Eagles Down Panthers in Four
Oct. 9, 2008
Box Score
Grand Rapids, Mich. - With a chance to move into 4th place in the WHAC standings today, DU was defeated by Cornerstone on Thursday night in which the Panthers took the first set. With the loss, DU falls to 11-17 on the year and 2-4 in WHAC play.
After winning five of their previous six matches coming into today's match, including their last two WHAC matches, DU had a chance to crack the top four in the conference. It looked good after set one as Davenport held off a late Golden Eagle rally to take a 1-0 lead with the 25-22 victory. After that victory it was all Cornerstone as they jumped out to huge lead in set two and carried it with them by defeating DU 25-11, 25-13, 25-15 to take the match 3-1.
Leading the Panthers offense was Megan Vanderhyde who posted 10 kills on the night and also chipping in were Joyce Larioza and Heather Deal who each posted 7 kills. Davenport's offense was the story in set one as they posted 16 kills as a team but were only able to come up with 22 more in the final three sets. CU hit .314 for the match compared to only .113 for the Panthers and CU was able to post 6 aces in the match.
DU will have the weekend off before returning to action on Tuesday when they travel to NAIA powerhouse Madonna University who will come into the match ranked in the Top-5 in the latest NAIA poll. DU will then host their first match of the year only it still will not come in the new Student Center as the match on October 16 will be played at Caledonia High School against Aquinas College.
