WICHITA, Kan - Newman defeated Friends University 3-2 (24-26, 20-25, 25-12, 25-17, 15-13) on Wednesday.
How it Happened
The Jets stayed even early and moved in front 3-2 on
Sky Miller's service ace, but Friends scored five straight after a 4-4 tie to go ahead 9-4. Friends later stretched the margin to 16-9 before NU worked back behind a
Kierny Follmer kill, a
Josie Weers kill, and a block by
Avery Kelley and
Hannah Tymitz to get within 22-20. After Friends went up 24-22,
Isabella Lamb and Weers put down consecutive kills to tie the set at 24-24. Friends took the final two points on a Jets service error and a Gabbie Taylor kill to win the set 26-24.
Newman started the second set with a
Madalyn Hoot ace, a Miller kill, and a Friends attack error for a 3-0 lead, but Friends answered to tie it at 3-3 and again at 5-5. From there, Friends scored six straight points to go ahead 11-5, with Gabbie Taylor supplying two kills in the stretch and Natalie Castillo involved in two blocks. NU got kills from Follmer, Tymitz, Miller, and Lamb while trying to cut into the margin, but Friends pushed the score to 23-14 before a late Jets push. Miller's kill helped make it 23-17, and after Friends reached set point at 24-17, Follmer added a kill and back-to-back aces before a service error closed the set for Friends, 25-20.
Momentum shifted quickly as the Jets started the third set with kills by Miller and Weers around a Miller service ace for a 3-0 lead, and after Friends got on the board, Lamb and Follmer kills helped push the advantage to 6-1. NU later moved ahead 9-2 on two Friends attack errors, the second was thanks to a Tymitz-Follmer block, and Weers added kills that made it 10-3 and 13-4 before a Tymitz kill and consecutive Friends errors stretched the lead to 16-5. Friends scored two straight points to make it 16-7, but Hoot and Weers answered with kills as the Jets reached 19-7, then NU moved to 21-10 after a Friends service error.
Sophia Neihouse's kill made it 22-12,
Reese Johnson served an ace, and after another Friends attack error, Miller finished the set 25-12 with a kill from
Charissa Ninan. This match marked Neihouse's first kill of the season.
The Jets built a 4-0 lead to start the fourth set with Hoot serving, getting two kills from Miller along with two Falcon errors. The teams traded points through the next stretch before NU pushed the margin to 11-3 behind a Friends service error, an attack error, and kills from Tymitz and Weers. Friends worked back within 18-14 after kills by Gabbie Taylor and Kailee Michaud, but the Jets answered with four straight points, including a Tymitz kill and two Friends attack errors, to move ahead 22-14. Follmer added a late kill, and after Friends scored twice at set point, Miller closed the set with a kill for a 25-17 NU win.
After falling behind 3-2 in the fifth set, the Jets answered with four straight points, including a Follmer kill, a Follmer-Tymitz block, and two Friends errors, and Weers later put NU ahead 7-4 with a kill. Friends cut the gap to 7-6, but Tymitz had two kills around a Hoot ace as the Jets moved back ahead 10-7. NU led 13-9 after a Lamb kill, a Weers kill, and a Neihouse block before Friends scored four straight points, including two kills by Sadie White, to tie the set at 13-13. Weers answered with a kill for 14-13, and a Friends attack error closed the set for the Jets, 15-13.
Player Highlights
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Sky Miller recorded a double-double in her first game of the season with 13 kills and 11 digs
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Reese Daugherty tallied a team-high 17 digs
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Madalyn Hoot Charissa Ninan set up the offense with 25 and 23 assists respectively.
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Hannah Tymitz rattled off11 kills on .391 hitting, a season-high hitting percentage, with 3 blocks added
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Josie Weers notched a season-high 13 kills
Wednesday's match was the Jets' longest winning match of the season. The first win in Fugate this year went the distance and required a reverse sweep to earn the W. The Jets achieved a season-high total of 60 kills in the game. They also totaled 54 set assists, surpassing their season average of 35.0, and posted 7 service aces, above their season. Additionally, the team totaled 76 digs, surpassing their season average of 56.45.
Up Next
The Jets hit the road to open MIAA play vs Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Missouri on Friday, Sept. 18. First serve is slated for 6:00 p.m.
