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  LaSalle Peru sweeps Ottawa, continues strong finish to regular season. This
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  Everlet. LaSalle Peru continued its strong late season surge Tuesday night,
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  sweeping Ottawa 2512, 2513, and finishing off the sweep of the season
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  series against the Pirates. La Salle Peru coach Mark Habercorn said his
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  team executed well in several key areas that led to the win
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  over their rival. We served real well tonight, Habricorn said. I thought
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  we played strong defense, solid defence, and we attacked the net. The
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  win extended LP's winning streak to eight matches, and the Cavaliers have
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  not dropped a set since September fifteenth. And with only a few
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  matches remaining in the regular season, La Salle Peru has grown more
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  consistent, Habercorn said, uh crediting the development of younger players and their
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  increased experience at the varsity level We're executing better. We're more consistent
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  that we were early in the year, Habercorn said Right now I
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  think We’re trending in the right direction. Senior Kenzie Chamberlain said the
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  team understands the importance of maintaining its level of play as the
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  postseason approaches. It's very key that we do play well during this
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  final stretch, Chamberlain
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  said, of playing its best volleyball now. We're getting close, and we
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  all feel that. Chamberlain said the Cavaliers faced questions entering the season
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  after losing most of their starting lineup from the previous year. The
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  team's trust in one another and leadership from its seniors have helped
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  it progress, she said We have a great group of seniors, Chamberlain
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  said, pointing to Dutlinger's four years as a varsity starter and her
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  leadership as captain. Notably, the Cavaliers reached the super sectional last season
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  and entered the final stretch of the regular season with an opportunity
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  to win or share the conference title, Habricorn said. With some seniors
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  potentially nearing the end of their volleyball careers, Chamberlain said the group
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  is determined to made a run again. Some of us may never
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  play again, and so it just gives us that drive to want
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  to play better, because we don't want our season to end early,
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  Chamberlain said Aubrey Dutlinger led the Cavaliers. Offensively with 11 kills. Aubrey
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  Urbansky also added 5 kills for the Cavaliers. Ottawa coach Christine Correy
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  said LaSalle-Peu's balance and ability to adjust during matches made the Cavaliers
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  difficult to defend. They’re just very well rounded and just know kind
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  of what to do when, Corey said. It's very challenging to play
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  against, but I think it will ultimately make our team better. Corrie
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  said Ottawa was slow to adjust to several things it anticipated seeing
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  from the Cavaliers. The Pirates had dealt with injuries when the teams
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  met earlier in the season, where LP won 2-0, making Tuesday's matchup
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  a bit different with more of their lineup back, she said. They're
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  tough, they're scrappy, and they got a lot of different moving pieces,
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  Corey said.