Men’s College Volleyball at Newman Arena
Jamestown def. Briar Cliff 25-12, 25-27, 29-20
Jamestown (uj.edu) The University of Jamestown men’s volleyball team remained unbeaten at home this season, taking care of Briar Cliff in three sets Thursday night at Harold Newman Arena. Set scores were 25-12, 25-20, 29-27.
Jamestown improves to 9-2 overall and 4-1 in the American Midwest/Great Plains/Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Jimmies will close out the home portion of their schedule Friday when they host Dordt (Iowa) University at 6 p.m.
The Jimmies outhit the Chargers .345-.038 in the match, making just 13 attack errors to Briar Cliff’s 25. Jamestown had a 42-28 advantage in kills as well as a 5-2 edge in service aces.
Clark Steele (JR/Lake Forest, Calif.) (17 kills) and Caylor Cox (FR/Helena, Mont.) (13) combined for 30 of UJ’s 42 kills. Cox hit .440 on 25 attempts in the match while Steele hit .393 on 28 attempts.
Derek Correa (FR/Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) passed out 34 assists while Steele and Cox had six digs each on defense. Cox, Correa, Austin Jacob (FR/Houston, Texas), Nick Vanags (FR/San Diego, Calif.), and Braden Neumann (JR/Costa Mesa, Calif.) had service aces. Jacobs and Owen both finished with three total blocks, followed by Steele and Cox with two, and Vanags and Riley Semmens (FR/Murrieta, Calif.) with one.
