The Purdue Northwest Volleyball team celebrated Senior Day with a big win at home against Davenport in GLIAC action on Saturday afternoon, 3-2.
The Basics
- Records: PNW (9-17,5-11), Davenport (10-18,6-11)
- Location: John Friend Court – Hammond, Indiana
- Attendance: 250
Inside The Numbers
- (25-18,16-25,25-22,19-25,15-13)
- Sophomore Anika Huelskamp (Oxnard, Calif./Oxnard) led the Pride with a game-high 19 kills.
- Junior Arra Cottrell (LeClaire, Iowa/Pleasant Valley) added 17 kills.
- Junior Marina Gronkiewicz (Munster, Ind./Munster) chipped in 14 assists and 16 digs.
- Senior Olivia Brooke (Logansport, Ind./Pioneer) guided the Pride with 23 assists and recorded ten digs with seven service aces.
- Junior Livia Thomsen (Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley) led Purdue Northwest defensively with 21 digs.
- Abby Alan led Davenport with 15 kills and tallied 13 digs.
- Mehl Hansen handed out a game-best 38 assists for the Panthers during the match.
The Breakdown
- Purdue Northwest grabbed the early lead winning the first set to go up 1-0.
- Davenport responded taking the second set to tie things ups 1-1.
- The Pride regained the lead after fighting off the Panthers to take set three and go up 2-1.
- Davenport tied the game up 2-2 winning the fourth set and take the match to the fifth set.
- Both teams fought back-and-forth in the fifth in all important fifth set but the Pride made key plays down the stretch to seal the win, 3-2.
- Purdue Northwest finished the game with 44 kills, 43 assists, 68 digs, and nine blocks.
- Davenport ended the match with 54 kills, 49 assists, 72 digs, and four blocks.
Up Next
- The Pride now compete in the opening round of the GLIAC Volleyball Tournament when they hit the road to take on top-seeded Ferris State on Wednesday, November 20 with game-time scheduled for 6:00 PM CT in Big Rapids, Michigan.
