CROOKSTON, MN – Jamestown Jimmies Women’s Volleyball has made plenty of incredible history at the NAIA level.  Now, the program has made its first big mark in NCAA Division II and the NSIC.

Jamestown dominated Minnesota Crookston Friday at Lysaker Gymnasium 25-11, 25-17, 25-11 to become the first UJ athletic program to make an NSIC postseason tournament.

Jamestown (18-9, 11-8 NSIC) hit especially efficiently, having 48 kills and their best hitting percentage of the season at .421.  Gracie Adamson had 12 kills (.435).  Caroline Puetz scored 11 kills (.556).  Charlotte Lempka had eight kills (.700).

Ava Bertsch had 28 set assists for the Jimmies.  Sophie Ketterling had 16 digs and served two aces.  Jamestown had six scoring blocks, with solos by Adamson and Lempka and three block assists by Kyleigh Schopp.

Lexi Scharold had seven kills for UMC (3-24, 1-18), who lost their 15th straight match.

Puetz hit three kills in a 9-1 Jamestown run to start the match.  Crookston was never closer than seven points down for the rest of the set, where Jamestown had 18 kills and hit .359.

Though UMC played a little better in the second set, Adamson was dominant, with seven kills in the set.  Overall, Jamestown hit .481 with 15 kills.

The third set was never in doubt, as UJ ran out to an 18-6 lead.  Ertz scored the final point on a kill off a block error by UMC’s Carizma Muth.

Another highlight for Jamestown was the first appearance as a Jimmie by senior hitter Corbyn Menz, who had a block assist and a kill.  Menz, who missed all of last season with a serious left knee injury, had last seen action for Northern State in 2024.

Through Friday, Jamestown was eighth in the NSIC standings, one match win behind seventh-place Augustana.  UJ still has a chance to move up to the seventh seed if they win Saturday in their final regular season match at MSU Moorhead and if Augustana loses at Concordia-St. Paul.  The quarterfinal round of the NSIC Tournament will be held on Tuesday.

photo credit: Minnesota Crookston Athletics