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St. Bede upended in volleyball opener · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: St. Bede upended in volleyball opener. Written by Clark Toyshaw.
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice, brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlit. First match excitement and home court
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  Speaker 1: energy kept St. Bede in contention against a high-level opponent
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  Speaker 1: in the Bruins' season opener Tuesday, but El Paso Gridley
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  Speaker 1: finished two straight sets with extended scoring runs to close
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  Speaker 1: out a 2-0 sweep at Abbott Vincent Gymnasium. Unfortunately, we lost,
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  Speaker 1: but I thought we looked really good, St. Bede head
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  Speaker 1: coach Nicole Trenka said. El Paso is a tough team,
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  Speaker 1: and they're always competing to go to state, so we
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  Speaker 1: knew we had a lot to compete against. We saw
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  Speaker 1: some things we want to work on in practice and correct,
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  Speaker 1: but I also saw a lot of good. The Bruins
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  Speaker 1: enjoyed a strong start to the opening set, running up
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  Speaker 1: a 5-1 lead behind two kills and a block by
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  Speaker 1: Hannah Heiberger. El Paso Gridley began its season Monday with
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  Speaker 1: a 2-1 loss to Hersher scored the next six points
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  Speaker 1: as Edie Staudter registered two service aces. I thought we
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  Speaker 1: got out of the gates pretty hot, Tranka said. I
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  Speaker 1: thought we'd have a little nerves, we seemed pretty good,
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  Speaker 1: and then when they started coming back, because they played,
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  Speaker 1: Monday night they were able to settle themselves a little
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  Speaker 1: better than we did at home, in our first match
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  Speaker 1: with a big crowd. Heiberger delivered an ace that tied
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  Speaker 1: the score at 13-13, but the Titans scored four of
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  Speaker 1: the next five points. The visitors recorded blocks on two
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  Speaker 1: straight points to extend their lead to 20-15, before closing
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  Speaker 1: the set with a 5-1 run to prevail, 20-5-18. Aided
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  Speaker 1: by a trio of kills by Heiberger in service, aces
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  Speaker 1: by Nell Pothoff and Hannah Washkowiak, the Bruins established a
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  Speaker 1: modest lead early in the second set and managed to
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  Speaker 1: keep it until the very late going. Aces by Bentleya
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  Speaker 1: or not and Jillian Evans, and a kill by Pothoff
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  Speaker 1: extended the host's lead to 14-11 before a kill by
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  Speaker 1: Finley Rowe, and an ace by Pothoff extended the St.
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  Speaker 1: Bede advantage to its largest at 17-13. We've always been
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  Speaker 1: a strong serving team, Trenka mentioned. We can usually count
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  Speaker 1: on one or two aces for versus, but they definitely
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  Speaker 1: stepped it up serving in that second set. The Titans
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  Speaker 1: narrowed the gap to 19-17 before fashioning another strong finish
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  Speaker 1: as kills by Mercy Huatia, and Jaida Reid, an ace
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  Speaker 1: by Ember DePauw, and a block by Allison Ryan to
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  Speaker 1: give El Paso Gridley its first two-point lead of the set. St.
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  Speaker 1: Bede's final scoring rush resulted in kills from Heiberger and
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  Speaker 1: Lila Kohler, as well as the Bruins' sixth ace of
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  Speaker 1: the set from Ernaut, but the guests closed out the
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  Speaker 1: set and the win 25-22. I thought we played better tonight,
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  Speaker 1: said El Paso Gridley head coach Andrea Hardwick. Last night
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  Speaker 1: was the first varsity match for a lot of these girls,
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  Speaker 1: so I feel like their nerves were more settled tonight.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like our block was pretty solid. We were
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  Speaker 1: able to stop them at the net a lot, which
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  Speaker 1: was good. Heiberger finished with 7 kills and 2 blocks
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  Speaker 1: to lead St. Bede, which also got 7 digs from
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  Speaker 1: Ernaut and 11 assists from Kohler. Pothoff and Ernaut each
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  Speaker 1: recorded 2 service aces. Stauder led the Titans with 6 kills,
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  Speaker 1: while Gwen Adams and Morgan Patton each finished with 2 blocks.
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  Speaker 1: Reed and Alexis Elliott each served two aces for El
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  Speaker 1: Paso Gridley. The Bruins host Dwight Thursday in Tri-County Conference Competition.
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  Speaker 1: Varsity play is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.