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Northwestern over Jimmies, Saturday Volleyball

Northwestern def Jamestown

ORANGE CITY, Iowa  (uj.edu) — The University of Jamestown volleyball team had its four-game winning streak snapped Saturday afternoon, falling 3-0 to No. 9 Northwestern (Iowa) College. Set scores were 12-25, 22-25, 15-25.

Jamestown (20-7 overall, 9-6 Great Plains Athletic Conference) has one more regular season match, Wednesday against Mount Marty (S.D.) College. Northwestern ends the regular season 22-6 overall and 13-3 in the GPAC.

NWC outhit the Jimmies .283-.072 and had 45 kills to UJ’s 28. Digs were 58-57 in favor of NWC.

Kennedy Conzemius (SR/Breckenridge, Minn.) had nine kills and hit .350 to lead Jamestown. Ellie Michaletz (SO/Aitkin, Minn.) added five kills while Britta Knudson (JR/Bismarck, N.D.) and Jordan Thomas (JR/Pingree, N.D.) both had four. Miranda Lowman (JR/Mandan, N.D.) recorded 15 assists.

Julina Niemeier (SR/Jamestown, N.D.) had 14 digs and Jackie Meiklejohn (FR/Dickey, N.D.) was next with nine. Knudson had five of UJ’s 10 total blocks.