LIBERTY, Mo. - The William Jewell volleyball team scored 65 points on Friday night, their second highest total this season but dropped a heartbreaker in five sets to Quincy University. The Cardinals fall to 1-14 on the season and 0-4 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
Trailing 18-15 midway through the first set, a service error by the Hawks gave Jewell a spark as they rallied with a 9-6 run to eventually the set at 24-all after back-to-back blocks from
Wylie Singleton. The Cardinals got a third block from Singleton to tie things up again at 25 but consecutive kills gave Quincy the 27-25 win.
Jewell came out of the break with a 5-0 run and broke away to commanding 23-13, led by six kills and two aces from
Macy Bartlett. Quincy rolled off three straight by back-to-back errors gave the Cards the set, 25-16.
In set three, it was Quincy who took the early advantage, leading 7-2.
Kelsey Keling led the rally as Jewell went on an 18-9 run. After a QU kill, the Cardinals finished things off in dominant fashion with five straight points, including two more kills from Keling.
After the Hawks took set four it set a winner-take-all finale. Tied 3-all early in the fifth, Quincy went on a 9-2 run to open up a 12-5 lead. The Cardinals were able to trade points the rest of the way but fell short, 15-8.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- In addition to the point total, the match featured Jewell's second highest marks of the season in kills (49), assists (46), aces (7), digs (73), and blocks (9).
- Bartlett led Jewell with 13 kills while Keling added 11 as Alexis Frazier handed out a career high 41 assists.
- Singleton finished with a match high seven blocks with Frazier chipping in four.
- Ashlynn Rowland led four players in double figures with 21 digs while Bartlett and Frazier each had 13.
UP NEXT
Jewell returns to action on Saturday afternoon, hosting Illinois Springfield at 4 p.m. The game can be seen live on the GLVC Sports Network.
