INDIANAPOLIS - The Davenport University women's volleyball team breezed through day one of the Midwest Region Crossover on Friday with straight-set sweeps of Lake Erie in the morning and Ursuline in the nightcap. The Panthers have now won six of their last seven matches after a 2-10 start to their 2019 campaign.

THE BASICS
Lake Erie 0 (7-14)
Davenport 3 (7-11)
(25-17, 25-13, 25-21)

Ursuline 0 (1-15)
Davenport 3 (8-11)
(25-16, 25-13, 27-25)

HIGHLIGHTS - Lake Erie
- Davenport outhit Lake Erie .323 to .120 and even hit an absurd .667 in the second set with 17 kills and only one error on 24 total attacks.

- The Panthers dominated in multiple other categories including points (57-32), kills (45-24), service aces (9-3), and assists (38-23).

- A pair of players sent home 10 or more kills including Megan Herr (13) and Hayley Kreiger (11).

- Both of them did so efficiently as well with hitting percentages of .500 and .625, respectively.

- Sami White fueled the offense with 29 assists while seven of the team's nine aces came from two Panthers including Emmy Webb (4) and Kreiger (3).

- Defensively, DU was led by Herr's two blocks and Nina Rudnitsky's 11 digs.

HIGHLIGHTS - Ursuline
- Davenport kept up the hot hitting with a clip of .324 (Ursuline - .128) on the match with a percentage of at least .300 in each of the three periods.

- The Panthers had 10 aces to the Arrows' one, 36 assists to their 25, 45 kills to their 29, and 77 points to their 54.

- Kreiger was back at it with 12 more kills and another blistering hitting percentage, this time it  was .417.

- White racked up 27 more assists and Kendra DeJonge was the leader from the service line with four aces.

- On the other side of the ball, Herr had two more blocks and Kreiger dug out 13 attempts for the double-double, the first of her career.

NEXT UP
Davenport will finish up play in the crossover on Saturday with a 1 p.m. match against McKendree.

Story by: Cooper Weidenthaler