UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - Playing its fourth match in three days, the Davenport women's volleyball team defeated Parkside, 3-1, in the finals of the GLIAC Tournament consolation bracket on Sunday morning. The Panthers finish their 2021 campaign at 11-7, four matches above the .500 mark, which is their most since the 2014 season.

"The program took some major strides forward to establish itself in the upper half of the GLIAC this spring," said head coach, Brian Netzler. "To finish fifth and end our season with a win sends us into the offseason and fall season with confidence. I am proud of the team's grit and their response to adversity during such a strange season."

FINAL: Davenport 3, Parkside 1 (25-19, 25-19, 22-25, 26-24)
RECORDS: Davenport 11-7, Parkside 7-12

Team Leaders

Kills	Hayley Kreiger (18), Riley Groves (12), Megan Herr (10)
Hitting %	Herr (.300), Emmy Webb (.294), Kreiger (.213)
Aces	Gabie Shellenbarger (2), Herr (2), Kreiger (2)
Blocks	Kendra DeJonge (4), Herr (3), Webb (2)
Assists	Nicole Odeen (41), Stephanie Kalinowski (4), DeJonge (3)
Digs	Kalinowski (29), Odeen (16), DeJonge (15)

Match Notes
- Parkside hit below .100 in three of the four sets while Davenport's best hitting percentage came in the second set at .282.
- Kalinowski (pictured) finished with at least 20 digs in a match just once in her six regular season matches before doing so in three of the four GLIAC Tournament matches.
- In those four matches, the sophomore's dig totals were 25, 21, 17, and a career-high 29 in the season finale on Sunday.
- Three Panthers (Kreiger, Groves and Herr) finished with double-digit kills for the first time in the GLIAC Tournament.
- Herr did it all for Davenport with 10 kills, two service aces, three blocks, and three digs while hitting .300 in the process.
- Groves got back into the double-digit kills column with 12 on Sunday, her most since the first match against Northern Michigan on March 26.
- Kreiger sent home 18 kills, her most in the GLIAC Tournament, and hit .317 in those four matches combined with 58 kills and 12 errors on 145 attacks.
- Odeen made it four double-doubles on the season and did it in back-to-back matches for the first time in her career.
- DeJonge stuffed four attack attempts, her most of the tournament and most since the first regular season match against Parkside when she had five.
- After hitting just -.200 and .158 in the tournament's first two matches, respectively, Webb bounced back to hit .308 against Saginaw Valley State and .294 against Parkside.
- Seniors DeJonge and Shellenbarger played their final matches as Panthers.

Story by: Cooper Weidenthaler