WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Oct. 11, 2019) - No. 13 Central Missouri Jennies Volleyball picked up their second straight 3-0 sweep with a win over Newman Friday evening. The Jennies dominated, holding the Jets to fewer than 10 points in two of the three sets, 25-7, 25-16, 25-8. UCM improves to 11-5 and 5-2 in the MIAA this season.
How it Happened
• The Jennies hit just five errors all night long and hit .488 for the match. UCM landed 45 kills to the Jets 19, who hit just .087.
• Central Missouri led from the first point in all three matches. They never trailed at any point in the match.
• UCM had a sideout percentage better than 70 in all three matches and better than 85 in two of the three.
• The Jens got plenty of points on the serve with 11 aces, compared to just one for the Jets.
• Central Missouri led early, 5-3, when
Audrey Fisher took over to serve. She was back there for a while as UCM scored 15 straight points to turn a 4-3 lead, into a 19-3 lead. The Jennies also scored the final three points of the set getting kills from
Sydney Lierz,
Hannah VanBuskirk and
Lenetta Lee to end it.
• Set two was a bit closer than the first. The Jets kept up in the early going, trailing by just one 8-7. The Jens got three straight points, two from Fisher to pull ahead and never looked back. The Jets scored a handful of points, but couldn't keep pace with UCM who went on to a 25-16 set two win.
• Once again, the Jennies went on a big rally in set three to put the match away. Leading 5-3, UCM scored 13 straight points to push their lead to 18-3. From there UCM was able to cruise to a 25-8 win and a 3-0 sweep.
Jennies Stat Leaders
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Audrey Fisher led the Jennies with nine kills and hit .750 without making an error. She also scored two service aces and one block.
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Ally Offerdahl passed out 29 assists and dug out eight Jet attacks.
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Abby Skrastins picked up a game-high 14 digs.
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Rylee Neigenfind also didn't commit an error, hitting eight kills on 11 attempts.
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Hannah Engelken scored six kills and three blocks.
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Sydney Lierz added seven kills and seven digs.
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Olivia Olson saw some time at setter and had 10 assists.
For the Jets
• Eve Pearson led the team with six kills.
• Regan Roth had 14 assists and five digs.
• Beth Schulte picked up six digs.
News and Notes
• This was the Jennies first match against Newman as a member of the MIAA. UCM all-time is is now 6-0 against the Jets.
• UCM's .488 hitting percentage is their highest in a match this season and the first time over both .400 and .450 since defeating Southwest Baptist in November of 2017.
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Audrey Fisher's .750 attack percentage is the highest for an individual Jennie this season.Â
• Fisher hasn't committed an attack error in her last three games and is hitting .635 in that span.
• With a block tonight,
Ally Offerdahl reached 100 for her career.
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Olivia Olson's 10 assists are a career-best.
Up Next
• It's a 50 year celebration! Central Missouri will host Central Oklahoma tomorrow night at 7 p.m. Prior to the game, the Jennies will recognize members of their 50 year team in an on court ceremony.Â
