Davidson Downs Elon in Five Sets

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ELON, N.C. – Four players finished in double-figure kills as the Davidson volleyball team topped Elon 3-2 in its final regular season match Saturday evening at Alumni Gym. The Wildcats took the match in set scores of 25-20, 21-25, 25-23, 22-25 and 15-7 to finish the season 16-14 overall and 7-9 in their final season of Southern Conference play.

The Cats need a win to keep any hopes of making the SoCon Tournament alive and did their part in winning three of their last four contests. However, Samford's win over Wofford Saturday evening, combined with Davidson's defeat of Elon put the Wildcats, Terriers and Phoenix into a three-way tie for the final two tournament berths. As Elon and Wofford claimed higher winning percentages among all three teams, the Wildcats finished one spot out of qualifying for the postseason.

Tindall Sewell led the Wildcats with a match-high 16 kills, hitting .517. She departs as the school and the SoCon's all-time leader in attacking percentage at .359, and her sophomore hitting percentage of .430 also remains the SoCon's single-season record.

Fellow senior Caroline Brown notched a double-double with 15 kills and 20 digs. Brown ends her career ranked eighth all-time in program history with 1,260 career kills and ninth in all-time digs with 1,248. She is also eighth with 124 career aces.

Taylor Pisel finished with 11 kills, adding a trio of block assists as well. Megan Chamberlin joined her in double-figure kills with 10, hitting .238 with four digs. Freshman Emily Franklin put down seven kills to hit .353 and posted a block and five block assists to lead the Cats to 7.0 team blocks.

Freshman Mikayla Derochie added 57 assists to her season tally for a total of 1,214. She enters the record books to rank seventh in Davidson history for single-season assists. Derochie also put up an ace and nine digs in the win.

Anastasia Owen had 11 digs and a pair of aces in helping the Cats' defensive effort, while Morgan Shannon and Rachel Earnhardt also contributed with nine and eight balls dug, respectively.

The Phoenix had five players put down double-digit kills, led by the 14-kill effort of Cali Estes. Estes and Ana Nicksic each recorded 27 assists, while Esters also dug 20 balls and posted a pair of block assists. Ally Karle had 10 digs and four block assists, hitting .286 in the match. The Wildcats out hit the Phoenix .268 to .229 while each team earned 7.0 team blocks.

The teams traded points throughout the first half of the set, battling to a 15-15 tie. The Cats and the Phoenix knotted the score a few more times before settling at 19-19. A 4-0 run by Davidson put the Cats in front 23-19, and a pair of Phoenix errors would hand the Wildcats the set win at 25-20.

A 4-0 run by Davidson in the early stages of set two meant an 11-7 advantage, but the Phoenix swung the momentum in their favor with a 6-0 run to take a 13-11 lead. The teams tied the score three more times before Elon took a 22-19 advantage late in the set. Though Sewell added a pair of kills, Elon scored three of the last four points in grabbing the 25-21 win.

Another battled ensured in set three, as a 20-18 lead by the Phoenix became the largest separation between the two teams in the set. Elon took a 22-20 advantage in looking to close things out in the set, but the Wildcats rallied with kills from Brown and Chamberlin before an Elon error put the win in the hands of the Cats at 25-23.

It was again a close run between the teams in set four as they found themselves knotted at 19-19 after trading points most of the way. A pair of points pushed Elon in front 21-19 as Davidson called a timeout. Thought the Cats came within one on two separate occasions, they couldn't close the gap and the Phoenix took two of the last three to take the set 25-22 and even the score at two sets apiece.

Unlike the close fights in the other sets, the fifth and final set absolutely belonged to the Wildcats, who took a 5-2 lead early on. The Cats then used a Derochie ace and a pair of kills from Brown for a 6-0 run in grabbing an 11-3 advantage. Pisel added in a pair of kills to set up match-point before Sewell slammed down one more to seal the deal at 15-7 and hand Davidson the 3-2 win.

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