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Maddie Morrison
Morrison collected a career-best 15 kills on Friday night.
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Davenport DU 8-8,3-4 GLIAC
3
Winner Wayne State WSU 12-3,6-1 GLIAC
Davenport DU
8-8,3-4 GLIAC
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Final
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Wayne State WSU
12-3,6-1 GLIAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Davenport DU 15 15 18 (0)
Wayne State WSU 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Cameron Weidenthaler, Assistant Media Relations Director

Volleyball Dominates Davenport

The Warriors swept their opponent for the eighth time this season.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University volleyball program (12-3 overall, 6-1 GLIAC) began a three-match weekend with a sweep over Davenport (8-8 overall, 3-4 GLIAC) on Friday night.  The Warriors won by scores of 25-15, 25-15 and 25-18 en route to posting their eighth sweep of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Green & Gold won the first five points of hte first set.  WSU used an 8-0 run to extend its advantage to 14-3.  Maddie Morrison (Flushing, Mich.) had three kills during the rally.  A Panthers error gave Wayne State a 20-8 lead and another spike from Morrison pushed the home lead to 24-11.  After DU won four consecutive points, a kill from Halle Shell (Port Huron, Mich. / Port Huron Northern) sealed the 25-15 set-one victory.

The Panthers led the second set 4-2 after a WSU ball-handling error.  However, Kamryn Duffield (Romeo, Mich.) redeemed herself quickly with a service ace as the Warriors stretched their advantage to 11-9 following kills from Taylor Wagner (St. Joseph, Mich. / Lakeshore) and Jenna Kray (Westerville, Ohio / Worthington Christian).  Two kills from Duffield kept Wayne State on top, 16-13.  DU trimmed its deficit to one, 16-15, before WSU ended the set on a 9-0 run to win 25-15.

WSU led the third set 5-1 and then 10-5 after a point by Wagner.  Morrison continued to ignite the Wayne State offense and her four straight kills kept WSU ahead 16-13.  Alexa Withun (Troy, Mich. / Athens) made it 18-16 as the Warriors would control the temp and extend their lead to 23-17 after a block by Kray and Duffield.  Back-to-back kills from Morrison gave WSU a 25-18 victory and a 3-0 sweep.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Morrison collected a match-high 15 kills and hit .423 on 26 swings.  Wagner tallied 11 kills and hit .348.  Duffield dished out 35 assists, while Sam Palazzolo (Shelby Twp., Mich. / Utica Eisenhower) led everyone with 10 digs.

ONE BIG THING
The .414 hitting percentage ranks second all-time in program history behind a .547 performance against Chicago State in 1987.

HEAD COACH THOUGHTS
"That was an outstanding offensive performance by the Warriors," said head coach Tim Koth.  DU is a big physical team and our offensive production was outstanding.  Great performance from Maddie Morrison tonight!"

UP NEXT
Wayne State will be back on the floor on Saturday afternoon against Ferris State.  First serve is set for 2:00 PM.

 
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