Peru State College Athletics

(Fulton, Mo.)- The Peru State College volleyball team took down Heart of America Athletic Conference foe William Woods 3-1 on Friday night. The Bobcats took down the Owls with a score line of 25-19, 25-15, 21-25 and 25-13.
 
Peru State rises to 17-9 overall and 9-6 in conference play while William Woods falls to 2-15 overall and 1-14 in Heart action.
 
The first set would open with both teams swapping 3-1 blows followed by a 5-1 stretch for the Bobcats to take a four-point lead (9-5), The Owls would answer with a 7-2 push to take back the lead 12-11 and would hold the advantage until Peru State would respond with a 7-2 series that saw kills from three different Bobcats to capture a four-point edge (20-16). A Peru State error would shorten the lead to three but a 3-1 run would force a William Woods timeout (23-18), The Owls would slam one down for the first point back but a William Woods error followed by a Shealie Wiebers (Papillion, Nebraska / Papillion-La Vista High School) service ace would take the opening set 25-19.
 
Set two would begin with a 4-1 Bobcat run and after back-to-back points from the Owls would knife the lead to one, Peru State would find a 10-2 run highlighted by three Addison Schneider (Humphrey, Nebraska / Humphrey High School) kills to hold a nine-point lead (14-5). William Woods would find five of the next eight points to shorten the lead to seven (17-10), but a 5-2 stretch that featured three kills by Wiebers would pull the advantage to ten (22-12) then the Bobcats would coast to claim the second set 25-15.
 
The third set would see both teams battling for position until Peru State would find four straight points with back-to-back Samantha Chesley (Lincoln, Nebraska / Pius X High School) service aces to take a four-point edge (7-3), until the Owls clawed back through a 17-4 stretch to hold a nine-point lead (20-11). The Bobcats would find the next four to slice the lead to five (20-15) and after consecutive points from William Woods would make the score 22-15, Peru State would use a 6-1 run to bring the set within two (23-21). But the Owls would find a kill to bring the score to set point, then a Bobcat error would give WIlliam Woods the third set 25-21.
 
The fourth set opened in favor of Peru State through a 9-3 push but the Owls would score the next three to bring the score to 9-6, then the Bobcats would find seven of the next nine points with three kills by Schneider to extend the edge to eight (16-8). Consecutive kills from WIlliam Woods brought the score to 16-10 until a 5-2 Bobcat series pulled the lead to nine (21-12), The Owls would mark one more kill but Peru State would score the next four to bring home the set and the win 25-13.
 
Offensively Wiebers notched a career-high 22 kills on an impressive .409 clip while Schneider would see 10 kills on a .368 hitting percentage and Eden Moore (Eagle, Nebraska / Waverly High School) totaled eight kills, Teodora Bulatovic (Tivat, Montenegro. / SMŠ "Mladost" Tivat) marked 24 assists and Chesley notched 19 while sending over a game-high four service aces.
 
Defensively Braelyn Braithwaite (Elkhorn, Nebraska / Elkhorn South High School) paced a balanced defence with 20 digs while Wiebers would find 17, Chesley would put up 16, and Brinley Falkinburg (Lincoln, Nebraska. / Lincoln East High School) also totaled 12. Chancie Deaton (Payson, Arizona / Payson High School) would lead the blocking efforts with two total block assists.
 
The Bobcats face a quick turnaround as they travel to take on Conference opponent and nationally ranked Missouri Baptist on Saturday at noon.