Visiting Coal City topped the Streator Bulldog Spikers at Pops Dale Gymnasium in Streator on Thursday night, both sets highly contested with the Coalers winning the first 25-18 and the second 26-24 to improve their record to 3-4-1 overall and 1-1 in the Illinois Central Eight Conference.

In the opening set, Streator got the first point of the game off a net violation, then Coal City got the second off a service error to tie things 1-1.

Coal City began to take control after a block by Ashlyn Siron made the score 6-3. After taking a 9-6 lead, Coal City’s dominance continued for the rest of the first set, as it built a 13-8 lead. Coalers junior middle hitter Margaret Carlson served an ace to make the score 20-15, and senior opposite hitter Riley Walker put away a kill to make it 21-15.

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