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AGGIE VOLLEYBALL FALLS SHORT IN UPSET BID

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AGGIE VOLLEYBALL FALLS SHORT IN UPSET BID

GREENSBORO With the backdrop of Senior Night surrounding them, the North Carolina A&T volleyball team came out playing like a team headed toward an upset victory. But the Aggies could not sustain their momentum and lost to Elon Tuesday night 3-1 (19-25, 25-19, 25-10, 25-15).

The Aggies honored seniors Stacey Malone, Janae Mitchell and Tiffany Mellette along with redshirt junior LaShawn White who will not use her final year of eligibility. Mitchell ended her Corbett Sports Center career with 16 kills and 12 digs, earning her seventh career double-double.

Mellette had 14 digs, White had three blocks and Malone finished four digs. The foursome will end their careers Monday night when the Aggies travel to Durham to face N.C. Central at 7.

On Tuesday, the Aggies took control of the first set after a Mellette kill tied the set at 13. It sparked a 5-0 run that ended with an attack error from by Jessica Barrow. The Phoenix never got any closer than three the rest of the set. The Aggies took their biggest lead on a crosscourt kill by Bridget McCaskill that gave N.C. A&T a 22-16 lead.

Leading 23-19, the Aggies closed the set with a kill from Mitchell and a service ace by Mellette that Mandy Wilson couldn't dig up.

Elon (23-6) continued to have problems with the Aggies in the second set. After the Aggies fell behind 15-9, a 4-0 run aided by two Phoenix attack errors moved the Aggies to within two and forced the Phoenix to call a timeout. A kill by Bree Dotstry and an attack error from Lauren Copenhagen moved the Aggies to within one at 20-19.

The Phoenix took over from there. Elon scored the final five points of the set aided by three kills by Caroline Lemke. The Phoenix's frontline took over the match in the last two sets to earn the victory.

Both Mellette and Mitchell will finish their careers with more than 500 kills and 500 digs. Malone will finish with close to 800 digs for her career, while White will put together the best season of her career.

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Players Mentioned

Stacey Malone

#20 Stacey Malone

LIB
5' 6"
Senior
Janae Mitchell

#7 Janae Mitchell

OH
5' 9"
Senior
LaShawn White

#10 LaShawn White

MH
5' 9"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Stacey Malone

#20 Stacey Malone

5' 6"
Senior
LIB
Janae Mitchell

#7 Janae Mitchell

5' 9"
Senior
OH
LaShawn White

#10 LaShawn White

5' 9"
Redshirt Junior
MH