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  Bureau Valley volleyball fights back, stays unbeaten in Conference play. This
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  Everlet. A slow start nearly derailed the Bureau
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  Valley volleyball team's unbeaten run through the Lincoln Trail conference Wednesday, but
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  a furious second set rally brought the storm back to life, as
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  they defeated West Central 22 25, 2522, 2516 At the storm cellar.
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  That's a character building kind of match. Bureau
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  Valley coach Sage Ellison said, What are we made of when we're
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  faced with some adversity? Do we have some fight in us? Can
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  we figure it out together, or do we separate and try to
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  do it by ourselves? At the end of the day, volleyball is
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  a team sport, so being challenged as teammates and volleyball players is
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  huge going into postseason. Bureau Valley, July 1, 21-9-0, Lincoln Trail,
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  came within just six points of a straight set's loss as them,
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  Heat, 10-11-4-5, tallied six aces and got nine kills from outside hitter
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  Lillian Higgins in the first set. With the score tied at 20-20,
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  West Central got a block and two straight aces from Ricky Pullen
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  to pull in front and claim the win. They did pretty great,
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  West Central coach Stephanie Higgins said. I think they did pretty well.
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  Mental toughness is what we've been pushing with them, and I think
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  they did better tonight than they've done all year. Higgins recorded a
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  block, two kills, and an aces as the heat ran up an
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  8-3 lead early in the second set. Bureau Valley trailed by as
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  many as seven points before a storm service error gave the visitors
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  a 19-13 advantage. Setter Libby Andrus ended two straight points with kills
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  at the net in Brindley Doty, followed with consecutive aces to begin
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  the Storm's comeback effort. Sierra Taylor's kill tied the match at 1918
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  and two straight aces by Kieradai and a kill by Maya Ship
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  closed out an 11-1 scoring run that put Bureau Valley in front
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  24-20 before it closed out the set. We just really worked together
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  more and we started talking about our plays and where we needed
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  to go with the ball, Ship said. I think this team is
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  really special about working together and just doing what we need to
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  do. As the third set opened, West Central continued feeding the ball
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  to Higgins, as the junior recorded kills on the Heat's first four
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  points to keep them level with the hosts. A kill by Taylor
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  and an ace from Aubrey Endress bumped the storm in front, and
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  they led by as many as four before the Heat scrambled to
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  level the count at twelve twelve. Bureau Valley followed with five straight
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  points on the serve of ship, who opened the rally with a
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  kills and closed it with an ace and went on to score
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  thirteen of the final seventeen points of the night to win their
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  ninth straight match and defeat the Heat.
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  For the third straight year. I think we just needed to get
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  back on our mojo, Allison said. We'd had a little bit of
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  a break and West Central is a solid volleyball team. I'm happy
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  with how we responded, but we didn't start how we maybe should
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  have. Ship finished with a match high 11 kills for the Storm,
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  while Doty totaled seven. Libby Endress totaled 15 assists and matched Doty
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  for the team lead in Asus. 3. While Brookhelms contributed 16 digs.
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  Higgins finished with 26 kills and 9 digs for the Heat. The
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  Storm are idle until Monday when they host Lincoln Trail rival Princeville.