AURORA, Ill. – Davenport wrapped up their first Midwest Region Crossover Tournament today by playing the University of Illinois Springfield. The offense for the Panthers struggled to score points throughout the match, scoring 17 points during set one and two and only 13 points during the final set. The Panthers hit .030 for the match and had 24 attacking errors over the three sets. The competition at this tournament is very strong and the GLIAC overall went 13-23, with every team playing three matches.
 
THE BASICS
Final Score: Davenport 0, Illinois-Springfield 3
Location: Aurora, Ill.
Records: Davenport 9-11 (5-4), Illinois-Springfield 13-8
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
-SET SCORES: 17-25, 17-25, 13-25
-Towards the beginning of the first set DU was hanging in with the Prairie Stars. The set was tied at 6-6 and 10-10. Illinois-Springfield scored four un-answered to take a 14-11 lead and a five point run to make the score 19-13. Davenport couldn't string enough points together to erase those couple runs and UIS won the set 25-17.
-The Prairie Stars got off to an early lead in the second set after a five point run that gave them a 7-3 lead. Davenport got a nice run of their own in the middle of the set and was capped off by a block assist by Ashley VanderHorst and Jenn Kay Vander Meer. UIS had a 17-14 lead before they scored three straight points and then had a 20-14 lead. A couple late points by Davenport wasn't enough to complete the comeback.
-In the third set it was all UIS, they jumped out to a 9-2 lead after a service ace. The Prairie Stars had five runs of three points or more during the 25-13 set win.
 
STAT LEADERS
Kills-Jessica Marvin (6)
Aces-Krissy Dill/Sydney Tracer/Vander Meer (1)
Blocks-VanderHorst (3)
Assists-Tracer (13)
Digs-Kasey Stehouwer (21)
 
UP NEXT
Davenport gets back into GLIAC play next week as they travel to Michigan Tech on Friday and Northern Michigan on Saturday.

Story by: Devin Steiner
 
Picture credit: Alexis Hoffman