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Posted: Feb 11, 2024
Men's volleyball streak snapped by Saint Xavier sweep
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LA CROSSE, Wis.-- The seventh-ranked University of Jamestown men's volleyball suffered their first loss of the season Saturday afternoon in a 3-0 defeat by No. 13 Saint Xavier (Ill.) at the Varsity Athletics Center in La Crosse, Wis.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Saint Xavier 3, Jamestown 0
Records: Jamestown 8-1, Saint Xavier 2-6
Location: Varsity Athletics Center | La Crosse, WI
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Caydann Cox—16 kills, .333 hitting percentage, eight digs
- Tomas Swiderski—nine kills, five digs
- Tysen Myers—five kills, three block assists
- Gaven Hackley—20 assists, seven digs
- Sebastian Ignaczak—12 digs
- Gabriel Ocasio—16 assists
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Set One (21-25)
Jamestown led three different times in the first set--2-1 after an attack error by Saint Xavier, 3-2 after a Hackley kill, and 14-13 after another Saint Xavier attack error capped off a 4-0 run. Six of the next points went the way of the Cougars, and UJ got no closer than one the rest of the set.
- Set Two (27-29)
UJ opened up a 16-11 advantage following a kill by Swiderski, and maintained a four-point edge as late as 20-16 after back-to-back Saint Xavier errors. However, the Cougars won the next five points to go ahead by one. The teams traded the lead until 27-26, when Caydann Cox put the Jimmies ahead for the final time. SXU got a kill and consecutive service aces to take the 2-0 match lead.
- Set Three (18-25)
The Jimmies led 7-6 early on, only to have the Cougars reel off five straight points and eight of the next nine. UJ put together back-to-back points three different times down the stretch, but the deficit was too much to overcome, and SXU completed the sweep.
UP NEXT
- The Jimmies are in Davenport, Iowa on Friday to take on St. Ambrose University at 4 p.m.