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Princeton shows off improvements in two-set win over Ottawa · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Princeton shows off improvements in two-set win over Ottawa. Written by Kevin
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  Schlum. This article is being read by an automated voice, brought to
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  you by Everlit. At the Rock Falls tournament on September 5th, the
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  Princeton volleyball team faced some stiff competition and went 1-3, but the
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  Tigresses walked away knowing where they needed to improve. We were put
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  in a pretty tough pool and we played a lot of really
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  tough teams, Princeton coach Libby Boyle said. We saw some really good
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  things out of that day, and then we really highlighted the things
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  we needed to improve from our tournament play. We had a week
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  off and we really drilled on those things in practice. Boyles has
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  been pleased with her team's improvements as the Tigresses returned to action
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  this week, going 2-1 on the week after Thursday's 25-16-25-23 victory over
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  Ottawa in a non-conference match in Princeton. We're starting to connect better,
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  Boyle said. We're connecting our setters with our hitters a lot more,
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  which is something we've struggled with a little bit. Our sideout game
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  today was pretty great compared to some games in the past. Our
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  defense got scrappy, we didn't let a whole lot of tips drop,
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  our serves kept us in the game. The Tigresses took the lead
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  for good in the first set at 4-3 on an Ottawa error
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  and began to pull away when Peyton Brant served 4 points to
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  push it to 138. Chloe Moats, Ava Kyle, and Olivia Sandoval, each
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  served as Ace as Princeton, extended its lead to as much as
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  2412. I think we struggled to control our side of the court
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  today and just made too many errors in serve, receive, and defense,
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  and ultimately that put us in holes that were difficult to recover
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  from, Ottawa coach Christina Correy said. The Pirates did make a late
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  run, scoring four points in a row with two Princeton errors, a
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  kill by Savannah Markey and an ace from Lila Platt before the
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  Tigresses closed it out. I do appreciate the effort the team puts
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  in on those runs, but it takes us too long to get
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  to the point where we are playing like that, Corey said. We
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  need to work on starting off that way and keeping some consistency
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  in how we play. The Tigresses carried the momentum into the second
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  set as Peyton Harden served the first four points including an ace.
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  Sandoval rattled off five straight points in a run that included three
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  aces to push Princeton's lead to twelve six. Sandoval finished with I’ve
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  aces. It's something I'd been struggling with at the beginning of the
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  season, and I’ve just been working on it, at practice, and during
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  warm ups before the game, Sandoval said. It's something I've always worked
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  hard to get better at. I've been trying new things like short
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  serves, long serves. It's harder for teams to pass up when they're
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  kind of like rainbows over. I've just been focusing on those serves
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  that are harder to pass. The Pirates rallied and eventually tied it
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  on a back row kill by Markey. The set was tied again
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  at ten twenty and twenty two, before Princeton closed it out on
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  a kill by Jocelyn Struess, a Ottawa hitting error, a Pirates of
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  Service error, and a kill by Colby Lawson. I thought we did
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  good, Princeton Senior's Danica Burden said We did way better with our
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  attitude and communication. I felt like everything was just falling good. Strauss
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  led Princeton with five kills, while Burden and Lawson had four each.
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  It helped us move their blocks around so we were able to
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  get some holes and utilize those to get some kills. Burden said
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  about spreading the offense around. We were able to tool their blocks.
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  Burden said it all started with solid back row defensive I feel
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  like our back row did good tonight, Burden said. They had some
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  pretty aggressive hits, and they did a good job covering and getting
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  them up. That's definitely key because if you get a good pass,
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  it's way easier to get a good set and the it leads
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  to a kill. Kyle led the defensive effort with thirteen digs, while
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  Bella Clevinger had six and Sandoval had four. I think we did
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  pretty good, Sandoval said about the back row. The back corners were
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  the targets for most of the game and I think we did
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  pretty well adjusting to those and the tips. Overall I think we
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  did really well with back row passes.