GLIAC Tournament Central

After missing out on playing in the GLIAC Tournament in the fall of 2019, the Davenport women's volleyball team is back in the spring of 2021. Seventh-seeded Davenport will face 10th-seeded Lake Superior State on Friday in the opening round with the first serve set for 1 p.m. inside Saginaw Valley State's James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena. The Panthers won the teams' two regular season meetings, 3-1 and 3-0 on March 5-6, and lead the all-time series, 5-2.

This season's tournament format is different with double elimination and 11 of the league's 12 teams competing (Wayne State out due to Covid-19). If Davenport wins against Lake Superior State, it will move on to play the the No. 2 seed and 20th ranked Northern Michigan, also on Friday, at 7 p.m. in the quarterfinals. If the Panthers fall to the Lakers, they'll fall to the consolation bracket for a match on Saturday at 10 a.m. The event's full schedule can be found at the link above and includes links to follow along with each match live.

Davenport has gone 2-2 all time in the GLIAC Tournament. In the Panthers' first year in the conference in 2017, they dropped their quarterfinal matchup with Northern Michigan, 3-1. In 2018, Davenport made a run to the finals by defeating Ashland, 3-2, and Michigan Tech, 3-2, before falling to No. 6 Ferris State, 3-0, in the championship match. Again, after failing to qualify for the postseason in 2019, Davenport is happy to be back in 2021.

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Story by: Cooper Weidenthaler