12th-ranked Jimmies claim four-set win over No. 5 Viterbo

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The 12^th-ranked University of Jamestown women's volleyball team recorded its second victory over a top-5 nationally ranked team, defeating No. 5 Viterbo (Wis.) University in four sets Thursday evening at Harold Newman Arena. Set scores were 25-22, 29-27, 23-25, 25-18.

THE BASICS

Final Score: Jamestown 3, Viterbo 1
Records: Jamestown 21-7, Viterbo 25-4

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Neither team held larger than a three-point lead in the first set until Jamestown went in front 19-15 after a Logan Sherman kill to finish a 3-0 run.
• Viterbo closed the gap to 20-19 but kills by Charlee Krieg and Aleah Zieske helped UJ retake a 23-19 lead.
• Zieske and Lexi Olson teamed up for a block to give the Jimmies a 25-22 set one win.
• Set two was a back-and-forth affair until the V-Hawks opened up a 16-12 lead.
• Down 19-17, Jamestown won five straight points and appeared to have Viterbo on the ropes.
• Viterbo charged back to tie the set at 22, and the teams traded points until an attack error by the V-Hawks and a kill by Sherman provided UJ with the winning points.
• The Jimmies led 3-1 in the third set but would not lead again until Olson capped off a 5-0 run with a kill to make it 21-20.
• The V-Hawks got back-to-back kills from Martina McGrath to close out the set and hold off defeat for at least another set.
• A 5-0 run in the fourth set brought UJ from 3-0 down, and the Jimmies would not give up the lead the rest of the way.
• Jamestown led by as many as seven after Olson and Grace Hegerle combined for a block on McGrath to make it 20-13.
• Hegerle had a pair of kills along with the match-winner by Krieg as part of the final four UJ points.

FOR THE JIMMIES

• A number of career-best performances helped UJ to victory, including:
• Aleah Zieske—25 kills
• Grace Hegerle—27 digs
• Lily Bertsch—19 digs
• Ellie Holen—10 assists
• Charlee Krieg tied a season-high with 11 kills, Zieske tied a career-high with 16 digs, Hegerle tied a career-high with five total blocks, and Megan Moser tied a career-high with six digs.
• Holen matched Hegerle with 27 digs.
• Bertsch passed out 25 assists and Paige Oswald recorded 11 digs to go along with 19 assists.
• Sherman ended with 10 kills and Darienne Johnson added nine.

FOR THE V-HAWKS

• Grace Rohde had 17 kills and 20 digs.
• Maddie Connor finished with 21 assists.
• Kenidi McCabe recorded 24 digs.
• McGrath had six total blocks.

UP NEXT

• The Jimmies host No. 1 Northwestern (Iowa) College Saturday at 3 p.m.