Salisbury Volleyball, 11-21-24
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2025 Volleyball Season Preview

By Will DeBoer
Salisbury Volleyball, 10-2-24

2024 REWIND: STILL DANCING

Kiley McTaggart, 11-21-24

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.

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.

Julie Altieri, 10-5-24
S Julie Altieri | Jr. | Hillsborough, N.C.
Gwen Eustace, 10-26-24
MB Gwen Eustace | Sr. | Olney, Md.
Kiley McTaggart, 8-30-24
RS Kiley McTaggart | Jr. | North Wales, Pa.
Prudence Marco, 10-5-24
DS/L Prudence Marco | So. | Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Alyssa DeWaal, 10-26-24
OH/RS Alyssa DeWaal | Sr. | Keedysville, Md.
Sophia Blaufuss, 8-31-24
DS/L Sophia Blaufuss | So. | Frisco, Texas

KEY VETERANS

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)
Kendall Jacobsen & Team, 8-18-25

2025 SCHEDULE

2025 Salisbury Volleyball Schedule
Julie Altieri & Kiley McTaggart, 11-21-24

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