Volleyball | 9/11/2019 6:00:00 PM

DRURY VOLLEYBALL
Drury Invitational Tournament
Thur.-Sat., Sept. 12-14 | O'Reilly Family Event Center | Springfield, Mo.
 
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Panthers open home schedule with Drury Invitational
The Drury Panthers are home for the first time this year on Thursday night when they take on Colorado Mesa for the opening day of the Drury Invitational tournament. Game time is at 6 p.m. in the O'Reilly Family Event Center.
 
The Panthers are 1-4 with all four of their losses coming in five sets. Drury fell to Missouri Southern State on Tuesday 3-2 (13-25, 25-15, 21-25, 25-22, 18-16). Not only are all four of Drury's losses five-set defeats, but two of those went beyond 15 points in the final set. The Panthers lost the fifth set to the Lions 18-16 on Tuesday and to 23rd ranked Central Washington 18-16 last weekend in the Washburn Invitational.
 
Colorado Mesa is off to a 3-1 start. The Mavericks picked up wins over Fresno Pacific, Lubbock Christian, and Dallas Baptist while their lone loss coming against Northern State, a team currently ranked seventh in the NCAA-II coaches' poll. Colorado Mesa went 24-7 last year and qualified for the NCAA-II tournament where they advanced to the second round falling to 20th ranked Texas A&M Commerce in five sets.
 
Drury faces Missouri Western State (4-0) on Friday at 11 a.m., and seventh-ranked Northern State at 7 p.m. later that night. The Panthers take on 18th ranked Northwest Missouri State (4-0) on Saturday at 1 p.m. in a rematch of a game last week won by the Bearcats in five sets at the Capitol Classic in Topeka, Kan.
 
The Drury Invitational features six teams and 12 games starting Thursday night, then continuing all day Friday and Saturday.
 
Tournament Schedule
Thursday
Drury vs. Colorado Mesa, 6 pm
 
Friday
Truman St. vs. Colorado Mesa, 9 am
Drury vs. Missouri Western St., 11 am
#7 Northern St. vs. #18 Northwest Missouri St., 1 pm
Truman St. vs. Missouri Western St., 3 pm
#18 Northwest Missouri St. vs. Colorado-Mesa, 5 pm
Drury vs. Northern St., 7 pm
 
Saturday
Colorado Mesa vs. Missouri Western St., 9 am
#7 Northern St. vs. Truman St., 11 am
Drury vs. #18 Northwest Missouri St, 1 pm
Missouri Western St. vs. Northern St., 3 pm
#18 Northwest Missouri St. vs. Truman St., 5 pm
 
QUICK FACTS
Records
Drury: 1-4
Colorado-Mesa: 3-1
Missouri Western St.: 4-0
Northern St.: 4-0, #7 NCAA-II
Northwest Missouri St.: 4-0, #18 NCAA-II
Truman St.: 2-2
 
Stat Leaders
Drury: #19 Julia McCown 3.13 kills/set, #17 Makina Wratten 2.58 kills/set, 8 aces, 1.25 bl/set#15 Reba Thomsen 8.38 a/set, #2 Katie Gorman 3.33 digs/set.
 
Last game
Drury lost at Missouri Southern St. 3-2 (13-25, 25-15, 21-25, 25-22, 18-16) 
 
5-set games
Drury: 0-4
 
Head Coach
Drury: Jenifer Bahner (6^th year, 105-57)
 
All-time series
Drury vs. Colorado Mesa, first meeting
Drury 16-21 vs. Missouri Western St.
Drury 0-1 vs. Northern St.
Drury 10-11 vs. Northwest Missouri St.
 
Next
Drury at Southern Nazarene, SNU/OBU Tournament, Fri., Sept.  20, 9 a.m., Bethany, Okla.
Drury vs. Northwest Oklahoma St., SNU/OBU Tournament, Fri., Sept. 20, 9 a.m., Bethany, Okla.
 
 
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