Mount Mercy sweeps Peru State

PERU - After two very tight first sets, the Mount Mercy (Iowa) Mustangs (MMU) pulled away in the third set for the sweep of the home-standing Peru State Bobcat volleyball team.
 
The Mustangs won 25-23, 25-23, 25-13 on Senior Day for the Peru State team.

Neither team hit the ball particularly well as the Mustangs finished with a .145 hitting percentage compared to .060 for the Bobcats.

For the second-straight match, Alexandra Chavarria led the Bobcats in kills as she finished with 14 while hitting .423. Cassidy Davis led the team with 15 assists.
 
Mount Mercy improved to 20-11 on the season and 10-8 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference (Heart). Peru State fell to 10-24 on the year and 6-11 in conference play.

Peru State has one remaining match which was one that had been moved due to the team's bus breaking down early in October. They will be heading to Culver-Stockton Tuesday night to face the Wildcats at 6 p.m. The Wildcats are 10-18 and 4-13 in the Heart.
 
It would appear the match Tuesday night in Canton, Mo., will have an impact on the final spot open for the conference post-season tournament. A win by the Bobcats should get them in. A loss would be the end for Peru State in 2019.
 
The Heart championships will begin on Saturday, November 9, at the highest-finishing teams.