GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Parkside crashed the Senior Night party for the Davenport University women's volleyball team on Saturday inside the DU Student Center. After the Panthers won the first set, the Rangers took the next two before DU was able to get it to a fifth where UWP finished it off.
THE BASICS
Parkside 3 (10-18, 5-10 GLIAC)
Davenport 2 (11-14, 6-8 GLIAC)
(25-19, 23-25, 17-25, 25-19, 14-16)
HIGHLIGHTS
- When looking at the combined hitting percentages for either team, Parkside held a slim advantage with a mark of .222 to Davenport's .216.
- The home team hit exceptionally well in the first, second and third sets with clips of .324, .351 and .312 in them, respectively.
- On the other side, the visitors hit the ball effectively in the second (.405), third (.312) and fifth (.312).
- Also in the team head-to-head, the Panthers had the lead in kills (62-54), assists (61-50) and digs (74-61) while the Rangers were ahead in blocks (14-6). The two teams were deadlocked in both total points (76-76) and service aces (8-8).
- Individually on offense, Davenport was paced by
Hayley Kreiger (17 kills),
Megan Herr (13 kills) and
Allisyn Grams new career high (11 kills).
- On the serve, Kreiger sent home three of the team's eight service aces and
Sami White racked up 52 assists on her final career home match.
- Also playing her final match inside the DU Student Center was
Charlie Smith with three kills on the night.
- Defensively,
Nina Rudnitsky churned out a career-high 32 digs and Herr blocked four total attempts.
NEXT UP
- Davenport will be at Wayne State on Friday with first serve set for 7 p.m.
Story by:
Cooper Weidenthaler
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