NEW ULM, Minn. – Saturday morning the Yellowjacket volleyball team took on Martin Luther College in Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) play. After a 3-0 win over Bethany Lutheran Friday evening, the 'Jackets rolled to their second consecutive sweep over the Knights by set scores of 25-23, 25-14, and 25-18.
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Match Notes
- The Knights took an early lead in the opening set and held a small lead throughout the set until the Yellowjackets came in. Makenna Hohbein (Holdingford, Minn./Holdingford) and Kate Jamtgaard (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids) registered kills while a pair of blocks courtesy of Chesney Phillipp (Jacksonville, N.C./Holdingford) helped transition the momentum.
- Superior had a five-point rally that say kills from Sydney Smith (Milltown, Wis./Unity) and Kyndra Peterson (Mounds View, Minn./Irondale), leading 16-14. The Knights committed a pair of miscues that helped pace Superior to a 25-23 win in the first.
- Melissa Hoff (Holmen, Wis./Holmen) and Carlie Lohman (South Range, Wis./Superior) each logged kills in the early part of the second set, and from there Superior rolled to a 25-14 second set win. Taylor Tollefson (Pine City, Minn./Pine City) logged a trio of kills and provided a key block for the 25th point.
- MLC took the lead early in the third, but the 'Jackets had a pair of four-point rallies led by Hohbein, Tollefson and Hoff, pushing the pace for the second sweep in as many days for the Yellowjackets.
- Hohbein and Tollefson led with 11 and 10 kills, respectively. Jamtgaard contributed five of her own.
- Lohman dished out 17 assists while Alayna Schultz (Atwater, Minn./Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) had 11.
- Lohman also led defensively with 10 digs, while Savanna Hering (Superior, Wis./Superior) had nine.
- UWS finished the match with an attack percentage of .227.
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The Yellowjackets return home Tuesday where they host St. Scholastica in their annual Dig Pink match. The opening serve is set for 7 p.m. inside Mertz Mortorelli Gym.
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