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  Streator uses all-around strong play in straight-set girls volleyball win over Dwight.
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  Written by Brian Hoxy This article is being read by an automated
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  voice, brought to you by Everlett. The Streeter Girls volleyball team was
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  solid in almost every aspect of Wednesday night's match against host Dwight
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  at Cresle Memorial Gym. The Bulldogs held off a late charge in
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  the openings set by the Trojans, then started the second set strong
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  and didn't let up in an eventual 2518 2513 victory. It was
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  really nice to see us put together two solid sets back to
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  back tonight, Streeter Coach Julie Gabhart said. We kind of had a
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  thing lately where we will be playing really well, put put together
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  a nice string of points to give us a comfortable lead, and
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  then we sit back and relax. We have a few sets this
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  season where we let our opponent either really cut it cut into
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  that lead or come back all the way, but we didn't do
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  that tonight. We put our foot on the gas and kept it
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  there. The win improved Streeter to 6-3-2 on the season. Dwight fell
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  to 5-7. Streeter was led by Avery Gribbin six kills, two aces
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  and four digs, while Malia Zavada, five kills, four aces, two digs,
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  Ashley Taylor, two kills, an ace, eleven assists, Alexa Barr, three aces,
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  and Kennedy Harkerick, seven digs, contributed solid efforts. As a team, the
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  Bulldogs served up ten aces in the match. When it's my turn
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  to serve. The first thing I’m going getting ready at the service
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  line is checking the score. Gribben, a sophomore outside hitter, said, Knowing
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  the score, where we are in the set, and how the flow
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  of the set has been is the key to how I'm going
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  to serve. Those factors help me decide how aggressive I'm going to
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  be. I always want to be aggressive with my serve, but there
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  are also times I have to be smart. Tonight it felt like
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  any time it was my turn to serve, we were in a
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  good situation, so I just let it go. I thought as a
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  team we had an excellent flow tonight and great communication. It was
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  just an all around good team win. Streeter held leads of 5-3,
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  10-4 and 15-10 in
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  the opening set, Then a five-point service run by Malaya Zavada, which
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  included an aces and a block from Avery Gribbin, sparked the Bulldogs.
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  Dwight Claude back to within 23-18 on a pair of kills from
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  Claire Sendeno, a kills by Addie Sulzberger, and a block by Hannah
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  Harsh, but a missed serve and hitting error gave the visitors the
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  opening set. Early in the second set a sideout kill by Zavada
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  brought Barr to the service line, and her pair of aces and
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  kills by Gribben and Kinsley Sweden made it 8-2. Another run this
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  time a four-point spurt by Zavada pushed the lead to 13-4, an
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  ace by Barr and consecutive kills by Zavada. Gribben and Sweden helped
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  close out the second set and the match. Dwight was led by
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  seven kills from Delaney Beaucher and six winning swings from Sendeno. We
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  always want to serve aggressively to try and keep the other teams
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  out of system offensively, Gabe Hart said. I think we did an
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  excellent job tonight of doing that, as well as serving to what
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  we felt were Dwight's weaker areas. They have a couple of really
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  good hitters over there, and I thought we did a good job
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  of limiting the swing opportunities they had. I also thought our defense
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  was really good, our passing was really good, and when we had
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  to run our offense, we were pretty efficient. Both teams are back
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  in action Thursday as Streeter is at Hersher in an Illinois Central
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  Eight Conference match, while Dwight hosts Putnam County in a Tri-County Conference
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  tilt.