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Hall rides second set momentum into decisive third set in win over Mendota · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Hall rides second set momentum into decisive third set and win over
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  Mendota. Written by Brad Martin. This article is being read by an
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  automated voice, brought to you by Everlit. The Hall and Mendota volleyball
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  teams played Tuesday in Spring Valley and the Red Devils won 17-25-25-22-25-21
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  in a Three Rivers Conference East Division match. The Red Devils took
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  momentum into the third set after winning the second set. After the
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  Spikers took the opening point, the Red Devils went on a 6
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  0 run. After a Mendota service error, Hall got a kill from
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  Caroline Morris, and an ace from lead.
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  Burkhart before back to back errors, and another cross court kill by
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  Morris made it six one Hall. Burkhart picked up a kill, and
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  after back to back errors, a dink shot from Mia Wenzel along
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  with a block from Nina Zamora helped give Hall a twelve two
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  lead. I'm starting to accept that three set matches are just the
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  norm for us now. Hallcoach Carolyn Foster said with a laugh. We
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  did a nice job of tipping, but we have to figure out
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  how to finish games and not let teams back in it. With
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  Hall leading 15 9, Riogen Atherton had an ace for Mendota to
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  start a rally. Elam had another big hit, and then a pair
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  of blocks and an ace from Abbey Dillao as the Spikers cut
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  the Hall lead to 1716. We had a good game plan coming
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  into tonight, Mendota coach Demi Salazar said. We knew they liked to
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  tip and for the most part we followed it well. We got
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  good serves. At times we had five sophomores on the floor, so
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  seeing how we rallied to get back in the game was nice.
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  I don't think we played poorly at all tonight. With then, score
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  tied at 19, Wenzel again went to the tip shot and gave
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  the Red Devils the lead back at 2019. Mendota again cut the
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  deficit to one at 2221 with a service error, but that was
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  as close as the Spikers got. Caitlin Coots nailed a shot down
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  the line, and then on match point a tip from Wenzel game
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  the Red Devils the win. At the start of the match, the
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  service game of Zaria Esquetel and the big hitting of Elam got
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  the Spikers rolling. Three consecutive aces from Esquatelle gave the Spikers a
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  6-3 edge. A dink shot from Morris along with two nice digs
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  from Burkhart helped Hall get the side out. The game went back
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  and forth for a bit as things were tied at nine before
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  a big Mendota run broke the set open. Elam had back to
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  back kills before two haul errors gave the Spikers a 13 9
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  lead. Elam continued her solid play with a quick slap over the
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  net, and back. To back haul errors pushed the Mendota lead to
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  1710. As the set wore on, Elam had two more kills, and
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  Dalao served an ace as the Spikers cruised to a 2517 opening
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  set victory. Hall started the second set off slow with a pair
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  of errors, and then Mendota's Eva Beats got the quick shot to
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  fall after two outstanding digs for a four one Mendota lead. But
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  the Red Devils battled back. Coots sent a shot down the line,
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  and Wenzel followed with an ace to tie the set at six.
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  Zamora gave Hall the lead at 7 6 with a nice shot
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  into the corner. Mendota continued to serve well as Zamora connected on
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  back to back aces to tie the game again at fourteen. Both
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  teams hit shots long and wide as the game remained close at
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  23-22, but Hall got back on track first with a shot down
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  the line from Koots, and then another Koots kill to end the
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  second set, giving the Red Devils the 25-22 second set victory before
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  taking the match in three sets.