SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University volleyball team endured a tightly-contested sweep at the hands of the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, falling 3-0 (25-23, 28-26, 25-22) on Saturday afternoon at the Maggs Physical Activities Center.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The teams danced in lockstep with each other throughout the first set. Down 21-20 late, Jackie Mitchell tied it with a kill, then Jenna Feinauer landed a kill of her own and SU took a 23-21 lead on an error.
• After regrouping during a timeout, the Blue Jays got a kill from Simone Adam and a service ace from Helena Swaak to draw even at 23-23. Alice Yu then landed a kill and Swaak dealt another ace to give JHU a tight 25-23 set victory.
• The Blue Jays netted seven of the first eight points to open the second set, but Salisbury went on a run of their own, using a Mitchell kill to get back within 9-7. It stayed close until the 17-16 mark, at which point JHU peeled off six in a row, riding a Roxy Karrer-Chidinma Onukwugha block to take a 23-16 lead.
• From there Salisbury got back into it with an 8-1 run, fighting off six set points in the process and tying it at 24-24 on a block from Feinauer and Angelina Casserly. After trading the next four points, Yu blasted a kill and Swaak iced the set at 28-26 with another ace.
• The teams engaged in another back-and-forth set throughout the third, with neither side able to string together more than two points until late. A block from Delaney Madsen and Gwen Eustace evened the fixture for Salisbury at 19-19.
• JHU finally put together three straight points on kills from Onukwugha and Simrin Carlsen and an ace from Karrer to go up 22-19, then after an Amanda Chew kill Onukwugha and Adam struck for kills to make it 24-20.
• The Sea Gulls fought off two match points with a Casserly kill and Madsen ace, but Swaak set up Onukwugha for the clinching kill, salting away the set and the match, 25-22.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Amanda Chew netted her 40th career double-double and 14th of the season with a team-high 10 kills and 10 digs.
• Angelina Casserly landed nine kills with four blocks (one solo), while Jackie Mitchell chipped in five kills and three blocks (two solo).
• Brooke Young led the Sea Gulls with 15 assists, plus four digs. Blair Pausic served up 14 assists to go along with seven digs.
• Grace Rail chased down 15 digs to lead the back line.
• Salisbury swung .107 for the match, landing 33 kills.
• Before the match, Salisbury honored its five graduating seniors: right side hitter Angelina Casserly, outside hitter Amanda Chew, middle blocker Jenna Feinauer, defensive specialist Jensen Haas and setter Blair Pausic.

JOHNS HOPKINS GAME NOTES

• Chidinma Onukwugha paced the Blue Jays up front with 11 kills on a .400 hitting percentage. She also added five digs and five block assists.
• Simone Adam notched 10 kills, while Alice Yu chipped in eight.
• Helena Swaak registered a double-double with 36 assists and 17 digs, plus three of JHU's 11 service aces.
• Evelyn Batista clocked in from the back with 16 digs.
• The Blue Jays landed 40 kills in the match on a .131 swing percentage.

UP NEXT

• The Sea Gulls will finish up the regular season on the road in Glassboro, N.J., at the Rowan Quad on Oct. 28-29.
• Salisbury will battle Nazareth at 7 p.m. on Friday, then on Saturday SU faces Hunter at 2 p.m. and hosts Rowan at 4 p.m.

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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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