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Putnam County uses strong serving in to top Mendota in three sets · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Putnam County uses strong serving into top Mendota in three sets.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Kevin Schlum. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. On the
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  Speaker 1: Putnam County volleyball team's first serve against Mendota, Maya Richardson
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  Speaker 1: fired an ace to give the Panthers an early two-point lead.
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  Speaker 1: Putnam County used strong service to take control of the
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  Speaker 1: first set and to help it pull out the third
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  Speaker 1: set to claim a 25-16 lead 24-26, 25-22 non-conference victory
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  Speaker 1: over the Spikers on Tuesday in Mendota. I think we
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  Speaker 1: served really aggressively, had a lot of sees, and that
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  Speaker 1: really helped us in the long run, especially in that
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  Speaker 1: first set and in the third set to get ahead,
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  Speaker 1: Putnam County coach Amy Bell said. The Panthers had five
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  Speaker 1: different players serve an ace and finish with 12 aces
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  Speaker 1: as a team. Richardson served four aces, Brittany Trinidad and
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Wiesbrock each had three, and Emberlyn Quickla and Ayla
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  Speaker 1: Berlin each contributed one. Our serves were really good, Trinidad said.
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  Speaker 1: We just kept putting the ball in the court. We
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  Speaker 1: wanted to play smart. Putnam County scored the first four
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  Speaker 1: points of the opening set and later pushed its lead
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  Speaker 1: to 19-9 on a five-point service run by Avery Gracer
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  Speaker 1: before Trinidad ended it with an ace. We played a
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  Speaker 1: great match against Kelwiny-Weathersfield and fell short Monday. so we
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  Speaker 1: were ready to get back at it and come out aggressive,
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  Speaker 1: Bell said. The second set was tight throughout. The Panthers
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  Speaker 1: led 16-14 when Maria Elam swung the momentum back to Mendota.
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  Speaker 1: The senior middle pounded down four kills and five volleys
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  Speaker 1: to give the Spikers a 20-15 lead. Mendota led 23-18
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  Speaker 1: before Putnam County rallied to tie it. The set ended
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  Speaker 1: on back-to-back Putnam County miscues to force the third set.
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  Speaker 1: We did okay. Mendota coach Demi Salazar said, We got
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  Speaker 1: every kid in because I didn't want anybody to have jitters.
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  Speaker 1: I told them they were going in, and I wasn't
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  Speaker 1: going to change it because we were winning or losing.
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  Speaker 1: Maria was a ton. Our defense started playing like they should.
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  Speaker 1: Both sides had a lot of good plays. The Spikers
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  Speaker 1: started strong in the third set with a kill and
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  Speaker 1: a block from Elam and a kill by Elena Koch,
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  Speaker 1: but the Panthers rallied to tie it at 3 and
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  Speaker 1: took the lead for good at 6-5 on a kill
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  Speaker 1: by Kwikla. Putnam County pushed its lead to as many
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  Speaker 1: as 6 points before closing it out on a Mendota error.
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  Speaker 1: We knew the second set we struggled a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: just keeping the ball in the court, Bell said. The
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  Speaker 1: third set we went back with the mindset of running
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  Speaker 1: different options, but being aggressive and not being tip-happy. For
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  Speaker 1: Putnam County, which improved to 1-1, Trinidad had 8 assists, 7.6 kills,
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  Speaker 1: and 4 digs. Richardson finished with 11 points, 11 assists,
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  Speaker 1: 7 digs, and 5 kills. And Sarah Wiesbrock contributed 14
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  Speaker 1: digs and 9 points. It feels great to get the
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  Speaker 1: first win of the season, Trinidad said. I love playing
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  Speaker 1: with my team, and I love getting wins. I love
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  Speaker 1: to compete. Elam finished with 13 kills and 2 blocks
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  Speaker 1: for Mendota 0-1, and Harlow Fultonowitz had 5 kills, 3 aces,
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  Speaker 1: and a block.