WARRENSBURG,  Mo.- The Jets traveled to face Central Missouri for the second time this season. Last time out against the Jennies, the Jets fell 3-0 back in early October. This time out, the Jets dropped the match 3-0. 

How it Happened:
- In the first set, Brooklyn Lane got the Jets off to a good start with a service ace on the first serve. Natalie Meyer got in on the action with a service ace of her own, and a kill the point before, to give the Jets the lead at 3-1. Central Missouri came storming back and snagged the lead, taking the game to 7-3. Another ace by the Jets, served by Avery Dempsey, stopped the Jennies run to make it a 7-5 game still in favor of the Jennies. Central Missouri was then able to keep control of the game, taking the game to 16-8. A Meyer kill stopped the Jennies run. However, this just briefly stopped the Jennies. Central Missouri extended their lead to 18-11. Makenna Reinert connected with a kill to try to revive the Jets at the 23-13 mark, but the deficit was too large. The Jets fell short in the first set, 25-13. 

-  In the second set, the Jets were battling early.  A kill by Ozioma Ajekwu put the Jets on top. The Jennies were then able to battle back for the lead. Another Ajekwu kill kept the Jets offense going at 7-4, in favor of the Jennies. Errors by Central Missouri allowed the Jets to stay in reach at 12-7. After this mark, the Jennies extended their lead to 15-9. Reinert hit her second kill of the set to make the score 16-10. From that point, the Jennies stayed hot to make the deficit nine points. Two kills in a row by Meyer and McKenna Rhodes started to rally the Jets offense with a 21-13 deficit. Reinert and Ajekwu stepped up with kills to keep battling at a 24-17 game , but the Jennies were able to hold out and take the set 25-17. 

- An early kill by Reinert put the Jets on top at 4-3 to start the third set. The next point, Reinert scored another point with a service ace making it a 5-3 game for the Jets. Madalyn Hoot kept the run going with a kill , taking the 6-3 lead. After this point, the Jennies battled back and were able to retake the lead at the 8-7 mark. Kills by Reinert and Silvia Fisher gave the Jets back the lead at 9-8. The Jennies struck back and made it 10 all. They kept their run going and extended it to 16-11 which forced the Jets to take a timeout. After the timeout, the Jets cashed in off of Jennies mistakes to make it a 16-13 game. Central Missouri kept pushing and were able to take the game to 20-16 in favor of the Jennies. The Jets were running out of time, but kills by Ajekwu and Meyer gave the Jets some life late in the set. However, Central Missouri was able to close the game out, taking the final set 25-19. 

- The Jennies took the match, 3-0. 

Player Notes:
- Reinert led the Jets with seven kills. 
- Ajekwu added five blocks and five kills. 
 - Natalie Trigo recorded 24 digs. 

The Jets will head to Joplin tomorrow to finish up the regular season against Missouri Southern at 3 PM.