{"id":220915,"date":"2021-03-09T21:53:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T03:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=220915"},"modified":"2021-03-09T21:53:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T03:53:58","slug":"records-fall-uj-mens-volleyball-over-erskine-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=220915","title":{"rendered":"Records fall, UJ Men’s Volleyball Over Erskine College"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUE WEST, S.C.\u00a0 (UJ<\/a>)–\u00a0<\/strong>The sixth-ranked University of Jamestown men’s volleyball team defeated NCAA Division 2 Erskine College 3-1 Tuesday night. Set scores were 23-25, 25-15, 25-21, and 25-22.<\/p>\n

Jamestown is now 11-2 on the season and will play Lees-McRae College Wednesday at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

The first set saw the teams trade points with neither leading by more than two points until Erskine pulled ahead 17-14. UJ eventually trailed by five but closed within 24-23 before an Erskine kill ended the set.<\/p>\n

The Jimmies started off strong in the second set, using a 5-0 run to build a 10-4 lead. Austin Jacob<\/a>‘s kill started a streak of four straight points, and Jamestown was up 14-5. Erskine got no closer than eight points the rest of the way, and kills by Zack Meyer<\/a> (JR\/Wheaton, Ill.), Derek Owens<\/a> (FR\/Andover, Minn.), and Caylor Cox<\/a> (FR\/Helena, Mont.) were UJ’s final three points.<\/p>\n

Jamestown led 13-10 in the third set and opened up a seven point edge on kills from Owens, Steele, and Tanner Woods<\/a> (FR\/Huntington Beach, Calif.). The Jimmies saw Erskine get within two points at 22-20 but closed out with three of the final four points.<\/p>\n

A 6-0 run helped UJ take a 7-3 lead in set four, eventually going up by eight at 17-9. Erskine fought back to cut the lead to 20-18, and made it a one-point game at 23-22. A Woods kill and Erskine attack error were the winning points.<\/p>\n

Steele had 14 kills and was\u00a0joined in double figures by Cox and Woods\u00a0with 12 each.<\/p>\n

Derek Correa<\/a> (FR\/Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) passed out 55 assists, helping the Jimmies hit .341 for the match.<\/p>\n

Austin Jacob<\/a> (FR\/Houston, Texas) had eight total blocks, followed by Correa with five. Braden Neumann<\/a> (JR\/Costa Mesa, Calif.) had 14 digs and Steele added 12 for a double-double.<\/p>\n

In addition to the win, the following\u00a0program records were tied or set in the match:<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Derek Correa<\/a>–55 assists. Previous record was 47 assists by Correa at Park (Mo.) on February 28, 2020.<\/p>\n

*Braden Neumann<\/a>–14 digs. Tied a four-set record.<\/p>\n

*Austin Jacob<\/a>–8 total blocks. Previous record of seven set by Steele against Park (Mo.) on February 28, 2020.<\/p>\n

*The Jimmies’ 61 kills set a new record, regardless of match length, which topped the 58 kills UJ had at Dordt (Iowa) on February 1, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DUE WEST, S.C.\u00a0 (UJ)–\u00a0The sixth-ranked University of Jamestown men’s volleyball team defeated NCAA Division 2 Erskine College 3-1 Tuesday night. Set scores were 23-25, 25-15, 25-21, and 25-22. Jamestown is now 11-2 on the season and will play Lees-McRae College Wednesday at 6 p.m. The first set saw the teams […]<\/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-220915","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\/220915","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=220915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220916,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220915\/revisions\/220916"}],"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=220915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}