(Peru, Neb.) – On Dig Pink Day for Peru State College (PSC) volleyball, which saw the Bobcats sporting pink jerseys in support of breast cancer awareness, the result of the game was not close to bright.

The Evangel University Crusaders were seeing red following a three-set loss to Bellevue University and swept PSC on Saturday. The Crusaders won 25-23, 25-20, 25-17 in a Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) game. With the win, Evangel improved to 5-2 in the HAAC, good for third place, and 25-5 overall. The 'Cats fall to 6-15 overall and 2-4 in the HAAC. This puts PSC in sixth place in the conference with three games remaining.

Maddy Lister and Kelsey Monahan read a poem about breast cancer	The Bobcat team was fired up before the game while sporting their pink shirts for the Dig Pink Day

Prior to the game, Bobcat seniors Maddy Lister (North Platte) and Kelsey Monahan (Atkinson) read a poem regarding breast cancer. The PSC Administration supported the team by allowing a free-will donation to be given in lieu of the general admission. Over $200 will donated to the Side-Out Foundation, which awards grants to medical research organizations and entities in support of the breast cancer cause. In addition, pink ribbons were handed out for those not wearing pink at the game.

The game itself saw the Bobcats having one of the season's lowest hitting percentage as the Crusaders forced many hitting errors and kept rallies going. For the game, PSC hit only 0.076 and had 19 attack errors. The 'Cats did get their hands on many of the Crusader attacks as they had two solo blocks and 11 block assists against an Evangel attack which featured the NAIA's top hitter in terms of percentage.

Jessie Clark had seven kills and one solo block	Carly Morehead powers one through the Crusader block	Nyahok Duop (#20) had one solo block

Jessie Clark (Omaha) and Carly Morehead (Fairbury) each had seven kills to lead the Bobcat hitters. Morehead also had the team's only service ace, which appears to be a season low for the year. Clark had one solo block and one block assist while Morehead added two block assists. Nyahok Duop (Des Moines, Iowa) had the only other solo block. Rachel Rippe (Johnson) had four block assists with Lister adding three block assists.
Amanda Gilreath (Omaha) had 11 assists and five digs while Courtney Jurek (Bellevue) had ten assists and two digs.

Defensively, Emily Maresh (Central City) had 22 digs with Monahan contributing ten digs.

Amanda Gilreath sets Maddy Lister while Coach Baack gives instructions to Jessie Clark	Emily Maresh gets one of her 22 digs with Kelsey Monahan providing back-up

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Next week, the Bobcats will be travelling to Des Moines to participate in the Grand View University tournament on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, PSC will be playing AIB College of Business at 2 p.m. and then will take on the University of Sioux Falls at 6 p.m. Saturday, the Bobcats will be playing Jamestown College (N.D.) at 10 a.m. with their final game of the tournament being against Illinois Tech at 4 p.m.