Game Notes

No. 21 Jennies vs. Southwest Baptist Bearcats
Friday, Oct. 17 | 7 p.m.
UCM Multipurpose Building | Warrensburg, Mo.
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No. 21 Jennies vs. Pittsburg State Gorillas
Saturday, Oct. 18 | 3 p.m.
John Lance Arena | Pittsburg, Kan. 
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Recent Match Ups...
UCM traveled to St. Charles, Mo. on Tuesday for a match against Lindenwood. The Jens swept the Lions for the second time this season, 25-19, 25-18, 25-20, hitting .283 in the match. Sojka again led the Jennies in kills (16), and had her eighth double-double this season with 12 digs. She has had a double-double in the Jennies last four matches. She also had the best hitting percentage on the team at .424. H. Thompson, Harding and Blaise all had four blocks in the match. 

Central Missouri Jennies
Sojka leads the team and is third in the MIAA in kills. She has had 3.90 kills per set, with a .207 hitting percentage this season. Sojka is also third on the squad in digs, with 2.73 digs per set. She has had seven double-doubles this season, and has had the most kills on the team in 13 matches this season. Against Missouri Southern, she matched a career-high 26 kills, which is also the highest number of kills recorded in the MIAA this season.

Reilly has had at least one ace in 15 matches this season, with 40 aces in conference play alone. She averages 0.79 aces per set, which is currently the best average in the NCAA-II. She leads the MIAA in digs, with 5.59 digs per set, and has had only three receiving errors in 63 sets this season. She has tied the Central Missouri record for aces in a single match   twice this season. 

H. Thompson has hit over .300 in 11 matches this season, and has had at least one block in every match. She leads the Jennies and is fifth in the MIAA in blocks, averaging 1.05 blocks per set. H. Thompson also has the best hitting percentage on the team, at .309. She has matched her blocking career-record twice this season, with seven blocks against Missouri Western and then-No. 5 Nebraska-Kearney. 

K. Thompson is fifth in the MIAA in assists, with 9.95 assists per set. She has had seven double-doubles this season. Blaise has had at least one block in nine of 11 conference matches this season, with an average 0.48 blocks per set including tournament play. Jones has led the Jennies in blocks four times this season. She averages 1.96 kills per set and 2.18 points per set. Shelby Winkelmann is second on the team in digs and aces. She has served 16 aces this season, and averages 2.87 digs per set. Mackenzie Harding has played in 28 sets, with three starts this season. She has had 34 kills and 13 blocks. Lauren Dudgeon has had 27 kills and seven blocks in 15 matches this season. 

The last time the Jennies played Southwest Baptist Jones had a team-high 13 kills and four blocks. She hit .417 in the match, with only three errors off 24 attempts. Sojka and H. Thompson each had six kills and two blocks. Kourtney Thompson had her fourth double-double of the season, with 28 assists and 11 digs.  Winkelmann had five aces in the match, while Reilly was one behind her with four. Reilly also had 14 digs. The Jennies beat Southwest Baptist in three, 25-17, 25-17, 25-19.

Earlier this season against Pittsburg State the Jenneis were able to hold them under 10 points in the second set, taking the match at 25-15, 25-5, 25-19. Carly Sojka had a team high 13 kills, with two aces and a blocks in the match. Haley Thompson was one kill behind her, with 12 kills, and hit .579 in the match. H. Thompson also had two blocks and an ace. Becca Blaise had seven kills, an ace and two blocks. Kourtney Thompson tallied 26 assists and six kills. Maddie Jones had five kills. Reilly finished the match with a career-high eight serving aces, she also had nine digs in the match. The eight aces tied the UCM single-game record held by Corrie Paul and Mona Davis.

Opponent Preview
The Jennies won over Southwest Baptist and Pittsburg State in back-to-back three set matches earlier this season. The Bearcats beat Missouri Southern on Tuesday, after losing two straight last weekend, falling to Washburgn and Emporia State. Southwest Baptist leads the MIAA in serving aces, averaging 1.55 aces per set as a team. The Bearcats also average 12.03 kills and 1.43 blocks per set, with a team hitting percentage at .166. 

Pittsburg State has the fifth best hitting percentage in the MIAA, at .210. The Gorillas average 12.20 kill and 2.03 blocks per set. Last week the Gorillas beat Emporia State in five on Friday, but fell to Washburn in three on Saturday. On Tuesday they were swept by Central Oklahoma.  

Southwest Baptist Bearcats | Bolivar, Mo.
Series Record: UCM leads 60-1    Current Streak: UCM 60 straight
Dortch vs. UCM: 0-        Piontek vs. SBU: 11-0
AVCA Rank: NR         
2014 Statistics            (7-12, 2-9 MIAA)    
Kill/Set: 12.03        Hit Pct.: .166    Ace/Set: 1.55    
Digs/Set: 16.64        Assists/Set: 10.93    Blocks/Set: 1.43

Taryn Marton lead the Bearcats in kills the last time the team faced the Jens, with nine kills in the match. She is second on the team in digs and kills for the season, with 2.78 digs and 2.54 kills per set. Kalyn Sotomayor is Southwest Baptist's strongest offensive player. She leads the team in kills and blocks, with 2.61 kills and 0.85 blocks per set. She has hit .239 this season. She had five kills and a team-high four blocks in her last match against UCM. Setter Kelsey Fankhauser is seventh in the MIAA in assists, with 9.33 assists per set. Hannah Blout is fifth in the MIAA in digs, with 5.13 per set, and sixth in aces, with 0.36 per set. She had 23 digs against the Jennies, but did not tally an ace in the match. Two more Bearcats are making an impact from the service line, Christine Winkelman and Katy Fitzpatrick average 0.35 and 0.31 aces per set. 


Pittsburg State Gorillas | Pittsburg, Kan.
Series Record: UCM leads 52-5-1    Current Streak: UCM 10 straight
Mueller vs. UCM: 0-1        Piontek vs. PSU: 11-1
AVCA Rank: NR         
2014 Statistics            (6-13, 3-8 MIAA)    
Kill/Set: 12.20        Hit Pct.: .210    Ace/Set: 0.72    
Digs/Set: 13.92        Assists/Set: 11.66    Blocks/Set: 2.03

Pittsburg State is lead by last season's MIAA Freshman of the Year, Madison Mosier. She is seventh in the MIAA in kills, with 3.49 kills per set. She is also strong defensively, with 2.14 digs per set, and only 17 reception errors off 323 attempts. Mosier had a team-high seven kills against UCM, and hit .312 in the match. She also had seven digs and three blocks. Ary Crittleton and Paula Okrutna average 2.53 and 2.47 kills per set, respectively. Crittleton averages 0.73 blocks per set, for the best average on the team. Setter Hayley Hansford in sixth in the MIAA in assists, with 9.75 assists per set. She is the only member of the Gorilla's squad to have played in every set this season. Ashlen Schwartz did not play in against UCM earlier this season, but is nineth in the MIAA in digs, with 3.88 digs per set.