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Salisbury Volleyball Team, 11-10-22
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Salisbury Sal 20-9,1-4 CAC
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Winner NYU NYU 27-6,6-1 UAA
Salisbury Sal
20-9,1-4 CAC
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Final
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NYU NYU
27-6,6-1 UAA
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Salisbury Sal 10 25 16 25 12 (2)
NYU NYU 25 21 25 18 15 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Volleyball goes distance against No. 8 NYU in NCAA second round

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – The Salisbury University volleyball team did not go quietly in its exit from the 2022 NCAA Division III Volleyball Tournament, pushing the eighth-ranked New York University Violets to the brink in a 3-2 (25-10, 21-25, 25-16, 18-25, 15-12) second-round loss on Friday evening at Silloway Gymnasium on the campus of Wesleyan University.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After spotting NYU a 6-2 lead early in the first set, the Sea Gulls steadied up and closed the gap to 8-6 on a kill from Amanda Chew. From there the Violets stepped on the gas, though, building a 14-9 lead and netting 11 of the final 12 to coast to a set victory. A block from Leela Avenkar and Ella Weider provided the clinching point in the 25-10 win.
  • Salisbury kept a short memory and got back into the swing of things in the second set. Down 8-7, the Sea Gulls notched three in a row on a service error and kills from Jenna Feinauer and Chew to go up 10-8. After the teams traded the next five points, Angelina Casserly blasted a kill to set up another three-point push that made it 15-11.
  • The Violets strung together their own three-point run to make it a one-point set, then SU clocked another triple, rebuilding the lead to 18-14 after a Grace Rail ace. Undeterred, NYU rallied for five of the next six, tying it 19-19 on an Olivia Lewandowski kill.
  • Tied 21-21 moments later, SU went back up on an attack error. Delaney Madsen dealt a service ace, then after another NYU error Gwen Eustace salted it away for the Sea Gulls, 25-21, with a kill that tied the match at a set apiece.
  • NYU busted out of the gate in the third set, taking a 6-1 lead. Down 8-4 later on, Eustace's kill sparked a 6-0 run, with another ace from Rail giving Salisbury a 10-8 cushion.
  • The Violets countered with a 7-1 push of their own to go back up 15-11. After the Sea Gulls rallied to cut it to 16-14, NYU strung together four straight, including back-to-back Haley Holz strikes that made it 20-14. The New Yorkers eventually closed it out with four more in a row to claim the third set, 25-16.
  • Salisbury punched back to open the fourth set, flipping a 2-1 hole into a 6-2 lead on a five-point swing that Casserly set up with a kill. After NYU rallied to get it down to 8-6, SU forged ahead and built a lead as large as 16-10, which the Violets soon whittled down to 16-14.
  • Leading 19-17 later on, Feinauer pounded a kill that sparked a 5-0 run, featuring a pair of aces from Chew, to get it to set point at 24-17. After spotting NYU one more point, the Sea Gulls forced a winner-take-all fifth after a Violet error that capped the fourth set at 25-18.
  • Lewandowski opened the fifth set with back-to-back aces, and a ballhandling error gave the Violets an early 3-0 advantage. After SU netted two-of-three to make it 4-2, NYU surged to four straight, going up 8-2 after a Holz kill.
  • Undaunted, the Sea Gulls used kills from Eustace and Chew and an attack error to close the gap to 8-5. The teams swapped the next five points, then a Casserly kill and Chew ace got SU within two at 11-9.
  • Gabriella Spaethling stepped up with back-to-back kills that rebuilt the NYU lead to 13-9. Casserly answered with back-to-back strikes of her own to whittle it back to 13-11.
  • After a service error gave NYU match point at 14-11, Jackie Mitchell kept the Sea Gulls alive with a kill that made it 14-12. Holz closed the matter from there, though, taking a feed from Ava Launsbach and pounding the final kill into the floor to win it 15-12.
SALISBURY GAME NOTES
  • Angelina Casserly registered a team-high 13 kills in her final career match, one shy of tying her career high. Casserly swung .440 with just two errors on 25 attempts.
  • Gwen Eustace powered 10 kills (.261) and added two block assists and two digs.
  • Amanda Chew posted eight kills with 12 digs and three service aces. She finishes her career with 1,177 kills and 1,012 digs, ranking eighth in program history in the former.
  • Jackie Mitchell clocked in with eight kills and six digs.
  • Brooke Young paced the Sea Gulls with 20 assists, plus five digs.
  • Blair Pausic posted her sixth double-double of the year in her final match, serving up 17 assists with 14 digs.
  • Grace Rail chased down a team-high 21 digs and added three assists and three aces.
  • Chew, Rail and Delaney Madsen each accounted for three of SU's 10 aces.
  • Salisbury landed 51 kills against 32 errors on 175 swings, good for a .109 hitting percentage.
  • The Sea Gulls played in eight matches that went the distance during the 2022 campaign, going 4-4 in five-setters.
NYU GAME NOTES
  • Haley Holz led the Violets up front with 13 kills, including the match-winner, plus five digs.
  • Olivia Lewandowski pounded 11 kills with eight digs and dealt a wicked hand with four service aces.
  • Leela Avenkar powered down eight kills (.700) and rose up for eight blocks (three solo), plus seven digs.
  • Dominique Drust served up 21 assists with 10 digs and two aces, while Ava Launsbach posted her own double-double with 18 assists and 10 digs.
  • Lindsey Hirano chased down 29 digs and added five assists.
  • The Violets swung .214 for the match, landing 51 kills against 18 errors on 154 attempts, and outblocked the Sea Gulls 12-6.
  • NYU improves to 4-3 in five-set matches this season after playing only its second five-setter against a team not ranked in the top 25 during the match.
THE WRAP
  • Salisbury finishes the 2022 season with a 21-9 record, good for its most wins since 2015.
  • The Sea Gulls made their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2013 and won a match in the big dance for the first time since 2012.

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, 187 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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