#1 Perry put the finishing touches on a perfect 2020 regular season with four-set victory in impressive fashion over #12 Sunnyslope, 25-9, 18-25, 25-12, 25-15 in a 6A match at Perry High.

The Pumas, last season's 6A runner-up, were nearly flawless in the opening set, tumbled in the second to the more focused Vikings before getting back to form for a 3-1 triumph.

"We were strong the first set and kind of turned the switch off in the second," Perry coach Fred Mann said. "Sunnyslope got back at us in the second, but I liked how we bounced back to more how we play in the third and fourth sets."

Perry (15-0) will have time off from matches while the state tournament pairings are assembled later this week and play-in games take place on Nov. 10. The Pumas won't play again until Nov. 14. Sunnyslope, which moved up to 6A this season, won the truncated 6A Southwest Region. The Vikings won the 5A title last season, but ran into many of 6A's top teams the last couple weeks. Prior to Wednesday's loss, the Vikings lost four of six matches to #3 Highland, #5 Sandra Day O'Connor, #7 Xavier Prep and #9 Corona del Sol.

Wednesday night's opening set was a clinic by Perry and there was little Sunnyslope could do to defend. The Pumas registered 18 kills and were machine-like in all aspects. Outside hitters Alyssa Montoya, Ella Rud and Avery Burks combined for 13 of those kills - 5, 4 and 4, respectively. Montoya and Rud finished with match-high 17 kills apiece while Burks hit double-digits with 12 and middle Makayla Long added eight. Libero Jordan Suan was steady defensively with 24 digs and Jenna Heller amassed 48 assists. McKenna Dressel and Long posted four and three blocks, respectively.

Sunnyslope shook off Perry's first-set prowess responding with its best set of the match in the second, much to the admiration of coach Amber LeTarte. Thye Vikings had five players contribute on the attack in the set led by Alexia Scott, Avery Kronholm and Michelle Jung. Those three and Laylah Daniel all finished the match with six kills each. Scott led in digs with 11 and Jung managed two blocks.

Perry wasn't as strong in the third and fourth sets as it was in the first, but was still plenty good to finish off the match with little resistance. Rud had five kills and Long three in the third set. Rud and Montoya collected four kills each in the fourth set.