BATAVIA – One of a handful of memorable points that brought down the house in Thursday’s girls volleyball regional championship match between rivals Batavia and Geneva brought the Bulldogs within a point of the Vikings in the decisive third game.

The underdog Bulldogs had momentum at their backs when Heather Meyer provided an emphatic kill for her team’s fourth straight point moments after a tremendous, scrambling return by Geneva’s Courtney Caruso.

But the Vikings shook off Batavia’s crowd-pleasing rally, scoring the next six points for the cushion it needed in a 25-22, 21-25, 25-19 win in the IHSA Class 4A Batavia Regional championship game.