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Sara Gilio powers Oswego volleyball to sweep against West Aurora · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Sarah Gillio powers Oswego Volleyball to sweep against West Aurora.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Skylar Kisselis. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. Oswego didn't
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  Speaker 1: take long to find a rhythm on the road Thursday
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  Speaker 1: night at West Aurora. Elena Massey got things started with
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  Speaker 1: a pair of service aces on the first two serves
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  Speaker 1: of the match, followed by a Danny Brooks' block. The
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  Speaker 1: Panthers rode that momentum to an early 8-0 lead and
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  Speaker 1: eventually a 25-11, 25-17 victory at Gordon Kirkman Gymnasium in Aurora.
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  Speaker 1: Junior outside hitter Sarah Gillio, back after a foot injury
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  Speaker 1: kept her out four weeks last year, led Oswego with
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  Speaker 1: nine kills, along with a pair of service aces. It's
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  Speaker 1: my year coming back from being off an injury, so
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  Speaker 1: it's exciting being able to help around again, Gillio said.
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  Speaker 1: It's very adrenaline-filled being able to get kills again. The Panthers,
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  Speaker 1: 7-1 as a whole, were efficient on offense, hitting. 724
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  Speaker 1: for the night. Hannah Herrick had five kills in two blocks,
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  Speaker 1: Hadley Engler four kills in two blocks, and Brooks three
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  Speaker 1: kills in three blocks. But they were just as successful
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  Speaker 1: from the service line, too. Oswego finished with eight aces,
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  Speaker 1: led by three from Libero Amelia Mosley. We were on
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  Speaker 1: it today, Oswego coach Gary Mosley said. There's still those
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  Speaker 1: errors where, as a coach, you're like, boy, but lights
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  Speaker 1: out from the service line tonight. Oswego turned a 8-0
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  Speaker 1: lead at the first timeout into a 19-9 lead at
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  Speaker 1: the second. They then won six of the next rallies
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  Speaker 1: to take set one. It was just a really good
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  Speaker 1: vibe from the jump, Mosley said. We've been a pretty
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  Speaker 1: good team out of the gate. Finishing has been our problem,
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  Speaker 1: and we did an excellent, excellent job of that, and
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  Speaker 1: I was really proud of them. The second set, however,
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  Speaker 1: saw the Blackhawks' 1-7 put up a bit more of
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  Speaker 1: a fight. After falling behind 5-2 early, West Aurora battled
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  Speaker 1: back to tie the game at 8-9 and 10 points,
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  Speaker 1: but Oswego regained its rhythm to pull ahead 14-11 by
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  Speaker 1: the next stoppage. We were getting some big kills that
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  Speaker 1: led us to some really, really good energy, and that
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  Speaker 1: helped us hold on for a little bit longer, said
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  Speaker 1: West Aurora coach Alyssa Farney, an Oswego alum. Then we
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  Speaker 1: started having some defensive errors that led us to a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a slump. Up 21-15, the Panthers scored
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  Speaker 1: three straight to reach match point. The hosts responded with
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  Speaker 1: back-to-back scores before Gillio called game with her match-winning kill.
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  Speaker 1: The play before that, it was a bad call, so
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  Speaker 1: I was just like, set me the ball and I
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  Speaker 1: gotta kill, Gillio said. With another win in hand, Oswego
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  Speaker 1: moves to 7-1 on the young season, its best start
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  Speaker 1: since 2024. But even after winning their third straight regional
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  Speaker 1: title and making a trip to the sectional semifinals last year,
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  Speaker 1: Gilio said the Panthers still have something to prove. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of people doubt us this year, Gilio said. On
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  Speaker 1: the back of our shirt, it has, we have something
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  Speaker 1: to prove. That's our motto this season. It's like every game,
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  Speaker 1: people are going to try and beat us. So it's
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  Speaker 1: just like we've got to come out fighting, and we
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  Speaker 1: started the season off really strong.