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TOP SPORTS GAME) With the fall athletic year ramping up, the Phoenix will have important tests, big name games and redemption moments en route to CAA and national toutt JACK HAUYI Sports Director I @iadthale^ FOOTBALL A fter falling in the Playoffs to Furman Univer will get their shot at reder Sept. 8. In the first game tl Rhodes Stadium, the Phoenix wi the Paladins. This will be an impor following a tough road matchup a Bulls of the University of Southers Depending on how the Phoenixfi game, they could either be face must-win situation or be put in a ( position going into their mat following weekend against the Tr College of William and Mary on i A8BY GIBBS I PHOTO EDITOR Defensive players swarm to the bail carri practice to prepare for the upcoming sea football opens the season, visiting USF oi 2018. VOLLEYBALL V OLLEYBALL HAS SEVERAL IMPORTANT matches for several different reasons this upcoming year. To start, the team will take on North Carolina A&T on Aug, 28 in the Schar Center. That match will be the first competitive event ever held in the brand-new, 5,100-seat arena. The team may face its biggest non-conference test when they welcome the Jayhawks of the University of Kansas and the Panthers of High Point University on consecutive nights. The two schools finished last year with RPIs of 20 and 44, respectively, while Elon sat in the No. 167 spot. However, the seasons most important meet ing may come in the penultimate match of the year on Nov. 6 when Elon travels to Harrison burg, Virginia, to take on the Dukes of James Madison University, the two-time defending CAA champions. JMU dropped Elon from the conference tournament last year after Elon gave the Dukes all they could handle, taking them five sets deep in the first-round matchup. SAMANIHA SIEINAIAN1 STAff PHOTOGRAPHER In a split-squad scrimmage, two defenders try to binck a kill attempt on the main floor of the Schar Center in preparation for their home opener.
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