Sat UJ Men’s Volleyball, Wrestling, Hockey

Des Moines, Iowa (UJ) — The No. 8 University of Jamestown men’s volleyball team bounced back from last night’s loss to top-ranked Grand View (Iowa), sweeping St. Ambrose (Iowa) on Saturday at the Molten Invitational Tournament.

Jamestown (2-1) returns to action Friday at Mount Mercy (Iowa) University with a 6 p.m. match.

The Jimmies came out on the offensive in the first set, making just one attack error in 26 attempts to hit .538. Leading 8-7, Jamestown used a kill from Tanner Woods (FR/Huntington Beach, Calif.) to start a 10-3 run to go ahead 18-10. Derek Owens (FR/Andover, Minn.) also added a pair of kills in the run.

St. Ambrose led 16-15 in the second set before UJ rattled off six of the next nine points to take a 21-19 lead. After St. Ambrose closed the gap to a point, Woods put three of the Jimmies’ final four balls to the floor to close out the set.

Jamestown breezed to a 15-6 third set lead before St. Ambrose took the next eight points to cut the lead to 15-14. At 18-17, UJ got a kill from Samuel Jackman (SO/St. Jean Baptiste, Manitoba) and back-to-back St. Ambrose attack errors for a 21-17 lead. Two kills by Austin Jacob (FR/Houston, Texas) were part of Jamestown’s last three points to win the match.

Woods had 12 kills and hit .857 in 14 attempts. Jackman and Clark Steele (JR/Lake Forest, Calif.) each had eight kills. Derek Correa (FR/Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) (17) and Caylor Cox (FR/Helena, Mont.) (14) combined for 31 of the Jimmies’ 38 assists. Braden Neumann (JR/Costa Mesa, Calif.) led the back row with seven digs while Cox added four. Owens had four total blocks and Jackman added three block assists.

Men’s Wrestling

(UJ) The University of Jamestown men’s wrestling team went 1-3 at the GPAC Duals, held Saturday at Harold Newman Arena.

The Jimmies defeated (RV) Hastings (Neb.) 46-11 for their victory. UJ lost 37-12 to No. 9 Doane (Neb.), 23-22 to (RV) Concordia (Neb.), and 47-4 to (RV) Briar Cliff (Iowa).

#9 Doane 37, Jamestown 12
Roman Carillo had the Jimmies’ only pin in the opening dual against the Tigers, taking down Luke Davis in 1:44 at 133 pounds. Jesse Murillo (JR/El Paso, Texas) defeated Samuel Dunwell by 9-5 decision at 157 pounds and Ian Howell (FR/Wildwood, Ga.) won an 8-4 decision over Zion Longsine at 285 pounds for the other Jimmie victories.

(RV) Concordia 23, Jamestown 22
The Jimmies led 22-19 going into the final match, which Concordia’s Jacob Telles won by 3-1 decision, tying the dual at 22. The Bulldogs won by criteria, as they had six victories to UJ’s four. Carillo needed just 39 seconds to pin Carter Willis at 133, and Parker Chaffee (FR/Phelan, Calif) won a 12-3 major decision at 184. Jamestown also got forfeits at 125 and 149.

Jamestown 46, (RV) Hastings 11
An open weight at 125 kicked things off for the Jimmies against the Broncos. Carillo followed with a pin of Zac Charity in 1:36 at 133, then Tommy Beringer (FR/Murrieta, Calif.) (141) defeated Jake Abeyta by 16-0 tech fall and Samuel Atherton (FR/Murrieta, Calif.) won by 18-2 tech fall over Riley Dement at 149 to put Jamestown ahead 22-0.

Hastings picked up a tech fall at 157 and a pin at 174, but forfeits at 165, 184, and 197 gave the Jimmies 18 more team points.

Ramiro Macias (SR/Delano, Calif.) closed out the UJ victory by pinning Marco Valdivia in 2:10 at 285 pounds.

(RV) Briar Cliff 47, Jamestown 4
Tommy Beringer (141) had the only Jimmie win against the Chargers, defeating Maximus Barajas by 11-1 major decision. Briar Cliff had five pins and a forfeit at 133 among their nine wins. Macias lost a narrow 4-3 decision to Matt Wilke at 285.

Jamestown is now 3-4 in GPAC competition and 3-8 overall, and will compete at Midland (Neb.) February 5 at 7 p.m.

UJ Men’s Hockey..

ALBERT LEA, Minn (UJ) .– Nine different players tallied goals for the University of Jamestown hockey team Saturday night as the Jimmies completed a weekend sweep of Waldorf (Iowa) University 9-0.

UJ put 83 shots on net against the Warriors, including 37 in the second period. The Jimmies tallied three goals in each period.

Jordon Kromm (FR/Calgary, Alberta), Greg Susinski (FR/Calgary, Alberta), and Jason Richter (SR/Kimberley, British Columbia) each scored in the first to give Jamestown a 3-0 lead. Assists went to Tyler Chavez-Leech (SR/Red Deer, Alberta), Logan Berggren (FR/Cypress, Calif.), Marquez Ginger (FR/Augusta, Ga.), Reid Wilson (FR/Castlegar, British Columbia), and Jake Huculak (FR/Jasper, Alberta). Kromm’s goal came on the power play.

The lead grew to 6-0 after two as Chavez-Leech, Morgan Venne (FR/Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), and Huculak found the back of the net. Huculak, Nathan Cohen-Wallis (FR/Canmore, Alberta) (2), and Jordan Popoff (SO/Calgary, Alberta) were credited with assists. Huculak scored the Jimmies’ second power-play goal of the night.

Three more goals in the third came from Berggren, Gage Thompson (SO/Valley City, N.D.), and Jed Butler (FR/Mazama, Wash.). Mike Heitkamp (FR/Grand Rapids, Minn.), Ginger, and Aidan Potas (SO/Fargo, N.D.) assisted on the goals.

Jaysen MacLean (FR/Port Alberni, British Columbia) made eight saves for the shutout.

D-2 Jamestown 6 NDSU 3