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Brooke Tholen in serve receive
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Truman St. TSU 12-10,2-5 GLVC
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Winner William Jewell WJC 10-13,2-6 GLVC
Truman St. TSU
12-10,2-5 GLVC
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Final
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William Jewell WJC
10-13,2-6 GLVC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Truman St. TSU 17 12 25 25 16 (2)
William Jewell WJC 25 25 23 21 18 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Fifth Set Rally Lifts Jewell Over Bulldogs

LIBERTY, Mo. - The William Jewell volleyball team rallied late in the fifth set to escape with a 3-2 win over Truman State on Saturday afternoon. The victory lifts the Cardinals to 10-13 on the season and 2-6 in conference play. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Cardinals were hot out of the gate, taking a 16-11 lead early after three straight kills from different players. Jewell maintained their lead the rest of the way, as a kill from Maliyah Johnson ended the set, 25-17. 
  • Jewell was dominant in the second frame, jumping out to a 9-1 lead, behind four kills from Bella LaPorta. Truman State got back within six but another 6-0 run from the Cardinals pushed the lead to 21-8. The Bulldogs got four late points but the lead was too large as Jewell won 25-12. 
  •  The Cardinals looked like they would roll to the sweep, grabbing another early 8-1 lead in set three but Truman State rallied, outscoring Jewell 24-15 the rest of the way to take the 25-23 win. 
  • The Bulldogs maintained the momentum into set four, jumping out to a 16-10 advantage. The Cardinals got back within two after a kill from Anna Godfredsen but Truman was able to force the fifth set, winning 25-21. 
  • Tied at seven midway through the finale, Truman scored three straight to go in front and eventually lead 13-11. A service ace, combined with a block and kill from Katy Garrison pushed the Cardinals back on top, 14-13. Both teams traded match points until Brooke Tholen's ace gave Jewell the 18-16 set five win.  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • The Cardinals hit .339 as a team as LaPorta finished with a double-double fo 19 kills and 22 digs, both teams highs. 
  • Garrison put down a career high 17 kills on a .577 attack percentage to go with a career best 10 blocks. 
  • Godfredsen also added 13 kills and seven rejections while Samantha Thompson handed out a career high 40 assists, the most by a Cardinal since 2021. 
  • Alexis Nunn pulled up 14 digs with Hannah Cope adding 13 and Tholen, 12. 
UP NEXT
Jewell heads out for their final regular season road trip of the year next week at Illinois Springfield, followed by stops at Quincy University and Pittsburg State. 
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