Jimmies women’s volleyball get comfortable sweep over Mount Marty

YANKTON, S.D. — The University of Jamestown pushed their winning streak out to eight matches with a sweep on the road at Mount Marty (25-14, 25-15, 25-16) on Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Lancers’ Laddie E. Cimpl Arena.

The No. 16-ranked Jimmies (13-5, 6-0) opened the first set on a 10-3 run and never looked back from there getting a 25-14 first-set win.

The Lancers (9-10, 2-4) opened the second set better than the first set taking an 11-8 lead but the Jimmies got a kill from Darienne Johnson to cut the deficit to 11-9. That started a 9-0 run from the Jimmies to take a 17-11 lead. The Jimmies did not trail again in the set as they got a 25-15 second set win.

The Jimmies’ Lexi Olson got a kill early in the third set that saw the Jimmies tie the set up at four. In the same way that the Johnson kill started a big run, that kill started an 11-1 run to take a 15-5 lead. Despite the Lancers attempting to fight back by cutting the deficit to 16-10, the Jimmies were able to cruise on their way to a 25-16 third set win.

In total in the three sets, the Jimmies had five separate uninterrupted runs of five points or more.

The Jimmies are back in action at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, when they host Doane University.

UJ 3, MMU 0

UJ: 25 25 25–3

MMU: 14 15 16–0

Kills leaders:

UJ: Lexi Olson 9, Aleah Zieske 8, Peyton Wilson 7

MMU: Julia Weber 6, Mia Furst 5, Jaycee Fisher 5, Gabby Miller 5, Aubrey Herbolsheimer 1, Adisyn Indahl 1

Assists leaders:

UJ: Lily Bertsch 17, Paige Oswald 9, Tenley Buddenhagen 5

MMU: Ally Whitmire 17, Katelyn Chytka 1, Ivy Mines 1, Indahl 1, Skylar Sullivan 1, Furst 1, Miller 1  

Aces leaders:

UJ: Buddenhagen 1, Grace Hegerle 1, Bertsch 1

MMU: Whitmire 1, Mines 1, Sullivan 1

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My name is Max O’Neill. I am a Sports Reporter at The Jamestown Sun. I am a native New Yorker, who graduated from Ithaca College in 2020 with a degree in Television-Radio.