Saturday
Women’s College Volleyball
Jamestown 3 Hastings College 1
HASTINGS, Neb. (UJ) — The University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team kept its perfect season intact Saturday, defeating Hastings College 3-1 in Great Plains Athletic Conference action. Set scores were 25-20, 25-13, 23-25, and 25-18.
Jamestown (12-0 overall, 10-0 GPAC) begins a three-match homestand on Thursday, October 29 against MayvilleState (N.D.) at 7 p.m.
UJ outhit Hastings .205-.061 and .542-.167 to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
Despite hitting just .103 in the third set, Hastings took advantage of eight Jimmie attack errors and built an 18-10 lead.
Jamestown rallied for 11 of the next 16 points to get within 23-21, and then 24-23 before a Hastings kill ended the set.
Seven attack errors by Hastings in the fourth set combined with a .353 hitting percentage helped the Jimmies close out the match. UJ made just two attack errors of their own while finishing with 14 kills.
Kalli Hegerle (JR/West Fargo, N.D.) hit a team-best .469 with 16 kills. Anna Holen (JR/LaMoure, N.D.) added 11 kills and Nicole Schmitz (FR/Oakes, N.D.) nine.
Jackie Meiklejohn (JR/Dickey, N.D.) (28) and Megan Gaffaney (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) (24) both had 20+ assist games.
Holen recorded a double-double with 18 digs, followed by Hannah Schiele (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) with 17, and Sydney Ellingson (SR/Langdon, N.D.) 15.
Corina Huff (SR/Breezy Point, Minn.) had five total blocks, including two solo.
Ellie Holen (FR/LaMoure, N.D.) (3) and Gaffaney (2) combined for five of UJ’s nine service aces.
