SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University volleyball team rolled to the Capital Athletic Conference championship match with a 3-0 win against the University of Mary Washington in the semifinals Thursday night at Maggs Physical Activities Center.

Top-seeded Salisbury took a close first set, 25-21, before dominating the final two sets, 25-13 and 25-15 to advance to the title game Saturday against second-seeded Stevenson University.

Neither team could take control in the first set as the teams were never separated by more than three points until a kill by junior Carley Todd put the Sea Gulls (30-3) up 22-18. The teams traded point, but a kill from junior Chelsea Glowacki, assisted by senior Lindsey Saltzman, closed out the set.

Salisbury jumped on the fourth-seeded Eagles (17-16) in the second set, leading 3-0, and later putting together an 8-4 run to stretch the lead to five points. The Sea Gulls continued to surge, with kills from sophomore Sam Seifert and freshman Mattie Smith to close out the set. The kill for Seifert was one of her match-best nine while Smith had five kills in the match.

Nothing was going to stop the Gulls in the final set, including a 20-minute delay due to a fire alarm. Salisbury opened up a 10-point lead, 16-6, before the delay. After a quick warm-up period, the Eagles scored the first four points to cut the lead to 16-10, but that was as close as Mary Washington would get. Salisbury rattled off a 9-5 run, with freshman Michelle Meehan closing out the match with a service ace.

Along with Seifert's nine kills, she also had three block assists, one of four Sea Gulls with at least that many. Juniors Jenna Shay and Kelly Vieira also had three each while Glowacki led the way with six block assists. Meehan had a team-best 12 digs. Defense was key for Salisbury, which held the Eagles to a .066 hitting percentage in the match.

Saltzman had 15 assists for Salisbury while Todd had 10 to go with five kills and three service aces.

Salisbury earned a 3-1 win against Stevenson in the teams' regular-season meeting on Sept. 21 in Owings Mills, Md. Saturday's CAC tournament championship game will begin at 6 p.m., at Maggs Physical Activities Center.