GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Following a three-match GLIAC hiatus to play at the Midwest Region Crossover, the Davenport University women's volleyball (18-5, 9-2 GLIAC) team gets back to league play this week with home matches against Northern Michigan on Friday (7 p.m.) and Michigan Tech on Saturday (2 p.m.). Those two matches will begin a four-game homestand for the Panthers, their final home matches for the 2022 regular season.

Northern Michigan (16-6, 8-3 GLIAC) went 1-2 at the Crossover and has lost three of its last five matches, but leads the all-time series with Davenport, 7-3. The two teams' newest meeting will be in Grand Rapids where the Wildcats are 3-0 all time, all three of which happened during the 2021 calendar year. Michigan Tech (14-7, 6-5 GLIAC) went 2-1 in Hammond, has been on the right end in seven of its previous nine outings and has won five of seven all time against Davenport. The first time the Panthers met these two teams this season, DU defeated No. 19 MTU in five before falling to NMU in three.

LAST TIME OUT - Northern Michigan
(21-25, 24-26, 23-25)
Box Score

Match Notes
- As a team, Davenport was held to a season-low two service aces and fell to 0-3 when the opponent finishes with more.
- The Panthers hit .187 to the Wildcats' .173 clip, but the host out-killed its visitors, 43-35.
- DU's best offensive set came in the third with a .255 clip while NMU hit a match-high .213 in the opening period.
- The Wildcats ran their winning streak to eight in a row including four straight on their home floor.
- Taylor was held to fewer than 11 kills for the first time since Sept. 2 against Bloomsburg (five matches in a row).
- Kreiger stepped up with her fourth match of the season in which she went for double-digit kills while hitting at least .300.
- Starting to see a larger role, Welke was efficient on Saturday with five kills and no errors on 12 swings for a .417 clip.
- Beeke finished with 20 or more assists in a match for the fifth time this season, fourth-straight match and had a double-double in three-straight outings.

LAST TIME OUT - Michigan Tech
(26-28, 13-25, -15, -20, -9)
Box Score

Match Notes
- Davenport snapped a three-match skid against Michigan Tech and won for the first time inside the Huskies' SDC Gym (0-4 prior).
- A trio of Panthers finished with double-doubles including Taylor (20 kills/12 digs), Kreiger (17 kills/21 digs) and Beeke (40 assists/16 digs).
- After a career-high 23 kills on Tuesday at No. 20 Hillsdale, Taylor tallied 20 or more kills in back-to-back matches for the first time in her career.
- The Miami of Ohio transfer also notched 12 or more digs in three of her previous four matches.
- Kreiger was up to five double-doubles for the season, including three-straight matches, and her 21 digs were a career high.
- Beeke reached the 40-assist plateau in two of her last three matches and Friday's 16 digs were her most as a Panther.
- For the eighth time in 10 matches, Davenport racked up more service aces than its opponent, this time sending home 11 to Michigan Tech's three.
- Corstange broke her old personal best for digs in a match of 30 with 31 on Friday in Houghton.
- Michigan Tech hit over .200 as a team in each of the first two sets before Davenport did so in the third with its back against the wall.
- The Panthers hit a match-high .222 in that third set while the Huskies' best offensive clip was the first at .240.
- In the fifth and deciding set, Michigan Tech managed to hit just -.061 while Davenport hit .111 to hold on for the victory.