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  Princeton volleyball cruises to Three Rivers East win at Mendota, This
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  Everlett. The Princeton volleyball team made quick work of Tuesday's three Rivers
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  Conference East Division match at Mendota, seizing control early and getting contributions
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  from a variety of sources in a 25-14, 25-10 sweep of the
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  Spikers. Just one night after a non-conference loss to Illinois Valley Central
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  extended their losing streak to four matches, the Tigrises 1212 523 Rivers
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  East regrouped in dictated terms from the outset. The mental game of
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  volleyball we've really been able to overcome, especially after a tough loss
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  last night. Princeton coach Libby Boyle said. We have a lot of
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  talks, and when we don't get to get in the gym for
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  practice, those talks are really important to prepare us for the game.
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  Princeton enjoyed a balanced effort on offense, which began to show through
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  as soon as play began. The Tigresses scored their first four points
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  on kills by Colby Lawson, Josie Searens, Danica Burden and Jocelyn Strauss,
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  and a block by Searans and Peyton Brandt extended the visitors early
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  first set lead to 6 2. Our kills were kinda spread out,
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  Boyle said. That's how it's been all season. We're pretty versatile when
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  it comes to who we can utilize in a game. We even
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  got a couple of hitters in who haven't gotten the most playing
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  time this year, which was good to see. Mendota 6132-1-6 rallied
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  to narrow the gap to 8-7 following kills by Carson Doyle and
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  Elena Koch, but the Tigresses scored six of the next seven points
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  as a service ace by setter Peyton Harden, Princeton's first of the
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  night gave the guests a 14-8 advantage. Owning a 2014 edge, the
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  Tigris scored the final five points to close out the set getting
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  2 kills from Brandt and another from Strauss during the stretch. Princeton
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  played well, Mendota coach Demi Salazar said. We had some kids playing
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  different positions, seeing what we can do to get ready for the
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  regional. Princet opened the second set by storming to a 6-1 lead
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  as Kloe Motes befuddled the Trojans with three straight aces. Them.
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  Tigrises had seven players record kill during the set as they steadily
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  pulled away, owning a 19-10 lead before scoring the match's final six
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  points. We work very hard in practice to contest with our hitters,
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  Harden said. I just think that I trust all of them. Strauss
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  put down her team leading sixth kill of the night before Ava
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  Kyle notched her third ace. Brandt and Marissa Storm teamed up for
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  a block to make it a twenty two ten count before Kyle
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  closed the contest with three consecutive aces, bringing her total for the
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  match to six. I think everyone played really well, especially coming off
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  of a loss Monday, Strauss said. I just think we really came
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  out strong and overcame that. I feel like the team talks are
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  helping a lot and everyone's mentality has gotten better throughout the season.
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  Burden and Brandt each finished with five kills for Princeton, which got
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  thirteen assists from Harden. Kyle totaled a team high eight digs while
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  Mates contributed seven. Maria Elam paced the Spikers with six kills and
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  Carly Organ turned in six digs. Mendota travels to face Amboy 713
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  in a non-conference match Wednesday before traveling to the Princeton Invitational Tournament
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  on Saturday at Prowdy Gym.