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Marquette rallies to top St. Bede in Tri-County girls volleyball battle · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Marquette rallies to top St. Bede in Tri-County girls' volleyball battle.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Clark Toyshaw. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. Wild shifts
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  Speaker 1: in momentum punctuated St. Bede's Tri-County conference volleyball encounter with
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  Speaker 1: Marquette Academy on Thursday as the Bruins nearly pulled off
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  Speaker 1: a straight-sets victory before the Marquette rallied to prevail 17-25, 28-26,
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  Speaker 1: 25-22 before a near-capacity crowd at Peru's Parkside Middle School.
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  Speaker 1: Changing locations from Abbott Vincent Gymnasium due to the intense
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  Speaker 1: heat in the area, the Bruins made every effort to
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  Speaker 1: still make the contest feel like a home match. We
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  Speaker 1: brought our entire net system, our poles, our equipment, everything
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  Speaker 1: we had to try and make it as much home
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  Speaker 1: as possible, St. Bede coach Nicole Trenka said. We're super
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  Speaker 1: thankful that Parkside allowed us to be here. They're great facilities,
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  Speaker 1: and everyone was helpful. The Bruins 5-3-2, 1-1 Tri-County looked
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  Speaker 1: right at home as they scored the first six points
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  Speaker 1: of the match on the serve of Hannah Heiberger, including
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  Speaker 1: a trio of service aces. The lead grew to 10-3
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  Speaker 1: before Marquette battled back and closed the gap to a
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  Speaker 1: single point on five occasions. A five-point run on the
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  Speaker 1: serve of Nel Pithoff, who came through with two aces,
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  Speaker 1: gave St. Bede a commanding 23-15 edge before Bentlia Ernat
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  Speaker 1: ended the set with the Bruins' 7th service ace. Our
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  Speaker 1: serve-receive was off in the first set, Marquette coach Mindy
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  Speaker 1: McConaughey said. Playing in front of a big crowd in
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  Speaker 1: a rivalry game, a lot of these girls know each other,
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  Speaker 1: and I think we were just a little too jazzed
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  Speaker 1: up in the beginning. The Crusaders, 7-2-2-0, scored 7 of
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  Speaker 1: the first 8 points in the second set, as Kinley
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  Speaker 1: Rick registered three kills. Trailing 8-5, Trenka sent Jillian Evans
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  Speaker 1: onto the court for the first time in the match
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  Speaker 1: to serve. The Bruins scored five straight points, including an
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  Speaker 1: ace by Evans, to take the lead 10-8. It's a
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  Speaker 1: little risky putting in different players, because there are some
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  Speaker 1: that have chemistry or have been in the flow of
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  Speaker 1: the game more, Trenka said. But it was a matter
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  Speaker 1: of seeing what we had, seeing what was out there,
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  Speaker 1: and adjusting on the fly. And they did very well.
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  Speaker 1: Marquette soon staged another rally, eventually going on an 8-1
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  Speaker 1: scoring run to take a 17-12 lead. The Crusaders brought
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  Speaker 1: themselves within a point of leveling the match at 24-21,
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  Speaker 1: but a solo block by Hanna Washkowiak and two straight
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  Speaker 1: aces by Pothoff helped St. Bede flip the script and
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  Speaker 1: threaten to close out the match with a 25-24 edge.
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  Speaker 1: Once again, Marquette had the answer, tying the score twice
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  Speaker 1: before securing the win 28-26. They just really figured out
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  Speaker 1: our block and started moving around a bit more, Trenka said.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of hitting right into our block or going where
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  Speaker 1: we set up, they started roll shotting and placing it
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  Speaker 1: a little more, and it took us some time to adjust.
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  Speaker 1: The Bruins owned a 6-3 advantage in the third set
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  Speaker 1: before middle blocker Kelsey Kutra and outside hitter Rita McLaughlin
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  Speaker 1: rallied Marquette for an 8-1 run that nudged it in
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  Speaker 1: front 11-9. St. Bede got three points on Heiberger's serve
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  Speaker 1: to regain the lead at 12-11, but a five-point rally,
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  Speaker 1: including two aces by McLaughlin, put the visitors in front
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  Speaker 1: for good. We did this the other night, too, where
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  Speaker 1: we were kind of slow out of the gate, McConaughey said.
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  Speaker 1: But the biggest thing was just having confidence to play
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  Speaker 1: hard and just keep going. They're a pretty resilient group.
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  Speaker 1: McLaughlin finished with 10 kills and 12 assists to lead
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  Speaker 1: the Crusaders, who also got 8 kills and 12 digs
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  Speaker 1: from Rick, and 7 kills from Kutra. Washkoyak had 9
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  Speaker 1: kills to pace St. Bede, while Pothoff finished with 10
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  Speaker 1: digs and 4 aces. Ernaut totaled 18 digs. St. Bede
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  Speaker 1: hosts Hinkley Big Rock on Saturday, while Marquette visits Reed
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  Speaker 1: Custer on Monday.