JAMESTOWN – In their first year of eligibility, Jamestown Jimmies Women’s Volleyball is on the verge of making the NSIC tournament.

Jamestown swept Bemidji State on Saturday 25-17, 25-21, 25-14 at Harold Newman Arena and moved within one win of the postseason.

Gracie Adamson had 12 kills and 14 digs for the Jimmies (17-9, 10-8 NSIC).  Addison Ertz made nine kills.  Charlotte Lempka had eight kills.  Ava Bertsch scored 22 set assists.  Sophie Ketterling had 28 digs.

Lempka had a kill, Momoka Minamiya served an ace and Caroline Puetz and Adamson had kills as the Jimmies scored the first five points of the first set.  UJ later led 9-5, then Ertz blasted three kills in an 8-1 run that gave Jamestown a 17-6 lead.  Bemidji State (16-10, 8-10) rallied to trail only 21-16, then Kallyn Grove had kills for the 22nd and 25th points for the Jimmies.

Adamson had four kills as Jamestown was up 10-3 in the second set.  UJ was up 19-13 before Bemidji State scored six straight points, aided by two aces from Anna Paquette.  Then, Jamestown scored six of the last eight points of the set as Kyleigh Schopp and Grove each killed twice.

At the start of the third set, Jamestown was up 11-6 before scoring six straight points to basically clinch the match.  Grove had one kill, Lempka had two and Ertz had one during that run.  Adamson had two kills later before Ertz killed on match point.

Jamestown leads Minnesota State by two matches for eighth place in the NSIC, meaning that the Jimmies need just one win in their last two regular season matches to make the conference tournament.  UJ will play at Minnesota Crookston Friday, with coverage beginning at 4:45 PM on Jamestown 107.1.