SIOUX CITY, Iowa (UJ) — The University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team got back in the win column Friday night, defeating Briar Cliff University in four sets. Set scores were 23-25, 25-21, 25-17, and 25-15.
Jamestown, now 16-1 overall and 13-1 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, plays its final two regular season matches at home next Friday and Saturday.
UJ trailed 22-19 in set one, but rallied for four straight points to pull ahead 23-22. Following a BCU timeout, the Chargers capitalized on two Jimmie attack errors and a set error to take the opening set.
In set two, Jamestown took leads of 11-7 and 14-8, keeping the Chargers down between five and seven points. After UJ went ahead 21-14, Briar Cliff won the next six points to cut the Jimmie lead to 21-20. Corina Huff (SR/Breezy Point, Minn.) and Nicole Schmitz (FR/Oakes, N.D.) pounded home back-to-back kills to make it 23-20. A BCU service error and set error clinched the set for Jamestown.
BCU won the first two points of the third set, but UJ came back with the next seven to establish momentum. The lead grew to 18-9 after a Schmitz kill. The Chargers then came back with four straight to pull within 18-14, but a service error ended the run and the Jimmies won six of the last nine points to take the set.
Set four was all Jamestown as the Jimmies raced out to a 20-9 lead. Briar Cliff got no closer than eight points the rest of the set, and a Jayla Ritter (JR/Forest Lake, Minn.) kill put the exclamation point on a four-set win.
Taylor Sabinash (JR/Kensal, N.D.) paced UJ with 15 kills and a .522 attack percentage. Schmitz and Kalli Hegerle (JR/West Fargo, N.D.) finished with 10 kills each, while Huff added nine and hit .421 for the match.
Jackie Meiklejohn (JR/Dickey, N.D.) had 27 assists and eight digs with Megan Gaffaney (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) recording 21 assists and eight digs.
Sydney Ellingson (SR/Langdon, N.D.) racked up 26 digs. Anna Holen (JR/LaMoure, N.D.) added 16 and Hannah Schiele (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) 14. Ritter, Huff, and Hegerle all had three block assists.
UJ defeated Briar Cliff for the 11th straight meeting dating back to August 28, 2009.
Stats Overview
| Final – Women’s Volleyball | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown (N.D.) (16-1 (13-1)) | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| Briar Cliff (Iowa) (9-15 (4-12)) | 25 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 1 |
| Sioux City, IA | |||||
| Jamestown (N.D.) | Indv. Leaders | Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
|---|---|---|
| #11 Taylor Sabinash – 15 | Kills | #10 Chloe Johnson – 10 |
| 3 Players – 3 | Blocks | 3 Players – 2 |
| #3 Sydney Ellingson – 26 | Digs | #1 Tannah Heath – 21 |
| #1 Hannah Schiele – 2 | Aces | 2 Players (#6,#19) – 1 |
| Jamestown (N.D.) | Team Statistics | Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
|---|---|---|
| 0.206 | Hitting %: | 0.142 |
| 7.0 | Blocks: | 5.0 |
| 77 | Digs: | 71 |
| 7 | Aces: | 2 |
