Jamestown (uj.edu) The University of Jamestown men’s v olleyball team opened this week’s three-game home stand with a 3-0 win over Morningside (Iowa) College Tuesday night at Harold Newman Arena. Set scores were 25-19, 25-16, 25-21.
The victory improves the Jimmies’ record to 8-2 overall and 3-1 in the American Midwest/Great Plains/Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
UJ led for the entirety of the first set, with Morningside only getting as close as 4-4. Jamestown would lead 21-11 before the Mustangs rallied for eight of the next 11 points to cut the lead to 24-19.
Set two was a bit more contested earlier on as the Jimmies held onto a slim 14-13 lead, gradually stretching it out to 19-16 before scoring the final six points on the strength of Braden Neumann (JR/Costa Mesa, Calif.)’s serving.
In the third set, Morningside had leads of 6-4 and 9-8, and managed to tie the set at 14 only to have the Jimmies score four straight points and swing the momentum in their direction. The Mustangs closed the gap to 22-20 and 23-21, but a Riley Semmens (FR/Murrieta, Calif.) kill and a Morningside attack error sealed the set and the match for Jamestown.
Clark Steele (JR/Lake Forest, Calif.) had 13 kills and hit .440 while Caylor Cox (FR/Helena, Mont.) finished with a double-double of 11 kills and 11 digs, hitting .450 for the match. Austin Jacob (FR/Houston, Texas) (eight kills, .417) and Derek Owens (FR/Andover, Minn.) (five kills, .500) also played a big role in UJ’s offense.
Derek Correa (FR/Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) passed out 36 assists in helping the Jimmies hit .366 as a team. Neumann had three of UJ’s five service aces and added seven digs. Owens had three total blocks (one solo) with Steele adding a pair of block assists.
Jamestown is back in action Thursday at 6 p.m. against Briar Cliff (Iowa) University at Harold Newman Arena.
