Jennies Pick Up Third Win of Season Over Griffons

WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Oct. 19, 2018) - Central Missouri Jennies Volleyball prevailed in an exciting match with Missouri Western Friday night at the Multi. The Jennies looked dominant winning the opening set, but the match saw three close sets to finish with UCM coming out on top, 3-1 (25-11, 19-25, 25-20, 25-23). The Jennies move to 19-6 this season and 9-4 in the MIAA.

How it Happened
• The Jennies won the hitting percentage battle .204-.133 and landed 58 kills to the Griffons 51.
• Missouri Western hit six more attack errors handed the Jennies five points on service errors. 
• Both defenses played well each team over 80 digs and an 8-7 advantage for MWSU in blocks.
• It didn't take long in set one for the Jens to exert their dominance. Leading by one, 5-4, the Jennies went on a 15-4 and took a commanding 20-8 lead. UCM didn't need much more offense after that and cruised to a set one win, 25-11. The Jens hit .324 for the set while the Griffons hit just eight kills and had 10 attack errors.
• The Griffons took an early lead in set two and were able to make it hold up. A kill from Rachel Losch made it 4-3 as they went on a 4-0 run to take a 7-3 lead. The Jens kept it close, and got back to one, 13-12, after a kill from Rylee Neigenfind. But the Griffons scored the next six after that, going up 18-12 and went on to win by that margin, 25-19. Neigenfind had seven kills in the set.
• Set three looked like it was going to be much like the first with UCM jumping out to a 7-2 lead. They went up by as much as seven, 17-10, before the Griffons started to come back. MWSU got to within one, 18-17, and again, 19-18, but the Jennies were able to maintain the lead. The Jennies last three points all came from Kylie Hohlen kills. She had eight in the set.
• The fourth set was a wild affair with 12 ties and seven lead changes. No team held more than a three-point lead at any point in the set. Missouri Western gained control late with a kill and attack error making it 21-19. They were still up two, 22-20 when a block and attack error retied the set at 22-all. Hannah Engelken made it a 24-22 game, and at match point, Kylie Hohlen came up with her 21st kill of the match for a 25-23 set win.

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Kylie Hohlen had a match-best 21 kills and hit .286 off of 56 attempts. She also finished with 19 digs.
• Rylee Neigenfind added 16 kills, six digs and four blocks. Her and Hohlen combined for 37 of the Jennies 58 total kills.
• Ally Offerdahl did some of everything with 49 assists, eight digs, two blocks, four kills, and three service aces.
• Hannah Engelken chipped in nine kills and five blocks.
• Carly Offerdahl finished with a team-best 29 digs.

For the Griffons
• Stephanie Doak led the team with 13 kills.
• Rachel Losch picked up 11 kills and five blocks.
• Audrey Keim had a game-best 33 digs.
• Lauren Murphy passed out 34 assists and picked up seven digs.

News and Notes
• Both Kylie Hohlen (21) and Rylee Neigenfind (16) had a career-high in kills.
• The win is the Jennies third over Missouri Western this season.
• UCM won set one against the Griffons for the first time in their three matches. 
• Ally Offerdahl reached career kill number 200.
• The Jens have now hit better than .200 in 11 of their last 12 matches.

Up Next
• Jennies will be back in action tomorrow afternoon to take on Northwest Missouri with a 3 p.m. first serve.