{"id":313061,"date":"2025-10-18T09:33:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/313061\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T09:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:33:18","slug":"phoenix-falls-at-towson-elon-university-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/313061\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Falls At Towson &#8211; Elon University Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Towson_.png\" alt=\"Towson\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p>at Towson<\/p>\n<p>10\/18\/2025 | 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Oct. 18 (Sat) \/ 2:00 p.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Towson_.png\" alt=\"Towson\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Towson&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/opponent-history\/towson\/31\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    <strong>TOWSON \u2013<\/strong> The Elon University volleyball team fell to CAA-leader Towson on Friday, as the Tigers earned a straight-set win (18-25, 15-25, 19-25) at SECU Arena.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nElon (4-14, 2-5 CAA) was led by graduate student <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/simrin-carlsen\/10916\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10916\" target=\"_blank\">Simrin Carlsen<\/a>, who posted 10 kills and 11 digs for her seventh double-double of the season. <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/clara-simmons\/10912\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10912\" target=\"_blank\">Clara Simmons<\/a> added nine kills, while <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/kayla-palmer\/10907\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10907\" target=\"_blank\">Kayla Palmer<\/a> paced the offense with 19 assists.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTowson (18-2, 9-0 CAA) extended its winning streak to 18 matches and remained unbeaten in conference play. Ella Sanders led the Tigers with 15 kills and added 11 digs for a double-double. Maisie Jesse recorded 20 assists, as Towson outhit Elon .385 to .219.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>THE RUNDOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Elon battled early in the opening set after falling behind 6-2. The Phoenix responded with a 5-0 run to take a brief lead and stayed close throughout, tying the score at 14-all on a <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/caroline-berlekamp\/10900\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10900\" target=\"_blank\">Caroline Berlekamp<\/a> kill. Towson answered with a 5-0 spurt to regain control before Elon cut the deficit to four at 22-18 on a <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/catherine-rucker\/10910\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10910\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine Rucker<\/a> kill. The Tigers closed the frame with a 3-0 run to take the first set, 25-18.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Elon started the second set with a 3-2 lead before Towson surged ahead with an 8-1 run to make it 10-4. The Tigers maintained control, building a 20-12 advantage before closing the set 25-15 to go up 2-0 in the match.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>The Phoenix opened the third set with a 2-0 edge, but Towson countered with three straight points to move ahead. Elon remained within striking distance, pulling to within three at 11-8 on another Rucker kill. The Tigers then went on a 4-0 run to extend their lead to 19-13. The Phoenix trimmed the deficit to four at 20-16 following a 3-1 spurt, but Towson held steady, finishing the set 25-19 for the sweep.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>NOTES AND STATS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/casey-brower\/10901\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10901\" target=\"_blank\">Casey Brower<\/a> tallied a team-high 13 digs, joining Carlsen in double figures. It marked Brower&#8217;s third double-digit dig performance of the season.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Towson improved to 22-3 all-time against Elon and has now won six straight in the series.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>UP NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>The Phoenix and Tigers close out their two-match series on Saturday, with first serve scheduled for 2 p.m.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>STAY POSTED<\/strong><br \/>\nFor further coverage of Elon volleyball, follow the Phoenix on X (@ElonVB) and Instagram (@ElonVB).<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212; ELON &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: at Towson 10\/18\/2025 | 2:00 p.m. &#13; Oct. 18 (Sat) \/ 2:00 p.m.&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":313062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-313061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115394485022331836","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}