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Volleyball Panthers Face Lewis Friday In Opening Round Of GLVC Championship

Drury Volleyball's Opening Round Match In GLVC Championship, At A Glance ...

DRURY VOLLEYBALL VS LEWIS, GLVC CHAMPIONSHIP
WHEN: Friday, 5 p.m. at EastSide Centre In East Peoria, Ill.
RECORDS: Drury 21-10; Lewis 28-4
LIVE VIDEO WEBCAST: On GLVC Sports Network (click here)
LIVE STATS: Links On Official GLVC Championship Website Page (click here)
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FAST FACTS:  Drury is in the GLVC post-season tourney field for the first time since 2011, when it was a 10-team field. The Panthers were the 10th seed that year and knocked off No. 7 seed Wisconsin-Parkside 3-1, before falling to second-seed Lewis 3-0 in the quarterfinals. ... Coach Jenifer Bahner's Panthers are the No. 3 seed from the West, while Lewis is the No. 2 seed from the East. ... Lewis has won more GLVC volleyball championships (eight) than any other current member. ... Drury enters the meet having closed the regular season with wins in eight of its last 11 matches, after splitting last weekend at Maryville (3-1 win) and UMSL (3-2 loss). ... The Panthers lost 3-0 at Lewis on September 18 in the first GLVC match of the season. ... The Flyers lead the all-time series with Drury 11-1. ... DU is 1-6 all-time in GLVC tourney matches. ... Bahner now has a record of 37-21 in two seasons at Drury; since an 8-8 start to her 2014 rookie campaign at DU, her squads have gone 31-13. ... Drury's 10-1 mark at home this season was the program's best since moving to the D-II level in 1994. ... The 21 wins are the second most by a DU team in that stretched, topped only by the 22 victories (22-13) by the Panthers in 2010. ... Drury enters the GLVC meet leading the league in kills (13.93 per set) and ranked second in assists (12.85 per set). The Panthers are third in digs per set (18.06). ... Lewis' Alexis Davito paces the GLVC in service aces (0.40 per set), while Nicole Yuede is fourth in digs (5.19). ... BJ Specht ranks third in the league in kills per set (3.44) and points per set (4.02), McKenna Poynter is sixth in digs per set (4.88) and Brooke Antenen is seventh in service aces per set (0.330 and assists per set (8.75). ... In Friday's other first-round matches, Missouri S&T will take on Indianapolis at noon, McKendree will face Southern Indiana at 2:30, and Rockhurst will play Wisconsin-Parkside at 7:30. Semifinals are at 3 and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, with Sunday's title match set for a noon start. .... 




 
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Players Mentioned

Brooke Antenen

#8 Brooke Antenen

S
5' 11"
Junior
BJ Specht

#10 BJ Specht

OH
5' 9"
Senior
McKenna Poynter

#4 McKenna Poynter

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5' 6"
Junior
Defensive Specialist/Libero

Players Mentioned

Brooke Antenen

#8 Brooke Antenen

5' 11"
Junior
S
BJ Specht

#10 BJ Specht

5' 9"
Senior
OH
McKenna Poynter

#4 McKenna Poynter

5' 6"
Junior
Defensive Specialist/Libero
DS/L