Jimmies men's volleyball splits with Simpson, Benedictine – Jamestown Sun

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JAMESTOWN — The University of Jamestown men’s volleyball team battled back from losing the first set to get a four-set win over Simpson University (California) (21-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-22) on Saturday, Feb. 8, at Harold Newman Arena.
The Redhawks got out to a quick 7-2 lead before the Jimmies were able to cut the deficit down to two points at 17-15 thanks to four consecutive attack errors. The Redhawks responded to take an 18-15 lead and pushed their lead out to 19-16. The Redhawks withstood a late Jimmies run from there to get the 25-21 first-set win.
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The Jimmies never relinquished the lead in the second set, taking a 1-0 lead and then a 2-1 lead and getting a 25-19 second set win.
After the Redhawks had an early 6-5 lead, the Jimmies tied it up at six and flew out to a 21-13 lead from there. Despite the Redhawks attempting to claw back into it at 23-15, the Jimmies went on a quick 2-0 mini-run to get the 25-15 third-set win.
The Jimmies had to show off their grit in the fourth set when the Redhawks took an 8-4 lead. The hosts responded to take a 14-13 lead before the Redhawks were able to take a 19-18 lead and then tie the set up at 22. From there though, the Jimmies went on a 3-0 run to get the 25-22 fourth set win and end the match.
SU 1, UJ 3
SU: 25 19 15 22–1
UJ: 21 25 25 25–3
Jimmies lose to Benedictine Mesa:
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The Jimmies men’s volleyball team could not complete the comeback in the fourth set and that cost them in a four-set loss to Benedictine University-Mesa (Arizona) (25-20, 25-16, 21-25, 25-21).
The Jimmies finished the three-day UJ Invitational with a 2-3 record.
“Anytime you can play a team like Benedictine or Missouri Valley or Viterbo or Simpson it gives us a chance to grow and really push ourselves,” Jimmies head coach Downey Huynh said. “Each team really challenged us and really pushed and really exposed any weaknesses in our game that we have to directly look at.”
The match served as the return of Tysen Myers who missed the last three matches with an ankle injury.
The first set was incredibly tight with the teams trading the lead back and forth. After the teams were tied at 10, the Redhawks went on a run to take a 14-11 lead. The Jimmies responded to bring it to within one at 19-18 but the Redhawks finished the set on a big run getting a 25-20 first set win.
In the opening set, there were 11 ties and four lead changes.
The Redhawks opened the second set on fire by taking an 8-2 lead. The Redhawks continued the run from there taking a 17-8 lead and finished the set with a Jimmies service error giving them a 25-16 second set win.
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The Jimmies (4-9) were the team to turn a tight third set into a blowout when they responded to a 9-8 lead with a run that saw them take a 20-13 advantage. The Redhawks would not go down without a fight though bringing it as close as 24-21 but the Jimmies’ Michal Niemiec forced a fourth set with a kill to give his team the 25-21 third set win.
The Jimmies kept fighting in the fourth set and turned what once was a 12-7 lead into a 12-10 lead but a kill from the Redhawks (4-1) made it 13-10 and started a run that saw them take a 17-13 lead. The Jimmies once again continued to fight though bringing it as close as 20-19 but the Redhawks were able to hang on for the 25-21 fourth-set win.
The Jimmies are back in action at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, when they go to Viterbo.
BU 3, UJ 1
BU: 25 25 21 25–3
UJ: 20 16 25 21–1
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