SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury University volleyball team lost a tough 3-0 non-conference match to Christopher Newport University on Wednesday evening at the Maggs Center before a crowd of 110. The 29-31, 15-30, 29-31 loss ends Salisbury's 12 match win streak and is the first loss at home for the Sea Gulls this season.

Salisbury (19-6) trailed 7-13 in the first set when junior Stacey Krebs scored three straight kills to cut the lead to three, 10-13. Krebs knotted the game at 16 after she served up two aces. Christopher Newport (17-5) regained the lead down the stretch as the two teams battled back-and-forth. The Captains scored the final two points to win the first set, 31-29.

The Captains carried their momentum into the second set where they started out strong and played very stingy defense to defeat SU, 30-15.

Salisbury led 28-21 in the third set but let the set slip away as CNU rallied to win 31-29.

Krebs finished the match with 15 kills and 15 digs. Sophomore Rachel Downes knocked down 11 kills while fellow sophomore Gabby Long made 20 digs. Freshman Melissa Stansbury recorded 10 digs and five kills in the loss.

This is only the second time this season the Sea Gulls have been shutout. Elizabethtown College beat SU 3-0 on September 8. Salisbury will look to regroup next Wednesday, October 10, when the maroon and gold head north to York, Pa., to face the Spartans in a CAC match.