NAIA Volleyball Championship @ Sioux City, IA, Friday
Sweet Sixteen |
Viterbo def UJ 26-24, 25-11, 25-18.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (UJ) — An old adage in sports states that it’s hard to beat a team three times in one season.
The Jimmie volleyball team looked to make that adage hold true, but were swept by Viterbo (Wis.) Friday afternoon in the elimination bracket of the 2017 NAIA Volleyball Championship.
UJ lost a close first set, 26-24, then were outhit .333-.103 in losing 25-11 to fall behind 2-0. Jamestown’s hitting woes continued in the third set, as they made 10 errors in 41 attack attempts and hit just .073 in a 25-18 third set loss.
Morgan Hensch (SR/Fergus Falls, Minn.) had 11 kills to lead the offense. Isabel Wedell (SO/Ellendale, N.D.) hit .444 with 9 kills and Jessica Velander (SR/St. Michael, Minn.) added 6 kills. Whitney King (SR/Pierre, S.D.) passed out 18 assists and Josie Beckman (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) chipped in with 11.
Elise Peterson (SR/Kasson, Minn.) recorded 26 of UJ’s 46 digs. Velander and Madison Wendel (SR/Carrington, N.D.) each had two block assists.
Jamestown won 20 or more games for the 12th straight season, and Jon Hegerle moved within four wins of Chris Mahoney for second place on the UJ coaching wins list.
