SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Yellowjacket volleyball team opened their final regular season weekend at home Friday, as they hosted the Knights of Martin Luther College. The Yellowjackets garnered their 15th win of the campaign, sweeping Martin Luther 3-0 inside Mertz Mortorelli Gym.
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Match Notes
- Martin Luther took the upper hand early but kills from Makenna Hohbein (Holdingford, Minn./Holdingford) and Melissa Hoff (Holmen, Wis./Holmen) gave the Yellowjackets a 7-6 lead.
- The Knights continued to swing away and log kills, but a pair of rallies from Superior gave them the upper hand. A pair of Knights errors prompted kills from Hohbein and a Carlie Lohman (South Range, Wis./Superior) service ace. Alaina Wilberg (Anoka, Minn./Anoka) joined the service ace party, and a big bllock from Sydney Smith (Milltown, Wis./Unity) and Kyndra Peterson (Mounds View, Minn./Irondale) secured the 25-21 win over Martin Luther in set one.
- MLC began with the upper hand early, but kills from Lohman, Hohbein and Hoff got them back on track. As both teams volleyed the lead, the 'Jackets scored five-of-six points to lead 16-12 and they wouldn't turn back, as Hoff, Lohman, Peterson and Taylor Tollefson (Pine City, Minn./Pine City) joined the kill party in a set two victory, 25-20.
- Set three began the same as the last two, but the 'Jackets would go on a long rally that saw kills for Kate Jamtgaard (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids), Tollefson, Smith and Peterson, leading 17-7.
- Hohbein and Peterson logged kills late, and a solo block from Chesney Phillipp (Jacksonville, N.C./Holdingford) secured the sweep after a third set score of 25-15.
- Superior was led offensively by Hohbein, who logged 12 kills while Hoff and Peterson had six and five, respectively.
- Savanna Hering (Superior, Wis./Superior) led defensively like she has all season, adding 20 digs while Wilberg had 13 and Hohbein logged eight.
- Lohman had 17 assists, while Alayna Schultz (Atwater, Minn./Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) fired 10 and Hering logged four.
- UWS swung at a .277 clip, their second-highest mark to date.
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The Yellowjackets return home Saturday to face Bethany Lutheran. The opening serve is scheduled for 1 p.m. inside the Mertz.
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