(Peru, Neb.) – After having played competitively on Tuesday night in their Heart of America Conference opener, the Peru State College (PSC) Bobcats travelled to Omaha where they dropped a pair of games to the College of St. Mary (CSM) and Briar Cliff University (BC). Part of the reason for the losses was the fact that outside hitter, Jessie Clark, suffered a concussion during an early practice on Friday and was unavailable to play. With the two losses, the Bobcats fell to 2-6 overall.
Peru State vs. College of St. Mary
Against the Flames, the first two sets were close, but PSC could not grab either set. CSM defeated PSC 25-20, 25-22, 25-14. Neither team hit well in either of the first two sets as PSC finished with a negative hitting percentage in the second set and managed to only hit .035 for the entire game.
Carly Morehead (Fairbury) had eight kills on 20 attempts with three errors to hit a respectable .250. Morehead also had two service aces and one solo block, the lone solo block of the game for the Bobcats. Maddy Lister (North Platte) added four kills, three digs, and three block assists. Courtney Jurek (Bellevue) and Amanda Gilreath (Omaha) put up nine and eight assists respectively. Jurek added three digs while Gilreath contributed two digs. Emily Maresh (Central City) was the lone Bobcat in double digits for digs as she finished with 11.
Game Box Score
Peru State vs. Briar Cliff University
The Chargers also topped the Bobcats in three sets as they won 25-22, 25-19, 25-16. As was the case when the Bobcats played CSM, neither team finished with a good hitting percentage.
Lister led PSC with 12 kills, two digs, and two block assists. Katlyn Donovan (Greeley) added six kills and had an outstanding hitting percentage of .545. Donovan added 11 assists, three digs, four block assists, and one service ace as the 'Cats went with a different offense against the Chargers. Morehead added five kills, five digs, two block assists, and one service ace.
Jurek had 14 assists, six digs, and three service aces. Three Bobcats were in double figures with digs with Maresh leading the way with 12. Kelsey Monahan (Atkinson) and Becky Boshart (Wood River) each added ten digs.
The Bobcats will host HAAC foe MidAmerica Nazarene University Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the Al Wheeler Activity Center. On Saturday, the 'Cats travel to Kansas City, Mo., to play another conference foe. They will take on Avila University at 2 p.m.
