TOWSON, Md. -- After spending the last two weeks on the road, the Towson University women's volleyball team returns to the friendly confines of SECU Arena for a weekend pair of Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) matches. The Tigers host Elon Friday night at 7 p.m. before Senior Day on Sunday with a 1 p.m. tilt against William & Mary.

First Serve
The Tigers begin a busy week as Towson takes on four matches to round out the regular season. Fortunately for Towson, the bulk of regular season travel is over as the Tigers host three of those four matches with one final road trip to Newark, Delaware next week.

In The National Rankings
This week's teams were neither ranked nor mentioned in the polls this week.

Scouting the Tigers
Towson capped a three-match week with a 2-1 mark, collecting two wins on the road. Towson concluded its longest true road stretch of the season, five matches, with a 3-2 record to stay alive for a CAA Tournament berth. Towson's versatile offense is led by senior right side hitter Jocelyn Kuilan's 271 kills. Reigning CAA Rookie of the Week Emily Jarome is second with 263 kills and leads Towson at a 2.71 per set average. Outside hitter Olivia Finckel is third with 243 kills. Junior Marrisa Wonders sets up Towson's offense, entering the weekend with 464 assists while Peyton Moyles has dished out 202. Freshman Kristin Spengler has a team second-best 290 assists and has returned to action after missing matches. At the service line, redshirt senior Anna Holehouse has dropped in 21 perfect serves, leading a group of five Tigers with at least 15 aces. Jarome and Annie Ertz are tied for second with 18 apiece. Kuilan and junior Silvia Grassini have 15 and 17, respectively. Holehouse continues to pile up the digs, leading Towson with 485. The program's all-time digs leader is just 15 away from her third 500-dig season. She averages 4.80 digs per set this season. Wonders is second on the team with 202 at a 2.22 per set clip. Grassini and Olamide Sonuga have been a one-two punch at the net this year as the latter leads Towson with 88 total blocks while the former has 86. Finckel is close behind with 82, including a team-high nine solo stuffs. With as much action as the trio sees at the net, they have committed just 22 combined block errors this season. Finckel, Grassini, Holehouse and Kuilan have played in all 101 sets for Towson this season. The Tigers are the only team in the CAA to have played over 100 sets so far in 2018. Charleston has played 98 while Hofstra has seen 96 frames.

Scouting the Phoenix
Elon enters this weekend's action with a 13-11 overall mark, but sits at 4-8 in league play. The Phoenix dropped both of its matches last weekend in straight sets against Northeastern and Hofstra. Elon's offense runs through Kam Terry, who has 321 kills to date. Kellyn Trowse is second with 183 while Leah Daniel ranks third behind 169 kills. Kodi Garcia handles setting duties for Elon, leading the Phoenix with 707 helpers. Haylie Clark is the next-closest player, putting up 184 helpers. Garcia also leads Elon with 33 service aces as Maddie Jaudon and Isabella Seman are second and third with 23 and 22, respectively. Jaudon is the leader in the dig column with 419 as Terry ranks second with 216. Jaudon averages 4.60 digs per set while Seman is second in average with 3.07 per frame. Elizabeth Coil leads Elon at the net with 62 blocks, one up on Natalie Cummins' 61 total stops. Coil has 16 solo blocks, pacing Cummins' 13. Clark leads Elon's regular rotation in attack percentage, scoring at a .300 percent clip. Terry may see a heavy amount of serves from Towson as she has 29 receiving errors this season. Erin Kelly is second with 20 errors off the serve. The Phoenix is 4-4 away from its friendly confines in North Carolina, but has won its last three true road games, topping league foes William & Mary and Delaware by 3-1 counts while adding a sweep of North Carolina Central in nonconference action.

Towson-Elon History
Friday night's matchup will be the 12th meeting all-time between the Tigers and Elon. After the Phoenix scored a 3-2 win in the first-ever meeting during the 1998 season, the Tigers have controlled the series, winning the last 10 matches. Three of the last four matches have been decided by 3-1 scores, broken up by a 3-0 Towson sweep in the home finale of the regular season matches last season. Knock on wood, but Towson has never dropped a home match against Elon, entering Friday with a clean 5-0 record.

Towson-Elon By the Numbers
All-Time Series Record      Towson leads 10-1
    at Towson      Towson 5-0
    at Elon    Towson 5-0
    at Neutral Sites     Elon 1-0
    at Unknown Sites     n/a
First Meeting     1998 - Elon 3-2
Last Meeting     Oct. 4, 2018
        Towson 3, Elon 1 (Elon, N.C.)
Streak    Towson +10

Last Time Out vs. Elon | Oct. 4, 2018 | Elon, N.C. | Schar Center
In the Tigers' first-ever match at Elon's new facility, the Schar Center, Towson collected a 3-1 win behind a big swinging night from Jocelyn Kuilan. The senior right sider scored 20 kills on just 35 kills, hitting for .429 en route to a CAA Player of the Week nod. Marrisa Wonders added a double-double behind 24 assists and 13 digs as Anna Holehouse posted 15 digs. Kam Terry led Elon with 14 kills while Kellyn Trowse finished with 11 kills. The Tigers dominated net play, finishing with a combined 18 block assists, including six from the hands of Silvia Grassini. Annie Ertz added four block assists and one solo stuff. In addition to her 20 kills, Kuilan put down three service aces.

With a Win Friday Towson Would...
- Towson would extend its winning streak over Elon to 11, all coming after the first meeting.
- Improve to 7-6 in league play with three matches remaining.
- The Tigers could secure a berth in the 2018 CAA Tournament if Delaware loses at Northeastern Friday night.
- Pick up its second win in the last three outings at SECU Arena.

Scouting the Tribe (As of Oct. 30)
William & Mary begins the weekend with a 5-16 overall mark and sits at 1-11 in league play. The Tribe have lost their last eight matches, with a Friday night trip to James Madison pending. Claire Ferrell leads the Tribe with 194 kills, averaging 2.62 kills per set. However, she hits at a .173 percent rate with 100 attack errors. Kate Dedrick is second with 162 kills, averaging 2.22 per set. Katie Kemp is the top server for William & Mary, putting away 16 aces while Autumn Brenner ranks second with 15. William & Mary is a versatile team on its back line, with four players picking up 100-plus digs. Lauren Moussaid leads the way with 174 while Brenner has collected 141 to date. Moussaid averages 3.95 digs per set. Madeleine Bertz and Julia Brown are the top players at the net for the Tribe with the former scoring 53 total blocks and the latter with 52. Brown leads William & Mary with 17 solo blocks.

Towson-William & Mary  By the Numbers
All-Time Series Record     Towson 22-19-1
    at Towson      W&M 8-9
    at William & Mary    Towson 13-3
    at Neutral Sites     W&M 1-6
    at Unknown Sites     W&M 1-0-1
First Meeting     1976 - Tie 1-1
Last Meeting     Oct. 6, 2018
            Towson 3, William & Mary 0 (Williamsburg, Va.)
Streak    Towson +9

Last Time Out vs. William & Mary | Oct. 6, 2018 | Williamsburg, Va. | Kaplan Arena
Towson completed a two-win weekend in early October with a 3-0 sweep at William & Mary after a 3-1 win at Elon. Towson hit for .352 on the day, including .500 in the first set behind 13 kills on 22 total swings with just two errors. Emily Jarome made good on her first trip to Williamsburg with 11 kills, pacing Jocelyn Kuilan's 10. Marrisa Wonders finished with 20 assists and six digs. Anna Holehouse needed just nine digs on the day to lead Towson. The Tigers finished with 10 block assists, including a trio from Annie Ertz. Kuilan, Olamide Sonuga and Silvia Grassini added a pair of block assists in the win. The Tigers put down six service aces as well.

Senior Honors
Prior to Sunday's game, the Towson University women's volleyball coaching staff and student-athletes will recognize the program's four seniors: Anna Holehouse, Jocelyn Kuilan, Peyton Moyles and Olamide Sonuga.

2,000 Digs
Early in the Tigers' first set at James Madison, redshirt senior libero Anna Holehouse became the first player in Towson history to post 2,000 digs. She finished with match with 20 digs, bringing her career total to 2,158. She is also the seventh player in CAA history to reach the 2,000 digs mark. She trails James Madison's Jena Pierson (2,189) for third all-time in league history. To date, Holehouse has 485 digs in 2018. She needs another 243 digs to overtake the league's all-time record of 2,401, held by Delaware's Stephanie Barry.

Kuilan's Big Swing
Senior Jocelyn Kuilan is firmly one of the top offensive players in program history. The right sider has knocked down 1,444 kills in her career at Towson, ranking third all-time and is the sixth player in program history with at least 1,300 kills. In the Tigers' five set win at Hofstra, Kuilan surpassed Liz Goubeaux's mark of 1,404 (2001-04). April Hoffman (2002-05) leads the career records with 1,588 kills. Kuilan will need 144 kills to take the program's career record.

Sets on Sets on Sets on Sets
Two Tigers in their final seasons are climbing the program's all-time sets played list. Jocelyn Kuilan has seen time in 467 sets since stepping on the court for the first time in 2015. After four sets at UNCW, Kuilan is tied for third all-time in program history with Maddie Haseltine's 467. With at least 12 sets left in the regular season, Kuilan can move into a tie with Heidi Schaefer at 479 career sets played. Redshirt senior Anna Holehouse has seen action in 454 sets, ranking ninth all-time. Lindsay Flaherty ranks first all-time with 481 career sets played.

Time Notes
The regular season finale at the University of Delaware is set for a 6:30 p.m. first serve at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware. The match was originally listed for a 7 p.m. start on TowsonTigers.com.

Jarome Named CAA Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 29)
Freshman Emily Jarome collected her second career CAA Rookie of the Week honors, announced by the league office on Monday. Jarome finished her week with 20 kills, including 15 in the Tigers' five-set epic at Charleston on Saturday afternoon. Against the Cougars, Jarome hit for .220, putting down 15 kills on 41 swings.

Conference Championship Site Preview ... Sort Of
Last weekend, the Tigers practiced traveling to the site of this year's CAA Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament. Even though the Tigers and Cougars will square off in TD Arena on Saturday, the league tournament will be contested at the F. Mitchell Johnson Center as the College of Charleston hosts the 2018 Gildan Charleston Classic at TD Arena. Towson currently sits in fifth place in the CAA standings, which would qualify the Tigers for the CAA Tournament if the season ended today. The top six teams in the league qualify.

Home Sweet Home: Part One
On Wednesday night, freshman Emily Jarome had the chance to play in her home state of Delaware for the first time as a Tiger after completing her scholastic career at Padua Academy in Dover, Delaware. Memorial Hall, located on the campus of Delaware State University, sits roughly 45 miles from Jarome's hometown of Wilmington, Del. Jarome had a solid showing back in her home state, finishing with five kills on 13 swings, posting two assists and adding three service aces to her line.

Jarome will get a chance to play much closer to home in the regular season finale on Nov. 9 as the Tigers make the quick trip to Newark, Delaware to face the Blue Hens of Delaware. The Bob Carpenter Center is roughly 15 miles from Padua Academy.

Tigers in the Community
Oct. 14 was a busy day for the Tigers. Beginning at 9 a.m., the Tigers helped Towson University in hosting the 2018 Autism Awareness Walk at Johnny Unitas ® Stadium. Following the Autism Awareness Walk, the Tigers crossed the street to SECU Arena to face defending CAA Champion College of Charleston with a noon first serve. The Tigers sported their blue Autism jerseys for the duration of Sunday's showdown.