox kill finished the 25-15 set win.
The fourth set saw the Jimmies outhit the Bobcats .542-.000. UJ took a 15-9 lead and won five of the next six points to double up Lees-McRae 20-10. Jamestown led by no fewer than nine the rest of the way before closing out the match with a 25-14 win.
UJ has an off day Thursday before resuming action Friday at Emmanuel (Ga.) College. First serve is set for 6 p.m. Central.
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