JSU Drops 3-1 Match to UT Martin

Saturday, September 28

JACKSONVILLE

2 p.m.

Jax State

7-7, 1-1OVC

UT Martin

5-11,1-1OVC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
UT Martin	25	16	26	25	3
Jacksonville State	21	25	24	20	1

9/28/2019 5:37:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State volleyball team saw a lot of promise early slip away as UT Martin claimed a 3-1 win at Pete Mathews Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.

JSU (7-7, 1-1 Ohio Valley Conference) failed to close out late leads in the first and third sets as the Skyhawks (5-11, 1-1 OVC) picked up their first win in Jacksonville since 2011.

Sophomore Lena Kindermann finished one-shy of her career-high with 20 kills, adding to her league-best hitting mark with a .341 average. The Gamecocks didn't struggle offensively as Kaylee Frear (12),Sadie Anderson (11) and Lexie Libs (10) all reached double figures. It was a career-high for Libs who converted on 10 of her 15 quick attacks over the net. Along with her 44 assists, she finished just three digs shy of a rare triple-double with seven.

Freshman Erin Carmichael improved her young career mark with 26 digs to lead Dani Steele (10) and Milton (10). While JSU continued to add to its numbers, so did the Skyhawks, who JSU was unable to slow down. UTM had four players with 12-or-more kills, hitting .303 as a team behind Kenzie Hinshaw's 50 assists.

The opening frame featured seven lead changes as the two side went back-and-forth early. The Gamecocks edged out to a 21-19 lead to force a UTM timeout, but a service error in the following play began a 6-0 run for the Skyhawks to steal the first set.

Jax State fell behind 3-1 to start the second set, before nearly doubling UTM with a 24-13 stretch to run away for a 25-16 set win to even the match. The third set saw seven ties and five lead changes, but JSU was again is position to close the set with a 24-21 advantage following a pair of Kindermann kills. Similar to the first, a 5-0 run to close out the third handed UTM a 2-1 match lead.

In the fourth, the Gamecocks had to call a timeout early in a 9-4 deficit. A 5-1 run midway through the set with kills from Kindermann, Pribyl and a solo block by Frear pulled JSU back with a point at 12-11. However, behind a match-high 20 kills in the final set the visitors held on for a 25-20 decision to secure a 3-1 match victory.

Jax State remains at home next weekend as it continues OVC action against Eastern Kentucky on Thursday, and Morehead State on Sunday.