On Aug. 30 the Tigers traveled to Florida to compete in a four-set game against Florida College, where they ended the match 0-3 with scores being 24-26, 12-25 and 17-25.
Throughout the game, Doane had 22 kills and two team blocks. Leading the Tigers in kills was senior Kayden Schumacher. Dishing out assists was sophomore Camdyn Carpenter, who had 11. Finally, leading the Tigers with digs was senior Grace Zeier, who had 11, and junior Sophia McKinney, who had 10.
Later in the day, the Tigers competed against Milligan University, where they had a tight five-set game with final scores being 18-25, 25-16, 25-27, 25-21 and 13-15.
Finishing the game, Schumacher and senior Tayler Sluka both led the Tigers in kills with 16 apiece; adding 16 more kills was sophomore Sophia Turek. Dishing out 53 assists was Carpenter, who had 29, and sophomore Chloe Rose, who had 24.
Going into the defensive side, leading with 26 digs was Zeier, and adding to that was McKinney with 18, junior Harper Case with 16, Carpenter with 15, and Rose with 12. Junior Jenna Sweeney and sophomore Delaney Burge collected two blocks apiece.
On Aug. 31, the Tigers had a straight set victory in their early-morning match against Trinity College, with set scores of 25-14, 25-10 and 25-16.
Leading the team with kills was Schumacher, and adding seven kills was Turek, who also had three ace serves. Also adding four more ace serves was Rose, who also had 16 assists, and adding 19 assists to that was Carpenter.
On the defensive side, Zeier collected 19 out of 50 digs, and along with that the Tigers had three solo blocks made by Turek, Sluka and freshman Hilary Hupp.
Wrapping up their trip to Florida, the Tigers competed against Warner University, where they also had a straight set victory with set scores of 25-16, 25-18 and 26-24.
Leading the team with nine kills and two ace serves was Turek, and adding seven kills was Sluka. Dishing out assists was Rose, who had 11, and Carpenter, who had 10.
Carpenter also led the team with 19 digs, while Sluka and Schumacher both had three blocks apiece out of the 11 team blocks.
On Sept. 4, the Tigers will be traveling to Hastings, Nebraska, to open conference play against the Broncos.
