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Ella Skye Franks, Kayla Pedersen & Grace Rail, 8-21-22
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Salisbury SAL 13-4, 0-3 C2C
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Winner Chris. Newport CNU 10-10, 1-3 C2C
Salisbury SAL
13-4, 0-3 C2C
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Final
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Chris. Newport CNU
10-10, 1-3 C2C
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Salisbury SAL 25 21 25 24 13 (2)
Chris. Newport CNU 23 25 20 26 15 (3)
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Winner Mary Washington UMW 12-4, 2-1 C2C
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Salisbury SAL 13-4, 0-3 C2C
Winner
Mary Washington UMW
12-4, 2-1 C2C
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Final
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Salisbury SAL
13-4, 0-3 C2C
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Mary Washington UMW 20 21 25 25 15 (3)
Salisbury SAL 25 25 21 16 6 (2)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Volleyball drops pair of five-setters to CNU, UMW

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Salisbury University volleyball team suffered a pair of heartbreaking five-set defeats at the hands of Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) foes, falling to the Christopher Newport Captains, 3-2 (23-25, 25-21, 20-25, 26-24, 15-13), and the Mary Washington Eagles, 3-2 (20-25, 21-25, 25-21, 25-16, 15-6), as part of the C2C Invitational on Sunday afternoon at the Freeman Center on the campus of CNU.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED vs. CNU
  • The Sea Gulls opened the match with three straight points on a service error, Amanda Chew kill and Jackie Mitchell ace. Nursing a 7-5 lead later in the fixture, SU strung together a 5-0 run, capped by an ace from Grace Rail that made it 12-5.
  • Trailing 14-6 moments later, the Captains got all eight of those points back in one run, including five straight SU errors and a Megan James kill to tie it at 14-14.
  • Salisbury regrouped from there, forging ahead 17-16 and then powering six in a row to go up 23-16. Angelina Casserly and Jenna Feinauer teamed up for a rally-starting block, and Kayla Pedersen dealt the ace that put the Sea Gulls on the doorstep of victory.
  • CNU eventually closed the gap to 24-23, getting back within one on a Mackenzie Wright block, but Brooke Young executed a setter dump for a kill to finally salt it away for SU, 25-23.
  • The teams opened the second set joined at the hip, but Salisbury eventually built an 8-7 lead into 11-7 on a Natalie Uibel kill, attack error and block by Uibel and Gwen Eustace.
  • CNU kicked it into high gear moments later, flipping a 13-9 hole into a 15-13 advantage. SU drew even at 15-15 but then the Captains scored four more in a row, with Lanie Putt contributing a pair of kills and a block assist to push the home side up 19-15.
  • Facing a 23-17 shortfall later in the set, Chew landed a kill and finished off a four-point push with an ace to make it 23-21. The Captains netted the next two, though, to take the fixture 25-21 and tie the match.
  • After spotting the Sea Gulls a trio of points to open the third set, CNU locked in for a 6-0 run, including four straight kills from Maddie Carter. The salvo was part of what ultimately became a 13-2 surge that put the Captains on top 13-5.
  • Salisbury began chipping away at the deficit, first with four in a row and then five straight to narrow the gap to 16-14. Feinauer and Mitchell teamed up for back-to-back blocks to close the deficit to two.
  • SU soon after tied it at 17-17 on a strike from Eustace. The teams stayed tied at 18-18 and 19-19, then Young and Chew landed back-to-back kills to go up 21-19. After Carter answered for CNU with a kill, Mitchell got the serve back with a kill, and Eustace dealt three straight aces to win the pot for Salisbury, 25-20.
  • With the teams tied 3-3 early in the fourth set, the Sea Gulls rattled off seven points in a row, with Mitchell finishing off the surge with a kill that made it 10-3.
  • Each side managed small rallies to advance the score to 14-8, at which point CNU came roaring back with eight straight, tying the set at 14-14 on a kill from Carter. The teams danced together from there, with the Captains flipping a late 21-20 hole into a 23-21 perch on another strike from Carter.
  • Facing set point moments later at 24-22, Mitchell and Chew powered down back-to-back kills to draw even at 24-24. Mitchell committed a service error, though, and Sammy Carroll found the floor with an ace to put it away for CNU, 26-24, and force a decisive fifth.
  • The Sea Gulls trailed by multiple points for most of the fifth set, eventually drawing even 8-8 on a Casserly-Eustace block. Facing a 13-11 hole later on, Young dropped in a kill and Putt committed an error to even the score at 13-13.
  • Carroll then set up Alyssa Dozier for a kill to give CNU match point, and the Carroll-to-James connection found open floor, clinching the match for the Captains, 15-13.
SALISBURY GAME NOTES
  • Amanda Chew put up career numbers for her 34th double-double and eighth this season. Chew finished with 21 kills on 59 swings (.254), one kill shy of her personal best, and matched her career high with 23 digs.
  • Jackie Mitchell eclipsed double-digit kills with 11 strikes on 45 swings.
  • Gwen Eustace powered seven kills (.333) and three service aces, all coming in a row to clinch the third set. Eustace also rose up for five block assists.
  • Jenna Feinauer went up for five blocks (one solo). She also landed four kills.
  • Playing as the primary setter for the entire match, Brooke Young set a new career high with 42 assists. She also chased down eight digs, landed six kills and and teamed up for two block assists.
  • Grace Rail ran down a team-high 27 digs to go along with three assists and three aces. Kayla Pedersen contributed 11 digs, three assists and two aces.
  • The Sea Gulls eclipsed 50 kills for the seventh time this season, landing 55 strikes against 32 errors on a season-high 201 attacks (.114).
  • Salisbury matched a season high with 10 blocks. SU's 10 service aces put them into double digits in that category for the fourth time in 2022.
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT GAME NOTES
  • Maddie Carter set the pace for a balanced Captain attack, landing a team-high 15 kills on 49 swings (.245).
  • Alyssa Dozier hammered nine kills (.571), as did Megan James, while Lainie Putt chipped in eight.
  • Mackenzie Wright contributed seven kills and eight blocks (two solo), accounting for all but two of CNU's stuffs.
  • Sammy Carroll proved to be a Swiss Army knife, notching a double-double with 48 assists and 19 kills. Carroll also put up six kills, four aces and four block assists.
  • Anna Dean and Rebecca Frey joined Carroll with 19 digs to pace the CNU back line. James chased down 16 digs and Julia Gleason added 15.
  • The Captains powered 57 kills against 33 errors on 190 attacks (.126).
HOW IT HAPPENED vs. UMW
  • Tied 7-7 early in the first set, the Sea Gulls rattled off three in a row on kills from Jenna Feinauer and Gwen Eustace and an attack error to take a 10-7 lead. After spotting the Eagles two straight, SU notched three more in a row on kills from Jackie Mitchell, Delaney Madsen and Brooke Young to go up 13-9.
  • After UMW closed the gap to 14-13, Salisbury got three straight kills from Amanda Chew, Angelina Casserly and Young to re-up the lead to 17-13. The Eagles regrouped and got back within one on three occasions, including 21-20, before SU closed out the set on a service error, Casserly strike, Madsen-Mitchell block and Chew kill to win it 25-20.
  • Each team opened the second set with its own three-point run, then Salisbury flipped a 5-4 hole into a 7-5 lead on kills from Chew and Eustace and an error, eventually opening up a three-point advantage.
  • UMW soon turned it around, coming back from an 11-8 hole to go up 12-11 after a pair of kills from Caitlyn Burch. The Eagles held a lead at 15-14, but Casserly's kill set up a 5-0 run that featured three kills from Feinauer to make it 19-15 Sea Gulls.
  • SU eventually made it a 9-2 run to go up 23-17 and withstood a late Eagle push to win the second set 25-21 on a service error.
  • Salisbury went up 6-4 early in the third set, but the Eagles responded with a 6-0 run, taking a 10-6 lead after an ace from Dakota Hansen.
  • The Sea Gulls eventually erased the deficit, tying it 14-14 on a Kayla Pedersen ace to cap a four-point push. The set stayed tied at 16-16 and 17-17, at which point the Eagles netted three straight on a Sarah Moore kill, Chloe Crosen ace and an attack error, taking a 20-17 lead.
  • SU kept pace but it was too little, too late as a pair of errors gave the fixture to UMW, 25-21.
  • Trailing 4-2 early in the fourth set, Salisbury notched four in a row on a service error, Chew-Feinauer block, attack error and Chew kill to go up 6-4. The Eagles responded with the next four and eight of the next 10 to build a 12-8 advantage, which the Sea Gulls erased with five straight to nudge ahead 13-12. Mitchell powered down two kills in the 5-0 run.
  • After swapping the next two points, UMW erupted to score 10 in a row. Jordan Lyons started the run with a kill and eventually dealt the ace that gave the Eagles a 23-14 lead. The teams traded the next four, allowing the Eagles to force a fifth set with a decisive 25-16 margin.
  • The Eagles kept the momentum rolling into the fifth, netting six of the first seven points. SU regrouped to get back within 6-3, but that was as close as it got. UMW closed the match with a 4-0 run that featured a pair of Krista Rodgers kills on the way to a 15-6 win.
SALISBURY GAME NOTES
  • Amanda Chew recorded her second double-double of the day, giving her nine for the season and 35 for her career, with 13 kills and 19 digs. Chew also recorded five blocks (one solo).
  • Chew's strike to ice the first set marked the 1,000th kill of her career. She now stands at 1,009 kills, 55 shy of the top 10 in Sea Gull history.
  • Jackie Mitchell matched Chew for the team lead with 13 kills (.216) and came close to her own double-double with nine digs.
  • Jenna Feinauer powered down 11 kills (.333) to go along with seven block assists, while Angelina Casserly also notched 11 kills. Gwen Eustace chipped in eight kills of her own.
  • Ella Skye Franks served up a season-high 26 assists and chased down 16 digs for her second double-double this season. Brooke Young added 22 assists and five digs.
  • Grace Rail shattered her career high with 39 digs, tied for the fourth-most single-match digs in Salisbury program history [Kara Kowalski vs. York (Pa.), Oct. 14, 1998] and the most for an SU defender since 2009.
  • Kayla Pedersen established her own career high with 16 digs.
  • Chew and Rail were each named to the C2C Invitational All-Tournament Team.
  • The Sea Gulls matched a season high with 63 kills, committing 30 errors on 233 swings (.142).
  • Salisbury is now 3-2 in five-set matches this season after winning a trio of five-setters in September.


MARY WASHINGTON GAME NOTES
  • Jordan Lyons led the Eagles in both kills (16) and digs (27), dealing four service aces for good measure.
  • Chloe Crosen landed 11 kills with 15 digs and three aces, and Caitlyn Burch and Krista Rodgers powered 10 kills apiece. Burch also recorded four blocks (three solo).
  • Brenna Campbell paced UMW with 33 assists, plus 14 digs. Lauren Foley recorded 12 assists and eight digs.
  • Dakota Hansen gave the Eagles a pair of 20-dig performances, notching 22 of her own to trail only Lyons. Hannah Livermon chipped in 16 digs, and Sarah Moore added 11.
  • The Eagles racked up 51 kills against 18 errors on 198 swings (.167). UMW also landed 11 aces against Salisbury's five.
UP NEXT
  • The Sea Gulls return to action in 11 days with a home contest against CNU on Thursday, Oct. 13.
  • First serve from the Maggs Physical Activities Center is slated for 6 p.m. with coverage on the Sea Gull Sports Network (SGSN) beginning at 5:45 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.

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