GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Davenport University women's volleyball team hit a season-high .287 and made quick work of Purdue Northwest on Saturday afternoon taking care of the Pride in straight sets. Next up, the Panthers will take a break from GLIAC play and host No. 17 Hillsdale (13-2) on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

FINAL: Davenport 3, Purdue Northwest 0 (-20, -14, -19)
RECORDS: Davenport 8-6, 3-3 GLIAC; Purdue Northwest 1-11, 0-4

Team Leaders

Kills	Riley Groves (13), Hayley Kreiger (11), Quinn Coppess (8)
Hitting %	Groves (.444), Kreiger (.385), Coppess (.313)
Aces	Groves (1), Kreiger (1), Nina Rudnitsky (1)
Blocks	Emmy Webb (5), Kreiger (2), Grace Hayes (2)
Assists	Hayes (37), Kreiger (2), Kenzy Corstange (2)
Digs	Stephanie Kalinowski (10), Kreiger (9), Corstange (9)

Match Notes
- Davenport hit a season high .287 (46-15-108) and improved to 7-0 in the all-time series with Purdue Northwest.
- On the other side, the Pride hit just .122 (30-18-98), the second-lowest clip by a Panther opponent this season (Walsh - .038).
- The Panthers' best offensive set came in the second (.344) while the Pride's was the third (.184).
- Groves went on a tear this week as she racked up 25 kills to just one error on 53 swings for a red-hot .453 hitting percentage.
- Riley made it back-to-back efforts with 10+ kills and a .400+ hitting percentage for the first time in her career.
- Kreiger's 26 total attacks tie her lowest mark of the season, but she was efficient with her chances and hit .385 for the match.
- Coppess also saw just 16 chances, but made the most of them as she hit .313 in the straight-set effort.
- Webb made it four-straight outings with four or more blocks and was one off her season high with five.
- Hayes made it back into the 30-assist bracket for the fifth time in her career, all this season.
- Kalinowski reached the 10-dig plateau for the second time in her last three matches and fourth time this fall.
- Davenport has faced Hillsdale just once in program history (0-3 loss - 2008), but not since joining the Division II ranks prior to the 2017 season.

Story by: Cooper Weidenthaler