TOWSON, Md. – The Elon University volleyball team's season came to an end on Thursday, as the Phoenix lost to fourth-seeded Northeastern 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament. 
 
"We were not playing at a high level today but still managed to give ourselves a chance to take it to a fifth set," head coach Mary Tendler said. "I'm proud of the players for grinding it out and putting themselves in that position."  
 
With the win, Northeastern advances to the semifinals, where the Huskies will face the No. 1 seed and tournament host Towson on Friday. The loss ends Elon's season, as the Phoenix finish with a 13-14 overall record. 
 
"We will miss our five seniors, but at the same time, I am super excited for this program moving forward," Tendler continued. "Congratulations to Northeastern, I wish them the best of luck the rest of the tournament." 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Huskies won the first five points of the opening set and raced out to a 14-14 lead. Northeastern never looked back, as they went on to win the opening frame 25-18. 
• After a slow start in the first, Elon responded quickly in the second, taking a 7-2 advantage behind kills from Leah Daniel, Sydney Love and Lily Barker. After the Huskies trimmed their deficit to one, the Phoenix rebuilt its lead to as many as six points at 19-13. Northeastern chipped away but a block by Haylie Clark and Lindsey Harris secured a 25-22 win for Elon in the second. 
• Northeastern started the third set on a 10-3 run and led by as many as 10 points at 24-14. A late 3-0 run by the Phoenix, which included two Daniel kills and a block by Barker and Harris, erased three Northeastern set points but the Huskies delivered a kill on the next point to take the set 25-17. 
• The teams traded points and momentum throughout the fourth set. Northeastern built a three-point lead early and despite Elon trimming it several times in the frame, the Huskies held a 17-14 advantage late. A 4-1 Elon run tied the score at 18-18 before Northeastern went back ahead 20-18. Three kills in four points by Daniel, Love and Clark helped the Phoenix re-tie the set at 21-21. Tied again at 23-23, Love hit her 16th kill of the match to give Elon a set point. However, after a timeout, Huskies won two straight to set up a match point. After an Elon timeout, Northeastern converted it to win the set 26-24, clinching the match.  

NOTES AND STATS

• Sydney Love paced the Phoenix with 16 kills, marking the third time this season she has posted 15 or more kills in a match. The sophomore hit five kills in the final set, including two that tied the score at 20-20 and 22-22 and another that gave the Phoenix a set point at 24-23. Love also racked up a career-best eight digs. 
• With 15 kills and 10 digs, Leah Daniel posted her second double-double of the season and the 10th of her career. This was the 11th time in Daniel's career that she has reached double-digit digs and the second time in the last four contests. 
• Haylie Clark tallied 26 assists, extending her streak of consecutive matches with double-digit assists to 80. She also had nine digs for the third straight match and added seven kills. 
• Jordan Gower racked up a team-high 19 digs. The senior finished the season with double-digit digs in all but one appearance. 
• Freshman Lindsey Harris delivered a team-best four blocks in just her second appearance since Sept. 17. 
• Sydney Daniels had eight digs to finish the season on a four-match streak with at least five. 
• The Phoenix hit .227 in the fourth set, its best in any frame of the match. 
• Elon's 33 attack errors tied for a season-high. 
• Northeastern outpaced the Phoenix in kills (53-46), blocks (11-5), assists (48-42) and aces (6-5). Elon bested the Huskies in digs (65-57). 
• Elon finishes the season with an 0-3 record against the Huskies.