Crete, Neb. (UJ) — The UJ women’s volleyball team remained unbeaten after taking care of the Doane University Tigers 3-0 Friday night in Great Plains Athletic Conference action. Set scores were 25-18, 25-17, and 25-23.
Jamestown is now 11-0 this season and 9-0 in the GPAC. The Jimmies are back in action Saturday with a 3 p.m. match at Hastings (Neb.) College.
The Jimmies outhit Doane .262-.112 in the match, making just 13 attack errors in 122 attempts.
Set one was all Jamestown, as the visitors raced out to leads of 10-3, 19-9, and 24-14 before a late Tiger rally saw the lead shrink to six at 24-18.
Leading 6-5 in set two, UJ reeled off six straight points, including three kills by Anna Holen (JR/LaMoure, N.D.) and two by Kalli Hegerle (JR/West Fargo, N.D.), to go ahead 12-5. The lead stayed between five and nine points the rest of the set, with a Taylor Sabinash (JR/Kensal, N.D.) kill giving the Jimmies a 2-0 match lead.
Jamestown took an 11-5 lead in the third set, and went ahead 15-11 only to have Doane claw their way back into the match. The Tigers won four straight points to tie the set at 15, then eventually went ahead 23-22. Back-to-back Sabinash kills put UJ in front 24-23, and Nicole Schmitz (FR/Oakes, N.D.) slammed home the final ball of the evening to secure the sweep.
Hegerle led UJ with 12 kills, followed by Sabinash with 10. Anna Holen added nine kills. Sabinash hit a team-high .412 with Hegerle finishing at .323.
Jackie Meiklejohn (JR/Dickey, N.D.) passed out 23 assists and Megan Gaffaney (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) added 18 to go along with eight digs.
Holen led the defense with 14 digs, followed by Hannah Schiele (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) with 13, and Sydney Ellingson (SR/Langdon, N.D.) with 12.
Corina Huff (SR/Breezy Point, Minn.) racked up four total blocks in the match.
