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2025 Volleyball Season Preview

By Will DeBoer

8/25/2025 10:00:00 AM

2024 REWIND: STILL DANCING

The 2024 Salisbury volleyball team matched an accomplishment only achieved twice before in program history, earning a third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Becoming a postseason regular was the highlight of a campaign that saw the Sea Gulls win their most games in a season since 2015 (24) and advance to a fourth straight Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) Tournament final. Salisbury also made the Maggs Physical Activities Center into a fortress, defending homecourt nine times for its first undefeated home season since 2011.

Record: 24-7 (.774)
21st consecutive winning season
Most single-season wins since 2015 (24)
3rd straight 20-win season
14-match winning streak, Sept. 14-Oct. 26 (longest since 2012)
Undefeated 9-0 record at home (first time since 2011)
12-match home winning streak dating back to Oct. 2023
Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) Runner-Up
Defeated Mary Washington 3-1 (25-13, 25-18, 15-25, 25-18) in semifinals
Fell to Christopher Newport 3-2 (25-22, 13-25, 25-20, 30-32, 15-13) in finals
Fourth consecutive C2C championship match appearance
NCAA Tournament Qualifier
12th appearance in program history (third straight)
3rd time qualifying for three straight national tournaments (2007-09, 2011-13)
One of two C2C teams to earn tournament bid (CNU)
Fell to Middlebury 3-1 (25-14, 15-25, 25-17, 25-14) in first round
S Julie Altieri
All-C2C First Team
MB Gwen Eustace
AVCA All-America Third Team (5th multiple All-American in SU history)
AVCA All-Region First Team
C2C Defensive Player of the Year
All-C2C First Team
C2C All-Tournament Team
C2C Offensive Player of the Week, 9/3
C2C Defensive Player of the Week, 10/14
CSC Academic All-District
RS Kiley McTaggart
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
AVCA All-Region First Team
All-C2C First Team
C2C All-Tournament Team
3x C2C Offensive Player of the Week (9/9, 10/7, 10/14)
DS/L Kayla Pedersen
CSC Academic All-District
DS/L Grace Rail
All-C2C Second Team
3x C2C Defensive Player of the Week (9/3, 9/23, 10/28)
AVCA National Player of the Week, 10/29 (first from SU since 2015)
CSC Academic All-District
MB Emma Quandt
All-C2C Second Team
2x C2C Defensive Player of the Week (9/9, 10/7)
OH Natalie Uibel
CSC Academic All-District
S Julie Altieri
9th in single-season assists (1,048)
7th in career assists (1,742)
MB Gwen Eustace
8th in single-season blocks (116)
t-2nd in single-match blocks (10, 11/9/24 vs. Stockton)
t-8th in single-match blocks (8, 8/30/24 vs. Catholic)
MB Emma Quandt
t-8th in single-match blocks (8, 9/7/24 vs. Gallaudet)
DS/L Grace Rail
7th in career digs (1,738)

THE 2025 SEA GULLS

Salisbury brings back both of its reigning AVCA All-Americans (Gwen Eustace, Kiley McTaggart) and all three All-C2C First-Teamers (Eustace, McTaggart, Julie Altieri). In addition to returning four others who played at least 20 sets, the Sea Gulls welcome seven true freshmen to fill out the roster for first-year head coach Kendall Jacobsen.

S Julie Altieri | Jr. | Hillsborough, N.C.

MB Gwen Eustace | Sr. | Olney, Md.

RS Kiley McTaggart | Jr. | North Wales, Pa.

DS/L Prudence Marco | So. | Mechanicsburg, Pa.

OH/RS Alyssa DeWaal | Sr. | Keedysville, Md.

DS/L Sophia Blaufuss | So. | Frisco, Texas

OH/RS Alyssa DeWaal | Sr. | Keedysville, Md.

2024: 25 kills (0.81 K/S), .120 ATT%, 10 digs, 7 blocks

MB Gwen Eustace | Sr. | Olney, Md.

2024: 315 kills (2.97 K/S), .393 ATT%, 14 aces, 116 blocks (1.09 B/S)
C2C rankings: 1st in ATT%, 2nd in blocks, 2nd in B/S, 4th in kills, 4th in K/S
Summer 2025: Represented Team USA on Division III All-Star team in Brazil (We Are Sports USA)

RS Kiley McTaggart | Jr. | North Wales, Pa.

2024: 330 kills (3.00 K/S), .295 ATT%, 81 blocks (0.74 B/S)
C2C rankings: 2nd in K/S, 3rd in kills, 5th in ATT%, 7th in blocks, 8th in B/S
Summer 2025: Represented Team USA on Division III All-Star team in Brazil (We Are Sports USA)

MB Sophia Tapia | So. | Tenafly, N.J.

2024: 21 kills (1.70 K/S), .204 ATT%, 20 blocks (1.00 B/S)

S Julie Altieri | So. | Hillsborough, N.C.

2024: 1,048 assists (9.44 A/S), 307 digs (2.77 D/S), 132 kills (1.19 K/S), .216 ATT%, 48 aces (0.43 SA/S), 40 blocks (0.36 B/S)
C2C rankings: 1st in assists, 1st in A/S, 5th in aces, 8th in digs, 9th in SA/S, 10th in D/S, 11th in ATT%
2 career assist-dig-kill triple-doubles (11/4/23 vs. Catholic, 11/9/24 vs. Stockton)

S Beitris Boyreau-Millar | R-Fr. | Mt. Joy, Pa.

2024: DNP

DS/L Sophia Blaufuss | So. | Frisco, Texas

2024: 60 digs (2.22 D/S), 14 aces (0.52 SA/S), 6 assists

DS/L Prudence Marco | So. | Mechanicsburg, Pa.

2024: 248 digs (2.70 D/S), 35 assists, 27 aces
C2C rankings: 11th in digs, 12th in D/S

DS/L Elizabeth Villegas | Jr. | Charlestown, W.Va.

2024 (Millersville): 77 digs (1.20 D/S), 6 assists, 1 ace
2023 (Millersville): 472 digs (4.45 D/S), 100 assists, 32 aces

Kiley McTaggart & Gwen Eustace, Team USA Summer 2025 in Brazil

2025 Salisbury Volleyball Roster

I feel incredibly lucky to step into this Sea Gull program with such a strong tradition of success. The standard here has been set high, and I am excited for the opportunity to carry that forward. This team is capable of great things, and I can't wait to see everything we're going to accomplish this season.

Kendall Jacobsen, Head Coach (First Season)