Elon Sweeps Aggies in Non-Conference Match

ELON, N.C. – The North Carolina A&T volleyball team was competitive against Elon for two sets but a rapid run by the Phoenix in the third set led to a sweep of the Aggies, 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-12) Wednesday evening in a non-conference match at Alumni Gym.

Junior Brooke Stamnes led the way for A&T with eight kills, recording six of them in the first set on 11 attacks to hit .545 to open the match. Sophomore Liz Martino added 17 assists while junior Ashley Johnson tallied 13 digs.

Junior Te'Borah Hawkins-Hollingsworth finished with five kills and led the Aggies with four blocks. Freshman Jasmine Lindor also performed well at the net and notched three block assists.

Elon (4-7) burst opened the third set on an 11-4 run as the Aggies (0-12) tried to push back but found it hard to get within reach.

The local rivals opened the match in a 10-10 tie. From that point, Elon used a 10-4 rally to stretch the lead to 20-14. A&T cut the lead to 20-16 with a kill from Stamnes and an Elon error. Kills from Stamnes and sophomore Jade Boone sliced the Aggies’ deficit to 22-19 but the Phoenix recorded the next three points for the first set win.

In the second set, A&T led 9-8 until an error tied the game at 9. Both teams took turns holding the lead but it was Stamnes again who registered a kill from Martino to deadlock the set at 16. A Phoenix error put the Aggies up by one. With the match tied at 22, the Aggies were unable to connect at the net as three consecutive errors allowed Elon to steal the game.

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Towson Hands Hornets Three-Set Defeat

TOWSON, Md. (Sep. 17, 2014) --- The Delaware State University women’s volleyball team fell to Towson 3-0 at TU’s SECU Arena this evening. The scores were 25-9, 25-26 and 25-13.

Payton Windell had eight kills to lead the Tigers to their 10th win in 11 matches. Towson’s Barbara Lopez had a match-high 16 assists, while teammate Paige Sekerak led all players with 12 digs.

Jasmine Jackson collected five kills and five digs to lead the Hornets in each category, while Taylor Marshall topped the team with seven assists.

Towson had a .382 hitting percentage for the contest, recording 46 kills and just 12 errors on 89 attempts.

The Tigers had 43 assists and 41 digs.

Delaware State had 16 kills and 16 kills on 76 attacks (.000). The Hornets recorded 14 assists and 26 digs.

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