DETROIT -- Facing a two sets to none deficit, the Wayne State University volleyball team (11-11 overall, 4-7 GLIAC) battled back to extend the match to a fifth, but came up short against Davenport (14-7 overall, 6-5 GLIAC) in that deciding period.
Match One - Davenport 3, Wayne State 2
HOW IT HAPPENED (16-25, 18-25, -17, -17, 8-15)
- Wayne State hit .235 for the match with 55 kills and 20 errors on 149 total attacks.
- Davenport finished at .205 with 53 kills and 20 mishaps on 161 attempts.
- The Warriors were at their most efficient in the fourth at .385 (12-2-26).
- The Panthers hit a match-high .293 (14-2-41) in the second.
- Three of the six major head-to-head categories were decided by three or less.
- They were points (68-67 for DU), kills (55-53 for WSU) and total blocks (6-3 for WSU).
- The other three were service aces (12-6 for DU), assists (51-50 for DU) and digs (76-69 for WSU).
- After missing six matches due to injury,
Katerina Stout turned in the best performance of her career.
- Stout racked up 16 kills to no errors on 22 total attacks for a .727 hitting percentage.
- She was one of two Warriors with more than 10 kills, the other being
Kyleigh Weck with 13 (13-5-30, .267).
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Kayla Dulgar dished out 41 assists and took over third place in the program's record book for career assists with 4,136.
- Behind the service line,
Doga Muhtaroglu and
Bryn Mullins each had two aces.
- Defensively, the dig department featured
Giselle Burlingame (20),
Lauren Essenpreis (17), Dulgar (13), and
Bryn Mullins (11).
- Above the net, four notched multiple blocks -- Stout with four, Muhtaroglu with three, Weck with two, and
Katie Smith with two.
LEADING THE WARRIORS
UP NEXT
Wayne State will host Parkside on Friday night at 7 p.m. for Senior Night, the final home match of the regular season. Prior to first serve, the program will honor
Aubree Garcia,
Katie Smith and
Kayla Dulgar.
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