2023-24 Salisbury Women's Basketball Team Picture
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2023-24 Salisbury Women's Basketball Season Preview

WBB Team Publicity Shot 2023-24

A NEW ERA BEGINS

Women's Basketball Bench Celebrates, 1-21-23

The 2023-24 Salisbury University women's basketball team will play under a brand-new administration. Aprile Preller ‘19 was hired as the Sea Gulls’ new head coach in May after four successful seasons as an assistant coach at Marymount (Va.), during which the Saints won three Atlantic East Conference (AEC) regular season titles and qualified for the NCAA Tournament twice.

Preller inherits an SU squad that went 7-19 in 2022-23 but is two years removed from a 20-win season and an NCAA Tournament berth in 2021-22. With a robust freshman class of six joining a cast of eight returners, the Sea Gulls will look to return to their perch as one of the region's most consistent programs, having posted winning records in 20 of the past 29 seasons since 1994-95.

THE 2023-24 SEA GULLS

KEY RETURNERS

Hailey Ader, 1-21-23
F Hailey Ader | Sr. | Califon, N.J.
Alex Bull, 12-10-22
G/F Alex Bull | Jr. | Eldersburg, Md.
Ainsley Raybold, 11-9-22
G Ainsley Raybold | So. | Elizabethtown, Pa.
G Tori Rumbaugh | Jr. | Shippensburg, Pa.
Sym Deloatch, 1-21-23
F Sym Deloatch | Sr. | Wilmington, Del.
Kayla Nieberlein, 11-9-22
F Kayla Nieberlein | So. | Sparks, Md.

G/F Alex Bull | Jr. | Eldersburg, Md.

  • 2022-23: 26 games (12 starts), 5.5 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 1.7 APG, 19.3 MPG
  • Ranked fourth in C2C in A:TO ratio (2.1)

G Ainsley Raybold | So. | Elizabethtown, Pa.

  • 2022-23: 21 games (4 starts), 2.0 PPG, 0.9 RPG, 0.6 APG, 10.0 MPG

G Tori Rumbaugh | Jr. | Shippensburg, Pa.

  • 2022-23: 25 games (17 starts), 4.7 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 2.4 APG, 27.0 MPG
  • Ranked 12th in C2C in APG

F Hailey Ader | Sr. | Califon, N.J.

  • 2022-23: 25 games (10 starts), 4.7 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 0.6 APG, 17.6 MPG
  • C2C rankings: Ninth in free throw percentage (.667), t-10th in blocks per game (0.5), 20th in rebounds per game
  • Career: 57 games (15 starts), 4.6 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 15.4 MPG

F Sym Deloatch | Sr. | Wilmington, Del.

  • 2022-23: 20 games, 3.3 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 0.3 APG, 9.0 MPG
  • Career: 42 games, 2.6 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 7.3 MPG

F Kayla Nieberlein | So. | Sparks, Md.

  • 2022-23: 19 games, 1.3 PPG, 1.1 RPG, 0.4 APG, 6.5 MPG
2023-24 Salisbury Women's Basketball Roster
Preller inside 5-18-23
I think it's every coach's dream to come back and coach at their alma mater, and even more so for me. This group is young but they work really hard and they bring a lot of energy. I've had my ideas of what we could be, and these players have already exceeded a lot of those expectations.
Aprile Preller, Head Coach (First Season)

2023-24 SCHEDULE

Women's Basketball 2023-24 Schedule Reveal
L-R: Sym Deloatch, Hailey Ader, Alex Bull
2023-24 Salisbury Women's Basketball Schedule
Women's Basketball Huddle, 1-7-23

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