WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Oct. 12, 2019) - No. 13 Central Missouri Jennies Volleyball took a set to get going, but once they did, rolled to a 3-1 win over Central Oklahoma (22-25, 25-19, 25-14, 25-21). The Jennies improved to 12-5 on the season and 6-2 in the MIAA.
How it Happened
• Central Missouri hit .308 for the match with 61 kills and just 12 errors while the Bronchos were held to a .179 attack percentage with 52 kills and almost twice as many attack errors, 23.
• The Jennies doubled up the Bronchos in terms of blocking, 8-4.
• UCM picked up 80 digs to the Bronchos 74.
• The match saw 28 tie scores with 11 lead changes.
• Many of those tie scores came in set one. UCM was looking good up three, 14-11, but the Bronchos scored four straight to take a 15-14 lead. The score was knotted several times, the latest being 19-19. UCO scored two straight to break the tie and never looked back on their way to a 25-22 win in the opening frame.
• Trailing 8-6 in set two the Jennies responded with four straight points, the last of which when
Rylee Neigenfind laid out for a dig, which went back over the net and fell in the back row for a kill and a 10-8 lead. The Jennies never trailed again in the set. Tied at 16, a service error gave UCM the ball back. They picked up an ace from Neigenfind and a kill from
Aubree Bell to take a three point lead, 19-16. Still leading by three, 22-19, UCM scored the final three points of the set with two kills from
Audrey Fisher and one from Neigenfind.
• Set three was all UCM. Leading by one, 6-5, the Jennies went on a 6-0 run to push the lead to 12-5. The Bronchos were never able to recover and the Jennies rolled to a 25-14 win to go up 2-1. UCM hit .350 in the set with just one attack error, which was a Broncho block.
• Central Missouri again used a lengthy stretch midway through set four to take control. Tied up at six, UCM rattled off seven straight points, helped out by four Broncho attack errors, to go up 13-6. It looked like the Jennies would cruise to match point up 24-16, but the Bronchos had some fight left. They scored five straight to make it a 24-21 game, but
Hannah Engelken ended the match at 25-21 with a kill.
Jennies Stat Leaders
• It was a terrific evening for
Aubree Bell who landed 18 kills with just one error and hit .459 for the match. She also added 10 digs and two blocks.
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Sydney Lierz was also in double-figure kills with 13, six in the first set. She also had a double-double with 15 digs.
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Ally Offerdahl passed out 47 assists and filled the box score with 20 digs and four kills.
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Audrey Fisher hit .450 for the match with 11 kills.
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Abby Skrastins aided the defense with 18 digs.
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Rylee Neigenfind chipped in nine kills and 10 digs.
For the Bronchos
• Amanda Desch recorded a triple-double with 12 kills, 25 assists and 11 digs.
• Bailey Combs and Courtney Lane each landed 10 kills. Lane picked up a double-double with 13 digs.
• Dominique Lipari scooped up a game-high 27 digs.
News and Notes
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Abby Skrastins recorded her 1,000th career dig in the win.
• The Jennies hit better than .300 in each match this weekend and are 116-0 in the Coach Piontek era when doing so.
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Aubree Bell's 18 kills are a season-best as is her .459 attack percentage. She leads the Jennies with five kills-digs double-doubles.
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Ally Offerdahl also set a season-best with 20 digs. Her assist-digs double-double was her ninth this season.
• In their last eight matches, the Jennies and Bronchos each have four wins.
• The Jennies celebrated their 50th year before the game introducing members of the 50-year Gold Team. In 50 years, the Jennies have racked up 1,472 wins, 34 NCAA apperances, 37 MIAA regular season and tournament champoinships and 70 All-American awards.
Up Next
• The Jennies will look to avenge an early season loss to Northwest Missouri when they go on the road to take on the Bearcats Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m.
