(Peru, Neb.) – The second night with a revised team line-up due to Covid-19, the Peru State volleyball team played better. However, it was not enough as the visiting Clarke (Iowa) Pride topped the Bobcats 3-1 Saturday in the Al Wheeler Activity Center on Peru State's campus.
Clarke won 25-15, 25-18, 26-28, 25-4.
With the win, Clarke improved to 7-6 on the season and 5-2 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference (Heart) North Division. Peru State fell to 1-8 overall and are 0-6 in the Heart North.
First Set Action
Pyper Roseberry goes for one of her eight kills. Arianna
Waschowski is there for potential defense.
The Bobcats took a 2-0 lead on Pride errors. Clarke would come back with three straight points to take the lead. A setter dump by
Hannia Rios (Toa Baja, P.R.) tied the score, but three more straight points gave the Pride for good in the first set.
Second Set Action
Tyra Mollhoff (Lincoln) gave Peru State the lead with a kill off an assist from
Hannah Burianek (Lincoln). After Clarke tied it, the Bobcats took a 3-1 lead on back-to-back errors by the Pride.
Mattie Nichols (Auburn) extended the lead with a service ace.
The Bobcats would move to a 9-3 lead on a kill by
Pyper Roseberry (La Vista) off an assist from Rios. Later, the 'Cats would have their largest lead of the set at 11-4 after a Pride error. Clarke would go on a 10-4 run to pull within one forcing a Peru State timeout. Later, the Pride would go out to a 19-16 lead before
Jaddy Duarte (Brasilia, Brazil) put down a spike from Rios. That would be as close as the Bobcats would get in the set.
Third Set Action
The third set was a tight one throughout as there were nine times and four lead changes before the Bobcats pulled out the win.
Roseberry put down back-to-back kills from Rios to give the 'Cats the early 2-0 lead. Peru State would have its largest lead at 10-6 after Duarte scored with a service ace. The Pride would come back with a 5-0 run to take the lead at 11-10.
Clarke would eventually go out to a three-point advantage at 21-18 and later lead 23-20 as things looked a little bleak for the Bobcats. After an attack error, Mollhoff got a kill from Rios to pull Peru State within one at 23-22. The Pride were able to get the next point to make it match point, but
Sidney Peck (Manitoba, Canada) kept the Bobcats alive with a kill. Roseberry would tie it with a kill at 24-24.
The teams would trade points with the Bobcats having set point at 26-25 before Clarke knotted the score. Peru State would win the set on back-to-back attacking errors by the Pride.
Fourth Set Action
Nothing went right for Peru State in the fourth set and most everything went perfect for Clarke.
CLARKE GAME BOOK
Team Statistics
Clarke finished the match hitting .263 while holding the Bobcats to a .007 hitting attack.
Hannah Burianek gets one of her assists
on this play
Peru State did finish with eight service aces – one more than Clarke.
The Pride finished with 78 digs and two team blocks. The 'Cats had 53 digs and four team blocks.
Peru Individual Statistics
Roseberry led Peru State with eight kills while McKenzie Brockhoff
(Dearborn, Mo.) and Jamie Copenharve
(Omaha) each finished with five.
Rios led the team with 12 assists while Burianek added 11.
Rios also led the team with three service aces while Duarte and
Cheyenne Birkle (Holden, Mo.) each had two service aces. Nichols finished with one.
Birkle finished the contest with 21 digs while Rios had nine. Arianna Waschowski
(Bellevue) added eight with Nichols contributing six.
Mollhoff had two solo blocks and one block assists. Roseberry, Duarte, and Peck each had one block assist.
Junior Varsity Contest
The Bobcats gave Clarke all they could handle but the Pride were able to escape with a 3-1 win.
Upcoming Contests
Barring any more changes, Peru State is scheduled to play three contests on the road this week. On Tuesday, they will be in Lamoni, Iowa, to face Graceland at 7 p.m. The Yellowjackets are 2-8 on the year and 1-7 in the Heart North.
On Friday, the it will be a battle of the 'Cats as Peru State will face Culver-Stockton at 6 p.m. The Wildcats are 1-8 on the season and 1-5 in the Heart North.
Then, on Saturday, Peru State will be in Des Moines, Iowa, to take on Grand View at 3:30 p.m. The Vikings are undefeated at 6-0 overall and 4-0 in the Heart North.
There will a junior contest prior to each of the three varsity matches.
