Box Score

DEARBORN, Mich. - Kelse Moon hit at a .421 clip while Brittany Bott and Kassie Graves joined their fellow junior in totalling 31 kills as the trio led the Panthers to a 3-0 sweep of UM-Dearborn on the road on Wednesday night. The win is the fourth in a row for Davenport as they now stand at 13-7 overall and 2-1 in league action.

Davenport continues to see steady improvement as they go through the middle of their schedule as they finished off the Wolves of UM-Dearborn in straight sets on Wednesday night inside the UMD Fieldhouse.  Davenport will host Northwestern Ohio in a league tilt on Saturday at 12:00 before playing a non-league match against Marygrove shortly after.

Set one seemed to be host Dearborn's to lose but DU never gave in and used a late rally to win 25-23.  The Panthers dug themselves a 19-14 hole before coming together to win 11 of the final 15 points. During the run, DU got two kills from Kelse Moon and one each from Nicole Chase and Brittany Bott for the comeback win.

The late momentum stayed with DU for the final two sets as the visitors dominated play winning 25-19 and 25-18.  Set two saw Davenport hold their largest lead of eight on an attack error from UMD. The third set saw as large a lead as 10 on a termination by Bott to make it 19-9.  DU finished with 28 kills in the final two sets compared to only 16 from the Wolves.

Post-Match Quotes - Head Coach Megan Garner

On the play of junior Kelse Moon - "Kelse had a phenomenal match...It was really fun to see her hitting so well and it was a great team effort around her that hopefully gives us momentum heading into Saturday's match with UNOH and Marygrove."

Post-Match Notes

The win lifts Davenport's all-time record vs UM-Dearborn to 7-7 as DU has won seven in a row...The 39 kills was the second most of the season in a 3-set match (DU posted 44 against Rochester on Sept 7)...The nine kills by Kelse Moon were the second most of the season for the junior after posting 11 against Concordia on Sept 21...Both matches on Saturday will be broadcast LIVE on the DAN

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