| Elon Phoenix (8-3) at College of Charleston Cougars (9-5) |
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| Date | Time |
Friday, Sept. 21 | 7 p.m. |
| Location |
TD Arena (Charleston, S.C.) |
| Series Record |
Charleston leads 26-2 |
| Coverage |
Live Stats | Watch |
| Notes and Social Media Coverage |
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – Elon University volleyball opens CAA play this weekend as the Phoenix plays a 7 p.m. match at College of Charleston Friday, Sept. 21 at TD Arena. The meeting with the Cougars also begins a three-match road swing for the maroon and gold.
FOLLOW THE PHOENIX
-Updates for the match will be provided on the team's Twitter account
@ElonVB.
-Fans can also follow the match with live stats and a stream, listed above.
SERIES HISTORY
-The two teams meet for the 29th time Friday, with Charleston leading the all-time series 26-2. Elon won the first-ever match between the two programs 2-0 back in 1974 and won a 3-2 decision during the 2006 season. Elon is looking to snap Charleston's 18-game win streak in the series.
-Last year, the Cougars took an Oct. 13 game at Elon 3-1 before earning a straight-set victory in Charleston, S.C. on Nov. 10.
-Charleston was picked to finish second in the CAA Preseason Coaches' Poll and was ranked 15th in the latest VolleyballMag.com Mid-Major Poll, released Sept. 18.
LAST TIME OUT
-Tuesday at Schar Center, Elon hosted North Carolina as the team returned to the court after Hurricane Florence forced multiple cancellations. The Phoenix battled with the Tar Heels in the opening set, but the visitors went on to take the match 3-0.
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Kellyn Trowse scored nine kills with a .217 hitting percentage to lead Elon on offense.
Kam Terry and
Leah Daniel followed with eight kills each, with
Kodi Garcia contributing 23 assists and a pair of service aces. On the other side of the net,
Maddie Jaudon and
Isabella Seman posted 16 and digs, respectively. Eight different players recorded blocks, led by
Natalie Cummins with two.
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
-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.
-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 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
- Terry was named CAA Player of the Week for the second week in a row Monday, 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 Monday, 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.
-With 1,133 career kills, the senior has taken the number 10 spot in Elon's all-time leaders in the category.
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
Sydney 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
-Elon will make trips to Hempstead, N.Y. and Boston, Mass. next weekend as the Phoenix plays a 7 p.m. contest at Hofstra Friday, Sept. 28 and a 1 p.m. match at Northeastern on Sunday, Sept. 30.
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