ELON, N.C. – For the second time in as many days, Elon University volleyball earned a 3-0 win over UNCW on Sunday, Oct. 17 at Schar Center. The match marked Senior Day for the Phoenix (13-7, 8-2 CAA) and the team recognized Ashlee Brackett, Natalie Cummins, Julia Crabtree and Kellyn Trowse before first serve.

"We really proved this weekend that our team is unified from upperclassmen to underclassmen, from position to position and from the sideline to the court," said head coach Mary Tendler. "The sweep this weekend gives us nice momentum going into our back-to-back road swing."
 
Elon 3, UNCW 0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-5)
THE RUNDOWN
A Leah Daniel kill and a block by Daniel and Cummins helped the maroon and gold take control of the first set at 6-4. However, the Seahawks (2-17, 1-7) answered with a 3-0 run to wrestle away the lead at 8-7. Both sides continued to trade points until a Haylie Clark kill opened up a 6-0 push by the Phoenix, highlighted by a Jordan Gower service ace and back-to-back kills from Trowse. The offense allowed Elon to create some separation at 23-16. UNCW earned the next two points, but a service error and attacked error have the Phoenix the set, 25-18.

In Set Two, the visitors held a slim 5-4 lead when Clark assisted Crabtree for a kill. The play started a 9-1 swing as Elon jumped out 13-6 and never looked back. The Phoenix ended the set on a 4-0 run, bookended by a pair of Sydney Love scores. The third set was all Elon as the team earned the first seven points. The Phoenix then strung together three 6-0 runs to end the match with a 25-5 decision.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
Daniel led both teams with 12 kills as she hit for a .417 clip. She also neared a double-double with eight digs and added one assist, two aces and a pair of blocks to her match totals. Love followed Daniel with six kills on eight attempts for a .750 hitting percentage. The freshman from Chesapeake, Va. made one block to go along with two digs. Clark finished her afternoon with a match-high 30 assists, while Trowse and Krzeminski served two aces each. Cummins and Krzeminski led the blocking effort with three each, Trowse collected a team-high nine digs and Gower tallied seven digs.
 
NOTES
- Elon has now won four in a row against the Seahawks and trims UNCW's lead in the all-time series to 24-19.
- Elon hit for .366 as a team, compared to a -.024 hitting percentage by UNCW.
- The Phoenix edged the Seahawks in points (54.0-22.0), kills (38-16), assists (35-16), service aces (9-3), digs (40-27) and blocks (7-3).
- Elon remains in first place in the CAA standings. James Madison is second at 6-2 in league play after earning a pair of 3-0 victories over William & Mary while third-place Towson had the weekend off.
- The match featured 13 ties, including nine in the first set, and just five lead changes.
- Clark has now reached double-digit assists in 45 straight matches. She needs 30 to reach 1,700 for her career.
- Krzeminski eclipsed 100 career digs.

UP NEXT
Elon hits the road next weekend as the team plays a CAA series at Northeastern. Both matches against the Huskies are scheduled for 2 p.m. starts.