ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn. – The Yellowjacket volleyball team opened their final weekend of regular season play within the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC), hitting the road to face Crown. The 'Jackets rolled to their 18th victory on the season, sweeping the Polars 3-0.
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Match Notes
- The Polars took an early 13-7 lead before the Yellowjackets regained control. Blocks from Aspen Gentele (Alexandria, Minn./Alexandria), Sydney Smith (Milltown, Wis./Unity), Melissa Hoff (Holmen, Wis./Holmen) and Kate Jamtgaard (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids) helped steer momentum. Smith, Makenna Hohbein (Holdingford, Minn./Holdingford) and Kyndra Peterson (Mounds View, Minn./Irondale) logged kills to push them ahead for a 25-23 win in the opener.
- Superior led 7-4 in set two before the Polars responded with three consecutive kills. Hohbein and Peterson featured kills in a five-point rally, and later the Yellowjackets garnered offensive output from Gentele, Hoff and Jamtgaard to push ahead for a 25-17 win.
- UWS leaped ahead to a 7-2 lead in the fourth, as Taylor Tollefson (Pine City, Minn./Pine City) logged a kill in the ensuing rally. Hohbein, alongside Peterson and Tollefson, led the offensive charge to the eventual sweep of the Polars with a third set score of 25-19.
- Hohbein and Peterson each had 11 kills, while Hoff added nine.
- Jamtgaard and Hoff each had three blocks, while Smith logged two on the evening.
- Kenzie Aber (Blaine, Minn./Blaine) led with 19 assists while Alayna Schultz (Atwater, Minn./Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) added 18.
- Savanna Hering (Superior, Wis./Superior) fired 19 digs, while Aber and Hohbein scooped 14.
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Superior returns to action Saturday where they take on Minnesota Morris. The opening serve is set for 1 p.m. at James Gremmels Court.
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