EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The Yellowjacket volleyball team entered its final regular season tournament of the 2026 campaign, taking on the No. 1 ranked team in the land, UW-Oshkosh, at the Blugold Alumni Weekend Invitational. Inside the Sonnentag Center, the Yellowjackets fought in set two and won a set from the Titans, but UWO came away with a 3-1 win.
Match Notes
- Superior kept it close early in the first, as Aspen Gentele (Alexandria, Minn./Alexandria) and Makenna Hohbein (Holdingford, Minn./Holdingford) logged their first kills of the match. The Titans would lead 12-6 but Gentele and Melissa Hoff (Holmen, Wis./Holmen) brought Superior within four.
- Kate Jamtgaard (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids) logged a kill of her own at 19-11, but six straight points from UWO gave them a first set win.
- UWS took a lead in the second and proceeded to volley with the Titans, as both teams traded points throughout the set. Sydney Smith (Milltown, Wis./Unity) and Kyndra Peterson (Mounds View, Minn./Irondale) logged back-to-back kills while Peterson, Hoff and Jamtgaard later logged a kill and assist block to lead 10-8.
- A pair of four-point rallies pushed Superior ahead to the end, earning a 25-22 win in the second.
- UW-Oshkosh scored three early points and never gave up the lead in the third for a 25-17 victory. Hohbein, Jamtgaard and Alayna Schultz (Atwater, Minn./Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) logged the majority of the kills for the Yellowjackets.
- A pair of five-point rallies for UWO provided them with most of the momentum, and they claimed the match with a 25-19 win in the fourth.
- Hohbein led with 13 kills, while Peterson (seven) and Jamtgaard (six) followed.
- Hoff came away with eight blocks, while Peterson and Smith added five and three, respectively.
- Defensively, Savanna Hering (Superior, Wis./Superior) spearheaded the Yellowjackets with 15, while Hohbein had 12 and Alaina Wilberg (Anoka, Minn./Anoka) followed with eight.
- Lohman dished out 19 assists compared to Alayna Schultz's (Atwater, Minn./Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) 12.
The Yellowjackets return for two on Saturday, taking on RV Hope and No. 4 UW-Eau Claire. The opening serve is set for 10 a.m. versus the Dutch.
