WICHITA - Haley Dotson led the Newman volleyball team to a three set sweep over Rockhurst Tuesday night in Fugate Gymnasium. Dotson posted 14 kills while hitting at a .200 clip.

The Jets fell behind in the first set 5-2 but quickly rebounded using a four point scoring run with Amanda Savage behind the service line to take the lead 6-5. The set went back-and-fourth until Haley Dotson led the Jets on a three point scoring run to take an 11-8 lead. Rockhurst answered back, tying the set 18-18 and again at 21-21 but Newman used a kill by Jeana Farruggia to spark a three point run to win the set 25-21.

Newman used kills by Farruggia, Dotson, Katelyn Schmidtberger and Karol Marins to jump out to an 11-6 lead to begin the second set. Rockhurst capitalized on three Jets' errors and two kills by Maggie Hummel to tie the set 14-14. The Jets responded with a five point scoring run behind two Farruggia kills, a Dotson ace and two Hawks' errors to reclaim the lead 19-14. The Hawks were able to battle back thanks to four kills by Maggie McGovern and three errors by the Jets to eventually tie the set 24-24. After a timeout, Newman quickly claimed the set with kills from Farruggia and Dotson to win 26-24.

The third set was a back-and-fourth affair until Newman pulled ahead 16-12. Rockhurst fought back with a five point scoring run to overtake the Jets 17-16. Newman responded with kills from Schmidtberger, Farruggia and Marins to tie the set 23-23 and used a Dotson kill and a Schmidtberger/Marins block assist to win the match with a 25-23 third-set victory.

- Haley Dotson led the Jets with 14 kills and a .200 hitting percentage followed closely by Jeana Farruggia with 13 kills.
- Gabby Loxterman set 40 of Newman's 45 assists and added three kills and seven digs in the match.
- Kristen White led the team with 15 digs followed by Katelyn Schmidtberger (13) and Amanda Savage (11).
- The Jets improved their hitting percentage with each set; hitting .154 in the first, .176 for the second and .222 in the third set.

With the win the Jets improve to 3-13 on the season. They will return to action Thursday against Heartland Conference foe Texas-Permian Basin in Fugate Gymnasium at 7 p.m..