BISMARCK – Kyleigh Schopp has had a chance to play lately for Jamestown Jimmies Women’s Volleyball due to injuries to regular starters.  Saturday, Schopp proved that she has earned that chance.

Behind 16 kills by Schopp, a freshman, Jamestown rallied from a set down to defeat UMary 24-26, 25-17, 28-26, 25-18 at the McDowell Activity Center.

Schopp set her career high in kills on 23 attacks with no errors to hit .696.  Overall, Jamestown (9-9, 4-7 NSIC) hit .254.

Corbyn Menz had 11 kills, two aces, two block assists and nine digs.  Ava Mueller scored 10 kills and a block assist.  Caroline Puetz had eight kills and four block assists.  Lily Bertsch had 28 set assists and Ava Bertsch had 21.  They both served three aces, as did Momo Minamiya, who also had 22 digs.

Three Mueller kills helped Jamestown to a 19-13 lead in the first set, but UMary (5-14, 2-9) came back, using a kill by Dani Highum for a 23-22 lead.  After a Marauder attack error, Mya Foslien killed for the Jimmies, who had a set point at 24-23.  But Highum answered with a kill and back-to-back aces to give the Marauders the first set.

Schopp and Puetz had multiple blocks as the Jimmies grabbed the lead midway through the second set.  Schoop, Puetz and Menz had kills in a 5-0 UJ run to end the set.

There were 12 ties and four lead changes in an exciting third set, but Jamestown forced multiple UMary attack errors late in the set and Puetz killed for the deciding point.

Set four was dominated by Jamestown.  Ava Bertsch had back-to-back aces to make the Jimmies first to 20 for the fourth straight set.  Schopp’s 16th kill closed out the match.

UJ will host Northern State Tuesday at 6:00 PM at Harold Newman Arena.