SIOUX CENTER, Iowa  (UJ) — The fourth-ranked University of Jamestown men’s Volleyball team extended its winning streak to 11 matches with a sweep of Dordt (Iowa) Thursday evening. Set scores were 25-22, 25-18, and 25-20.

Jamestown is now 17-2 overall and 6-0 in the conference while the Defenders slip to 7-9 overall and 3-3 in the conference.

The two teams will meet again Friday in a non-conference match at 7 p.m.

UJ’s offensive attack took some time to get going in set one. Despite finishing with 14 kills in the opener, the Jimmies made eight attack errors  and were outhit .286-.222. Four service errors and two ball handling errors by the Defenders helped bail out Jamestown. Samuel Jackman (SO/St. Jean Baptiste, Manitoba) provided the firepower, hitting .600 with seven kills and one error on 10 swings.

Jackman continued to supply the offense in set two, racking up six of UJ’s 13 kills. Derek Owens (FR/Andover, Minn.) added three kills and Austin Jacob (FR/Houston, Texas) two as the Jimmies hit .233 to Dordt’s .182. Jacob was in on four total blocks at the net as four of the Defenders’ five attack errors were balls blocked by the Jimmies. Dordt was as close as 12-11 midway through the set, but a 7-2 run from Jamestown created a six-point lead which never shrunk to less than three.

Tanner Woods (FR/Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Caylor Cox (FR/Helena, Mont.) picked up the slack in the third set, combining for nine of the 15 Jimmie kills. Woods had five kills and hit .429 while Cox had four kills and hit .800 on five swings. Dordt hit .053 in the third with seven kills, and seven UJ service errors kept the Defenders within two to five points for the majority of the set.

Jackman finished with a match-high 14 kills. Owens was next with nine kills, followed by Woods and Cox with seven each. Derek Correa (FR/Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) passed out 37 assists and had a pair of service aces along with Jackman. Braden Neumann (JR/Costa Mesa, Calif.) led the defense with five digs and Jacob had six total blocks, including two solo.

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Dordt def Jamestown  12-25,25-22,15-12