The High Point University volleyball team extended their current win streak to five matches on Tuesday night with a 3-0 (30-15, 30-19, 30-26) sweep over St. Andrews Presbyterian College in the Millis Athletic Center.

The win streak for the Panthers (14-6) equals the second longest in the program's nine-year Division I Era and is just one victory shy of equaling the program best of six accomplished during the 2005 season.  By defeating St. Andrews (9-16), located in Laurinburg, N.C., High Point also improved to 9-0 this year against in-state opponents.

High Point, who rested a majority of its regular starters in the match, was led by senior Whitney Kaltenegger (pictured) and her 16 kills, 15 digs double-double. Kaltenegger tallied a career best for kills and also finished the match with a team-best three blocks. Sophomore Megan Kaminskas hit .318 for the contest and finished with eight kills with fellow sophomore Lyndsay Rowley also chipping in eight kills to go along with her team-best 17 digs. Sophomore Tara Dyer also reached double digit digs finishing with a season high 16.

A quartet of Panther freshman also earned significant playing time against the Knights as Anna Lott had eight kills and two blocks, Stephanie Wallin tallied five kills and three blocks, Anna Wiggs handed out 16 assists and Samantha Baden recorded five digs.

SAPC was led on offense by eight kills from Kelly Williams while libero Erin Haugen tallied 16 digs to top a trio of double-figure Knight defenders.

"This was a great match for our team," said HPU head coach Chad Esposito, a 1991 graduate of St. Andrews. "All our players work hard every day in practice and tonight we had the opportunity to give more players a chance to gain valuable competitive match action. They deserved this opportunity and I thought they all responded by playing hard throughout the match. It was great for them to get some success on the court."

High Point blazed out of the gates in the opening frame taking a quick 6-1 lead as Rowley tallied five straight points from the service line. HPU continued to build on its advantage earning a double-digit lead at 22-12 en route to the comfortable 15-point final margin. HPU led 5-1 early in game two as this time Dyer sparked a four-point surge from the service line. St. Andrews fought its way back pulling to within one at 14-13, before three straight points pushed HPU back ahead. A few rotations later, Rowley strung together another run of five service points including back-to-back aces to give the Panthers the momentum needed to win the second game.

The Knights turned the tables on HPU in the third game opening up a 9-4 lead of their own as High Point featured a lineup with four true freshman on the floor. Lott keyed the next Panther surge tallying six service points to move High Point in front 13-11. SAPC kept the match close the remainder of the game staying within two points until HPU scored three of the final four points in winning by a 30-26 count.

High Point returns to Big South Conference play this weekend when they make the Big South "Beach Trip" playing at Coastal Carolina on Friday and at Charleston Southern on Saturday.