Decatur, Ill. - DePauw wrapped up play prior to next week's North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament with a pair of 3-0 losses to Hendrix (25-22, 34-32, 25-19) and host Millikin (25-19, 25-17, 25-15). The Tigers dropped to 15-12.
In the Hendrix match, Hendrix never trailed in the opening set, but the second set included 23 ties and 13 lead changes before the Warriors prevailed for a 2-0 lead. Eight ties and six lead changes in the third set ended in a Hendrix win.
Hendrix outhit DePauw, .178-.129, and had 45 kills to DePauw's 37.
Ashley Haas led DePauw with 10 kills and
Olivia Karwin had 17 assists. Loren Payne paced Hendrix with 12 kills and Lily Meyer had 13 assists.
DePauw had six service aces led by
Grace Myers and
Maria Stevens with two each, while Catalina Williams, Adilynn Henry and Mary Addisyn Stubbs each had two of Hendrix's seven aces.
Myers paced DePauw with 25 digs and
Lauren Ridgway totaled five blocks with Stubbs pacing the Warriors with 19 digs and Williams and Camryn Kennedy each finishing with four blocks.
Against, Millikin, the Big Blue outhit the Tigers .302-.122 and held a 50-24 edge in kills.
Katie Gansle led DePauw with seven kills with Karwin and
Kendall Herrick totaling 11 assists each. Kailee Itzenhuiser totaled 11 kills for the Big Blue and Gracie Shaffer led with 22 assists.
Gansle had two of DePauw's three aces, while Alyssa Frederking had three of Millikin's six.
Myers led DePauw with 13 digs and
Kaiden Harrington had five blocks with Sophia Howell recording 19 digs for the hosts and Delaney Higgins leading with five blocks.
DePauw hosts the semifinal and final rounds of the NCAC Tournament on Nov. 10-11. The top-seeded Tigers face the winner of Tuesday's Hiram at Oberlin match. First serve on Friday is set for 7:30 p.m. Second-seed Ohio Wesleyan takes on the winner of Tuesday's Denison at Wittenberg match. Friday's first semifinal match is scheduled for a
5 p.m. start.
