WICHITA, Kan. — Newman fell to Washburn 3-0 on Homecoming Saturday, falling 17-25, 19-25, 16-25. The Jets hit .112 with 28 kills, while the Ichabods finished at .281 with 40 kills.
How It Happened
The Jets traded points through a 4-4 tie in the opening set, getting early kills from
Isabella Lamb,
Avery Kelley and
Priscilla Raschen before WU scored five straight to move in front 9-4. After a Natalie Hedlund kill put the Ichabods ahead 10-5, NU answered with consecutive
Hannah Tymitz kills from
Charissa Ninan, a Tymitz block and a WU attack error to get within 10-9. The Ichabods responded with consecutive kills from Hedlund and Brooklyn Morrissey for a 12-9 lead, then kills by Brynne Topolski and Hayden Meats helped WU rebuild the margin to 16-11. A later four-point Ichabods run stretched the score from 16-12 to 20-12, and after NU fought off two set points with a WU service error and a Lamb kill, Morrissey closed the set 25-17.
The second set stayed even through a 6-6 tie, with
Sky Miller, Lamb and Tymitz putting down early kills for the Jets. WU scored six of the next seven points to move in front 12-7, then stretched the lead to 15-8 on kills by Topolski and Meats. NU cut the gap to 16-14 behind two Lamb kills, a
Natalie Martinez kill, a
Josie Weers kill, a Tymitz block and a team service ace with Ninan serving. The Ichabods answered with six straight points to reach 22-14, and after the Jets closed to 24-19 on Miller's kill, Topolski ended the set for WU, 25-19.
NU faced an early 7-0 deficit in the third set after a service error was followed by six straight Ichabods points with Autumn Gibbs serving, including kills by Morrissey and Emma Siron and a Gibbs ace. Lamb put the Jets on the board with a kill from
Madalyn Hoot, and Miller followed with an ace, but WU continued to widen the gap and reached 15-4 behind kills from Hedlund and Siron along with NU errors. The Jets later moved from 20-8 to 20-11 on a Lamb kill, a Miller ace and another Lamb kill, then cut the margin from 22-13 to 22-16 with a Weers kill, a Ninan ace and a Tymitz kill. The Ichabods took the final three points on a Morgan Sears kill, a NU attack error and a Brooklyn Benoit ace to finish the set 25-16.
Player Highlights
Isabella Lamb led Newman with eight kills while hitting .368 and added two digs.
Sky Miller totaled seven kills and a team-high nine points, adding nine digs and two service aces.
Madalyn Hoot paced the Jets with 13 assists and contributed five digs.
Reese Daugherty recorded a team-high 12 digs and added three assists.
Hannah Tymitz finished with four kills, six points and a team-high two solo blocks.
Up Next
Newman take on Northeastern State on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, at 6 p.m. in Wichita, Kansas.
