TOWSON, Md. – Elon University volleyball hits the road this weekend with matches at Towson on Friday, Nov. 2, and at James Madison Sunday, Nov. 4.

The Phoenix (13-11, 4-8 CAA) plays a 7 p.m. match against the Tigers inside of SECU Arena, then heads south to Harrisonburg, Va. for a 1 p.m. match two days later at Sinclair Gymnasium.

FOLLOW THE PHOENIX
-Updates for the match will be provided on the team's Twitter account @ElonVB.
-Fans can also follow the action with links for live stats and streaming listed above.

SERIES HISTORY
-Towson took an Oct. 4 meeting in the Schar Center, 3-1. Elon kept the match going with a 25-21 decision in set three and pulled to within 24-23 in set four, but the Tigers earned the next point to secure the victory.
-With the win, Towson improved to 10-1 in the all-time series. Elon is looking for its first win when playing at Towson.
-Elon and JMU were neck-and-neck in their first meeting this season on Oct. 6, with the match featuring 34 ties and 13 lead changes.
-Down 1-0, the Phoenix used a late 4-1 swing to pull even in the match. Elon had a chance to take a 2-1 as the maroon and gold were up 24-22 in set three, but the Dukes put together a pair of 3-0 runs to outlast the Phoenix 31-29. The visitors broke open set four with a 12-2 push and Elon was unable to come up with a response.
-The Dukes improved to 11-0 in the all-times series.

LAST TIME OUT
-Elon hung tough for the first two sets but could not keep up with Hofstra's attack as the Phoenix fell to the Pride in straight sets.
-Leah Daniel led the Phoenix offensively as the freshman scored 11 kills with a .281 hitting percentage. She also recorded four digs and had one block assist. Kam Terry neared a double-double with nine kills and 16 digs, and Kodi Garcia and Haylie Clark posted 14 and 12 assists, respectively.

PERFECT STARTS
-Under head coach Mary Tendler, Elon opened its 2018 campaign 7-0 for the fifth time in program history. It marks the team's best start since the Phoenix went 11-0 in 2009.
-The 7-0 streak is the second-best start during Tendler's tenure at Elon. It surpasses a pair of 5-0 starts in 2010 and 2011.
-Susan Leonard's 1993 team owns the program's best start to a season at 21-0. The following year the team opened 12-0 to place second, followed by Tendler's 2009 squad.
-Kay Yow's 1974 team started off 7-0 before suffering its first defeat.

ALL-TOURNEY TEAMS
-Maddie Jaudon was named Co-MVP of the Charlotte Invitational after averaging 4.92 digs per set over the course of the three matches. She was also named to the Phoenix Classic All-Tournament Team.
-Kellyn Trowse was also named to the All-Tournament Team after posting two matches with double-digit kills with at least seven digs and three blocks in all three matches.
-Terry was named the Phoenix Classic MVP for the second-straight season after posting a pair of double-doubles against Evansville and Gardner-Webb.
-Daniel earned a spot on the Phoenix Classic All-Tournament Team after closing the weekend with an 18-kill, 4-error performance for a .350 hitting percentage against Gardner-Webb.

CAA WEEKLY HONORS
-Jaudon earned her first career CAA weekly honor on Monday, Oct. 22, as the league office selected her Defensive Player of the Week. The Batavia, Ill. native tallied 73 digs (6.08 per set) with 11 assists, four service aces, and a kill to help Elon secure wins over N.C. Central, UNCW, and Delaware last week. The senior libero had a pair of 31-dig performances in both league matches.
-Terry was named CAA Player of the Week on Sept. 10 for her performance at the Wake Forest Invitational. The Marengo, Ohio native averaged 21.0 kills per set and finished with 63 kills through three matches. Against Georgia Southern, she came within one kill of tying the program record for kills in a match with 32.
-Terry previously earned the distinction on Sept. 3 after averaging 4.23 kills per set with a .296 hitting percentage in matches against North Carolina A&T, Evansville, N.C. Central, and Garder-Webb.

1K KILLS
-Terry reached 1,000 kills for her career in the first set against Charlotte on Friday, Aug. 24.
-She currently ranks sixth on Elon's all-time leaders list with 1,291 career kills and needs 53 to tie with Sydney Busa (2014-17) in fifth place.

PRESEASON ACCOLADES
-Garcia was named one of 10 student-athletes to the Preseason All-CAA Team as an honorable mention.
-It marks the second straight season an Elon player has been named a preseason honorable mention after Busa earned the distinction and went on to be a First Team All-CAA honoree after the year in 2017.
-Garcia had 1,279 assists in 2017, tying for the most in a season in Elon's Division I era and the second-most in program history on the way to earning CAA Rookie of the Year.

ITALIAN MADE
-Over Spring Break 2018, Elon volleyball went to Italy to visit Milan, Como, Cinque Terre, Pisa, Florence, Assisi and Rome.
-During the trip, the team visited Lake Como, the tiny villages that form the Five Lands "Cinque Terre," the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Basilica of Saint Francis, the Colosseum, the Vatican City and more.
-It also battled a pair of professional Italian volleyball teams.

THE SYDEL CURRY LOCKER ROOM
-Between the second and third sets Tuesday, Aug. 28, against North Carolina A&T, Elon volleyball's locker room was named in honor of Sydel Curry '17.
-An early wedding gift from her brothers, Steph and Seth Curry, the team's new locker room has officially been named the Sydel Curry Locker Room. Sydel walked down the aisle four days later in North Carolina. 

UP NEXT
-The Phoenix plays its final road match of the regular season Thursday, Nov. 8, when Elon heads to Wilmington, N.C. for a 7 p.m. game against UNCW. The teams were originally scheduled to play on Sept. 23, but the match was rescheduled due to Hurricane Florence.

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