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  Princeton responds after first set wins rematch against Kewane. Written by
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  Kevin Schlum This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlett. After dropping the first set against Kewney, the
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  Princeton volleyball team was looking for a spark. Sophomore Colby Lawson provided
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  it early in the second set. Lawson slammed down a kill on
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  the second volley as part of the Tigers six-point opening run and
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  Princeton went on to beat the Boilermakers 2025 2518-2523
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  in a Three Rivers Conference East Division match in Princeton. We always
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  talk about energy, and sometimes that's not something you can just get.
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  Princeton coach Libby Boyles said. Sometimes you have to have that one
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  person, and tonight, coming into that second game, Colby Lawson was that
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  person on the court to bring a power kill, and when we
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  celebrate her just The
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  way we would everybody else. She's always wanting to win big, so
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  a kill from her is the best way for her to celebrate
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  and when she's up, everybody is up. The Tigrises pushed their lead
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  in the second set to 8-1 and extended the advantage to double
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  digits at 15:5 when Peyton Brant served an ace. Princeton ended the
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  second set on a tip by Danica Burden and a block by
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  Lawson. I think we just came back ready to win after losing
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  to them at Kellini on september first, Lawson said. We just put
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  it together. The third set, like the first, was tight throughout. The
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  Boilermakers threatened to pull away up 11-7 before the Tigresses responded. Josie
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  Searns put down a kill, then Chloe Motes served four straight points,
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  including back-to-back aces, to give Princeton a sixteen thirteen lead. The set
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  was tied at 17, 19, 20 and 21 before Burden stepped up
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  in the final points for the Tigresses with a pair of kills
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  and a block to give Princeton the victory. We cleaned up our
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  serving a little bit, Boyles
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  said We really dialed in on when the were tipping, watching that
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  elbow and reading the tip a lot better. That's what really beat
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  us in the first set was their tips. Our defense wasn't there
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  the first set. We were letting balls drop in front of us
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  that we normally don't, and we really dialed in for that third
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  set on defense. Boyles said the Tigresses were looking forward to the
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  rematch since losing to the Boilermakers 2515-2516. We didn't
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  have our best game when we played there, Boyle said. We were
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  still kind of figuring out a core lineup. We are playing some
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  of our best ball right now. We adjusted a lot better to
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  their outside hitter and middle hitter, Demaris Diaz. We stopped her a
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  lot, We took her out of system. We were putting balls where
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  passers couldn't pass to get a set to her. That was the
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  game plan. She's a strong hitter and she's a strong blocker. We
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  adjusted well. Lawson said the Tigresses ten eight four.
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  Two TRC East are starting to come together. It felt really good
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  to beat a team that's older than us when we're a young
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  group that hasn't really played together a lot, Lawson said. We just
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  put the puzzle pieces together tonight. I think it was a great
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  win that can carry on to next week in our two matches
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  at home. Lawson finished with ten kills while Burden had seven, and
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  Brandt and Jocelyn Strauss each had four. Peyton Harden had 11 assists,
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  10 points, an ace, and 6 digs. Ava Kyle had 22 digs
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  and an ace.