Brooke Antenen
Brooke Antenen

Volleyball Scott Puryear, Associate AD For Marketing & Communications

Red-Hot Volleyball Panthers Open GLVC Play At Lewis, UW-Parkside

Drury Volleyball's GLVC opening weekend at Lewis and Parkside, at a glance ...

DRURY VOLLEYBALL AT LEWIS, WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE

WHEN: Friday, 7 p.m. at Lewis in Romeoville, Ill.; Saturday at Wisconsin-Parkside at 3 p.m. in Kenosha, Wis.
RECORDS: Drury 7-1, Lewis 8-1, Parkside 5-3
LIVE VIDEO WEBCAST: vs. Lewis (link); vs. Parkside (link)
LIVE STATS: vs. Lewis (link); vs. Parkside (link)
FOLLOW FOR UPDATES: @drurypanthers on Twitter, new Phizzle text message update service (click here to sign up)
FAST FACTS: Coach Jen Bahner's Panthers are off to the best start in the program's history since it moved to the NCAA-II level in 1994, and best since the '93 Panthers began the season 10-0. ... Drury's only loss to date was a 3-2 decision to current nationally seventh-ranked Washburn, in which the Panthers had WU down 2-0 in the match in Topeka, Kan. ... Lewis enters Friday's match on a seven-game win streak after defeating St. Francis 3-0 on Wednesday. ... DU senior McKenna Poynter leads the GLVC in digs per set at 5.62, while Lewis' Nicole Yuede ranks third at 5.20. ... DU senior BJ Specht, tourney MVP of last weekend's 4-0 effort for the Panthers in the Texas A&M-Kingsville Invitational, ranks second in kills per set (3.58) and fourth in the GLVC in points per game (4.23). ... Junior setter Brooke Antonen, seventh in the GLVC with 8.46 assists per set, joined Specht on the all-tourney team in Kingsville. ... Parkside enters a Friday night home match vs. Missouri S&T on a three-game winning streak after opening with a loss last weekend in the Western Oregon Invitational. ... Drury trails Lewis 10-1 and leads Parkside 9-5 in the all-time series with the schools. ... The Panthers are 15-4 under second-year coach Bahner since an 8-8 start midway through last season. ... Drury lost 3-0 at Lewis and won 3-2 at Parkside on this trip last season. ... The Panthers, after 10 straight matches on the road, will play their home opener on Tuesday (7 p.m.) vs. Missouri Southern at the O'Reilly Family Event Center, kicking off a five-game homestand for DU.
 
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Players Mentioned

BJ Specht

#10 BJ Specht

OH
5' 9"
Senior
McKenna Poynter

#4 McKenna Poynter

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

Players Mentioned

BJ Specht

#10 BJ Specht

5' 9"
Senior
OH
McKenna Poynter

#4 McKenna Poynter

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