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SIOUX CITY, IA. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown women’s volleyball team showed once again why they are the #1 team in the country on Wednesday afternoon as the Jimmies defeated Providence (25-22, 25-16, 25-18) in straight sets.
Jamestown and Providence traded points back and forth in the first set until the Jimmies rattled off three consecutive points with the match tied at 20. After the set one victory, Jamestown settled in and dominated the Argos for the rest of the match.
UJ was led by Junior Anna Holen who recorded 11 kills and 13 digs in the win. Kalli Hegerle was the only other Jimmie to finish with double-digit kills, adding 10. Hegerle, who had a career-high 23 kills against Viterbo on Tuesday, hit .500 or above in a match for the second straight day.
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JAMESTOWN, ND. (NewsDakota.com) – The University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team capped off a great conference season on Saturday afternoon with a sweep of #5 Northwestern (25-21, 25-22, 25-21) to win the GPAC postseason title.
The Jimmies got rolling early on Saturday in the first set behind junior Kalli Hegerle and freshman Nichole Schmitz who each had four kills in set one. Rachel Schiele provided a service ace and the Jimmies held the Red Raiders to a .150 hitting percentage to take set one. Hegerle ended the match with 10 kills and six digs with a .233 attack percentage.
Taylor Sabinash rebounded from a tough night on Wednesday against Midland with five kills and just one error to hit .444. The Jimmies were able to spread out their attack all across the court, and junior Anna Holen recorded a double-double with 23 digs and 11 kills. Schmitz also finished near double figures with eight kills.