Sioux Falls, S.D. - The University of Jamestown women's volleyball team bounced back from a loss Friday with one of their best performances of the season on a dominating three-set sweep over the University of Sioux Falls Saturday afternoon at the Stewart Center.
The Jimmies get to 14-5 and 7-4 in the conference after grabbing their second road sweep of the season. Sioux Falls moves to 6-13 and 2-9 in the NSIC.
It was 6-6 early on, but Gracie Adamson, trying out a fresh serving style, led the Jimmies to a 5-0 run. Two aces by the senior plus a kill, an attack error on USF, and a kill by Kyleigh Schopp pushed Jamestown ahead 11-6.
The home team battled hard after this, getting it to 16-14, but never fully recovered. Adamson continued her strong set with another kill, then added her third service ace of a set as Jamestown gained a 19-14 advantage. Kallyn Grove had two kills late in the set, and Jamestown went on to win by a score of 25-19 in the first set.
UJ had just one attacking error in the first set as they hit a .275 (13-1-32) while also grabbing four service aces. The Cougars hit a decent .258 (13-5-31).
Jamestown's best set came right after their six-point win in set one. Kate Wiebesiek had a great start to the second set with three assists, a kill, and a service ace to lead UJ to an 8-3 early advantage.
The two sides had some even play for a while with the score at 14-10, but then Jamestown took control of the set after they scored nine of the next 10 points and they were suddenly running USF out of the gym, 23-11. Grove and Caroline Puetz pitched in kills as the 24th and 25th points, respectively as Jamestown won set two comfortably in 25-14.
The Jimmies attacked a blistering .519 (17-3-27) in their second-set victory, adding two service aces as well while the Cougars hit .250 (10-4-24) in their defeat.
Sioux Falls did not make it easy for the Jimmies to sweep after they got blown out in the second set. Adamson and Grove had kills as Jamestown began ahead 11-8, though four straight points by USF gave the home team a mid-set 12-11 lead.
However, UJ responded with a run, this one 5-0 with Momoka Minamiya grabbing three aces and the Jimmies getting back out ahead 16-12.
Sioux Falls made it a contest again cutting the Jamestown advantage to 20-18, but the Jimmies finished the deal after Puetz capped match point with her sixth kill of the day and UJ finishing off the Cougars with a 25-21 set win.
Grove and Adamson each posted nine kills. Grove attacked .467 (9-2-15) while Adamson posted five services aces, blowing away her previous career-high of two. Charlotte Lempka, Puetz, and Schopp all posted attacking percentages above .500 with the trio combining 19 kills.
Lempka registered four blocks, and Sophie Ketterling had a team-best nine digs. Wiebesiek and Ava Bertsch commanded the offense with 19 and 17 set assists, respectively.
Jamestown's attacking percentage of .376 (43-8-93) was a season-best while only eight attacking errors was the second fewest of the season. A staggering 13 services aces were the most in a match since the 2022 season.
The Jimmies will head back home for two matches this weekend at Harold Newman Arena against Minnesota State University Friday, then St. Cloud State University Saturday.
