GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Saturday's tournament was the last tournament Davenport will host in the 2017 season. The Panthers played five best-of-three matches, only falling to Saint Louis in the finals.
 
Davenport vs. Michigan State University (Posse): 25-8, 25-12
The first match of the day was against Michigan State. The Panthers had 31 kills, five errors, from 54 attempts, a .481 hitting percentage, 21 digs, and eight total blocks.
 
Kills: Jacob Mais (10)
Hitting Percentage: Jacob Mais (.615)
Service Aces: Christopher Croft (1)
Assists: Croft (24)
Blocks - Solo: Tie between Nathanael Vander Meer and Jason Mais (2)
Block Assists: Tie between Vander Meer, Jason Mais, Joe Tubman, and Jacob Mais (1)
Digs: Jason Mais (7)
 
Davenport vs. Washtenaw: 25-7, 25-12
Match number two was against Washtenaw. They had total of 32 kills, three errors, from 57 attempts, with a .509 hitting percentage, six service aces, and 21 digs.
 
Kills: Vander Meer (9)
Hitting Percentage: Jason Mais (.875)
Service Aces: Khari Jones (3)
Assists: Croft (16)
Block - Solo:  Croft (1)
Digs: Tie between Jason Mais and Jones
 
Davenport vs. University of Illinois Chicago: 25-13, 25-22
In the final match of pool play the Panthers played UIC. The Panthers gathered 28 kills, four errors, from 57 attempts, with a .421 hitting percentage, and 17 digs.
 
Kills: Vander Meer (13)
Hitting Percentage: Vander Meer (.684)
Assists: Croft (19)
Block Assists: Tie between Vander Meer and Sean Cox (2)
Digs: Jason Mais (6)
 
Davenport vs. Lincoln College: 25-14, 25-17
The Panthers semi-final match was a rematch against Lincoln College, who DU played the night before. Davenport ended the match with 28 kills, six errors, from 66 attempts, had a .333 hitting percentage, 27 digs, and five total blocks.
 
Kills: Vander Meer (12)
Hitting Percentage: Cox (.400)
Service Aces: Jason Mais (1)
Assists: Croft (21)
Blocks - Solo: Tie between Jason Mais, Kevin DeYoung and Cox (1)
Block Assists: Cox (2)
Digs: Tie between Jason Mais and Jones (6)
 
Davenport vs. Saint Louis: 16-25, 19-25
The finals match was Davenport's only loss of the day, they fell to Saint Louis in two sets. Altogether, the Panthers had 25 kills, six errors, from 68 attempts, a .279 hitting percentage, and gathered 19 digs.
 
Kills: Vander Meer (12)
Hitting Percentage: Cox (.500)
Assists: Croft (17)
Block Assists: Jason Mais (2)
Digs: Jones (5)
 
Throughout the day the Panthers accumulated: 144 kills, 24 errors, from 302 attempts, which made for an impressive .397 hitting percentage. They compiled 129 assists (97 from setter Croft), 105 digs, and 20 total blocks.
 
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Before the finals started, the all-tournament team was announced. It was composed of six players from four different teams picked by the coaches:
 
Davenport: Outside Hitter, Vander Meer
Davenport: Middle Hitter, Cox
Saint Louis: Setter, Brenden Stealey
Saint Louis: Libero, Fotis Christacos
UIC: Libero, Clinton Liang
Lincoln: Setter/OH, Jake Fleming
 
UP NEXT
Davenport plays their final regular season match March 29 in Southfield, Mich. against Lawrence Tech at 7:00 p.m.
 
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Story by: Megan Vander Meer

Photo credit: Tyler Triemstra