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Joplin, Mo. -- The fifth-ranked Central Missouri Jennies won their second match of the season over Missouri Southern, sweeping the Lions 25-18, 25-9, 25-22 on Tuesday night at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
The Jennies (23-1, 9-1 MIAA) took a quick lead in the first set, starting the match with a serving ace by Carly Sojka, and earning four more points to follow. The Lions (4-20, 0-11 MIAA) earned one point before the Jennies answered with four more points to make their lead 9-2. Central Missouri earned one and two points at a time for the rest of the match, Taylor Goodness finishing the set with a block at 25-18. Goodness had five kills in the first set, and hit .571. Sojka had three serving aces, and two kills.
Central Missouri won 10 uncontested points to start the second set. Goodness tallying three kills, and
Annie Reilly with two serving aces in the streak. The Jennies won five of six points, to take the score to 4-17, with two kills from
Becca Blaise and a serving ace from
Courtney Cornell.
Julia Bates finished the second set with a serving ace. Goodness and
Haley Thompson both hit .600 in the set. Sojka had two attack attempts, that were both kills in the set. Bates had 10 assists.
The Jennies had a lead for the start of the third set, winning seven of the first 10 points and quickly built a 10-4 lead. Central Missouri kept at least a three point lead for a majority of the match, but the Lions held the Jennies at 22 points to come within a point of catching them. The Jennies allowed one more point before finishing the match with kills from Bates and Thompson. Bates had another 10 assists in the set, with one serving ace and a kill. Thompson and Goodness both had four kills.
Mikalee Monachino started her first match of the season, and had two assists and three digs in the set. Goodness finished the match with 13 total kills, hitting .450, with four blocks.
Maddie Jones had five kills, and hit .417, with two blocks. Thompson had 10 kills, and hit .350 through three sets. Sojka had six kills, three serving aces, and nine digs in the match. Reilly had three serving aces and 13 digs in the match. Bates had 29 assists, with two kills and two serving aces in the match.
The Jennies return to action on Friday night in Bolivar, Mo. against Southwest Baptist at 7 p.m. The Jennies return home to host Lindenwood on Saturday at 3 p.m.
