No. 5 Men's Volleyball Rallies and Defeats Grand View in Five Games

Marshall, Mo., (March 7, 2026)- The No. 5 Missouri Valley College men's volleyball team hosted Grand View (Iowa) in a Heart of America Athletic Conference match Saturday afternoon.  The Vikings fell behind early, but rallied in the final three games to win by scores of 19-25, 20-25, 25-22, 25-23, 15-9.

The opening game started with Grand View going in front early, 6-3.  Junior Outside Hitter Pierro Porras (Lima, Peru) had a kill and Freshman Outside Hitter Loan Fargier (France) added three kills to cut the deficit to 10-8.  Grand View responded, taking nine of the next eleven points to hold an 18-11 advantage.  Teams traded points through the next stretch of play, featuring two kills each from Freshman Outside Hitter Bart Mulder (Hoogeveen, Netherlands) and Fargier, but GVU held a 22-16 lead.  Missouri Valley tried to work back late in the game, using a kill from Fagier and back-to-back kills from Porras, but Grand View won the final point and earned a 25-19 win in the opener.

Grand View started game two with an early lead, moving ahead, 5-3.  Junior Middle Blocker Joao Tavares (Parana, Brazil) and Freshman Setter Leonardo Poiatti (Sao Paulo, Brazil) landed a kill apiece to keep the scoreboard close, but GVU won six of the next eight points to make it a 14-7 score.  The two teams traded points through the next several points, which included a kill each from Tseyera, Fargier, Hasse, and Poiatti, along with two kills from Junior Outside Hitter Frederico Baptista (Esmoriz, Portugal), but the Vikings sat in a 20-16 deficit.  Missouri Valley won four of the next six points, as Tseyera and Hasse had a kill and Tavares landed two kills to close the gap down to 23-20.  However, Grand View took the last two points to finish out a win in the second game, 25-20. 

Needing a win to extend the match, teams traded points through an 8-8 score, with two kills apiece from Tseyera and Fargier, along with two GVU errors and a kill from Tavares.  Missouri Valley eventually took the lead, using three-straight kills from Baptista, followed by another kill from Fargier and a solo block from Poiatti to hold a 13-12 advantage.  MVC continued to extend their lead, winning six of the next nine points, which included two kills from Fargier and two kills from Senior Opposite Luca Hasse (Paderborn, Germany) to put the score at 19-16.  Both teams traded points through the next stretch of play, where Baptista landed two kills, and both Tavares and Hasse had a kill each to maintain the MVC lead, 24-20.  Grand View stayed close as they won the next three points, but Tseyera put down the final kill to earn a 25-22 win to send the match into game four.

The fourth game started with both teams trading points through a 5-5 score, but Missouri Valley used two GVU errors, and a kill each from Hasse and Fargier to take a 9-7 advantage.  MVC won four of the next five points to stay ahead, with a block from Tseyera, and a kill apiece from Hasse, Fargier, and Baptista, but Grand View responded winning the next three points to tie the game at 16-16.  Missouri Valley answered back winning four-straight points, with a kill each from Poiatti and Fargier, along with a block from Tavares to help the team to a 19-16 advantage.  The next four kills for the MVC Vikings came from Fargier to send the team to game-point, and Hasse finished off the final kill to close out the fourth game, 25-23, extending the match into a fifth game.

Grand View started the fifth game winning the opening two points, but Missouri Valley responded taking six of the next seven points, as both Fargier and Hasse added a kill apiece, and Baptista put down a block and a kill to send MVC on top, 6-3.  The teams traded points through the next stretch of play, as Grand View stayed close and sat at an 8-6 deficit.   However, Missouri Valley won six of the next eight points to extend their lead, with a kill and block from Fargier, a kill from Tseyera, who also had a block, and then teamed up with Poiatti on another block to send the team to match-point.  A final kill from Fargier closed out the game for Missouri Valley, 15-9.  The MVC Vikings won the match, 3-2.

Fargier led with a career-high 27 kills, on a 0.438 percentage, and added eight digs.  Fargier's 27 kills is tied for second-most in a single game in program-history. Samuel Essilfie had 27 against Ottawa last season (April 8, 2025). The most is 31 kills back in the 2008 season from Ivan Zlatkov.  Hasse followed with 13 kills, while Baptista had 11 kills, and Tseyera added seven kills and three blocks.  Poiatti led with 60 assists, two blocks and four digs.  Junior Libero Thales Thomas (Sao Paulo, Brazil) had 15 digs.  Missouri Valley finished with 11 total blocks in the match.

Missouri Valley improves to 13-1 overall and 7-1 in the conference, while Grand View falls to 7-5 on the season and 6-4 in the Heart.

Up next, the Viking men's volleyball team will host Missouri Baptist in a Heart contest, Tuesday at 7 p.m, inside Burns Athletic Complex.

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Standing out as one of the most innovative and student-focused liberal arts colleges in the Midwest, Missouri Valley College (MVC) is committed to preparing students for success beyond the classroom. Through the Viking Voyage program, MVC prioritizes career readiness from day one, equipping students with the knowledge and skills needed to excel after graduation. Each of MVC's 30+ in-demand majors—including nursing, business, cybersecurity, computer science, criminal justice, and exercise science—integrates personal instruction, experiential learning, and professional opportunities to prepare graduates to thrive in a rapidly changing and globally connected world. At Missouri Valley College, higher education is more than earning a degree—it's a transformative journey that begins with the end.