After falling behinid two set to one the William Jewell volleyball team posted a dominant fourth set to turn the momentum permanently and go on to top Quincy in five sets. Jewell won by scores of 23-25, 27-25, 23-25, 25-7, 15-12. The Cards finish the season with an overall record of 12-20 and 5-13 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. For the third consecutive year Jewell has shown a major improvement under Carolyn Raynes. 

In the opener, Jewell came out much like it did the previous night against Truman State, falling behind early by as many as eight. The Cardinals scored seven consecutive points behind kills from Grace Miller and Stefanie Richterkessing (2) to pull within one at 19-18. The Hawks began to pull away, scoring two points but a kill from Mary Booton and a Quincy error tied the set at 21. Jewell took a short lead at 23-22 but the Hawks recorded three points to take the opener 25-23. The Cards came out hot, hitting .263 compared to just .209 from Quincy but struggled on the defensive side, picking up just 15 digs and one block. 

Set two saw the Cardinals again fall behind early, 18-13, but this time the rally went Jewell's way as Leslie Booth and Paige Cunningham each recorded two kills to pull their team within 18-17 before Alix Weigel tied things up at 20 with a kill of her own. Quincy looked as though they would pull away, taking a 23-21 advantage but kills from Richterkessing and Miller, coupled with a Hawk error pushed Jewell back in front 24-23. Quincy tied the set at 24 and again at 25 before another Miller kill and QU error helped Jewell take the set 27-25. 

Quincy came out of the intermission quickly, grabbing 7-2 lead before the Cardinals eventually tied the game at 20. Despite pulling within one on a kill from Booth, Quincy earned the set three win following a Cardinal service error to take the 2-1 set advantage. 

The set three loss lit a fire under the Cardinals as Jewell rolled to 25-7 victory in set four. Quincy committed nine errors, to go along with two kills from Richterkessing to give Jewell an quick 13-4 lead. From there the Cardinals never looked back as Cunningham, Miller, Richterkessing, and Booth each recorded at least two kills on the way to win. 

In the finale Jewell opened a 7-3 lead behind kills from Miller, Cunningham, and Madeline Johnson (2) along with a block and two Quincy errors. The Hawks did not go quietly however as they battled back to take a 10-9 lead on three consecutive Jewell errors. The Cardinals got a kill from Johnson and two from Richterkessing to go up 12-10 and force a Quincy timeout. Following the pause the Hawks tied the game at 12 before Jewell scored three consecutive points capped by Cunningham's 21st kill of the day to win the set 15-12 and the match 3-2. 

Cunningham's 21 was not only a career-high but is tied for third in a single game at Jewell. Three others reached career highs on the day with Miller's 15 kills, Richterkessing's 25 digs (tied) and Lauren Johnson's 17 digs. 

Booth added ten kills while M. Johnson had nine and Richterkessing eight. Tolberd posted a team-high 27 digs while Weigel and Amy Lindhorst put up 37 and 23 assists respectively. 

As a team the Cardinals hit .230, the third highest total this season, while holding the Hawks to a .119 clip. 

Jewell will lose two players to graduation in setter Lindhorst and reserve outside hitter Ariana Jacquez. The 2017 season looks to be a bright one as the Cardinals will return a strong core with ten players who appeared in at least 58 sets, including M. Johnson, Tolberd, and Weigel, who played in all 119 sets this year. Unlike years past, this group will also be experienced as 11 of the 16 returners will be upperclassmen.