Jens Sweep Drury in Season Opener

WARRENSBURG, Mo. (August 23, 2018) - No. 22 Central Missouri Jennies Volleyball got their season started off with a 3-0 sweep of Drury. The Jens took down the Panthers in three sets, 25-21, 25-18, 25-18.

Play-by-Play
• The first set saw the teams going back and forth at the outset with three ties and two lead changes. Ahead by one, 9-8, the Jens went on a 5-2 run to take their largest lead of the set, 14-10. Four of the five points in the stretch came on kills with two from Audrey Fisher. The Panthers got back to within one though, 15-14, scoring three straight points, forcing a Jennies timeout. After the break, the Jens quickly went back up by four and Drury couldn't keep up. Hannah Engelken's second kill of the set gave UCM a 1-0 lead in the match, ending the set at 25-21. The Jennies landed 17 kills in the set and hit .364. Fisher had six of her nine kills in set one.
• The second set started just as the first did. Midway through, the Jens again held a slim 9-8 lead. That's when things turned around as UCM went on a 10-2 run to open up a 19-10 lead and take the Panthers out of it. The Jennies stretch came mostly from Drury mistakes as they took advantage of seven Drury attack errors during the run. Kylie Hohlen landed her fourth kill to put a close on set two. The Panthers hit .020 with 13 kills and 12 errors in the frame. 
• Central Missouri stormed out to a large lead in set three and never trailed on their way to a 25-18 win. UCM scored 10 of the first 15 points, helped out by five Hohlen kills. Drury got to within four at 16-12, but that's as close as they came. The Jens scored three straight, including a kill from setter Ally Offerdahl, finding an empty back corner. UCM was able to cruise from there to a 25-18 win.

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Kylie Hohlen returned to the outside hitter position and landed 13 kills and chipped in a team-high tying 14 digs. 
• Rylee Neigenfind finished with 10 kills and hit .308 for the match.
• Ally Offerdahl also recorded a double-double with 32 assists and 14 digs.
• Audrey Fisher contributed nine kills and five blocks.
• In her first game, freshman Hannah Engelken notched five kills and five blocks.

For the Panthers
• Bentley Mara put down a team-best 12 kills with three blocks and six digs.
• Kendra Sater finished a dig shy of a double-double with 29 assists and nine digs.
• Bree Schmidt had a game-high 18 digs for the Panther defense.
• Emmalee Chrest scored eight kills.

News and Notes
• The Jennies out-hit the Panthers .250 to .065.
• Neigenfind matched a career-best with her 10 kills.
• UCM recorded 10 blocks, and had five more than Drury.
• Kylie Hohlen's 13 kills are her most since the regular season finale in 2016. 
• Coach Piontek improves to 25-0 when taking on teams from the GLVC.
• Audrey Fisher landed career kill number 350 in the match.

Up Next
• Day two of the Peggy Martin Classic tomorrow. The Jens play twice with their first match scheduled for 1 p.m. against No. 14 Arkansas Tech. The back-end of the doubleheader is scheduled for 7 p.m. against Truman State.