SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Yellowjacket volleyball team returned to their home confines of Mertz Mortorelli Gym Wednesday, playing host to the Polars from Crown College. The 'Jackets claimed their fifth sweep this season, taking down the Polars 3-0.
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Match Notes
- The 'Jackets took a lead early after a pair of kills from Aspen Gentele (Alexandria, Minn./Alexandria). Makenna Hohbein (Holdingford, Minn./Holdingford) and Melissa Hoff (Holmen, Wis./Holmen) logged points for Superior before Sydney Smith (Milltown, Wis./Unity) and Kate Jamtgaard (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids) joined the kill party, taking a 14-6 lead.
- Crown began to show signs of life, but Alaina Wilberg (Anoka, Minn./Anoka) and Kyndra Peterson (Mounds View, Minn./Irondale) joined the offensive output and would roll to a 25-13 win in the opener.
- The Polars kept it close in set two, at one point taking a two-point lead at 13-11. Hohbein and Hoff teamed up for a block to level the score before Crown committed miscues, giving UWS the lead once again.
- Peterson, Hohbein and Jamtgaard concluded the second set with multiple points, including a service ace from Carlie Lohman (South Range, Wis./Superior), pushing the Yellowjackets to a 25-18 win.
- UWS took an early lead and didn't look back in the third, as kills from Peterson and Wilberg and a service ace from Hoff gave the 'Jackets a four-point advantage. Gentele, Hohbein and Peterson continued the kill party before Chesney Phillipp (Jacksonville, N.C./Holdingford) subbed into the game and immediately slammed one home from Lohman.
- Phillipp combined with Gentele on back-to-back kills before Gentele logged the final two kills, after a service ace from Savanna Hering (Superior, Wis./Superior), to give Superior a 3-0 sweep with a third set score of 25-18.
- Gentele paced with 10 kills, while Jamtgaard and Smith had eight and seven, respectivelty.
- Hering and Hoff each contributed a pair of service aces, while Hohbein logged one.
- Smith, Hoff and Hohbein completed the evening with three blocks, while Lohman had 19 assists. Alayna Schultz (Atwater, Minn./Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) followed with 17.
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The Yellowjackets return home Friday where they host Minnesota Morris in UMAC play. The opening serve is scheduled for 7 p.m. inside the Mertz.
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