Davidson Wraps Up HPU Invite with 3-0 Sweep of Panthers

Saturday, September 21

High Point, NC

7 p.m.

Davidson College Athletics

8-4

High Point

5-9

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Davidson	25	25	25	3
High Point	23	22	20	0

Davidson Wraps Up HPU Invite with 3-0 Sweep of Panthers

9/21/2013 9:55:00 PM | Volleyball

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By: Ashley Bailey

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HIGH POINT, N.C. – Finishing the tournament on a high note, the Davidson volleyball team earned a 3-0 sweep over the host High Point Panthers in the final match of the High Point Invitational at the Millis Center Saturday evening. The Wildcats earned the victory with set scores of 25-23, 25-22 and 25-20 to move to 8-4 on the season.

Caroline Brown and Hannah Rau earned all-tournament honors for their performances as the squad posted a 2-1 record at the event.

Rau recorded her first career double-double, notching a team-high 13 kills and a career-high 16 digs while hitting .294. She also chipped in a pair of block assists and a pair of assists. Brown finished with her eight double-double of the season with 11 kills and 14 digs to go along with a pair of aces and a block. The duo finished with a team-high 14.0 points each.

Mikayla Derochie led the squad in both assists with 31 and digs with 16 in addition to a trio of block assists and five kills. She also led the team in hitting at .300. Taylor Pisel put up nine kills to go along with four block assists, while Tindall Sewell made her return with a team-high six block assists and four kills. Anastasia Owen recorded 12 digs as four Wildcats finished in double figures in the match.

The Wildcats finished the night with 10.0 team blocks and hitting .153 with 45 kills. High Point hit .149 with nine team blocks and was lead by Chelsea Davis, who posted 21 kills.

Set one started as a tight battle for both squads, who exchanged points to a 14-14 tie. A 6-0 run midway through the set, spurred by three kills from Rau, pushed the Wildcats in front at 21-17. Rau slammed down two more kills to set up set point for the Wildcats before a Davidson error and a kill by Davis extended the life of the Panthers. In the end, the freshman duo combined for the point as Emily Franklin came up with a kill on a set by Derochie to ensure the Wildcats the 25-23 win.

Davidson took a tentative lead in the second set, going up 7-3 on a kill from Derochie. Consecutive kills from Pisel kept the advantage in favor of the Wildcats at 13-8, and several Panther miscues, combined with a block from Rau and Sewell, extended the 'Cats' lead to eight at 18-10. High Point came together for a late rally that featured three straight kills by Davis, but the damage was done and Davidson took the set 25-22 on a kill from Sewell to lead the match 2-0.

High Point took the first three points of the third set, but the Wildcats quickly overcame them to take an 11-8 lead on a kill from Brown. The Panthers used several Davidson errors to make it a one-point set at 15-14, but Davidson remained a step ahead. Davis and Pisel traded kills as the 'Cats lead 20-18 before 4-0 points, all served up by Brown, set Davidson up for the win. They would then claim the set 25-20 on an attacking error to win the match 3-0.

The Wildcats open their final slate of SoCon action on Friday when they travel to Boone, N.C., to take on in-state foe Appalachian State. That match is tentatively set for 7 p.m.