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  Bureau Valley shakes off early challenge from Anawan. This
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  Everlit. Breaking the match open for good with a sustained scoring run
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  late in the first set, The
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  Bureau Valley volleyball team improved to 2-0 in Lincoln Trail Conference play
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  Monday with a 25-17-2512 victory over Anawan at the Storm Cellar in
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  Manlius. The Storm, July 1, 13, took the court roughly 48 hours
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  after Saturday's five-match run in the Pearl City Tournament, where they achieved
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  a runner-up finish. Much of Monday's early going was back and forth
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  as Anawan, 0-11, 0-2 Lincoln Trail, scored four of the first six
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  points and owned a 13-11 advantage before Bureau Valley found its rhythm.
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  Outside hitter Elain Manuel and setter Tessa Grip got the brevettes going
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  early as Manuel delivered a trio of kills, and Grip recorded two
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  aces. The hosts briefly took the lead at 6-5 before a kill
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  and a block by Alia Hayes nudged Anawan back in front. After
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  a kill by the Storm's Maya ship tied the score at 11-all
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  and prompted an Anawan timeout, Manuel responded with a kill and a
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  block to give the brevettes what turned out to be their last
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  lead of the match. With the score tied at 14-all, Bureau Valley
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  got two straight kills from Bryanley Dhode and two more from Elise
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  House and Libby Indress in succession before eventually extending they lead to
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  22-14 after eight straight points. I just think we weren't playing to
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  our caliber of volleyball. Stormhead coach Sage Allison said. We had a
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  great weekend at the Pearl City tournament, where the played some bigger
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  schools and were competitive. We just came out a little flat and
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  then we really woke up and got going. But that's volleyball. Bureau
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  Valley closed out the opening set twenty-five-seventeen, then opened the second with
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  a 9-2 run capped off by a trio of kills from Doty.
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  I think not having games before was tough, Dody said of the
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  lack of freshman or junior versity matches before Monday's versity contest. We're
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  not used to that. I think we did a lot better in
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  the second set, just picking it up and proving ourselves. It showed
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  who we are as a team, being able to overcome that obstacle
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  in the first set. The Storm stayed in control down the stretch,
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  leading by a 21-8 count before a brief Anawan rally. Bureau Valley
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  improved to 4-3 in home matches and has gone 7-1-1 in its
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  last nine outings. Dodi finished with a match high ten kills while
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  Ship finished with five. Andres totaled eighteen assists and shared the team
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  lead in digs. Six with Chiara Dai. Danica Benavidez added three aces.
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  Manuel led Anawan with 8 kills and 2 blocks, and Grip finished
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  with 11 assists and 12 digs. The Storm host Mendota 582 in
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  non-conference play at 6 p.m. Thursday.