{"id":208791,"date":"2020-09-25T21:55:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T02:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=208791"},"modified":"2020-09-25T23:59:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T04:59:10","slug":"uj-womens-volleyball-opens-with-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=208791","title":{"rendered":"UJ Women’s Volleyball opens with win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Friday Women’s College Volleyball<\/p>\n

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa-\u00a0 (UJ<\/a>) –\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team won its season opener Friday night, defeating Dordt University 3-1. Set scores were 23-25, 25-13, 25-20, 25-21.<\/p>\n

The first set saw Dordt build no larger than a three-point advantage until they went ahead 18-14. Jamestown eventually rallied to tie the set at 23 before the Defenders won the final two points.<\/p>\n

Set two was all Jamestown as the Jimmies took a 15-8 lead and then scored nine of the next 13 points, making it 24-12.<\/p>\n

The third set was a little more contested, with UJ trailing at 8-7 before Dordt eventually came back to tie the set at 14. Jamestown won six of the next seven points to go ahead 20-15, but a Defender rally brought them back within 22-20. The final three points of the set went to UJ along with a 2-1 match lead.<\/p>\n

Dordt took an 8-5 lead in the fourth set, but five straight points gave Jamestown a 10-8 advantage. The Jimmies would let Dordt get no closer than three points the rest of the set, and a kill by Anna Holen<\/a> (JR\/LaMoure, N.D.) sealed the victory.<\/p>\n

Four players finished with at least seven kills, led by Anna Holen<\/a>‘s 13 and Kalli Hegerle<\/a> (JR\/West Fargo, N.D.)’s 11. Taylor Sabinash<\/a> (JR\/Kensal, N.D.) hit a team-best .375 for the match with nine kills in 16 attempts.<\/p>\n

Jackie Meiklejohn<\/a> (JR\/Dickey, N.D.) and Megan Gaffaney<\/a> (JR\/Jamestown, N.D.) each had 20+ assists, finishing with 25 and 20, respectively.<\/p>\n

Three players recorded double figure dig totals, with Holen and Sydney Ellingson<\/a> (SR\/Langdon, N.D.) leading the way with 18 each. Hannah Schiele<\/a> (JR\/Jamestown, N.D.) added 13.<\/p>\n

Corina Huff<\/a> (SR\/Breezy Point, Minn.) had seven total blocks, including three solo. Sabinash chipped in with five total blocks and Jayla Ritter<\/a> (JR\/Forest Lake, Minn.) four.<\/p>\n

The Jimmies outhit Dordt .209-.070 in the match. The Defenders made 31 attack errors to UJ’s 25.<\/p>\n

Next up for Jamestown is a match at Morningside (Iowa) College Saturday at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friday Women’s College Volleyball SIOUX CENTER, Iowa-\u00a0 (UJ) –\u00a0The University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team won its season opener Friday night, defeating Dordt University 3-1. Set scores were 23-25, 25-13, 25-20, 25-21. The first set saw Dordt build no larger than a three-point advantage until they went ahead 18-14. Jamestown […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":93519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208792,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208791\/revisions\/208792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}