Juliena Gigon posted 12 kills and a .318 hitting percentage for Elon while Jessica Barrow tallied 10 kills. Brooke Pickard led the defense with 14 digs while Natalie Moore recorded 10 digs along with 25 assists. Emily Lucci and Stefanie Meyers each posted four total blocks.
Jamie Kaufman paced High Point with 16 kills and 11 digs and Audie Gonzalez led the defense with 13 digs while also recording eight kills. Ashley Johnson posted a .889 hitting percentage on eight kills and no errors on nine attempts. Kristina Taylor registered 37 assists for the Panthers.
After a 12-12 tie in game one, Elon outscored High Point 8-4 to take a 20-16 lead. The Panthers never got back within three points and Elon held onto the lead to take a 30-24 win on a kill from Lucci.
In the second game, High Point went up early and push the lead to seven at 17-10, but Elon scored the next eight points behind the serve of Gigon and the offense of Westphal to go ahead 18-17. Westphal (pictured right) posted seven of her kills in the second frame. The two teams traded points and knotted the game at 27-27. Elon scored three of the next four points to end the game 30-28 on a kill from Meyers.
In game three, the Panthers again went up early and led by five at 20-15. Elon used a 7-2 run to knot the game 22-22. After a 24-24 tie, the Phoenix took the lead on a kill from Barrow and finished the game 30-26 on a HPU attack error. The Phoenix posted a .263 hitting percentage in the game compared to High Point’s .143.
Elon (7-11) returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 14 in a 2 p.m. match at The Citadel. High Point (5-14) will next be in action on Friday, Oct. 13 in a 7 p.m. home match with Radford.
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