Cougars Deny Phoenix, 3-1

Saturday, October 22

Elon, N.C.

2:00 PM

College of Charleston

10-12,5-4CAA

Elon

7-12,4-5CAA

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Col. of Charleston	25	25	23	25	3
Elon	20	19	25	20	1

10/22/2022 5:07:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

ELON, N.C. --- Anna Smith turned in her second career double-double and Logan Pope set a new personal-best with seven blocks to lead College of Charleston to a four-set win over Elon in CAA action on Saturday afternoon.

With the victory, College of Charleston (10-12, 5-4 CAA) keeps pace in a three-way tie for fourth in the CAA standings while running its win streak to three. The Cougars combined for 56 kills, 15.5 blocks and a .297 hitting percentage and held Elon (7-12, 4-5 CAA) to six blocks and a .207 clip on the attack.

QUICK SETS
Final Score: Charleston 3, Elon 1 (25-20, 25-19, 23-25, 25-20)
Location: Elon, N.C. (Schar Arena)
Records: Charleston (10-12, 5-4 CAA), Elon (7-12, 4-5 CAA)

Critical Point
With Charleston holding a narrow 17-16 advantage in the fourth set, Emma Falk slammed down an emphatic kill that sparked the Cougars on a 7-2 run to push Elon to set and match point at 24-18. The Cougars would close out the win on Pope's 11^th kill of the day moments later.

Key Cougars

Pope put together one of the best performances of her career with 11 kills, a career-high seven blocks and a .348 hitting percentage.
Smith delivered her second career double-double with 11 kills, 12 digs and four blocks.
Falk continued her stellar defensive play with eight blocks to go along with six kills.
Lexi Wierzbicki added 10 kills and four blocks while hitting .304.
Claire Campbell hit a blistering .538 with eight kills and six blocks.
Tynley Smeltzer paced the back row with 18 digs including six in the second set.
Emma Appleman dished out 25 assists to go along with six digs and a match-high three aces.

Match Notes

The victory marks the Cougars' 31^st all-time victory against Elon in 35 meetings.
Jasmin Goei narrowly missed a double-double with 21 assists and nine digs.
Gabi Bailey chipped in nine kills, seven digs and one block.
The Cougars put down 17 kills in the first set and hit .367 with 14 kills in the fourth frame.
Charleston reached double-digits in blocks for the third straight match – its first such stretch since the 2020 campaign.

Up Next
The Cougars and Phoenix will meet in the second match of the weekend series on Sunday afternoon. First serve is slated for 2:00 p.m.