CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Following its first Southern Conference victory of the season, the Chattanooga Mocs volleyball team took the first two sets from Elon (13-7, 2-4 SoCon) and went on to secure a 3-1 (25-15, 22-25, 25-19, 25-21) victory during the Mocs Dig Pink match on Sunday at Maclellan Gym. Sophomore outside Jennifer Kuroski was a force for Chattanooga (4-16, 2-4 SoCon) totaling 16 kills by the intermission and tallying a career-high 24 in the match.

Registering 11 kills was junior middle blocker Christina Teter with 11 kills, while classmate outside Heather Parman and freshman outside Kasey Talley each posted nine during the match.

Chemistry between sophomore setter Briget Camacho and the hitters was important for the Mocs offense to post lead the match with 56 kills. The Cumming, Ga., native notched her fifth career double-double with 43 assists and 13 digs.

The story of the match was the Chattanooga defense as it came up with a match-high 86 digs as four players reached double digits. Leading the Mocs was junior libero Paula Passmore with a match-high 27 digs, while sophomore Andrea Johnson and Kuroski each posted 11.

Another strong area for the Mocs was from the serve as the squad registered eight aces compared to two for the Phoenix. Freshman defensive specialist Melissa Green had two of them along with Passmore.

At key moments during the match, the Chattanooga blocking game was a force as Talley and Camacho each were credited with four blocks.