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Volleyball Team, 10-13-22
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Chris. Newport CNU 13-11,1-4 CAC
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Winner Salisbury Sal 13-4,1-3 CAC
Chris. Newport CNU
13-11,1-4 CAC
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Final
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Salisbury Sal
13-4,1-3 CAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Chris. Newport CNU 19 25 25 23 (1)
Salisbury Sal 25 27 22 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Volleyball rides comebacks, Chew’s career night to best CNU, 3-1

SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University women's volleyball team used a flurry of in-set comebacks to pull out a thrilling victory over the Christopher Newport Captains, defeating its Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) rival, 3-1 (25-18, 27-25, 22-25, 25-23), on Thursday night at the Maggs Physical Activities Center.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After trading blows to commence the first set at 4-4, the Captains opened up a 9-4 lead that eventually ballooned to 13-6 after a Megan James service ace.
  • From there the Sea Gulls regrouped and went on a tear. Delaney Madsen bookended a 4-1 push with kills, then after CNU got one back, Salisbury rattled off the next eight in a row. Madsen again rose to the occasion during the run, landing another kill and dealing three aces, including the run-closer that made it 18-15.
  • CNU stabilized and kept pace until the 22-19 mark, at which point Gwen Eustace and Jenna Feinauer rose up for a block, then Eustace and Madsen teamed up for another stuff and Jackie Mitchell powered down the set-clinching kill to finish it off at 25-19.
  • The second set began the same way as the first. Up 4-3, the Captains strung together six straight and 10 of the next 12 to surge ahead 14-5. Rebecca Frey dealt back-to-back aces to build the CNU margin to nine.
  • Salisbury rebounded for the next three points, including back-to-back kills from Angelina Casserly, to make it 14-8. From there the Sea Gulls nibbled off a few points at a time, getting it back to 18-15 on a Feinauer-Mitchell stuff.
  • Clinging to a 20-17 lead later on, the Captains used an attack error, Maddie Carter kill and Mackenzie Wright block to bring it to the doorstep of a set victory at 23-17.
  • Undaunted, Amanda Chew took over and led the Sea Gulls on another furious comeback. Chew accounted for five kills in the subsequent 7-0 run, including three strikes in a row to give SU set point at 24-23.
  • A bad set and Carter kill flipped the set point to CNU, 25-24, but Chew locked in again for the tying kill. Madsen followed with her fourth ace of the night, and Carter's attack error salted it away for SU, 27-25.
  • The third set provided more déjà vu. Down 6-5 early, the Captains netted five in a row to open up a 9-1 run, going up 14-7 after back-to-back aces from Carroll.
  • From there SU followed a familiar script. Casserly sparked a 7-1 run with back-to-back kills to get it back to 15-14, then after CNU notched two straight the Sea Gulls netted four in a row and six of the next seven. Brooke Young served up two aces in the run, and the Eustace-Feinauer picket fence up front put SU in control at 20-18.
  • CNU then flipped the script, striking back for a 5-0 run to go back up 23-20. The teams traded the next four points, with Alyssa Dozier's kill keeping the Captains alive with a 25-22 set win.
  • Set four opened with the teams neck and neck once again. After SU drew even at 8-8, CNU strung together four points in a row, capped by an ace from Noelle Starr that made it 12-8.
  • That's as far back as the Sea Gulls would fall this time, though. SU patched together two points three times in the ensuing sequence, drawing even again at 16-16 thanks to an attack error. After gifting CNU the next point, Madsen found the floor for a kill and another error gave Salisbury an 18-17 advantage.
  • The Captains nudged back in front 20-18 on kills from Carter and Dozier and an attack error, but SU drew even 20-20 on kills from Mitchell and Chew. Carter and Dozier answered with two more kills to make it 22-20 CNU, but Carroll's service error gave control back to Salisbury, then Chew blasted a kill and teamed up with Feinauer for a block to move the Sea Gulls ahead 23-22.
  • After a Lainie Putt kill to bring the Captains even at 23-23, Carter committed a service error to give Salisbury match point. Chew and Feinauer again sealed off the middle, blocking a final Dozier attack to put the set and the match in the books, 25-23.
SALISBURY GAME NOTES
  • Amanda Chew set a new career high with 23 kills, landing her attacks at a .242 hitting percentage (seven errors, 62 attempts). Chew also chased down 12 digs to register her 36th career double-double and 10th this season.
  • Angelina Casserly powered down nine kills (.292) with seven digs, while Jackie Mitchell added seven kills and Gwen Eustace and Jenna Feinauer landed five apiece.
  • Delaney Madsen dealt four of SU's six service aces to go along with four kills, three digs and three block assists.
  • Blair Pausic recorded her own double-double with a team-high 28 assists and 12 digs. Pausic now has four double-doubles this season and seven for her career.
  • Brooke Young posted 16 assists, plus six digs and two aces.
  • Grace Rail led the Sea Gull back line with 26 digs. Kayla Pedersen chased down seven digs of her own and added three assists.
  • Salisbury landed 55 kills on the match with a .186 swing percentage. In the second set SU was especially potent, swinging .250 on the way to 20 kills.
  • SU blocked 10 CNU shots on the night. Feinauer led the way up front with seven block assists, while Chew and Eustace assisted on four blocks each.
  • The Sea Gulls overcame three deficits of seven points or more in each of the first three sets, including a nine-point hole in the second fixture.
  • The win marks the first time Salisbury has defeated CNU at home since Oct. 23, 2009. That day the Margie Knight-helmed Sea Gulls shut down the Captains, 3-0 (25-20, 27-25, 27-25), inside Maggs PAC. SU had lost its previous five home bouts against CNU.
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT GAME NOTES
  • Alyssa Dozier and Mackenzie Wright shared the team lead with 12 kills apiece. Dozier complemented her dozen kills with five blocks (one solo) and three digs, while Wright added three blocks (one solo) and two digs.
  • Maddie Carter chipped in 10 kills and six digs.
  • Sammy Carroll served up 37 assists, plus 11 digs, two kills and two service aces.
  • Noelle Starr paced the Captains with 18 digs, while Anna Dean chased down 14 and Rebecca Frey 13.
  • CNU powered 47 kills on a .106 swing percentage.
UP NEXT
  • The Sea Gulls will head to Fredericksburg, Va., for a pair of matches on Saturday afternoon.
  • Salisbury will battle Ithaca at 12 p.m., followed by a rematch with C2C rival Mary Washington at 2 p.m.

Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football, Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse and the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for men's and women's swimming. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 189 conference championships and 43 Academic All-Americans.

To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit www.SUSeaGulls.com or on social media @SUSeaGulls.
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