Peru, Nebraska - Grand View took two sets and pushed Peru State College to the limit but fell 3-2 (24-26, 25-13, 25-19, 16-25, 12-15) in the season finale Thursday night in Peru, Nebraska. The Vikings finish the season 18-11 overall and 12-6 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play.
Set 1
Grand View started fast in the opening set, getting a Peru State service error, two Maria Eduarda dos Passos kills and a Peru State error to take a 4-0 lead, and another Peru State error made it 5-1. Peru State ran off five straight to lead 6-5, but a dos Passos kill tied it at 6. After Peru State pulled ahead 9-7, Jocelyn Barrett and Victoria Gasparini kills tied it at 9, and after Peru State went up 11-9, a Peru State error and a Gasparini service ace tied it again at 11. A dos Passos kill tied it at 12, and a Peru State error off a block from dos Passos and another Peru State error gave the Vikings a 14-12 lead. Peru State took the next three points to lead 15-14, but Brooklyn Roder tied it with a kill and a Juliana Neves service ace put Grand View back in front, 16-15. The set stayed tight from there, with ties at 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21. Kills from Ava Renner, Roder and Barrett and a Peru State service error kept the Vikings level, and a Peru State error off a block from Neves and Roder put Grand View up 22-21. Peru State took a 23-22 lead, and after a Grand View timeout, back-to-back dos Passos kills tied it at 23 and gave the Vikings a 24-23 lead and set point. After a Peru State timeout, Peru State scored the final three points to take the set, 26-24.
Set 2
Grand View took control of the second set right away. Gasparini and Renner kills and two Peru State errors gave the Vikings a 4-0 lead, and after Peru State got on the board, a Renner kill made it 5-1. Gasparini and Renner kills then made it 7-1 and forced a Peru State timeout, and a block from Renner and Barrett pushed the lead to 8-1. Barrett, Gasparini and Gasparini kills made it 11-3, and a dos Passos kill made it 12-5. Neves and Roder kills made it 14-6, Renner and Gasparini kills made it 16-7, and two straight Peru State errors made it 18-8 and forced a second Peru State timeout. After Peru State cut it to 18-10, a Peru State service error and a Neves kill pushed the lead to 20-11, and a block from dos Passos and Barrett and a Barrett kill made it 22-11. Peru State got within 22-13, but three straight Peru State errors closed out the set, 25-13.
Set 3
Peru State opened the third set with seven straight points to lead 7-1, but Grand View answered with six straight of its own, getting a Peru State service error, a Barrett kill, two Peru State errors, a Renner service ace and a Peru State error off a block from Barrett, to tie it at 7 and force a Peru State timeout. Renner served the final five points of the run. Barrett tied the set again at 8 with a kill, and after Peru State went up 9-8, a dos Passos kill tied it at 9. A Peru State error off a block from dos Passos put Grand View in front for good, and another Peru State error and an Aydia Mayotte service ace made it 12-9. A dos Passos kill made it 13-10, and after Peru State pulled within 13-12, two Peru State errors made it 15-12. A Gasparini kill then started a six-point run, with Cecilia Campos serving the final five points. Campos served two aces, Barrett added a kill and Peru State had two errors, giving the Vikings a 21-13 lead and forcing a Peru State timeout. A Barrett kill made it 22-14, and after Peru State got within 22-16, a Renner kill made it 23-16. Peru State rallied to within 23-19, but a Peru State error off a block from Barrett and Neves made it 24-19, and dos Passos put away the final kill, 25-19.
Set 4
Gasparini put down two kills in the fourth set, and Peru State errors, one off a block from Barrett, gave Grand View a 4-2 lead. Peru State responded with eight straight points to lead 10-4. The Vikings chipped away behind a Peru State error, a Gasparini kill and back-to-back kills from Barrett and Roder to pull within 15-8, and after a Grand View timeout, back-to-back dos Passos kills and a Neves service ace cut the deficit to 16-11. A Peru State error and a Gasparini kill pulled the Vikings within 17-13, and Gasparini added another kill to make it 18-14. A Barrett kill made it 20-15, and after another Grand View timeout down 22-15, Peru State closed out the set, 25-16.
Set 5
Gasparini opened the deciding set with a kill, and the teams were tied at 1 and 2, with an Ana Julia Goncalves kill evening it at 2. A Peru State error gave Grand View a 3-2 lead, and another Peru State error made it 5-3. Peru State ran off three straight to lead 6-5, but a dos Passos kill tied it at 6. From there, Grand View answered each Peru State lead, tying it at 7 on a Neves kill, at 8 on a Goncalves kill and at 9 on a Gasparini kill, and a Peru State service error tied it at 10. Peru State took the next two points to lead 12-10, and Grand View called timeout. A Gasparini kill pulled the Vikings within 12-11, and after Peru State went up 13-11, a Barrett kill made it 13-12. Peru State closed out the match, 15-12.
Match Notes
- Victoria Gasparini led Grand View with 17 kills and added 13 digs and a service ace.
- Maria Eduarda dos Passos added 13 kills, 3.0 points off the block and 2 assists.
- Jocelyn Barrett chipped in 11 kills and posted a team-high 5.0 points off the block.
- Juliana Neves ran the offense with 49 assists, 2 service aces and 2.0 points off the block.
- Ava Renner led the Grand View defense with a team-high 20 digs, and Cecilia Campos added 15 digs and 2 service aces.
- Ava Renner and Aydia Mayotte each added a service ace.
- As a team, Grand View finished with 56 kills, 7 service aces and 53 assists, and out-served Peru State 7-6 in aces.
