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HIGH POINT, Tuesday, November 7, 2006  – Arlene Mitchell moved closer to an impressive milestone on Tuesday, as her 14-kill, 18-dig performance put her just 21 digs shy of recording more than 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in her career. But the movement toward a great individual accomplishment wasn’t enough to hold off the High Point University volleyball team. The Panthers won their final home game of the season 3-0 (30-22, 30-27, 30-22) over the Aggies in the Millis Athletic Center.

The victory upped the Panthers’ season tally to 10-20.  With the loss, A&T slips to 16-11 this year.

Jamie Kaufman and Audie Gonzalez both finished with double-doubles on the night to lead the Panthers. Kaufman, who now has 19 double-doubles this season, recorded a team-best 13 kills along with 12 digs. Gonzalez added 11 kills and 11 digs with librero Lauren Hatch chipping in 14 digs to lead the HPU backline. Senior Sabrina Wahid tallied three blocks to pace the Panther front row in her final home match.

Lauren Walker contributing 16 digs for a scrappy A&T defense. Avignon Williams led all players with five blocks on the night.

High Point broke open a tightly contested opening game with a 9-2 surge midway through the frame. The Aggies fought back to close to within four points (24-20), but HPU scored five straight points on freshman Tara Dyer’s serve and were able to close out the game.

A&T held a brief advantage early in the second stanza before HPU rallied to tie the score at 13. High Point began to slowly open up a margin leading by as many as five points (23-18), but had to fight off a hard charging Aggie squad down the stretch to earn the three-point victory.

The two squads traded the lead four times and were tied eight times in the third game. The Panthers eventually opened up a six-point cushion (20-14) and played strong sideout volleyball en route to the three-game sweep. High Point defeated North Carolina A&T in both meetings this season.

North Carolina A&T will play its final home match of the season on Thursday, Nov. 9 when it faces Campbell University. It will be the final home match for Arlene and Darlene Mitchell and Walker. Game time is 6 p.m.