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Ottawa clips La Salle-Peru in Interstate 8 Conference girls tennis opener · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Ottawa clips LaSalle, Peru in Interstate 8 Conference Girls Tennis Opener.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Clark Teuscher. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. Tuesday's Interstate
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  Speaker 1: 8 Conference Girls Tennis Opener at LaSalle, Peru came down
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  Speaker 1: to the only match to go three sets as Ottawa's
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  Speaker 1: number one doubles team secured a 3-2 victory for the Pirates.
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  Speaker 1: The duo of Gracie Polancic and Caitlin Tretnero had to
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  Speaker 1: rally from a set down to overtake LaSalle Peru's April
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  Speaker 1: Pichetto and Ella Lannan, who won five straight games to
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  Speaker 1: erase a 5-2 deficit and win the first set 7-5.
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  Speaker 1: The Cavaliers led the second set 4-3 before Ottawa. 2-0, 1-0,
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  Speaker 1: Interstate 8 prevailed in six consecutive games to win 6-4
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  Speaker 1: and take a 3-0 lead in the deciding third set.
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  Speaker 1: LaSalle Peru, 3-2, 0-1. narrowed the gap to 3-2 before
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  Speaker 1: unforced errors on the next two game points put the
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  Speaker 1: Pirates ahead 5-2, and the visitors went on to close
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  Speaker 1: out the win 6-4. I think Polancic and Trettonero did
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  Speaker 1: a good job of sticking to their game plan, said
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  Speaker 1: Kevin Olesen, who recorded his first conference victory as Ottawa's
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  Speaker 1: head coach. They let the first set get away, and
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  Speaker 1: it took a while to get on the same page.
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  Speaker 1: It came down to their ability to dictate short points
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  Speaker 1: at the net. We've been stressing that in practice, and
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  Speaker 1: it paid off in that third set. Addie Piecha prevailed
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  Speaker 1: at number one singles for the Cavaliers, defeating Savannah Fredrickson 6-2, 6-1,
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  Speaker 1: while the number two doubles tandem of Allie Smith and
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  Speaker 1: Bethany Kaspersky topped Carson Moore and Dixie Smith 6-3, 6-2.
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  Speaker 1: Addie played great night, LaSalle Peru coach Aaron Gwenter said.
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  Speaker 1: During the summer, Piecha and Fredrickson had a two-hour match.
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  Speaker 1: A couple of weekends ago at our tournament, they played
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  Speaker 1: a two-and-a-half-hour match. Picha came in focused, she came in
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  Speaker 1: with light feet, and she had a plan each and
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  Speaker 1: every time. Number two doubles were singles players up until
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  Speaker 1: two or three weeks ago, so they're still learning doubles.
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  Speaker 1: But you can see the chemistry they have together. At practice,
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  Speaker 1: you can see their drive to get better, and I
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  Speaker 1: think they showed tonight they're going to be a force
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  Speaker 1: to be reckoned with. Reagan Davis gave Ottawa a split
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  Speaker 1: of the singles matches, defeating Ryan Auchark 6-3, 6-3 at
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  Speaker 1: number two. The Pirates' number three doubles pair of Mady
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  Speaker 1: Guevara and Ashlyn Olesen repelled a late charge by Avery
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  Speaker 1: Zborowski and Jenna Pode to claim the first set 7-5
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  Speaker 1: before cruising to a 6-1 win in the second. Regan
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  Speaker 1: did a phenomenal job tonight, Kevin Olesen said. She was
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  Speaker 1: steady and consistent. She had a game plan and executed
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  Speaker 1: it very well this evening. Number three doubles did a
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  Speaker 1: wonderful job. That's two freshmen playing together right now, so
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  Speaker 1: it's good to see them get a little experience and
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  Speaker 1: a positive result. I anticipated this would be a tight match,
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  Speaker 1: and the girls played great. LaSalle Peru hosts Dixon and
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  Speaker 1: Washington in a tri-match Thursday, while Ottawa travels to Joliet
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  Speaker 1: West's tournament Saturday.