The Streator volleyball team put together key runs in the middle of the first and late in the second set of Thursday’s match against rival Ottawa at Pops Dale Gymnasium.

In the middle of both those stretches was Bulldogs senior Aubrey Jacobs.

“(Aubrey) had a phenomenal season for us last year and she’s has really stepped her game up even more this year,” Streator coach Julie Gabehart said.

Jacobs finished with a match-best 11 kills to go along with six digs and the hosts improved to 2-0 on the season with a 25-18, 25-22 victory. Ottawa fell to 0-2.

“We wanted to have less tight passes to the net so our setters could make better passes to our hitters then we had (in our season opener on Monday) against Woodland. I felt like we did a good job doing that.

“My hitting was so much bett

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