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JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The eighth-ranked University of Jamestown volleyball team advanced to the championship match of the Great Plains Athletic Conference postseason tournament, defeating No. 16 Concordia (Neb.) in five sets Wednesday night at Harold Newman Arena.

Jamestown won its program-record 28th match of the season against just four defeats. The Jimmies, seeded second in the tournament, host eighth-seeded College of Saint Mary (Neb.) Saturday at 7 p.m. The Flames, who upset then-No. 1 Northwestern (Iowa) College in the quarterfinals, defeated fourth-seeded Midland (Neb.) in straight sets Wednesday.

Corina Ruud (JR/Breezy Point, Minn.) slammed home 12 kills with only error to lead the Jimmies. Ruud hit a match-high .458 in 24 attempts. Isabel Wedell (SR/Ellendale, N.D.) added eight kills while the trio of Jordan Thomas (SR/Pingree, N.D.), Britta Knudson (SR/Bismarck, N.D.), and Ellie Michaletz (JR/Aitkin, Minn.) finished with six kills each.

Jackie Meiklejohn (SO/Dickey, N.D.) (21) and Miranda Lowman (SR/Mandan, N.D.) (20) combined for 41 of UJ’s 44 assists.

Sydney Ellingson (JR/Langdon, N.D.) racked up a match-high 25 digs with Anna Holen (SO/LaMoure, N.D.) adding 12 and Hannah Schiele (SO/Jamestown, N.D.) eight. Ruud and Knudson both had two solo blocks, and Knudson assisted on six blocks while Taylor Sabinash (SO/Kensal, N.D.) had five block assists.

The Bulldogs had 63 kills to UJ’s 47, but committed 36 attack errors to just 17 for the Jimmies. Jamestown outhit Concordia .199-.156 and made six service errors in 103 attempts. Concordia had 10 service errors in 94 serves.