{"id":179422,"date":"2019-09-07T20:37:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T01:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=179422"},"modified":"2019-09-07T20:37:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T01:37:54","slug":"pair-of-sweeps-jimmies-volleyball-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=179422","title":{"rendered":"Pair of sweeps, Jimmies Volleyball, Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

(uj.edu<\/a>)\u00a0 LA CROSSE, Wis.–\u00a0<\/strong>The 20th-ranked University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team wrapped up the Viterbo Holiday Inn Express Tournament with a pair of wins Saturday, sweeping William Woods (Mo.) and Waldorf (Iowa).<\/p>\n

The Jimmies improve to 10-2 this season and are back in action Friday with a Great Plains Athletic meeting at Mount Marty (S.D.) College.<\/p>\n

Jamestown 3, William Woods 0<\/strong>
\nUJ took care of William Woods 25-16, 25-16, and 25-19 in Saturday’s opening match.<\/p>\n

Jordan Thomas<\/a> (SR\/Pingree, N.D.) slammed home a team-high 11 kills and hit .400. She was followed by Britta Knudson<\/a> (SR\/Bismarck, N.D.)’s eight kills and .438 hitting percentage. Corina Ruud<\/a> (JR\/Breezy Point, Minn.) and Anna Holen<\/a> (SO\/LaMoure, N.D.) added six kills each.<\/p>\n

Jackie Meiklejohn<\/a> (SO\/Dickey, N.D.) passed out 21 assists and Miranda Lowman<\/a> (SR\/Mandan, N.D.) 12, helping the Jimmies to a .219 match hitting percentage.<\/p>\n

Holen led the defense with 15 digs while Hannah Schiele<\/a> (SO\/Jamestown, N.D.) added 14. Ruud had two solo blocks and five total.<\/p>\n

Jamestown 3, Waldorf 0<\/strong>
\nThe Jimmies made it a clean sweep Saturday with a 25-18, 25-15, 25-9 victory over Waldorf. It marked the first time this season the Jimmies have had back-to-back sweeps, and improved UJ’s all-time record against the Warriors to 10-0.<\/p>\n

UJ’s attack was in top form against the Waldorf, finishing with a .397 hitting percentage. Jamestown made only six attack errors in the match, and four players had six or more kills, led by Ruud with nine. Isabel Wedell<\/a> (SR\/Ellendale, N.D.) ended with seven kills, and Britta Knudson<\/a> hit .600 for the match with six kills and no errors in 10 attempts.<\/p>\n

Meiklejohn and Lowman passed out 15 and 14 assists, respectively. Lowman had three of UJ’s 10 aces at the service line.<\/p>\n

Holen had her second match of the day with double-digit digs, finishing with 10. Ruud had three total blocks.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

–Ryan Mikkelson, University of Jamestown Sports Information Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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