Dixon put the pedal down from the get-go Thursday, building quick leads in both sets and never looking back in a 25-18, 25-13 Big Northern Conference win over Stillman Valley at Lancaster Gym.

“We talked before the match about how we wanted to make sure going into this game that we started strong and finished like that all the way through,” senior hitter Morgan Hargrave said.

“Our last couple games, we’ve been starting strong, then getting down, then we kind of stay close the entire set. So we really wanted to get that lead, have that cushion, then bring that confidence in the team to really play our game and take our big swings – and I think we did that.”

The Duchesses (11-2, 3-0 BNC) set the tone in the back row. Libero Yui Santos and her defensive cohorts were all over the court, rar

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