The University of Sioux Falls volleyball team was beaten by Jamestown College but came back to sweep host Minot State at the Minot State Triangular, held tonight inside the MSU Dome in Minot, N.D.

The Cougars were victorious in the event finale, taking down the host Beavers in three sets (25-20, 25-15, 27-25). That followed a three-set loss (25-20, 25-17, 25-11) to the Jamestown Jimmies earlier in day.

The Cougars are now 6-17 overall.

In the first match, USF simply had no answer for a Jimmies' offense that out-hit the Cougars .309 to .047, including a blistering .542 hitting clip in the third set. Jamestown also nearly doubled USF in total blocks (9 to 5).

Junior outside hitter Chanda Goedken (Farley, Iowa) tallied nine kills and seven digs in the loss. Freshman Samantha Lovell (Bellevue) contributed six kills and senior middle blocker Alyssa Chambers (Sioux Falls/Roosevelt) chipped in four kills to go along with three block assists.

Freshman setter Charlee Nelson (Mitchell) finished with 24 assists.

The Cougars came out swinging in the second match against Minot State, out-hitting the Beavers .280 to .124 en route to a quick three set victory (25-20, 25-15, 27-25).

USF held a 13-to-7 edge in total blocks against a Minot State squad that beat the Cougars at home earlier in the season.

In the first set, USF notched back-to-back kills by Sarah Kohler (Sioux Falls/Lincoln) and Emily Johnson (Platte) to take the early 2-0 lead. Minot responded quickly and the squads went back and forth, posting seven ties in the next eighteen points. But with the set tied at 10-all, a stab by Samantha Lovell found pay dirt and gave the Cougars a lead that they would not relinquish. USF out-hit the Beavers .290 to .162 on the way to a 25-20 set victory.

With the second stanza tied at two, the Cougars put together a five-point rally to go up 7-2 and force a Beavers timeout. Minot fought back during the next twelve points, narrowing the deficit to one at 11-10 but Lovell put an end to the Beaver rally, blasting a kill and following a Chambers kill with service ace to push the Cougars' lead to 14-10. USF went on an 11-5 tear to wrap up the second set, 25-15.

Minot would not go quietly in the third frame and led 22-20 before three straight Beaver unforced errors handed a 23-22 lead to USF. The game went back and forth for the next five points but with the score knotted at 25, a kill by Goedken followed by an exclamation point block by Chambers and Kohler locked up the road win for the Cougars.

Goedken recorded her seventh double-double of the season, posting 13 kills and 13 digs. Nelson had a solid match all around, registering 32 assists, six digs and five kills.

Libero Tashayla Person (Shawnee, Kan.) picked up 18 digs against the Beavers. Chambers had six kills and five block assists. Lovell tallied another impressive stat line, posting five kills, six block assists and one solo block.

The Cougars will head to Madison on Friday night to face Dakota State.