BIG RAPIDS, Mich. - Facing two ranked opponents in the same day for the first time as a member of Division II, Davenport was matched up with No. 9 Oklahoma Baptist and No. 21 Missouri-St. Louis on Saturday at the Ferris State Invitational. The Panthers dropped the first two sets against the Bison before taking it to a fifth set, but fell in five while the Tritons won the second match of the day in straight sets.

FINAL: Oklahoma Baptist 3, Davenport 2 (20-25, 14-25, -19, -20, 15-17)
RECORDS: Davenport 2-1, Oklahoma Baptist 2-1

Team Leaders

Kills	Megan Herr (14), Hayley Kreiger (14), Emmy Webb (9)
Hitting %	Herr (.478), Nicole Odeen (.286), Abby Welke (.231)
Aces	Herr (2), Riley Groves (2), Odeen (1)
Blocks	Herr (5), Kreiger (4), Webb (3)
Assists	Odeen (43), Kenzy Corstange (4), Groves (2)
Digs	Corstange (18), Groves (11), Stephanie Kalinowski (11)

Match Notes
- OBU's best offensive set of the match came in the first when the Bison hit .314 with 14 kills and only three errors on 35 total attacks.
- DU bounced back from an 0-2 match deficit nicely by hitting .310 (12-3-29) in the third and an even better .407 (14-3-27) in the fourth.
- The Panthers ended the third frame on a 9-1 run and led the fourth set by as many as eight, 22-14.
- Davenport had two match points in the fifth (14-12 and 15-14) before Oklahoma Baptist scored the set's final three points to win it.
- Herr turned in a stellar performance with 14 kills and just three errors on 23 swings for that .478 hitting percentage.
- Kreiger made it 14 matches in a row, dating back to the end of last season, with at least 10 kills in a single outing.
- Herr reached the five-block mark for the first time this season, something she did four times in the spring.

FINAL: Missouri-St. Louis 3, Davenport 0 (24-26, 14-25, 18-25)
RECORDS: Davenport 2-2, Missouri-St. Louis 1-2

Team Leaders

Kills	Megan Herr (10), Emmy Webb (6), Hayley Kreiger (5)
Hitting %	Nicole Odeen (.750), Herr (.185), Webb (.154)
Aces	-
Blocks	Webb (3), Abby Welke (2), Herr (1)
Assists	Odeen (23), Kenzy Corstange (3), Herr (1)
Digs	Corstange (13), Stephanie Kalinowski (11), Kreiger (7)

Match Notes
- Herr made it three matches in a row with 10 or more kills.
- Davenport had the upper hand in the dig department, 48-44.
- UMSL's best offensive set came in the second when it hit .333 thanks to nine kills and only two errors on 21 total attacks.
- Davenport led the first set by four late, 23-19, before UMSL ended it on a 7-1 run to go up 1-0.
- In the second stanza, the Panthers trailed by only two, 12-14, before the Tritons used an 11-2 spurt to win the set.
- DU led in the third set, 6-5, and aside from a tie at 7-7, UMSL led for the rest of the way.
- Following the tournament, Kreiger was one of 11 players named to the All-Tournament Team.

Story by: Cooper Weidenthaler