Jimmie Women Volleyball Sweeps Morningside, Sat.

(UJ)  The second-ranked University of Jamestown women’s volleyball kept their unbeaten streak alive Saturday night, defeating Morningside (Iowa) University 25-13, 25-17, 25-12.

UJ is now 16-0 overall and 6-0 in the GPAC. The Jimmies will host Presentation (S.D.) College Tuesday in a non-conference match at 7 p.m.

Jamestown took a 13-4 lead in the first set, and never looked back, closing out the set with five of the final seven points to take a 1-0 match lead.

In set two, Morningside led 8-7 and were tied at 9-9 before UJ scored back-to-back points for an 11-9 lead. The Jimmies never trailed again and after the Mustangs closed within 20-17, tallied the final five points to go ahead 2-0.

An 8-1 run to open the third set helped spur the Jimmies to the sweep. UJ hit .550 in the final frame with only one error and 12 kills on 20 attempts. Morningside couldn’t find their footing offensively, hitting -.080 in the set.

Jayla Ritter (JR/Forest Lake, Minn.) and Kalli Hegerle (JR/West Fargo, N.D.) paced the offense with eight kills each, followed by Anna Holen (JR/LaMoure, N.D.) with seven and Corina Huff (SR/Pequot Lakes, Minn.) and Aleah Zieske (FR/Spicer, Minn.) with six. Ritter’s .615 hitting percentage was a team high, as she was error-free on 13 attempts. Zieske made just one error on 11 attempts and hit .455 for the match.

Megan Gaffaney (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) passed out 19 assists and Jackie Meiklejohn (JR/Dickey, N.D.) 14 as the Jimmies hit .429 overall. Meiklejohn also had four service aces to go along with seven digs.

Hannah Schiele (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) had eight digs, while Anna Holen and Ellie Holen (FR/LaMoure, N.D.) both had seven. Ritter had six total blocks, including three solo.