MARYVILLE, Mo. — Newman came up short against Northwest Missouri State 3-1 on Friday at Lamkin Gym. The Jets won the opening set 33-31 before dropping the next three 19-25, 18-25 and 22-25 while hitting .081 for the match.
How it happened:
The Jets opened the first set by taking the first five points, with
Sky Miller serving an ace and
Isabella Lamb and
Avery Kelley combining on a block during the stretch. Newman later moved ahead 17-10 on a
Charissa Ninan ace, but the Bearcats worked back to 18-18 behind their serving pressure, including aces by Abby Bulthuis and Ellery Luhring. The teams traded points deep into extra play, with Kelley, Lamb,
Hannah Tymitz and Miller all providing Newman kills after the score reached 22-22. After Northwest Missouri State went ahead 30-29, Miller answered with a kill and an ace, and the Jets closed the set 33-31 on a Bearcats service error and a Lamb-Follmer block.
After the second set was tied 2-2, the Bearcats scored five straight points, including a Sophia Gartner kill, a Gabrielle Gartner/Natalie Herrington block, and a Mya Karrick ace, to move in front 7-2. The Jets cut into the gap with a Northwest Missouri State error and consecutive Tymitz kills to make it 12-7, but the Bearcats answered often enough through Maddie Roenfeld, Jada Smith and Gartner to push the margin back to 19-10. Newman made a late push with a Ninan ace, a
Reese Johnson ace and two
Kierny Follmer kills, getting as close as 23-18 and 24-19 before a Gartner kill closed the set for Northwest Missouri State, 25-19.
The Jets started the third set with four straight points, including an
Ashlyn Warburton kill from
Madalyn Hoot and two blocks involving Warburton and Kelley, before the Bearcats worked back to tie it at 7-7 and moved in front 8-7.
Josie Weers tied the set at 8-8, and after Northwest Missouri State went ahead 11-8, Miller's kill and consecutive Follmer service aces pulled NU even at 11-11. The Bearcats pushed back ahead 16-12, and although Miller added a service ace to help Newman get within 16-14, the home side stayed in front and scored five of the final six points to take the set 25-18.
In the forth set, the Jets stayed within 3-2 on a Miller kill and ace. The Bearcats scored five straight points to move ahead 9-3. At 10-4, Newman cut the gap to 10-8 with a block by Follmer and Weers and three consecutive kills from Miller, Tymitz and Miller, each assisted by Ninan. Northwest Missouri State stretched it back to 16-11, but the Jets answered with four straight points, including Miller's ace and Lamb's kill from Hoot, to get within 16-15. Newman tied the set at 21-21 on Miller's kill and a Bearcats attack error and again at 22-22 on Tymitz's kill, but Northwest Missouri State scored the final three points to take the set 25-22.
Player notes:
Sky Miller recorded a team-high 17 kills, had five aces, 13 digs, and a team-high 22.0 points.
Reese Daugherty had a team-high 21 digs and recorded four assists.
Charissa Ninan recorded a team-high 19 assists with two aces.
Avery Kelley had a team-high 7 total blocks while scoring 7.5 points
Up next, the Jets travel to St. Joseph, Mo., to face Missouri Western on Saturday, Sept. 19, at 2 p.m.
