EMPORIA, Kan. — Newman gets outmatched by Emporia St. 3-0 on Thursday. The Jets hit .190 with 35 kills, while the Hornets finished at .340 with 42 kills.
How it Happened
The Jets started the opening set with a 2-0 edge on a Hornets attack error and a
Madalyn Hoot service ace, but the Hornets tied it at 2-2 and later scored six straight from a 5-5 tie to move in front 11-5. Newman worked back through the middle of the set with kills from
Isabella Lamb, Hoot and
Sky Miller, and Hoot served back-to-back aces before Miller's kill brought the Jets within 15-14. The Hornets stayed ahead as NU pulled within one again at 18-17, 19-18 and 22-21, then two Lavra Krizanic kills gave the Hornets set point before Miller answered and Maja Ciosek closed the set at 25-22.
In the second set, the Jets stayed close through the early exchanges, tying the set at 7-7 on a Hornets attack error and again at 8-8 on a Miller kill. After the Hornets moved ahead 9-8, Miller's kill tied it,
Ashlyn Warburton followed with a kill, Hoot added an ace and Miller served two more as the Jets moved to a 14-10 lead. The Hornets came back to tie the set at 16-16, but Lamb recorded consecutive kills and Miller added another to push Newman back ahead 19-16. The Jets held a 23-19 lead after a Hoot kill and Warburton's finish, but the Hornets scored five straight points to reach set point at 24-23;
Avery Kelley tied it with a kill before Maja Ciosek and Piper Bahr closed the 26-24 set for the Hornets with consecutive kills.
The third set turned quickly after Kelley answered the Hornets' first two points, as Brooklynn Weaver and Piper Bahr put down kills around two Newman attack errors and a Miyu Tsurumaki ace to give the Hornets a 7-1 lead. The Jets recorded two Warburton kills, a Lamb kill, a Miller kill and a
Natalie Martinez ace while moving to 16-8, but the Hornets matched the stretch with kills from Ryann Hamilton, Lavra Krizanic and Kyndal Moore and a Piper Bahr ace. After Miller and Kelley kills accounted for the Jets' final two points at 18-9 and 19-10, the Hornets took the last six points, including a Bahr kill, a Delainee Dexter ace and a block by Ryann Hamilton and Sara Barbosa, to close the set 25-10.
Player Highlights
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Sky Miller had a team-high 13 kills, team-high 15.5 points, team-high 11 digs, and 2 service aces
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Madalyn Hoot recorded 29 assists, a team-high 4 service aces, 6 digs, and 2 kills
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Isabella Lamb made 8 kills with a .636 hitting percentage
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Avery Kelley had 4 kills on .400 hitting and a team-high 2 blocks
Up Next
The Jets visit Pittsburg State at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, in Pittsburg, Kan.
