By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The Panorama volleyball team faced its first competitive action of the season on Tuesday, Aug. 25 at a triangular meet at Van Meter. Panorama lost its first game to No. 15 Van Meter (3-0), but bounced back with a win against Interstate 35 (0-1).
Vs. No. 15 Van Meter, 9-25, 12-25, 19-25
Panorama was unlucky to start its season off against a ranked opponent but still pulled some positives. Nerea Gimeno-Perez led in assists with seven. Hailey Hellman had the second most with six. Kills were spread throughout with Ashley Crees leading with five. Leah Carstens and Jessica Randol were next highest with three apiece. Ashley Crees led in blocks with three. Gracie Recker had one. Lexi Galvan led in digs with 10. Hannah Dishman led the team in aces with two. Gimeno-Perez went 9/9 serving.
Vs. Interstate 35, 25-15, 21-25, 25-15, 25-12
The Panthers’ fortune turned around against I-35. Assists were mainly shared between Hellman and Gimeno-Perez again. Hellman led with 15; Gimeno-Perez had 13. Crees led in kills with 14. The next closest was Randol with five. Randol also led in blocks with two. Leah Carstens, Crees, Ruth Fett and Danica Isom all had one block apiece. Galvan led the way in digs with 14. Dishman hit double-digits with 10. Gimeno-Perez had eight aces, going 24/27 serving. Dishman was close behind with six aces.
The next games for the girls are in a home triangular against West Central Valley (0-1) and ACGC (2-0) on Sept. 1.