Balanced Attack Leads JMU to 3-1 Victory over Elon

Sunday, October 29

Harrisonburg, Va.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

17-4 (8-4,CAA)

Elon

14-13 (3-9,CAA)

Elon

James Madison

10/29/2017 4:20:00 PM | Volleyball

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – The James Madison volleyball team used a strong offensive performance to beat Elon 3-1 on Sunday afternoon inside Sinclair Gymnasium. Three Dukes tallied double-digit kill performances, while six others also contributed to the attacking game.

JMU moves to 17-4 overall and 8-4 in Colonial Athletic Association play, while Elon falls to 14-13 and 3-9 in conference play.

MATCH NOTES

The Dukes earned the victory in set scores of 25-21, 19-25, 25-20, 25-13.
Redshirt sophomore Kelly Vahos earned her fifth double-double of the season with a career high 14 kills and 10 digs.
Freshman Liv Crawley hit .458 for the match with 12 kills on 24 attempts, only committing one error.
The Dukes had 9.0 total blocks to Elon's 4.0. JMU was led by M'Kaela White who had five.
Senior defensive specialist, Taylor Austin led the Dukes with 23 digs, while Sarah Driscoll and Vahos contributed 10 each.
Setters, Sarah Martin and Tilbe Yaglioglu led the setting game with 25 and 17 assists, respectively.
JMU led the service game with four aces, led by Driscoll who had two.
In set four the Dukes had a .432 hitting percentage, holding Elon to just a .111 mark.
Elon was led by Kam Terry who earned a double-double with 20 kills and 10 digs.

CAREER HIGH AFTERNOON FOR VAHOS
Vahos, and outsider hitter from Cold Spring, N.Y., had a career high 14 kills against the Phoenix. With this mark, she has now had eight games this season where she has produced a double-digit kill performance, and 10th of her career. After a career high 19 digs against William & Mary on Friday, Vahos came out strong again on defense, recording double-digit digs with 10. This marks the eighth time this season and of her career where she has produced double figures in digs.

QUOTING COACH STEINBRECHER
"I continue to be pleased with our team because we have so many different weapons and we saw that this afternoon. I was excited so many of our players do such a great job in the attack, as we had a lot of players producing kills for us. Our setters ran a really good offensive and we had a good day blocking at the net, and overall I was proud of our performance. I think there is still room to grow and once we finally get that match where we can get everyone producing at the high level of play they all have inside of them, we are going to be a really good team. Credit to Elon, as they fought hard this afternoon, and I don't think the score reflects how good of a team they are."

UP NEXT
The Dukes hit the road for the last time in the regular season as they head north to face Delaware in a CAA matchup on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 5 p.m., before heading down to Towson for a Monday night dual on Nov. 6 at 7 p.m.