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  Speaker 1: LaSalle Peru Volleyball continues strong start with two-set win over Princeton.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Kevin Schlum. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. After graduating
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  Speaker 1: eight players from last year's sectional finalist team, LaSalle Peru
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  Speaker 1: sophomore Aubrey Urbanski wasn't sure what to expect at the
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  Speaker 1: start of this season. But the Cavaliers have come out hot.
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  Speaker 1: LP defeated Princeton 2-0, 25-14, 25-18 in a non-conference match
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  Speaker 1: Monday in Princeton to improve to 6-1 on the season
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  Speaker 1: following a third place finish at the Springfield Lutheran Tournament
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  Speaker 1: over the weekend. I'm just really proud of everybody, Urbanski said.
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  Speaker 1: With the majority of our team leaving after last season,
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  Speaker 1: we came in a little bit nervous and then we
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  Speaker 1: just got on a roll. I'm hoping the season stays
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  Speaker 1: like this and we keep doing what we're doing. Urbanski
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  Speaker 1: got the Cavs on a roll early Monday as she
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  Speaker 1: served three straight aces to start the match. She finished
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  Speaker 1: with 16 points and six aces. Assistant coach Laura Urbanski
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  Speaker 1: gives zones, and that's really helpful, Aubrey Urbanski said. Just
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  Speaker 1: moving around the passers, serving deep and short, and finding
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  Speaker 1: that weak link really helps. The Tigresses rallied to tie
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  Speaker 1: the set at 4-5, but LP took the lead for
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  Speaker 1: good at 6-5 and started to pull away. Aubrey Duttlinger
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  Speaker 1: served a five-point rally that included an ace and two
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  Speaker 1: kills by Urbanski to give LP an 11-5 lead. The
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  Speaker 1: Cavs pushed the lead to 19-10 on back-to-back kills by
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  Speaker 1: Duttlinger and Addy Schmidt and ended the sets on a
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  Speaker 1: back row kills by Duttlinger, a Duttlinger ace and an
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  Speaker 1: Urbanski kill. I thought we were very sharp tonight, LP
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  Speaker 1: coach Mark Haberkorn said. We started the game with three
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  Speaker 1: aces and that got us big mo on our side
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  Speaker 1: and our kids got fired up. It was a good
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  Speaker 1: start to the game and we played pretty steady, consistent, fast,
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  Speaker 1: and quick. The second set was much closer throughout. The
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  Speaker 1: Cavs threatened to pull away when Dettlinger had three kills
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  Speaker 1: and five volleys to push LP's lead to 15-10, but
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  Speaker 1: Princeton responded and pulled within one on four occasions, the
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  Speaker 1: latest at 18-17. I am incredibly proud of how we
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  Speaker 1: showed up. First year Princeton coach Libby Boyle said, We
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  Speaker 1: came in knowing that was a tough team, and our
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  Speaker 1: goal as a team was to compete, and that's exactly
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  Speaker 1: what we did. We were a little less competitive in
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  Speaker 1: that first game. Being the home opener, there were just
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of nerves. Then we came in that
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  Speaker 1: second set, and I couldn't have asked my girls to
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  Speaker 1: play better. Boyles was especially happy with the defense in
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  Speaker 1: the second set. Libero Avakail finished the match with eight digs.
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  Speaker 1: Avakail played the best defense I've seen her play the
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  Speaker 1: last two years, so I'm really excited to see what's
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  Speaker 1: to come for her, Boyle said. We had some defensive
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  Speaker 1: specialists step up in Bella Clevenger, Olivia Sandoval, and Chloe Motes.
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  Speaker 1: They showed us what they had at the tournament this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: and we gave them some opportunities tonight, and they just
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  Speaker 1: went with it. They did everything they needed to. Danica
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  Speaker 1: Burden and Colby Lawson had four kills each for Princeton, 3-3.
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  Speaker 1: We had some really strong swings, Boyle said. We were
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  Speaker 1: working on tooling some blocks and They had a really
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  Speaker 1: heavy block and we worked ways around it. Our kills
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  Speaker 1: weren't always the most wowing. We weren't slamming balls right
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  Speaker 1: into the ground, but we were tooling blocks, used roll
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  Speaker 1: shots that caught their defense off guard, and were getting points.
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  Speaker 1: Colby Lawson had some hard swings on the outside. Both
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  Speaker 1: setters were moving the ball around really well. I'm excited
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  Speaker 1: to see what's to come. Duttlinger slammed down her 16th
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  Speaker 1: kills of the night to end the match. Duttlinger who
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  Speaker 1: had 11 points, 3 aces, and 9 digs as well,
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  Speaker 1: hit the ball from all over the floor, including recording
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  Speaker 1: 5 back row kills. At the start, I tried to
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  Speaker 1: move it around a little bit more, and then she
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  Speaker 1: just kept putting balls down, so I kept going back
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  Speaker 1: to her, and it kept working, said Urbanski, who finished
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  Speaker 1: with 14 assists, 8 digs, and 6 kills. Being she's
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  Speaker 1: our strongest hitter, it's really good to utilize her everywhere
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  Speaker 1: because she can just put the ball down.