Box Score

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Davenport began their four match week in the state of Indiana by falling 3-0 to NAIA No. 9 Indiana Tech.  Davenport started strong but ultimately fell in straight sets 24-26, 20-25, 15-25.  The loss drops the Panthers overall record to 9-7 while they are now 1-1 in league action.  DU will play at Goshen Friday and in a tri at Huntington on Saturday against the Foresters and Purdue North Central.

Junior Brittany Bott finished with a team high nine kills while freshman Lexie Spetoskey recorded 10 assists as the Panthers dropped their first league match of the season.  The No. 9 ranked Warriors improved to 16-0 as it has now been four years since DU last defeated Indiana Tech.

The road struggles continued for Davenport on Wednesday night but the team did not go down without a fight against one of the Top-10 teams in the country.  DU fell behind in the opening set 17-10 and it looked as if Tech would race out to a 1-0 lead but the Panthers battled back to take a 24-23 lead on a kill from Kassie Graves.  The Warriors however rallied and recorded the final three points for the 26-24 win.

Set two again saw IT jump out to a quick 7-1 lead only to see Davenport fight back to take a 15-14 lead on a hitting error by the Warriors. Davenport held their final lead of the set at 19-18 on another kill from Graves.  The host Warriors were too tough down the stretch and scored seven of the final eight points for the five point win. The last gasp effort in set two took almost everything out of DU as they struggled in the third falling 15-25 as Tech completed the sweep.

Post-Match Quotes - Head Coach Megan Garner

On the strong start but tough finish - "We fought very hard in the opening two sets but just did not produce enough offense to take a set.  We hope to get better offensive rhythym this weekend."

Post-Match Notes

Davenport is now 1-11 all-time against Indiana Tech with the lone win coming in the fall of 2007...Davenport will face Goshen this weekend and then two new opponents in Huntington and Purdue North Central...DU is now 0-6 this season when facing teams ranked in the NAIA Top-25 or receiving votes section

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