ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - The Davenport University women's volleyball team has won three of its first four matches for the first time since 2012 and just the second time in program history. The Panthers won all six sets they played on Saturday and now look to Malone's Hall of Fame City Challenge on Friday and Saturday in Canton, Ohio.

FINAL: Davenport 3, Newberry 0 (-19, -13, -18)
RECORDS: Davenport 2-1, Newberry 1-2

Team Leaders

Kills	Lindsay Taylor (16), Hayley Kreiger (11), Bethany Wilson (6)
Hitting %	Taylor (.615), Kreiger (.417), Wilson (.400)
Aces	Nicole Odeen (4), Taylor (3), Lexie Beeke (2)
Blocks	Emmalee Murphy (2), Wilson (2), Lilly LaFleur (2)
Assists	Beeke (17), Odeen (15), Kenzy Corstange (3)
Digs	Kreiger (8), Beeke (8), Taylor (6)

Match Notes
- Taylor led the Panthers in kills for the first time this season.
- The Miami of Ohio transfer did it while hitting a blistering .615 without a single error on 26 total attacks.
- Kreiger was great in her own right landing 11 kills with just one error on 24 swings.
- Davenport racked up 10 service aces to Newberry's two led by four from Odeen.
- For the match, the Panthers hit an absurd .398 including a clip of .483 in the second set.
- Above the net, seven of Davenport's eight block assists came from newcomers.
- In the second set, once the score was tied 10-10, DU ended the set with 15 of the next 18 points.

FINAL: Davenport 3, UNC Pembroke 0 (-17, -24, -11)
RECORDS: Davenport 3-1, UNC Pembroke 0-4

Team Leaders

Kills	Hayley Kreiger (10), Bethany Wilson (9), Emma Turnquist (5)
Hitting %	Wilson (.500), Erin Morrisey (.500), Turnquist (.273)
Aces	Lexie Beeke (3), Lindsay Taylor (3), Kreiger (2)
Blocks	Kreiger (2), Morrisey (2), Lilly LaFleur (1)
Assists	Beeke (12), Nicole Odeen (11), Kenzy Corstange (4)
Digs	Corstange (17), Beeke (12), Kreiger (11)

Match Notes
- The Panthers handed the Braves their fourth-straight loss after hitting .217 with an improved clip each set including .139 to .205 to .346.
- Davenport finished with 13 aces and already has multiple matches with 10 or more this season after doing so just once last fall.
- DU spreaded the love in that category as well as six different players sent one home from the service line.
- Adding onto the second 3-1 start in program history mentioned above, that 2012 team finished 32-7 overall, the second-most wins ever for DU.

Story by: Cooper Weidenthaler