(Left) Sophomore Camdyn Carpenter and freshman Kate Roseland try to block the ball in hopes it lands on the opposite side. (Middle) Freshman Natalie Wood spikes the ball to the other side. (Right) Senior Kayden Schumacher hits the ball in hopes of scoring a point.
On Sept. 18, the Tigers opened their first home game against the College of Saint Mary, where they played a four-set game with scores being 23-25, 26-28, 25-22 and 10-25.
For the first three sets Doane had 53 kills, nine errors and a .297 attacking percentage; however, Saint Mary only had 51 kills, 11 errors and a .282 attacking percentage. But in the fourth set, Saint Mary had a .318 attacking percentage while the Tigers had a -0.091.
Freshman Natalie Wood led the Tigers with 21 kills, senior Kayden Schumacher added 11 kills and senior Taylor Sluka added 10 kills. Together, the Tigers had 60 kills. Sophomore Camdyn Carpenter dished out 49 assists, and the Tigers had 58 assists overall.
Going into the defensive side, Carpenters also had 22 digs. Adding 17 digs was senior Grace Zeier, and adding 11 more was senior MacKenzie Painter, giving the Tigers 80 digs in total.
On Sept. 21, the Tigers traveled to Fremont, Nebraska, to compete against Midland University, where the Warriors won in a straight set game with scores 17-25, 19-25 and 20-25.
Sluka had nine kills and Wood had eight more. The Tigers struggled with only 28 kills and a -0.010 attacking percentage.
Carpenter also dished out 22 assists in the game, which gave the Tigers 26 altogether.
On the defensive side, sophomore Chloe Rose led the team with 10 digs while Painter, Zeier and junior Lillian Parolek had six digs each, which gave the Tigers 42 digs altogether.
On Sept. 25, the Tigers will take on Concordia University at Haddix with opening serve set for 7:30 p.m.
