DETROIT -- The Wayne State University volleyball team (3-5 overall, 1-0 GLIAC) took care of Davenport (2-7 overall, 0-1 GLIAC) in straight sets on Friday night for the 2024 league opener. The Warriors' offense hit .363, their highest clip of the season and best output against a conference opponent since Oct. 8, 2021 (Davenport - .414).
"Tonight was a pretty clean performance by the team," said head coach
Tim Koth. "As a staff, we were very pleased to see how much carry over we saw in the match from the training we did this week."
Wayne State 3, Davenport 0
HOW IT HAPPENED (-16, -21, -17)
- Wayne State came out of the gates red hot hitting .519 in the first set.
- The Warriors notched 16 kills to just two errors on 27 total attacks in that period.
- The opening stanza was also Davenport's best offensively at .167.
- In that set, the Panthers accounted for 13 kills and eight mishaps on 30 swings.
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Molly Miller paced all players in kills with 15 (.323 hitting percentage), her fifth outing with 15 or more this season.
- In the middle,
Kayla Giroux was at it again with a .615 clip thanks to nine kills, one error and 13 total attacks.
- Giroux was impactful above the net as well with match-high seven blocks.
- Not to be forgotten though,
Ella Uganski hit .500 (6-1-10) and
Leigha Baldwin was at .286 (5-1-14).
- Also with a match high for Wayne State were
Kendyl Andrews (15 digs) and
Carly Rodman (three service aces).
- Wayne State snapped a four-match skid against Davenport.
- Each of the Warriors' last three victories over the Panthers have come in Detroit.
LEADING THE WARRIORS
Up Next
Wayne State will host ninth-ranked Ferris State (8-0 overall, 1-0 GLIAC) on Saturday with the first serve scheduled for 2 p.m. inside Matthaei. The Bulldogs defeated No. 16 Grand Valley State on the Lakers' floor Friday night.
