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Annabelle Weis, 8-30-25
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Winner Salisbury Sal 8-3,0-0 CAC
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Alfred Alfred 1-9,0-0 Empire 8
Winner
Salisbury Sal
8-3,0-0 CAC
3
Final
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Alfred Alfred
1-9,0-0 Empire 8
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Salisbury Sal 25 25 25 (3)
Alfred Alfred 13 16 15 (0)
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Winner Salisbury Sal 9-3,0-0 CAC
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Drew DREW 2-7,0-0 Landmark
Winner
Salisbury Sal
9-3,0-0 CAC
3
Final
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Drew DREW
2-7,0-0 Landmark
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Salisbury Sal 25 25 25 (3)
Drew DREW 15 16 15 (0)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Will DeBoer

Volleyball sledgehammers Alfred, Drew at Kean Invitational

UNION, N.J. – The Salisbury University volleyball team sledgehammered its way to a pair of convincing sweeps on the first day of the Kean Invitational, grounding the Alfred Saxons 3-0 (25-13, 25-16, 25-15) and Drew Rangers 3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-15) on Friday night at Harwood Arena.
 
MATCH ONE
Up 4-3 early in the first set, the Sea Gulls locked in to the tune of a 12-1 run, using a block from Kiley McTaggart and Sophia Tapia to boost the lead to 16-4. The Saxons never got closer than eight the rest of the way, and SU put it to bed with three in a row on a Maura Fay kill, Jasmine Nelson service ace, and Tapia kill to clinch it 25-13.
 
Salisbury kept the foot on the gas in the second set, stringing together four streaks of at least three points, including a six-pointer to balloon an 11-5 margin to 17-5. Julie Altieri eventually served up Amanda Meschi for the kill to ice the frame, 25-16.
 
Annabelle Weis opened the third set with back-to-back aces, and while the Saxons soon regrouped and inched ahead 6-5, Fay landed a kill to set off a 10-1 surge that put SU in control 15-7. Alfred got back within five points but no closer, and the Altieri-to-Tapia connection put produced the match-clinching kill, 25-15.
 
Game Notes
  • Maura Fay led a balanced Sea Gull attack with nine kills to go along with four digs.
  • Gwen Eustace landed seven kills against one error, good for a .750 hitting percentage.
  • Sophia Tapia hit .667, producing six kills against no errors. Tapia also notched four blocks (two solo).
  • Kiley McTaggart and Amanda Meschi chipped in three kills apiece.
  • Julie Altieri served up 18 assists and tied a team high with three service aces.
  • Prudence Marco chased down 14 digs.
  • Annabelle Weis notched eight digs and landed three aces.
  • Salisbury hit .304 as a team, starting off on a wicked .476 clip in the first set.
  • SU outblocked the Saxons 7-1 and won the ace battle 12-7.
 
MATCH TWO
The Sea Gulls burst out of the starting gate with 10 of the first 12 points and never looked back, building the margin as high as 22-8 after a solo block from Sophia Tapia. The Rangers made it respectable from there with six in a row, but SU netted three of the last four, locking down the opening frame 25-15 on a kill from Jackie Colucci.
 
Drew regrouped and opened up a 9-4 lead to begin the second set, but a Gwen Eustace kill set up a 12-2 string, and a stuff from Tapia and Maura Fay established a 16-11 Salisbury cushion. Up 18-14 later, Kiley McTaggart brought the hammer down to spark a 7-2 flourish to wrap up the set at 25-16.
 
Tied 3-3 in the opening moments of set three, the Sea Gulls went on a 7-0 run to make it 10-3. The Rangers eventually clawed their way back to 15-12, but Salisbury kept its foe at an arm's length the rest of the way. Colucci's late kill set up the last four in a row for SU, and Colucci and Eustace put up a picket fence to put it on ice, 25-15.
 
Game Notes
  • Kiley McTaggart led all attackers with 10 kills, plus a pair of service aces.
  • Gwen Eustace continued her ultra-efficient start to the year, blasting nine kills with no errors for a .818 clip. Eustace currently leads Division III with a .516 swing rate through 12 matches this season.
  • Maura Fay landed seven kills, while Jackie Colucci added six.
  • Sophia Tapia went up for four kills and a team-leading six blocks (two solo).
  • Julie Altieri clocked in with her 40th career double-double and eighth this season with 29 assists and 14 digs. She also registered six kills and three aces.
  • Altieri moved into fifth on the Salisbury all-time assists leaderboard, surpassing Jen Bowman '96 (2,121) and finishing the night with 2,132 career helpers.
  • Annabelle Weis paced the backline with 10 digs.
  • Sophia Blaufuss entered the match in the third set for her first game action since Sept. 14, 2024, posting one dig.
  • The Sea Gulls hit .319 as a team, including an otherworldly .571 in the decisive third set.
  • SU won the aces battle 9-2 and the blocking battle 7-2.
 
The Sea Gulls will play their third and fourth matches in a 24-hour span on day two of the Kean Invitational on Saturday. SU will battle hosts Kean at 11 a.m., followed by a matchup with Hunter at 1 p.m.
 
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming), Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse), State University of New York Athletic Conference (field hockey), and Colonial Women's Golf Conference (women's golf). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's 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 won a combined 23 team national championships, 24 individual national championships, and 205 conference championships, and have produced 53 Academic All-Americans.

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