St. Louis, Mo. - DePauw moved to 16-11 on the season following a pair of losses at the WashU Tri. The host Bears, ranked eighth in Division III, topped the Tigers (25-10, 25-18, 22-25, 25-19) before 11th-ranked Millikin also blanked DePauw 25-20, 25-17, 25-14.
Against WashU, the Bears outhit the Tigers, .225-.113 and held a 57-37 lead in kills. WashU also led in aces, 13-7.
Kenzie Myers led DePauw with 10 kills and three aces with
Olivia Karwin finishing with a team-high 17 assists.
Grace Myers paced the Tigers with 20 digs and
Ashley Haas had five blocks.
Lucy Davis and Zoe Foster each had 12 kills for the Bears, while Sam Buckley led with 47 assists. Elise Gilroy, Jasmine Sells and Lucy Davis each had four aces, while Gilroy totaled 19 digs and Foster four blocks.
Millikin outhit DePauw, .318-.114 and led in kills, 47-28. The Big Blue led in aces, 7-3, and in blocks, 10-1.
Kenzie Myers,
Belle Shelton and
Kaiden Harrington each had six kills for the Tigers and Karwin totaled 14 assists.
Kendall Herrick, Shelton and
Grace Myers had one ace apiece with
Grace Myers leading with 13 digs.
Addison Oyer and Delaney Higgins finished with 10 kills each with Alyssa Frederking totaling 21 assists. Kailee Itzenhuiser and Frederking led with two aces each with Itzenhuiser totaling 17 digs. Sophia Gibbs, Kyra Carothers and Elle Richards each totaled five blocks.
DePauw hosts Oberlin on Tuesday, Nov. 12, in a 7 p.m. North Coast Athletic Conference quarterfinal match.
