Volleyball Sweeps Elon, Extends Winning Streak To 12

Saturday, November 11

Elon, N.C.

2 PM

University of Delaware

21-4,14-3CAA

Elon

5-21,2-15CAA

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Delaware	25	26	25	3
Elon	16	24	22	0

Photo by: Kendall Shank

11/11/2023 4:14:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

ELON, N.C. - University of Delaware volleyball defeated Elon in three sets (25-16, 26-24, 25-22) on Nov. 11, 2023. Delaware secured a top-two seed in the CAA Conference Tournament next week, and extended their win streak to 12.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Lani Mason had a team-high 12 kills.
Madelyn Grunza recorded seven kills and hit .467.
Savannah Seemans recorded seven kills, four blocks, and six digs.
Gha'Naye Whitfield-Moss had five kills and four blocks.
Ezgi Basaranlar had 23 assists and five digs.
Kirah Johnson recorded two kills and four blocks.
Eileen Gex had eight digs.
Delaware held Elon to a .084 hitting percentage.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET

Four straight points by Delaware turned an early deficit into a 9-7 lead, which was extended to 14-11 after a kill by Whitfield-Moss.
Another run, this time 5-0, put Delaware in front 19-13. Delaware scored the final three points of the set to take a 1-0 lead.
Mason and Seemans each had three kills in the first set.

SECOND SET

Back-to-back kills by Johnson and Seemans gave Delaware an 11-7 lead. Elon closed the gap though and cut the lead to 15-14.
Delaware created some breathing room, taking a 21-18 lead, but Elon once again rallied and cut the lead to 22-21 before later scoring three straight points to tie the set at 24. Two attack errors in a row by Elon gave Delaware the set and a 2-0 lead.
Mason added four more kills in the set, with Seemans and Whitfield-Moss tallying three. Basaranlar had nine assists.

THIRD SET

Elon went up 7-2 to begin the third set. Mason and Whitfield-Moss jump-started a 4-0 run for Delaware, with both recording a kill each, teaming up for a block assist, and Whitfield-Moss recording a solo block, to cut the Elon lead to one. Both teams exchanged 4-0 runs to bring the score to 11-10, Elon.
With the Phoenix up 15-13, Delaware scored five in a row, with Johnson and Mason recording kills and Basaranlar and Johnson picking up blocks, to go ahead 18-15. Elon came back to take a 20-19 lead, but two straight kills by Mason and Grunza helped start back up Delaware and gave them a 23-20 lead. Grunza finished the set off with a kill to give Delaware the victory.
Mason had five kills in the final set, while Grunza had four.

GAME NOTES

Mason now has 1,464 career kills.
Basaranlar upped her career assist total to 3,739.
Grunza had has recorded at least a .400 hitting percentage in three straight games.
Delaware's 12 consecutive wins and 12 consecutive wins against CAA opponents is their longest since winning a program record 14 straight from Oct. 3-Nov. 21, 2010.
Delaware has won 12 sets in a row. They previously won 14 straight sets from Oct. 1-Oct. 15.
Delaware has held their opponents to under a .100 hitting percentage in back-to-back games for the first time since August 27, 2021 (Temple, .061 and Rider, .076). They've also held their opponents to a hitting percentage under .200 in 11 straight matches.

Up Next: Delaware plays their regular season finale tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. against Elon. With a win and a Towson loss to Northeastern, Delaware will earn a share of the CAA regular season championship, and will be the one seed in next week's CAA Tournament.

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