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Peetz Lady Bulldog Abby While slaps a ball down in front of Pawnee defenders Saturday. Peez defeated Pawnee in three sets.
PEETZ, Colo. – Peetz' Lady Bulldogs outlasted Pawnee to win their second match of the season here Saturday, winning their homecoming match 26-24, 25-21, 25-16.
Peetz opened up a 19-13 lead in the opening set before a rally saw Pawnee bound back to even the score 20-20. From there, the teams bounded back and forth to a 23-23 deadlock before the Lady Bulldogs eked out the first set win.
Pawnee took an early 7-4 lead in the second set, but Peetz ran off five unanswered points to take the lead 9-7. Peetz led by as many as seven points, 20-13, when Pawnee rallied to close the lead to three, 23-20, before Peetz sealed the win.
The Lady Bulldogs kicked their game into high gear in the final set, passing cleanly and scooping up Pawnee attacks, jumping out to a 20-4 lead before Coach Morgan Meier pulled her starters, allowing her younger players floor time to finish the set and match.
"We didn't play to our potential in the first set," Meier said. "With this being homecoming week there were a lot of distractions.
"We're still working to get everything mentally together," Meier said. "In the last set we played to our potential, but we've got to play to our potential all the time, not just for a few points at a time."
Peetz takes a 2-9 record into this week's play, hosting Weldon Valley Thursday, then traveling to Briggsdale Friday.
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