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Winner Salisbury Sal 17-2,1-0 CAC
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NYU NYU 13-9,2-3 UAA
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17-2,1-0 CAC
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NYU NYU
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Salisbury Sal 25 27 25 25 (3)
NYU NYU 22 29 23 15 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Will DeBoer

Volleyball topples No. 22 NYU, 3-1, for 10th straight win

NEW YORK CITY – The Salisbury University volleyball team rolled into the Big Apple and came away with its 10th straight victory, taking a bite out of the 22nd-ranked New York University Violets, 3-1 (25-22, 27-29, 25-23, 25-15), on Friday evening at the John A. Paulson Center.
 
Facing a 10-4 hole early in the first set, the Sea Gulls rallied for five in a row, riding a Natalie Uibel service ace to get within 10-9. The teams jousted evenly from there, then with NYU up 18-17 SU grabbed four straight to go in front 21-18. The Violets steadied up and cut it to 23-22, but Julie Altieri landed a kill and Kayla Pedersen dealt an ace of her own to ice it, 25-22.
 
Salisbury faced another big deficit in the second set, falling behind 15-8, but stormed back on a 10-2 run to go up 18-17. From there it was a race to the finish with both sides fighting off set points. SU had a chance to win it with a 26-25 lead, while NYU couldn't finish it off at 25-24 or 27-26. The Violets eventually locked in, though, with a kill from Grace Nelson and a Sea Gull error to draw even in the match, 29-27.
 
SU used another early run, this one 9-1, to swing a 5-4 deficit into a 13-6 lead to open the third set. The Violets jumpstarted several rallies, getting within 17-15 and 21-20, but kills from Uibel and Altieri and another Uibel ace drove the Sea Gulls to set point at 24-20. NYU furiously clawed back with the next three, but Altieri set up Jackie Mitchell for the final blow to cap the fixture 25-23.
 
The Sea Gulls burst out of the gate in the fourth set with six of the first seven points. NYU settled down and soon pulled within 9-8, but SU took the next four on three Violet errors and a Uibel ace to make it 13-8. Up 15-12 soon after, Salisbury found a new gear by scoring 10 of the final 13 points, leaving NYU in the dust for good on a block by Mitchell and Gwen Eustace for an emphatic 25-15 match-clincher.
 
GAME NOTES
  • Kiley McTaggart led the Sea Gulls up front with 12 kills, plus six blocks (one solo).
  • Jackie Mitchell narrowly missed a double-double with 10 kills and nine digs.
  • Natalie Uibel stuffed the stat sheet with eight kills, 16 digs, and four service aces.
  • Julie Altieri served up 34 assists with 12 digs for her 10th double-double of the season. She also racked up six kills.
  • Grace Rail chased down a team-leading 18 digs to go along with eight assists. With 1,510 career digs she has surpassed Katie Korreck '06 (1,499) for eighth in program history.
  • Prudence Marco made it four Sea Gulls with double-digit digs by posting 12 to go along with four aces.
  • Kayla Pedersen dealt a team-high five aces as part of a 16-ace effort, just one shy of the team's season high.
  • Salisbury matched a season high with 13 blocks on the day. McTaggart's six were the best of the bunch, while Gwen Eustace and Emma Quandt each had five.
  • SU swung .195 for the match, posting a .273 swing percentage in a key third set, and held the Violets to a .160 mark, including .000 in the decisive fourth set.
  • After losing to NYU in each of the last two seasons, including in the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament, Salisbury picks up its first win over the Violets since 2012.
  • The victory gives Salisbury its first 10-match winning streak since 2015.
  • The Sea Gulls' 17-2 record matches their best 19-match start since the 2013 season.
 
The Sea Gulls head next to Hoboken, N.J. for a Saturday tri-match at Stevens. SU will face the hosts at 12 p.m., followed by a fixture with William Paterson 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 and men's and women's swimming, and the Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse. With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 23 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 199 conference championships, and 50 Academic All-Americans.

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