SIOUX CITY, Iowa (JimmieAthletics.com) – The eighth-ranked University of Jamestown volleyball team was swept by No. 9 Columbia (Mo.) in their final match of pool play at the NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship presented by Marriott South Sioux City Riverfront.

UJ’s loss allowed Westmont (Ca.) to take the top seed in Pool H, while the Jimmies and Columbia will meet in a one-set tiebreaker to determine the second team to advance out of the pool.

Jamestown (31-5) battled close in the first two sets, losing 29-27 and 25-22 before the Cougars cruised to a 25-15 third set victory.

Corina Ruud (JR/Breezy Point, Minn.) paced the Jimmies with nine kills and a .350 hitting percentage. Jordan Thomas (SR/Pingree, N.D.) added six kills and Taylor Sabinash (SO/Kensal, N.D.) finished with five.

Miranda Lowman (SR/Mandan, N.D.) passed out 14 assists and Jackie Meiklejohn (SO/Dickey, N.D.) added 13.

Anna Holen (SO/LaMoure, N.D.) racked up a team-high 16 digs while Sydney Ellingson (JR/Langdon, N.D.) was also in double figures with 13. Britta Knudson (SR/Bismarck, N.D.) totaled four blocks, and Ruud and Isabel Wedell (SR/Ellendale, N.D.) both had three.

The tiebreaker set will be played on the first available court after the 8 p.m. session is finished. You can listen to the tiebreaking set on ESPN Jamestown.

Photo courtesy of Cindy Potter, Columbia College