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  Princeton volleyball drops home finale to Newman. This
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  Everlet. Tuesday's regular season finale got away from the Princeton volleyball team
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  early as Newman Central Catholic never relinquished control in a 25-10-25-23
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  Rivers Conference East victory over the Tigers at Prowdy Gym. The Tigresses
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  16-16-7-3-3 rivers east, will carry a two-match losing streak into next week's
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  Class 2A regional. We forget about it, Princeton coach Libby Boyle said.
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  We leave this one behind because from now on it's win or
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  go home. We'll let this one sting for a little bit and
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  light a fire under our butts for the postseason. The Comets, 17
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  and 17, 4 and 6 made their mark on the first set
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  soon after play began, as Lauren McLean recorded three service aces in
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  a five-point run that gave the visitors an 8 1 advantage. Newman,
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  which was without the services of setter Brooklyn Smith when it lost
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  a 2 1 decision to Princeton on September 22, continued to extend
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  its lead before closing out the set on a fourth ace by
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  McLean. Smith's injury was a struggle for us.
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  McLean said. We had a few people setting who weren't really used
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  to it. When she came back, we were able to run our
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  offense a lot more efficiently, and that's been working out well for
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  us. Kills by Danica, Burden and Josie Searens helped take the Tigresses
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  to a 4 2 lead early in the second set, and the
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  hosts owned a 7 4 edge after Addy Perry fed Peyton Brant
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  for a kill. I think it brought a little more energy to
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  the court. Boyle said of some lineup changes the Tigresses made to
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  start the second set. We were getting down on ourselves in that
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  first set. Sometimes putting a different person, a fresh mind, on the
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  court, a mind that isn't in their head yet, will bring that
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  energy that you need and I think it really did help. Newman's
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  Bella Lanning served her squad back into the lead with two aces
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  in a 4-0 surge that left the Comets in front 9-7. Princeton
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  rallied to tie the score on five occasions before the guests scored
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  four straight, capped by two straight aces from Jana Vance to pull
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  in front for good. McLean scored four of Newman's final six points
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  on three kills and a block. We've finally gotten into a set
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  rotation, so that's made big difference, Newman Coach, as Debbie Kelly said.
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  They're becoming more collective as a unit and trusting each other. It
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  was a later start for us, because we had a lot of
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  lineup changes. We had to play well tonight, so we're ready for
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  next week. McLean finished with a match high eight kills for the
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  Comets, who also got six kills from Ruby Berger, eight digs from
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  Amaya Gomez and eighteen assists from Smith. Princeton was paced by Burden's
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  five kills, while Brandt totaled four. Ava Kyle turned in seven digs
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  and Peyton Harden finished with 13 assists. Princeton faces Alman 13-10
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  in the first round of regional play Tuesday, October 27 at Illinois
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  Valley Central in Chillicothe. The Tigris has lost a 2-1 decision to
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  Alleman at the Orion Charger Challenge on October 3. Newman meanwhile will
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  travel to face host St. Bede September 2, 19, in Class 1A
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  regional play on Monday.