Peru State College Athletics

(Lamoni, Iowa)- The Peru State College volleyball team took down Heart of America Athletic Conference member Graceland in sweeping fashion on Tuesday night, the Bobcats earned the win with a score line of 25-12, 25-15, and 25-20 while keeping Graceland in negative hitting percentage in all three sets.
 
Peru State rises to 16-9 overall and 8-6 in Heart action while the Yellowjackets fall to 1-22 and 0-14 in Conference play.
 
The first set began with a Graceland kill until Peru State responded by scoring nine-straight to force the opposing timeout (9-1), Graceland would use a 3-1 spurt to slice the advantage to six but an 8-2 Bobcat run that featured kills from five different players would force the final Yellowjacket timeout of the set (18-6). A string of Graceland errors aided Peru State in a 6-4 series to force set point before the Yellowjackets would find two more points (24-12), but a point for the Bobcats would earn set one 25-12.
 
Set two saw Peru State jump out to a 9-1 lead highlighted by two service aces from Haylie Vollman (Palmyra, Nebraska / Palmyra High School) that would force a Graceland timeout, the Yellowjackets would battle back with an 11-5 series to cut the advantage to two (14-12) until an 8-3 push from the Bobcats would force a Graceland timeout (22-15). Brinley Falkinburg (Lincoln, Nebraska. / Lincoln East High School) would slam one down out of the timeout and two more Yellowjacket errors would give Peru State the second set 25-15.
 
The third set opened with a 6-3 Graceland run until the Bobcats roared back by scoring seven of the next eight points (10-4), the Yellowjackets would respond with a 6-2 blow to take back the lead but Peru State clawed back in a 5-2 spurt to reclaim the lead 19-18. A Graceland kill would knot the set back up at 19 until a 5-0 Bobcat run with two service aces by Lydia Boyce (Omaha, Nebraska / Mercy High School) would force match point (24-19), the Yellowjackets would score one more but Addison Schneider (Humphrey, Nebraska / Humphrey High School) would slam one down to bring back the set and the win 25-20.
 
The offense would see a mixed attack with Falkinburg and Eden More (Eagle, Nebraska / Waverly High School) pacing the squad with five kills each while Schneider, Chancie Deaton (Payson, Arizona / Payson High School) and Shealie Wiebers (Papillion, Nebraska / Papillion-La Vista High School) each recorded four. Samantha Chesley (Lincoln, Nebraska / Pius X High School) would lead the team with 12 assists while Teodora Bulatovic (Tivat, Montenegro. / SMŠ "Mladost" Tivat) notched 11, Vollman sent over three service aces on the night while Boyce and Chesley each saw two.
 
The defense hosted a block party with 11 total team blocks while Deaton led the way with six block assists and one solo block, Moore would total three block assists while Scheider picked up two block assists and a solo stuff. Braelyn Braithwaite (Elkhorn, Nebraska / Elkhorn South High School) would pick up 11 digs while Falkinburg marked nine.
 
Peru State will continue on the road as they travel to take on William Woods on Friday at 6:00 P.M.