Auburn, Ala. - Senior Lexi Elman recorded 19 kills as the Pacific volleyball team downed Furman 3-1 in the season opener at the War Eagle Invitational hosted by Auburn.

After cruising in the first two sets, the Tigers couldn't put Furman away in set three, but Pacific closed set four with a 4-1 run to take the match, 25-18, 25-12, 16-25, 25-22.

Freshman Emily Baptista added 14 kills against two errors, hitting .300 for the match, while also recording nine digs in her Pacific debut. Senior Alicja Wilk added nine kills with five blocks. Elman pulled up 11 digs for the double-double, while redshirt sophomore Andie Shelton added a double-double of her own with 10 digs and 36 assists. Junior libero Katrin Gotterba led defensively with 21 digs while junior Maycie LaBass added 11.

The Tigers (1-0) will face Georgia Tech at 7:30 a.m. PT and host Auburn at 5:30 p.m. PT Saturday. The Pacific vs Auburn match will air on ESPN3 via WatchESPN.com. Auburn and Georgia Tech open their seasons in the Friday nightcap of the War Eagle Invitational.

Wilk and Baptista led a run in set one, turning a 5-5 set into a 14-7 lead, and the Tigers  rolled to a 25-18 win by hitting .270 with just three errors.

Set two was more of the same, as the Tigers hit .269 and added four blocks on defense to hold the Paladins to a -.207 percentage (5 kills, 11 errors on 29 attempts) in a 25-12 romp.

But 11 of the Tigers' 20 attacking errors for the match came in the third set, as Furman turned the tables in a 25-16 set win.

In the fourth, both offenses ran efficiently, as Pacific hit .311 to Furman's .268. But Pacific jumped out of the gate to a 5-0 lead in the set, and kept Furman at bay through the first timeout. The Paladins rallied to tie at 15-15 and took a 17-16 lead before the two squads traded points to 19-19. A kill from Elman gave the Tigers a two-point margin at 21-19 but the Paladins refused to go quietly.

Tied at 21-21, Elman posted three of the Tigers final four points with kills, with only a service error going Furman's way as the Tigers closed out the match.

Elman's 19 kills put her on the cusp of 1,000 for her career as she enters Saturday's action with 996 as she looks to become the seventh player in Pacific history with 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs for the Tigers.