SIOUX CITY, Iowa\u00a0 (UJ<\/a>)\u00a0 —\u00a0<\/strong>The top-ranked University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team swept its way to the quarterfinals of the NAIA National Championship Wednesday morning. The Jimmies defeated No. 20 Indiana Wesleyan University 27-25, 25-13, 25-10 to win Pool A.<\/p>\n The Jimmies (34-0) set a new program record for wins in a season, beating the previous mark of 33 set in 2019. Wednesday’s sweep was also the 29th three-set win for Jamestown in 2021. UJ will face Bellevue (Neb.) in the quarterfinals Thursday, at 5-p.m.<\/p>\n UJ outhit the Wildcats .263 to .090 and finished with 48 kills. Jamestown forced IWU into 18 attack errors and had a strong showing at the net, finishing with eight blocks.<\/p>\n The teams were even in the first set, trading points until the Jimmies opened up a 13-10 lead. UJ also led by three at 16-13 before IWU rallied for four straight to take a 17-16 lead. Jamestown went down 22-20 but came back to tie on a Taylor Sabinash<\/a> (SR\/Kensal, N.D.) kill. Tied once again at 25, the Jimmies got a kill from Sabinash and an attack error by the Wildcats for a first-set win.<\/p>\n Back-to-back attack errors by UJ in the second set left the door open for IWU as the Jimmies had a slim 8-7 lead. Aleah Zieske<\/a> (FR\/Spicer, Minn.) and Sabinash put balls to the floor to open up a three-point advantage, and Jamestown used a 10-3 run to build a 19-10 lead. The Wildcats won back-to-back points just twice in the set and hit -.048 in the frame.<\/p>\n Each team traded 3-0 runs to open the third set, then Jamestown used an 8-0 run to break things open. Anna Holen<\/a> (SR\/LaMoure, N.D.) helped serve the Jimmies to seven points during the run, and Hannah Schiele<\/a> (SR\/Jamestown, N.D.) was behind the line for six more points as UJ went ahead 21-7. A Jackie Meiklejohn<\/a> (SR\/Dickey, N.D.) ace was the match clincher.<\/p>\n Holen and Kalli Hegerle<\/a> (SR\/West Fargo, N.D.) led the offense with 10 kills. Zieske had eight kills and hit .400 for the match. Meiklejohn passed out 19 assists and had 12 digs. Holen posted a double-double with 15 digs and Ellie Holen<\/a> (SO\/LaMoure, N.D.) had a team-high 19 digs. Jayla Ritter<\/a> (SR\/Forest Lake, Minn.) had four block assists among her five total blocks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Wednesday UJ Women’s Volleyball NAIA National Championship @ Sioux City, Iowa–Nov. 30-Dec. 4 Jamestown def # 20 Indiana Wesleyan University\u00a0 3-0 27-25,25-13,25-10 Box Score SIOUX CITY, Iowa\u00a0 (UJ)\u00a0 —\u00a0The top-ranked University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team swept its way to the quarterfinals of the NAIA National Championship Wednesday morning. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":206587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=240095"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240179,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240095\/revisions\/240179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/206587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=240095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Indiana](\"https:\/\/d21gd0ap5v1ndt.cloudfront.net\/logos\/i\/906\/100\/75.png\")
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<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nStats Overview<\/h4>\n
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\n \nFinal – Women’s Volleyball<\/th>\n 1<\/th>\n 2<\/th>\n 3<\/th>\n F<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n Indiana Wesleyan (24-6)<\/td>\n 25<\/td>\n 13<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Jamestown (34-0)<\/td>\n 27<\/td>\n 25<\/td>\n 25<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Sioux City, IA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n\n
\n \nIndiana Wesleyan<\/th>\n Indv. Leaders<\/th>\n Jamestown<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n #05 Martina Demarchi – 10<\/td>\n Kills<\/td>\n 2 Players (#02,#16) – 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n #15 Macy Puthoff – 2<\/td>\n Blocks<\/td>\n #05 Jayla Ritter – 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n #19 Paige Thibault – 23<\/td>\n Digs<\/td>\n #03 Ellie Holen – 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n #05 Martina Demarchi – 1<\/td>\n Aces<\/td>\n #02 Anna Holen – 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n\n
\n \nIndiana Wesleyan<\/th>\n Team Statistics<\/th>\n Jamestown<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n .090<\/td>\n Hitting %:<\/td>\n .263<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3.0<\/td>\n Blocks:<\/td>\n 8.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 71<\/td>\n Digs:<\/td>\n 74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/td>\n Aces:<\/td>\n 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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