{"id":254733,"date":"2022-08-19T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=254733"},"modified":"2022-08-20T06:37:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T11:37:40","slug":"uj-womens-volleyball-split-fri-on-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=254733","title":{"rendered":"UJ Women’s Volleyball Split Fri., on road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BUTTE, Mont.– <\/strong>The second-ranked University of Jamestown volleyball team began the 2022 season with a pair of matches Friday at the Big Sky Volleyball Challenge, hosted by Montana Tech University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the opener, the Jimmies lost 3-1 to No. 12 Eastern Oregon, but responded with a 3-1 win over Cornerstone (Mich.) University in the second match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 12 Eastern Oregon 3, No. 2 Jamestown 1<\/strong>
For the first time since the 2015 season, the Jimmies dropped their opening match of the season as the Mountaineers won in four sets (25-13, 17-25, 27-25, 25-17).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eighteen service errors by Jamestown helped out Eastern Oregon, who were outhit by the Jimmies .188 to .127 in the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UJ’s largest rallies in the first set were two straight points, which happened three different times.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second set saw Jamestown look more comfortable on offense, hitting .357 with 11 kills and only one error on 28 attempts.  With a 7-5 lead, UJ reeled off six of the next seven points and eventually built an eight-point lead. EOU never got within six the rest of the set, and the match was tied 1-1 heading into the third set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set three was a closely contested affair, as the largest lead for either side was two points until the Mountaineers took a 20-17 edge. Finally at 25-25, EOU won the final two points and went ahead 2-1 in the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamestown was never able to lead in the fourth set, getting as close as 11-10 before EOU took the next three points for a 14-10 lead. The Mountaineers outhit UJ .219 to .132 in the final frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kalli Hegerle<\/a> (SR\/West Fargo, N.D.) posted a double-double of 14 kills and 16 assists, finishing with a team-high .371 hitting percentage. Anna Holen<\/a> (SR\/LaMoure, N.D.) added eight kills and had 10 digs on defense. Paige Oswald<\/a> (JR\/Frazee, Minn.) passed out 24 assists and Ellie Holen<\/a> (JR\/LaMoure, N.D.) recorded 22 digs. Lexi Olson<\/a> (SO\/Langdon, N.D.) and Aleah Zieske<\/a> (SO\/Spicer, Minn.) both had four total blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 2 Jamestown 3, Cornerstone 1<\/strong>
Despite losing the first set to Cornerstone, the Jimmies rallied back to take the next three, defeating the Golden Eagles 21-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kalli Hegerle<\/a> again led the offense with 14 kills and had her second double-double of the day, adding 16 assists. She made just one error on 26 attempts for a .500 hitting percentage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lexi Olson<\/a> (nine kills, .429 htting percentage) and Aleah Zieske<\/a> (nine kills) aided in UJ’s offensive attack, which was helped by Paige Oswald<\/a>‘s 25 assists. Ellie Holen<\/a> (17) and Anna Holen<\/a> (15) both had double-digit dig totals, Olson finished with four total blocks, and Anna Holen<\/a> and Maddie Demars<\/a> (FR\/Forest Lake, Minn.) each had three total blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamestown had the advantage over Cornerstone in kills (46-45), hitting percentage (.252 to .141), assists (45-44), and digs (52-49). The Jimmies cut down their service errors in half from their first match, and had nine total blocks to Cornerstone’s six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UJ (1-1) wraps up the BIg Sky Challenge Saturday with a 10 AM match against Bushnell (Ore.) and a 4 PM match against Carroll (Mont.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BUTTE, Mont.– The second-ranked University of Jamestown volleyball team began the 2022 season with a pair of matches Friday at the Big Sky Volleyball Challenge, hosted by Montana Tech University. In the opener, the Jimmies lost 3-1 to No. 12 Eastern Oregon, but responded with a 3-1 win over Cornerstone (Mich.) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":235196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254733","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\/254733","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=254733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254734,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254733\/revisions\/254734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/235196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=254733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=254733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=254733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}