PENSACOLA, Fla. (Sept. 1, 2016) - No. 9 Central Missouri Jennies Volleyball played their first of four games at the season-opening Hampton Inn-Vitational Tournament. The Jennies won three tight sets, 26-24, 26-24, 25-22 over Findlay.
The Jennies were led offensively by three with double-digit kills.
Cheyanne Lyons tied for the game-high with 12 while
Maddie Jones and
Kasey Hohlen each had 10.
Kylie Hohlen chipped in eight kills and had a team-high 15 digs. Jones and
Katie Carlson set career highs in digs with eight and 13, respectively.
Kourtney Thompson led both teams with 35 assists. She also added three kills and four digs.
As a team, the Jennies finished with a .248 attacked percentage to the Oilers .219. They out-dug their opponents 54-41, but were out-blocked 10-2. The Jens finished with more kills, 45-38, but also five more attack errors, 18-13.
The Jennies went up early in the first set, taking a 12-8 lead on a kill from
Kylie Hohlen. Hohlen gave the Jennies another four-point lead, 19-15, with her fourth kill of the set. But the Oilers stormed back to tie, using two kills and two Jennies errors. Findlay took their first lead since the opening points, 21-20, and held a lead at 23-22. With the score knotted at 24-all, an Oilers service error and an ace for Lyons gave the Jennies a 1-0 lead.
The second set again saw the Jennies build a lead, only for Findlay to come back. UCM led for much of the set, building a lead as much as five at 19-14. Ahead 22-18, the Oilers scored four straight to tie the set. The teams were again tied, 24-24 after trading points and this time it was an ace from Carlson that ended the frame and put UCM up 2-0.
Set three was a back-and-forth affair from the beginning, with neither team holding more than a two-point edge for much of the set. Trailing by one, 22-21, the Jens rattled off four straight points for the comeback to secure the sweep.
The Jennies are back in action for two matches tomorrow. They'll first play at 2 p.m. against Carson-Newman before finishing the day against host school West Florida, scheduled for 7 p.m.
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