Davenport 3, Parkside 1 (25-21, 22-25, 25-20, 25-19)
The Parkside volleyball team opened a busy weekend on the road at Davenport Friday night, but the Rangers fell 3-1 to the host Panthers. Parkside will face Grand Valley State on Saturday and Ferris State on Sunday.
 
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SET 1: The Panthers jumped out to huge advantage in the first set at 9-1, but later in the set the Rangers used a 6-0 run to bring the score to 20-17. Back-to-back attack errors by the Panthers made it 21-20 DU, but the Panthers rallied to scored four of the last five points and claim the first set.
 
SET 2: The second set went back-and-forth until the end, where Davenport led 22-21 after an ace. Parkside ripped off the final four points of the set, with kills by Reese Rossnagel, Jazmine Neal and Jessica Pappas and an ace by Kaylee Kuecker.
 
SET 3: The Panthers led 14-8 early on in set three and never let the Rangers back into it; they hit .378, the best mark in any set for the home squad.
 
SET 4: It was a close set throughout, with another Kuecker ace making it a 19-17 Davenport lead. The Panthers ended the match by scoring six of the final eight points to clinch the victory.
 
STATWORTHY
Pappas had a team-high 14 kills while Neal had 11 and Rossnagel had 10. Redshirt-senior Ellie Adams had 31 assists while the libero Maddy Dokken had 19 digs and Lexi Packard had 6.0 blocks.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
Parkside will finish out the weekend with road matches against GVSU on Saturday and Ferris State on Sunday.