DETROIT -- The Wayne State University volleyball team (10-18 overall, 5-12 GLIAC) fell to Parkside (18-10 overall, 12-5 GLIAC) in four sets on Friday night inside the Matthaei Center.  The Warriors will need a win on Saturday or a Lake Superior State loss to qualify for the GLIAC Tournament.

HOW IT HAPPENED (19-25, -23, 22-25, 21-25)
- Parkside opened the match with 14 of the first 20 points on the board.
- From there, the closest Wayne State could get was three, 21-18, before the Rangers answered with a 4-1 run to take the set and a 1-0 match lead.
- The second period was the Warriors' best offensively at .200 thanks to 17 kills and eight errors on 45 total attacks.
- The third stanza saw a combined nine ties and six lead changes.
- The home team was ahead by two, 22-20, before its visitors rattled off five scores in a row to go up two sets to one.
- WSU opened the fourth with a 7-3 spurt.
- Once the Warriors held a two-point advantage at 10-8, the Rangers punched back with five straight to lead by three, 13-10.
- Wayne State clawed back within one on four occasions, but never closer, as Parkside held on for the four-set decision.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Kills	Kayla Giroux (Flat Rock, Mich.) - 15	Molly Miller (Oxford, Mich.) - 14	Katie Smith (Macomb, Mich. / Utica Eisenhower) - 9
Aces	Smith - 3	Kayla Dulgar (Warsaw, Ohio / River View) - 1	Miller - 1
Blocks	Alexa Withun (Troy, Mich. / Athens) - 3	Giroux - 3	Miller - 2
Assists	Dulgar - 40	Kendyl Andrews (Flushing, Mich.) - 4	Miller - 1
Digs	Andrews - 10	Carly Rodman (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester) - 10	Dulgar - 7

ONE BIG THING
- Wayne State gave up 44 combined points on its own attack errors (33) and service errors (11).

UP NEXT
Wayne State hosts Davenport for Senior Day on Saturday in the 2023 regular season finale.  First serve against the Panthers is set for approximately 4 p.m.