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Somonauk scrappy in second set, but Marquette rebounds for three-set victory · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Somanok scrappy but Marquette rebounds for three set victory. This
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  Everlit. The best way to recover from blowing a big lead. Bounce
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  right back and build another one. Marquette Academy girls volleyball team rebounded
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  from losing seven consecutive match points in a second set defeat against
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  the visiting Somonok Bobcats with a quick turnaround performance in the rubber
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  set for a 2518 2527 2516 victory at Bader
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  Gym. It went back to how we did Saturday winning the Fieldcrest
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  Night Invite tournament and we just decided to have fun. Market Senior
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  Middle Kelsey Cocutra said. We were stressing for a little bit, yeah,
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  but then we went back to basics. Just playing and having fun
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  and not worrying about it. It worked. After leading throughout an opening
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  set victory, the Crusaders 17-4 used a point Rita McLaughlin service run
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  that included two aces and a Lucy McGrath stuff block and a
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  3-point Hunter Hopkins run that featured an ace and two Kutra kills
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  to take a 24-17 lead and move one point from taking the
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  match in two. Somonox Bellerolf held off that last marquette point with
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  a side out kill. Then Rolf added another to make it twenty-four
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  nineteen. Then Brookberry put down a block. Then AD Werner put down
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  a kill and it was twenty four twenty one. Notably flustered, the
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  crew began pressing, resulting in a series of hitting errors that led
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  to a 24-24 tie. Marquette, thanks to another Kutra kill, regained the
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  serve and one more match point opportunity, but Werner came through in
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  the clutch again to tie it 25-25 and returned the serve to
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  the Bobcats. Two quick Rolf serves later, and the teams were improbably
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  heading to a third and decisive set. We just stayed relaxed, Werner
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  said. We just played like it was zero zero. There was no
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  pressure on us. We just kept playing with intensity and kept going.
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  One thing I would say the girls have been doing pretty well
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  with is staying relaxed. Somanok coach Christy Pruski said, We can absolutely
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  get a little freaked out, but if we can stay out of
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  that headspace and play a little calmer, we're definitely better off. We
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  are not a strong offensive team. We don't have a lot of
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  height, but I would say our defense in the back row, Pruski
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  said. Boy, we were on tonight. And that kept these girls alive
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  tonight. That momentum didn't carry over for the visitors, however. Marquette's McLaughlin
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  served up the first three points of the rubber set. Kinley Rick
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  putting down two early kills, and the Crusaders were off to the
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  races like nothing had happened, leading by five points or more early
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  and throughout the eventual 25 16 third set triumph. Leading marquette were
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  Couture, 11 kills, 2 blocks, McLaughlin, 7 kills, 20 assists, 7 digs,
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  2 aces. Lucy McGrath, 6 kills, 2 blocks. Rick, 9 kills, 15
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  assists. Caitlin Davis, 2 kills, 5 5 digs. Grayson Carrier, 8 digs,
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  and Libero Hopkins, 14 digs, 2 Ace serves. For Somanok, Werner put
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  together an impressive all-around performance with match bests of 15 kills and
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  17 digs. Barry, 23 assists, 10 digs, 3 kills, LeBurro, Ryland King,
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  11 digs, Rolfe, 5 kills, 13 digs, 3 aces, and Shaney King,
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  4 kills, 8 digs, 2 aces, also paced the Bobcat's never say
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  die effort. I give them all the credit in the world, Marquette
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  coach Mindy McConaughey said of Somonok's defensive effort against the taller, harder
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  hitting Crusaders. I told their coach afterwards, Man, you're scrappy, and they
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  were We talked at reset between the second and third sets. There
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  was definitely some fatigue there and we got a little complacence in
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  set two, had an error, then another error, and then they kind
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  of hit the panic button. So I give our team props for
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  coming back in that third set, being mentally tough and focused.