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  LaSalle Peru volleyball Avenges loss to Sycamore shares conference lead. This
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  Everlet. The LaSalle Peru girls volleyball team improved to 8-0 at home
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  Thursday with a 25-16-2514 victory over Interstate 8 conference leader Sycamore,
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  earning a split of its season series with the Spartans. The victory,
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  which avenged a two-set loss to Sycamore on September 15th, puts the
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  Cavaliers 22 3 51 Interstate 8 into a first place tie with
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  the Spartans 14 6 5 1 with four conference matches to play.
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  Volleyball is a game where every night you don't know what you're
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  going to get, said LaSalle Piru coach Mark Habricorn. It's an emotional
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  game and there are a lot of variables. When we played at
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  Sycamore, we weren't real sharp and Sycamore played very well. We just
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  got outplayed. Tonight there was a little revenge factor, and a loss
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  would have put us out of contention for the conference. So we
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  knew tonight was a big match, and I felt we played well.
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  We served unbelievably well and were aggressive all over the court. Audrey
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  Urbansky recorded the first of LaSalle Peru's nine service aces on the
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  first point of the match, and another ace by Addy Dawson capped
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  a three-point scoring run that provided the Cavaliers with an eleven six
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  advantage. Sycamore got a block from Isabel Collada and an ace from
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  Maddie Patton to halt the rally, but the hosts countered with a
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  kill by Maggie Boudreaux and an ace from Kiara Mertes to bump
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  the lead back up to 14-8 and prompt a Spartan timeout. The
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  stoppage did not blunt the Cavaliers momentum. Urbansky delivered two of here
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  match high, four aces and a kill In a four point run
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  that left LP with a nineteen nine advantage. Aubrey Dutlinger recorded kills
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  on our of the hosts final six points as the Cavaliers closed
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  out the set. We talked about that we could do better from
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  the first match with Sycamore, and we just came here and did
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  what we had to do, Urbansky said. In practice, if we miss
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  two serves in a row, we have to run, so that makes
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  us focus. We were aggressive and focused on our serving and hit
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  our zones. Leading 6-3 in the second set, LaSalle Peru embarked on
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  a 7-0 scoring run that put it in control for good. Dutlinger
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  opened the rally with a block, then took over serving duties, and
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  came through with two aces. Urbansky and Reagan Fundel recorded kills, and
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  Urbansky also added a block as the Cavaliers opened up a 13-3
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  lead. We haven't lost a home match this year, and we were
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  trying really hard to defend that, Dutlinger said. We've been playing well
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  in the conference, and we've improved so much since the first match
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  with Sycamore. Dutlinger finished with a match high nine kills and shared
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  the team lead in Diggs, five, with Urbansky and Dawson. Dutlinger, Urbansky
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  and Fundel each totaled two blocks for them Cavaliers, who have now
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  won seven straight matches. Thursday's loss was the Spartans first since September
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  19 and snapped a six-match win streak. Chiara Thomas was Sycamore's top
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  attacker with four kills, while Oliva Boyle and Sophia Lichtart each totaled
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  seven digs. Lizzy Goff finished with seven assists. We haven't been doing
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  a whole lot of traveling this season, said Sycamore coach Jennifer Charles.
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  We were home heavy at the beginning of the season, so we
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  have to learn how to play on the road. I want them
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  to learn and grow every time they play, and this is a
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  growing moment. We're hoping they'll rebound and be able to put this
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  in the past. Everyone loves to go undefeated, but when you do,
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  people are going to want to take that throne. They have to
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  learn to push through that and be okay with the extra pressure.
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  Both teams return to competition Tuesday. LaSalle Peru travels to face Ottawa
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  1013 105 while Sycamore visits Canaland.