WARRENSBURG- Mo. - The No. 17 ranked Central Missouri Jennies volleyball team (9-4, 4-0 MIAA) defeated the Fort Hays State Tigers (6-7, 1-4 MIAA) at home on Friday night by a final score of 3-1 (23-25, 25-17, 25-13, 25-19) to extend their winning streak to seven.
After splitting the first two sets, the Jens won the third thanks to a 10-2 run with three kills (seven in the set, match-high 24 overall) from
Kersti Nix. The redshirt junior outside hitter ended the night with a season-high .457 attack percentage. In the set, Central Missouri out-hit the Tigers .442 to .128.
Redshirt sophomore
Chandler Vaughan recorded a double-double in the victory, including a match-high 42 assists, 11 digs, and three kills. Outside hitter
Sydney Lierz had 10 kills, eight digs, and three assists respectively.
The Jennies held Fort Hays State to a .151 attack percentage on the night led by redshirt senior libero
Rylie Barnum's match-high 22 digs, while redshirt freshman
Grace Winkelmann added 10 digs.
UCM continues their home stand Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m against No. 7 Nebraska-Kearney.
