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  Flanagan Cornell takes rivalry match from Woodland. Written by Brian Hoxy
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  by Everlett. There's not much better than when two rivalries get together
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  and each side's student section is trading chance to add to the
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  energy in the gym. That was the case in Tuesday's volleyball match
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  between Then host Woodland Warriors and the Flanagan Cornell Falcons at the
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  Warrior Dome in Rural Streeter. Flanagan Cornell created some distance in the
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  opening set only to have to hold off a late Woodland rally.
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  Then in the second set, the Falcons used a late-scoring spurt to
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  break open the back and forth action and eventually recorded a 25-17-2523
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  victory over the hosts on Vali for a cure night in recognition
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  of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Flanagan Cornell improved to five fifteen with
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  its second consecutive victory. Woodland dropped to three sixteen with its forth
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  straight loss. I really felt like we were going to play well
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  going through warmups. Flanagan Cornell Jr. Brooklyn Delheimer said. Everyone had a
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  great balance of focus and having fun. Having the student sections going
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  back and forth with chants and stuff like that was very energizing.
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  There was a lot of energy in the gym tonight, with it
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  being a rivalry and with the student sections really getting into it,
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  Falcons coach Devenrich said. This is normally a match we play early
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  in the season, but it was nice to play each other on
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  a volley for a cure night. Flanagan Cornell was led on the
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  stat sheet by Delheimer, ten service points, five aces, three kills, freshman
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  Riley Eggenberger, 9 kills, Junior Raina van Wielden, 5 kills, 9 points,
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  3 aces, and Junior Billy Shehorn, 19 assists. We've tried different combinations
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  and systems this season, but we've found when we run a five
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  one like we did tonight with Billy, as our as our setter
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  things really run much smoother, Rich said. We had really good communication
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  tonight and did a good job of keeping points alive defensively. It
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  was just a good all around match for us. In the first
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  set, a six point service run by Delhamer, including a pair of
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  aces, and a three point spurt by Van Wielden, featuring an ace
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  sandwich between kills from Piper McMillan and Delhamer put the Falcons up
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  16-7. Woodland closed to within 17-14 on a six-point run by Sidney
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  Ewing that included an ace and three kills by Grace Longmire. FC
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  held a 22-16 lead before a Woodland service error was followed by
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  an ace from Delheimer and a kill by Van Wielden. I thought
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  we served really well as a team and we also did a
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  really good job of using our middle hitters, Delheimer said. Looking to
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  the middle is something we sometimes don't do, but tonight we did
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  that and it opened up the court for our outside hitters. Billy
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  Shehorn, our setter, really played well for us and did a great
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  job of mixing things up. The teams traded leads for much of
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  the second set until Woodland pulled ahead 1916 after a kill by
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  Gracie Milligan and a block by Longmire. But the Falcons used back-to-back
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  kills from Aubrey Edens and Eggenberger, plus consecutive aces by Van Wielden
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  to forge ahead 2219. The Warriors used a kill and block from
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  Longmire to close to 24-23 but a woodland hitting error closed out
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  the set and match. Longmire finished with a match high 14 kills
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  and a pair of blocks, while Milligan and Aubrey Laval each collected
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  2 kills. Addy Ewing finished with 9 service points and a pair
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  of aces. The second set tonight, we finally got back to playing
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  like we used to play. We played as one. There was no
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  me but we, said Woodland coach Michelle Pitt. It was nice to
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  see them all have each other's backs, be excited and be in
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  the positions they are supposed to be in. It wasn't the outcome
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  we wanted, but the girls showed a lot of fight throughout and
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  it was great to see. These girls can really coach themselves at
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  this point of the season. They know what I'm gonna say in
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  a timeout before I say it. We ask a lot of Grace,
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  but that's because we know 99 of the time she's going to
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  come through. I really didn't have to say anything. Like, let's get
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  the ball to Grace because the girls understand that she was playing
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  really well. Flanagan Cornell is right back in action on Wednesday hosting
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  Midland. Woodland is off until Thursday when it travels to take on
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  Henry Sutnikwine in a tri-county conference match.