– Jimmies Women’s Volleyball Sweeps Texas Wesleyan

Tuesday

Jimmie Women’s Volleyball

NAIA National Championship @ Sioux City, Iowa–(Nov. 30-Dec. 4)

Jamestown def Texas Wesleyan University 26-24,25-19,25-19

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (UJ) — Top-ranked University of Jamestown won its opening pool play match Tuesday at the NAIA Women’s Volleyball Championship at the Tyson Events Center, sweeping Texas Wesleyan University 26-24, 25-19, 25-19.

Jamestown, now 33-0 this season, wraps up pool play with a Wednesday match against No. 20 Indiana Wesleyan at 10:30 a.m.

It was a quick start for the Jimmies as they opened up with the first five points of set one, three of them coming on service aces. After the Rams got within 9-6, UJ twice built leads of nine points at 20-11 and 21-12.

An Anna Holen (SR/LaMoure, N.D.) kill put Jamestown ahead 23-17 and it appeared as if the Jimmies were ready to close out the set. Three straight TWU points cut the UJ lead in half, but Holen came back with another kill to put Jamestown at set point. Again TWU put together three straight to get within one and force a Jimmie timeout. A Jamestown attack error made it four in a row for the Rams and tied the set. Jayla Ritter (SR/Forest Lake, Minn.) answered with a kill, then a TWU attack error won the set for the Jimmies.

The second set got off to a similar start as Jamestown took leads of 5-1 and 9-2. Texas Wesleyan closed the gap to 14-12 after a Bailey Foy kill, then made it a one-point game at 16-15 after Foy and Arianna Alvarado combined for a block. Unfazed, the Jimmies took the next four points, capped off by a Ram attack error, to go ahead 20-16. A pair of Corina Huff (SR/Pequot Lakes, Minn.) kills accounted for the final UJ points and a 2-0 match lead.

Texas Wesleyan held a slim 4-3 lead in the third before Jamestown turned the tide. A 13-5 run gave the Jimmies a 16-9 lead and an overwhelming shift in momentum. The Rams got no closer than five points down the stretch, and another stellar hitting performance rounded out the win. Five of the final six Jimmie points came via kills, and the team hit .412 on 34 attempts in the set.

Huff led the way with 13 kills and hit. 407 for the match, while Ritter had 10 kills. Holen ended with eight kills, four aces, and 13 digs.

Jackie Meiklejohn (SR/Dickey, N.D.) passed out 22 assists and Megan Gaffaney (SR/Jamestown, N.D.) 18. Ellie Holen (SO/LaMoure, N.D.) finished with a team-high 20 digs. Huff had three blocks and Taylor Sabinash (SR/Kensal, N.D.) added two.

Wednesday Dec, 1 Jametown vs. #20 Indiana Wesleyan University

NAIA National Championship @ Sioux City, Iowa