Greencastle, Ind. - DePauw dropped the opening set of its North Coast Athletic Conference match with visiting Denison, but the Tigers stormed back by winning the final three for a 3-1 (21-25, 25-12, 25-17, 25-21) victory over the Big Red. The Tigers improved to 17-5 overall and 3-1 in the NCAC, while Denison dropped to 7-14 overall and 1-3 in conference play.
In the opening set, Denison led, 21-18, before DePauw rattled off three straight to even the score at 21-21. The Big Red finished the set on a 4-0 run to take a 1-0 lead.
DePauw quickly flipped the momentum in the second set by jumping out to a 5-1 lead and never trailed the rest of the way.Â
The third set was tight early before the Tigers won seven straight points and 15 of the next 18 to pull away for a 2-1 set lead.
Six ties and five lead changes highlighted the fourth set with the Big Red holding a 15-13 lead before DePauw scored the next four to take the lead for good.
Kaiden Harrington led DePauw with nine kills and hit .364, while
Jen Proeh,
Addison Hooker,
Madeline Ozersky and
Sophie Chilton each totaled eight kills.Â
Julia McWaters paced the squad with 25 assists and Hooker finished with five aces. Proeh's eight block assists led the way as did
Lacey Pickering's 19 digs.Â
Denison's Devon Moore recorded a match-high 14 kills with Katelyn Chiu totaling 13 assists. Ryan Kotalik and Kate Sicklick each had two aces and Sicklick added five block assists. Whitley Metz led the way with 20 digs.
DePauw outhit the Big Red, .171-.047 and held a 46-36 edge in kills. The Tigers led in aces, 11-7 and in blocks, 10-9.
The Tigers travel to Kenyon on Saturday, Oct. 24 for a 1 p.m. NCAC match.
