WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Oct. 5, 2018) - No. 16 Central Missouri Jennies Volleyball won their fourth straight match 3-0 over Fort Hays State (25-17, 25-23, 25-13). The win puts UCM at 16-4 this season and 6-2 in the MIAA.
How it Happened
• UCM hit .274 for the match while the Tigers were at .148 on the evening.
• While the Tigers outblocked UCM 5-3, the Jens landed three service aces to the Tigers zero and picked up points with three Tiger blocking errors and two ball-handling errors.
• Defensively, UCM had 56 digs and a total sideout percentage of 69%.
• Fort Hays scored the first two points of the match, but the Jennies answered right away with four straight to take a lead and never looked back. The Jennies went on a 7-0 run in the middle of the frame, turning a 14-10 set, to 21-10 in the blink of an eye.
Aubree Bell had two service aces and
Audrey Fisher landed two kills in the run. The Tigers got back to within six, 23-17, but that's as close as they came and kills from
Kylie Hohlen and Bell ended the set, 25-17.
• The second set was back-and-forth from the outset. The set saw 20 ties and nine lead changes and neither team held more than a two-point lead at any point in the set. Trailing 23-22, the Jennies scored three straight to end it with kills from Hohlen and Bell and a FHSU attack error.
Audrey Fisher had six kills on nine attempts in the set.
• That second set seemed to take all the wind out of FHSU sails as set three was all UCM. The Jennies raced out to a 7-1 lead, forcing a Tiger timeout and held on big from there.
Rylee Neigenfind made it a double-digit lead, 17-7, with a kill and the rout was on. UCM completed the sweep with a 25-13 win following a kill from
Tyler Downs.
Jennies Stat Leaders
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Audrey Fisher led all players with 18 kills.
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Rylee Neigenfind was also in double-figures with 10 kills.
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Hannah Engelken and
Kylie Hohlen each landed seven kills. Hohlen also came away with nine digs.
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Ally Offerdahl set the offense with 39 assists.
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Abby Skrastins led the defense with 16 digs and
Carly Offerdahl added 11.
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Aubree Bell scored on four kills, two aces and two blocks.
For the Tigers
• Four Tigers shared the team lead with six kills each. Tatum Barles also had three blocks.
• Breann Becker passed out 17 assists with five digs.
• Abbie Hayes had a game-high 17 digs.
News and Notes
• This is the Jennies first four-game winning streak since winning five straight from Sept. 1-14.Â
• They can match their season-high five match winning streak with a victory tomorrow over Nebraska-Kearney.
• UCM moves to 10-0 all-time against the Tigers in Warrensburg and 26-2 all-time.
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Audrey Fisher reached 600 career kills in the match.
Up Next
• The Jennies will stay at home for a top-25 matchup tomorrow afternoon with No. 4 Nebraska-Kearney. The Lopers are 21-1 and 7-1 in the MIAA. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m.
