{"id":186519,"date":"2019-12-06T23:58:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T05:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=186519"},"modified":"2019-12-07T07:12:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T13:12:02","slug":"jimmie-volleyball-wins-fri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=186519","title":{"rendered":"Jimmie Volleyball to Saturday Semi Round"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
<\/td>\nSIOUX CITY, Iowa<\/a>—\u00a0<\/strong>In their last 10 meetings against Northwestern (Iowa) College, the University of Jamestown volleyball team played to a 1-9 record, with the lone win coming on September 10, 2011. Since that date, the Jimmies lost eight in a row, winning just seven sets in all. Each of the home and away matchups in 2018 and 2019 ended in Red Raider sweeps.<\/p>\n

Friday night the Great Plains Athletic Conference rivals met in the quarterfinals of the\u00a0NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship presented by Marriott South Sioux City Riverfront.<\/p>\n

The eighth-ranked Jimmies ended their run of misfortune against the No. 2 Red Raiders, winning 3-1 to advance to Saturday’s semifinal round. Set scores were 25-23, 25-20, 27-29, 26-24.<\/p>\n

Jamestown (33-5) will play Marian (Ind.) 11 a.m. Saturday while the other semifinal pits Viterbo (Wis.) against Westmont (Calif.). The winners will meet for the national championship at 7 p.m. Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

UJ opened up leads of 7-3, 14-9, and 16-10 before Northwestern came back to tie the first set at 20. The Red Raiders went ahead 22-20 and 23-21, only to have the Jimmies take the final four points of the set and a 1-0 match lead. Ellie Michaletz<\/a> (JR\/Aitkin, Minn.) had four kills in the set while Britta Knudson<\/a> (SR\/Bismarck, N.D.), Jordan Thomas<\/a> (SR\/Pingree, N.D.), and Isabel Wedell<\/a> (SR\/Ellendale, N.D.) each had two.<\/p>\n

Momentum continued to favor UJ in set two, as Jamestown took 4-1 and 10-6 leads. Northwestern again battled back to tie the set at 19, but a 6-1 run by the Jimmies made it 2-0 in the match. Knudson racked up five more kills and was helped out by Wedell and Corina Ruud<\/a> (JR\/Breezy Point, Minn.) with four each.<\/p>\n

Set three was closely contested as neither team led by more than two points until the Red Raiders went ahead 19-15. A 5-2 Jimmie run made it 21-20, but back-to-back Northwestern points pushed the lead to three again.<\/p>\n

Jamestown again found themselves down four points in the fourth set at 19-15, but scored six of the next eight points to tie the set at 21. The teams traded points until a Red Raider attack error and a Ruud kill closed out the match.<\/p>\n

Wedell (15 kills, .371 hitting), Knudson (12 kills, .370 hitting), and Thomas (11 kills, .200 hitting) combined for 38 of UJ’s 63 kills. Taylor Sabinash<\/a> (SO\/Kensal, N.D.) added seven kills and hit an efficient .313. Ruud and Ellie Michaletz<\/a> both had six kills.<\/p>\n

Miranda Lowman<\/a> (SR\/Mandan, N.D.) passed out 30 assists and Jackie Meiklejohn<\/a> (SO\/Dickey, N.D.) 23. Lowman, Wedell, and Hannah Schiele<\/a> (SO\/Jamestown, N.D.) all had two service aces each.<\/p>\n

Anna Holen<\/a> (SO\/LaMoure, N.D.) dug 16 balls and Sydney Ellingson<\/a> (JR\/Langdon, N.D.) added 15. Ruud finished with seven total blocks, including two solo. Sabinash, Wedell, and Knudson all had three blocks.<\/p>\n

Northwestern (32-2) was led by Anna Wedel, who had 29 kills and hit .375. Lacey Wacker dished out 51 assists while Emily Strasser had 22 digs.<\/p>\n

Jamestown def Northwestern -25-23,25-20,27-29,26-24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Friday…<\/p>\n

Afternoon…<\/p>\n

NAIA National Championship, Sioux City, Iowa<\/p>\n

Jamestown<\/a> def Lindsay Wilson College 18-25 32-30 21-25 27-25 15-8<\/p>\n

The Jimmies take on Northwestern College at 8:15-p.m., Friday.<\/p>\n

SIOUX CITY, Iowa–\u00a0<\/strong>The eighth-ranked University of Jamestown volleyball team punched its ticket to the quarterfinals of the\u00a0NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship presented by Marriott South Sioux City Riverfront.<\/p>\n

Jamestown (32-5) defeated No. 10 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) College 18-25, 32-30, 21-25, 27-25, 15-8 to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in program history. It was the seventh time this season the Jimmies have rallied to win after being down two sets to one.<\/p>\n

UJ will face Great Plains Athletic Conference rival Northwestern (Iowa) College Friday evening at approximately 9 p.m. The third-ranked Red Raiders defeated Oklahoma City 3-1 to advance in the tournament.<\/p>\n

Four Jimmies finished with double-figure kill totals, led by Ellie Michaletz<\/a> (JR\/Aitkin, Minn.) (career-high 16 kills, .455 hitting). Britta Knudson<\/a> (SR\/Bismarck, N.D.) (15 kills, .387 hitting), Corina Ruud<\/a> (JR\/Breezy Point, Minn.) (13 kills, .222 hitting), and Isabel Wedell<\/a> (SR\/Ellendale, N.D.) (11 kills, .250 hitting) joined Michaletz.<\/p>\n

Jackie Meiklejohn<\/a> (SO\/Dickey, N.D.) (29 assists, nine digs) and Miranda Lowman<\/a> (SR\/Mandan, N.D.) (28 assists, 16 digs) helped UJ finish with a .229 team hitting percentage.<\/p>\n

Sydney Ellingson<\/a> (JR\/Langdon, N.D.) racked up 19 digs while Anna Holen<\/a> (SO\/LaMoure, N.D.) (16) and Hanna Schiele (12) also reached double figures. Knudson finished with eight total blocks (one solo), while Wedell had three block assists.<\/p>\n

Lindsey Wilson made just two attack errors while outhitting UJ .243-.214 to take a 25-18 set one victory.<\/p>\n

The Jimmies evened the match after a wild 32-30 second set. The Blue Raiders opened up a 15-11 lead but UJ rallied with the next four points to tie the score. Lindsey Wilson had a 4-0 run to answer and went ahead 19-15, but Jamestown hung around to tie the set at 20. UJ then fell behind 24-22 only to tie things yet again following a Blue Raider service error and an ace by Lowman.<\/p>\n

Set three was close throughout until Lindsey Wilson opened up a 20-16 lead that eventually became 23-17. UJ was outhit .341-.222 in the third while committing five attack errors.<\/p>\n

Jamestown trailed 10-4, 14-8, and 16-11 in the fourth set, but the momentum began to shift the Jimmies’ direction. Four straight points cut the deficit to 16-15, then after a Lindsey Wilson kill, UJ rattled off three straight to go ahead 18-17. Holen and Michaletz both had four kills in the set and Knudson had seven total blocks for the Jimmies.<\/p>\n

In set four, UJ used three separate 3-0 runs to key a 15-8 victory. Jamestown had leads of 9-6, 12-7, and 13-8 before closing out the match. Knudson had four of the Jimmies’ nine kills in the set while the defense held Lindsey Wilson to a hitting percentage of zero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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