Drury University Athletics

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Powered by balanced production from a deep cast of contributors, Drury volleyball stretched its Great Lakes Valley Conference win streak to five matches with a straight-set victory (25-17, 25-19, 25-17) over Upper Iowa Saturday afternoon at O'Reilly Family Event Center.

The Panthers (17-6, 7-2 GLVC) used a 12-1 scoring run to open up an 11-point lead in the opening set, then hit a blistering .400 as a team in the second to take a 2-0 lead. Drury rallied from an early two-point deficit in the third, outscoring the Peacocks (11-11, 4-6 GLVC) by a 13-5 margin to pull away for the match-clinching win.

After recording 19 kills and a career-best 17 digs in Friday's win over Truman State, Abby Renshaw delivered another double-double against the Peacocks with a team-leading 14 kills to go along with 10 digs. Jacy Bray also posted a double-double -- her 13th of the season -- with 30 assists and 14 digs.
 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Drury led nearly start to finish in the first set, snapping a 1-1 tie by claiming eight consecutive points; Taylor Wood and Renshaw led the way with three kills apiece during the critical run.
• The Panthers extended the margin to as many as 14 points (19-5) as part of a stretch that saw DU win 18 of 22 points in the eventual 25-17 victory.
• Upper Iowa led by a point early in the second before Drury unleashed an 8-2 spurt, led by two more kills from Wood.
• DU stretched its advantage to 18-13 -- its largest of the set to that point -- before the Peacocks closed the gap to two points with a 5-2 run.
• But a pair of UIU errors, a Reagan Baade service ace and a Renshaw kill helped lock up the 25-19 decision for the Panthers, who hit .400 as a club in the second set.
• Renshaw paced the red-hot Drury offense with six kills and a .556 hitting percentage in the second stanza.
• The Panthers overcame a 5-3 UIU lead in the third, thanks to a stifling defensive effort that limited the Peacocks to a match-low .077 hitting percentage for the set.
• A Peacock attack error sparked the decisive 13-5 scoring run for Drury, which took the lead for good on a service error, before Chaney Barth and Renshaw delivered two kills each to fuel the momentum-swinging stretch.
• DU led by as many as six (16-10), before UIU trimmed the deficit to 20-17 late in the set.
• The Panthers put the match on ice by winning the final five points with the help of four UIU errors.

NOTABLES

• Drury improved to 4-1 all-time vs. the Peacocks, including a perfect 3-0 mark against UIU in GLVC contests.
• With the victory, DU matched its 2025 season win total (17), as well as its GLVC season total of victories from a year ago (7).
• The Panthers also hiked their home record to 7-2 in 2026.
• Drury's five-match conference win streak marks its longest since a seven-game GLVC streak in 2019 (Sept. 27-Oct. 12).
• Bray logged her 13th double-double of the season -- and third in a row; the junior setter registered her fifth straight 30+ assist performance and 17th overall this season.
• Renshaw notched her eighth double of the season and finished the weekend with a team-leading 33 kills (4.71 per set) and a .342 hitting percentage; she also logged 27 digs (3.86 per set) over DU's two victories.
• Skylar Hilton added five kills on .333 hitting, as well as four blocks to finish the weekend with 12 total blocks.
• Wood finished with seven kills and two blocks, while Barth chipped in with six kills and a .353 hitting effort.
• Amelia White turned in a team-best 15 digs, while Lucy Hafer added a pair of aces for Drury.

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