WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Oct. 24, 2017) - No. 16 Central Missouri Volleyball earned their fourth straight win with a 3-0 sweep of Lindenwood Tuesday night, 25-23, 25-14, 25-14. The win gives the Jennies 10 conference wins to just two losses and puts them at 20-5 for the season.
How it Happened
• The Jens didn't miss much on offense, committing just 11 errors on 109 attempts and hitting .294 for the match.
• Defensively, UCM dug out 56 attacks, more than 18 per set, and held the Lions to a .110 hitting percentage.
• Central Missouri scored six points off the serve and took advantage of 27 Lindenwood errors.
• The opening set was by far the closest of the night. The frame saw eight ties and four lead changes. After a bad set by UCM, the Jens trailed 9-6, their largest deficit. They came back though with four unanswered, getting three Lindenwood attack errors and took a 10-9 lead. The Lions regained the lead at 14-13, but UCM stormed back with a 9-2 run and took what appeared to be commanding lead at 22-16. It was the Lions turn to come back though, getting all the way to within one, 23-22 and forcing a UCM timeout. The Jens still held a one-point lead 24-23 after a
Hannah VanBuskirk kill and the set went the Jennies way after a Lindenwood service error, their second of the set.
• The Lions kept set two close midway through, trailing by only three, 13-10, but that's when UCM put it away with a 12-4 run to end the frame. After Central Missouri went ahead 21-13, the Jens only scored one more point, the last one, a block from
Audrey Fisher and
Molly Lawrence for a 25-14 win.
• Set three was much the same as set two, in fact it ended with another 25-14 set score. This one, UCM dominated from the beginning getting ahead 10-4, and then by as much as 11, 17-6 after another LWU attack error. The Jennies scored the final four points, the last coming on
Kasey Hohlen's 10th kill of the game. Fisher had seven kills in the set.
Jennies Stat Leaders
• It was a happy birthday for
Aubree Bell. She was fed more than birthday cake and finished with a game-high 13 kills.
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Audrey Fisher had 12 kills and three blocks while
Kasey Hohlen was also in double-figures with 10 kills.
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Kylie Hohlen led the defense with 16 assists.
Carly Offerdahl added 13 and two service aces.
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Ally Offerdahl had 31 assists along with seven digs and three kills.
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Katie Carlson had nine digs and passed out two assists.
For the Lions
• Emily Wylie led the team with seven kills. Alex Dahlstrom had five.
• Allyson Clancy had a team-best 14 assists while Ivy Reynolds dished out nine and had nine digs.
• Megan Hellwege finished with a game-high 18 digs.
• Sadie Kosciuk picked up two blocks including one solo.
News and Notes
• The victory is career win number 250 for Jennies head coach
Flip Piontek in his ninth season on the bench.
• Coach Piontek has also moved to 35-0 when playing on Tuesday's and 99-3 against teams from Missouri.
• With this win, UCM now has 20 on the season, marking the 37th straight year UCM has achieved that feat.
• Central Missouri remains undefeated against Lindenwood in their history, moving to 13-0 all-time.
• The Jennies went 4-0 on this homestand and are 7-0 at home this season.
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Carly Offerdahl picked up career dig number 600.
Up Next
Central Missouri takes to the road again for two matches this weekend. They travel north to Maryville, Mo. to face Northwest Missouri Friday, Oct. 27 then head to St. Joseph, Mo. Saturday, to face Missouri Western.
