(uj.edu) LA CROSSE, Wis.– The 20th-ranked University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team wrapped up the Viterbo Holiday Inn Express Tournament with a pair of wins Saturday, sweeping William Woods (Mo.) and Waldorf (Iowa).
The Jimmies improve to 10-2 this season and are back in action Friday with a Great Plains Athletic meeting at Mount Marty (S.D.) College.
Jamestown 3, William Woods 0
UJ took care of William Woods 25-16, 25-16, and 25-19 in Saturday’s opening match.
Jordan Thomas (SR/Pingree, N.D.) slammed home a team-high 11 kills and hit .400. She was followed by Britta Knudson (SR/Bismarck, N.D.)’s eight kills and .438 hitting percentage. Corina Ruud (JR/Breezy Point, Minn.) and Anna Holen (SO/LaMoure, N.D.) added six kills each.
Jackie Meiklejohn (SO/Dickey, N.D.) passed out 21 assists and Miranda Lowman (SR/Mandan, N.D.) 12, helping the Jimmies to a .219 match hitting percentage.
Holen led the defense with 15 digs while Hannah Schiele (SO/Jamestown, N.D.) added 14. Ruud had two solo blocks and five total.
Jamestown 3, Waldorf 0
The Jimmies made it a clean sweep Saturday with a 25-18, 25-15, 25-9 victory over Waldorf. It marked the first time this season the Jimmies have had back-to-back sweeps, and improved UJ’s all-time record against the Warriors to 10-0.
UJ’s attack was in top form against the Waldorf, finishing with a .397 hitting percentage. Jamestown made only six attack errors in the match, and four players had six or more kills, led by Ruud with nine. Isabel Wedell (SR/Ellendale, N.D.) ended with seven kills, and Britta Knudson hit .600 for the match with six kills and no errors in 10 attempts.
Meiklejohn and Lowman passed out 15 and 14 assists, respectively. Lowman had three of UJ’s 10 aces at the service line.
Holen had her second match of the day with double-digit digs, finishing with 10. Ruud had three total blocks.
–Ryan Mikkelson, University of Jamestown Sports Information Director
