{"id":246842,"date":"2022-04-13T21:02:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T02:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=246842"},"modified":"2022-04-14T11:06:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T16:06:23","slug":"uj-mens-volleyball-with-sweep-of-aquinas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=246842","title":{"rendered":"UJ Men&#8217;s Volleyball With Sweep Of Aquinas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DES MOINES, Iowa \u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmiepride.com\/article\/6576\">UJ<\/a>) \u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The fifth-ranked University of Jamestown men\u2019s volleyball team opened pool play with a sweep of No. 11 Aquinas (Mich.) College Wednesday evening at the NAIA Men\u2019s Volleyball Championship. Set scores were 25-17, 25-23, 25-20.<\/p>\n<p>The Jimmies improve to 20-5 overall and will face No. 1 Grand View (Iowa) University Thursday at 7 p.m. in the final match of pool play. The winner of Thursday\u2019s match will advance to the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Aquinas led 8-6 and 9-8 in set one before a kill by\u00a0<a id=\"rosterLink0\" class=\"rosterProfileLink \" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmiepride.com\/roster\/22\/38\/11219\" data-url=\"\/SIDHelp\/briefBio\/22\/38\/11219\" data-original-title=\"\">Derek Owens<\/a>\u00a0(SO\/Andover, Minn.) and a combined block by Owens and\u00a0<a id=\"rosterLink1\" class=\"rosterProfileLink \" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmiepride.com\/roster\/22\/38\/11222\" data-url=\"\/SIDHelp\/briefBio\/22\/38\/11222\" data-original-title=\"\">Samuel Jackman<\/a>\u00a0(JR\/St. Jean Baptiste, Manitoba) put UJ ahead 10-9. Jamestown would not trail again, and a 6-0 run after Aquinas had gotten as close at 16-15 proved to be the difference.<\/p>\n<p>Set two was all Jimmies, and it looked as if UJ would cruise to an easy 2-0 match lead after taking a 17-10 lead. Aquinas hung around, and despite being down to set point at 24-20, reeled off three straight points and forced a Jamestown timeout. After the timeout,\u00a0<a id=\"rosterLink2\" class=\"rosterProfileLink \" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmiepride.com\/roster\/22\/38\/11233\" data-url=\"\/SIDHelp\/briefBio\/22\/38\/11233\" data-original-title=\"\">Korben Phillips<\/a>\u00a0(FR\/Western, Australia) took a\u00a0<a id=\"rosterLink3\" class=\"rosterProfileLink \" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmiepride.com\/roster\/22\/38\/11212\" data-url=\"\/SIDHelp\/briefBio\/22\/38\/11212\" data-original-title=\"\">Derek Correa<\/a>\u00a0(SO\/Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) pass and ended the set.<\/p>\n<p>UJ played from behind in the third set, trailing as much as 10-7, then used a service error to start a string of three straight to tie the set. After Aquinas went back in front 11-10, the Jimmies used an Owens kill and two Saint attack errors to retake the lead. Jamestown kept the lead as high as three points, and a\u00a0<a id=\"rosterLink4\" class=\"rosterProfileLink \" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmiepride.com\/roster\/22\/38\/11209\" data-url=\"\/SIDHelp\/briefBio\/22\/38\/11209\" data-original-title=\"\">Caylor Cox<\/a>\u00a0(SO\/Helena, Mont.) kill,\u00a0<a id=\"rosterLink5\" class=\"rosterProfileLink \" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmiepride.com\/roster\/22\/38\/11221\" data-url=\"\/SIDHelp\/briefBio\/22\/38\/11221\" data-original-title=\"\">Tanner Woods<\/a>\u00a0(SO\/Huntington Beach, Calif.) ace, and Woods kill gave UJ the win.<\/p>\n<p>Woods had 14 kills and hit .579, while Owens was a perfect 1.000 with nine kills. Correa passed out 28 assists and had four digs.\u00a0<a id=\"rosterLink6\" class=\"rosterProfileLink \" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmiepride.com\/roster\/22\/38\/11218\" data-url=\"\/SIDHelp\/briefBio\/22\/38\/11218\" data-original-title=\"\">Braden Neumann<\/a>\u00a0(SR\/Costa Mesa, Calif.) had a team-best five digs, and Owens recorded five total blocks, including four solo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DES MOINES, Iowa \u00a0 (UJ) \u00a0 \u2013\u00a0The fifth-ranked University of Jamestown men\u2019s volleyball team opened pool play with a sweep of No. 11 Aquinas (Mich.) College Wednesday evening at the NAIA Men\u2019s Volleyball Championship. Set scores were 25-17, 25-23, 25-20. 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