Pittsburg, KS - Newman lost 3-0 to Pittsburg St. on Saturday, with set scores of 22-25, 15-25, and 23-25. The Jets hit .093 with 36 kills, while Pittsburg St. finished at .260 with 39 kills and a 13-6 edge in blocks.
Set 1 (22-25)
After Pittsburg St. scored the first three points, NU moved ahead 6-4 behind two
Avery Kelley kills, a Kelley-Miller block, and a Miller service ace. The set stayed tied through 13-13 before Pittsburg St. used kills to go in front 16-13. The Jets cut the deficit to 18-17 on a
Priscilla Raschen kill and an
Ashlyn Warburton-
Isabella Lamb block. Pittsburg St. later stretched the margin from 20-18 to 23-18. Newman fought off set point with a Lamb kill and two Miller kills to get within 24-22, but Pittsburg St. finished off the set, 25-22.
Set 2 (15-25)
The Jets answered an early 2-0 deficit with a Warburton kill and a Miller service ace to tie the second set at 2-2. Pittsburg St. scored the next six points to move ahead 8-2 and later pushed the lead to 12-3. NU put together four straight points from 18-6, getting two Miller kills and a
Kierny Follmer block to cut Pittsburg St.'s lead to 18-10. After NU added another four-point stretch to make it 21-14, Pittsburg St. reached set point on an ace and closed the set 25-15 on a kill.
Set 3 (23-25)
NU erased an early 4-2 deficit with kills from Raschen and Lamb and a
MaddyLynn Shumway ace for a 5-4 lead, but Pittsburg St. moved back in front and built a 13-6 advantage with help from kills. Lamb answered with a kill, and
Reese Johnson served the Jets through four straight points — an ace, two Lamb kills from
Madalyn Hoot and a Miller kill from Lamb — to cut the margin to 13-11. After Pittsburg St. reached 20-16, Newman closed to 20-19 on a service error, another Lamb kill and a Shumway ace. Lamb tied the set at 21-21 before a Pittsburg St. attack error put NU ahead 22-21. Pittsburg St. tied it on a kill, Raschen pulled the Jets even again at 23-23, but Pitt State followed with 2 consecutive kills to close the set, 25-23.
Player Highlights:
Isabella Lamb had 13 kills on .409 hitting.
Madalyn Hoot recorded 31 assists.
Reese Daugherty tallied 10 digs
Up next, the Jets visit Arkansas-Fort Smith on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 1 p.m. in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
