SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Yellowjacket volleyball team finally returned to their home court Friday, playing host to the 2025 Subway Stinger Classic. The 'Jackets entered the weekend 7-5 and looked to build some momentum heading into conference play, and with a pair of gritty wins against the Cobbers of Concordia College (3-1) and the Auggies of Augsburg (3-1), they did just that.
 
Match One Notes

• Superior opened with the Cobbers but struggled to generate early offensive momentum after falling 12-5. Sidney Bader (Milltown, Wis./Unity), Sidney Smith and Makenna Hohbein (Holdingford, Minn./Holdingford) each logged kills midway through to close the gap, but Concordia held on to win 25-19.
• Set two was much closer throughout. After the Cobbers went up 12-7 Katlyn Jones (Bloomer, Wis./Bloomer) and Kate Jamtgaard (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids) rattled off five-straight points to level the set at 12-12.
• As both teams traded points and the lead, the Yellowjackets held the line and evened things up with a 25-22 set win.
• Concordia led 7-3 in the third before Hohbein added kills alongside Marena Saeger (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater). The Cobbers continued to push ahead at 17-12 before the Yellowjackets found their groove once again, featuring a seven-point rally capped by a Katlyn Jones (Bloomer, Wis./Bloomer) kill. UWS came away with a 25-23 win in the third.
• In the fourth the 'Jackets took a lead early and never gave it away. Carlie Lohman (South Range, Wis./Superior) logged both a kill and a service ace while Jones, Hohbein and Saeger added points of their own. Despite the Cobbers trying to generate a long rally the Yellowjackets finished it off with a Hohbein kill to win 25-17.
• Hohbein paced with 12 kills while Jones logged 10 and Saeger garnered nine. Defensively Savanna Hering (Superior, Wis./Superior) nabbed 29 digs, setting a new career high.

 
Match Two Notes

• In the nightcap the Yellowjackets took on Augsburg, and it all begin with the Auggies taking the early upper hand. After an Auggie service error, the Yellowjackets saw Smith, Saeger and Jones claim a 10-8 lead. From there both teams volleyed the lead until the end, and after an Augsburg block, they would secure a 25-21 lead in the first.
• The second set began slow but turned into a thrilling set. UWS took a 16-8 lead after a combination of Auggie errors and Yellowjacket kills. Augsburg pushed the envelope throughout and rallied back to within two at 23-21, but both teams wouldn't surrender the set point.
• At 28-28 a kill from Jones gave Superior the advantage and an emphatic block from the Yellowjacket duo of Jamtgaard and Smith sent the Mertz into hysterics, capping a gritty set victory at 30-28.
• The third saw the Yellowjackets lead 6-0 and never look back. Hohbein, Saeger and Jamtgaard paced the offense that led them to a 25-15 fourth-set win.
• A similar fate followed for the Auggies, as UWS took an early lead and cruised to a 25-18 win.
• Hohbein once again led with 15 kills, while Jones logged another double-digit kill performance with 10. Jamtgaard finished with nine of her own.
• Sidney Bader (Milltown, Wis./Unity) logged six blocks while Saeger and Smith had four and three, respectively.
• Colleen Claude (Centuria, Wis./Homeschool) logged her 1,000th career dig as a Yellowjacket, finishing the match with 11.

 
Superior returns to the court for day two of the Subway Stinger Classic. They face UW-Stout at 10 a.m. before facing off against St. Scholastica at 2 p.m., all inside the Mertz.




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