Jennies Volleyball Picks Up a Pair of Wins in Wichita

WICHITA, Kan. (Sept. 7, 2018) - Central Missouri Jennies Volleyball got a win in their first match Friday afternoon, taking down St. Edward's 3-1 (25-6, 25-15, 22-25, 25-23) in a hard fought match.

Game One: UCM 3, St. Edwards 1 (25-6, 25-15, 22-25, 25-23)
How it Happened
• The Jennies hit .295 for the match while the Hilltoppers managed to hit .161.
• UCM took a 2-0 lead in the match before two close sets finished out the match.
• The Jens took a 1-0 lead in set one and never trailed. Hannah VanBuskirk gave UCM a 7-3 lead with a kill as UCM began to pull away. Leading 9-6, the Jens got the ball back on a SEU service error. They never gave the ball back as Carly Offerdahl served 15 straight points and UCM took set one, 25-6.
• Set two was much closer with both teams still tied at 7-7. The Jens scored four straight after that with kills from VanBuskirk and Audrey Fisher and two Hilltopper attack errors and the Jennies never trailed again. The Hilltoppers tied the set again at 14, but UCM scored 11 of the final 12 points to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
• The third set went back and fourth with six ties and five lead changes. VanBuskirk gave the Jennies a four-point lead, 13-9, their largest of the set with a kill. St. Edward's came back to tie the set at 16-all and took the lead, 18-17 after a UCM service error. The Jens got the lead back, 21-19, but the Hilltoppers fought back getting two kills to tie and two UCM errors to take the lead and won the set on a service error.
• The fourth set was just like the third. St. Edward's got off to a great start with a 5-1 lead, but the Jens fought back and a kill from Ally Offerdahl tied the set at six-all. A 4-1 stretch from the Hilltoppers gave SEU the lead back at 10-7, but UCM was again up to the task, tying the set at 14-14. Kylie Hohlen gave the Jens their first lead, 15-14, but at 17-all the set was still tied. The Hilltoppers grabbed the momentum, scoring four straight and taking a 22-18 lead. SEU still led by four, 23-19 when the Jennies stormed back to score the final six points of the match. Carly Offerdahl knocked an ace to end the match.

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Hannah VanBuskirk landed a game-high 14 kills.
• Audrey Fisher added 12 kills and five blocks.
• Rylee Neigenfind put down nine kills and Hannah Engelken added eight. Engelken also had four blocks, one solo.
• Ally Offerdahl led the game with 39 assists and added eight kills, 11 digs and one block.
• Kylie Hohlen chipped in with 19 digs and seven kills.
• Defensively, Abby Skrastins finished with a game-high 20 digs and Carly Offerdahl added 14.

For the Hilltoppers
• Alexa McAndrew led with 10 kills and 13 digs.
• Melissa McNeil added nine kills.
• Olivia Rome had a team-best 15 assists while Julia Harley added 13 and Morgan Beckham six.
• Beckham also had a team-best 14 digs.

Game Two: UCM 3, Arkansas-Fort Smith 0 (25-26, 26-24, 28-24)
How it Happened
• The Jennies hit .204 to the Lions .136. 
• In just three sets, the Jennies defense racked up 83 digs.
• UCM also landed eight blocks and four service aces.
• Set one was tight at the start with both teams tied at nine. The Jens then rattled off seven straight points, getting four kills, two from Kylie Hohlen. The Jennies were able to cruise from their in their largest set win, 25-16 getting back-to-back kills from Hannah Engelken and Hannah VanBuskirk
• The second set had 13 ties and eight lead changes. Arkansas-Fort Smith got out to a 6-2 lead before the Jennies rattled off five straight points to take a 7-6 lead, their first of the set. That didn't last long as UAFS got back to a three-point edge, 15-12 following a UCM error. Still ahead by two, 24-22, the Jennies scored the final four points, helped out by two kills from Rylee Neigenfind and one from Engelken. 
• The Lions again opened an early lead, 7-3 before the Jennies came back to tie at 10-all. Ally Offerdahl landed a pair of service aces during a 5-0 Jennies run. Neither team held more than a three-point lead the rest of the way. Trailing 26-25, the Jens got two kills from Kylie Hohlen and UAFS attack error to end the match.

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Kylie Hohlen had a match-high 18 kills and added 11 digs.
• Allie Offerdahl also had a double-double with 39 assists and 18 digs.
• Abby Skrastins picked up a game-high 32 digs.
• Hannah VanBuskirk added 11 kills.
• Audrey Fisher led UCM with four blocks and had nine kills.

For the Lions
• Anna Demmer led the Lions with 14 kills and picked up five digs. 
• Debra Rogers scoerd on 13 kills.
• Taylor Stoops passed out 36 assists and added nine digs. 
• Pilar Onstad led the defense with 23 digs.

News and Notes
• In set one, the Jennies were a perfect 7-7 on sideout opportunities.
• Kylie Hohlen has gone over 600 kills for her career.
• Carly Offerdahl picked up service aces number 50.
• UCM improves to 5-0 all time against St. Edward's.
• Abby Skrastins 32 digs against UAFS are a career-best.  

Up Next
• The Jennies will start MIAA play on the road at Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri next Friday and Saturday.