Volleyball Completes Reverse Sweep Over Charleston

Sunday, October 1

Newark, Del.

1 PM

University of Delaware

10-4,3-3CAA

Charleston

5-12,2-4CAA

Col. of Charleston

Delaware

Photo by: Gavin Bethell

10/1/2023 5:01:00 PM | Volleyball

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NEWARK, Del. - University of Delaware volleyball completed a reverse sweep of Charleston to win in five sets (23-25, 20-25, 25-16, 25-21, 15-10) on Oct. 1 at Bob Carpenter Center.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Kirah Johnson had 13 kills, hit .455, had five blocks, and picked up three aces.
Gha'Naye Whitfield-Moss had 13 kills and hit .435.
Eileen Gex had 26 digs.
Ezgi Basaranlar recorded 39 assists and seven digs.
Lily Rogers had 11 assists.
Savannah Seemans had 10 kills and recorded 17 digs and five aces.
Lani Mason had nine kills, 11 digs, and three aces.
Madelyn Grunza had eight kills and four blocks.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET

The opening set was a battle with 13 ties and seven lead changes. Delaware went up 5-2, but Charleston rattled off six straight points to take a three-point lead. After Delaware tied it at eight, both squads went back-and-forth with neither scoring more than two straight points until the Blue Hens went on a 3-0 run to go up 19-16.
Four straight points by Charleston put them up 21-20, helping them claim a two-point win.
Whitfield-Moss and Johnson had four kills each in the set, and Basaranlar had 16 assists.

SECOND SET

A 4-0 run gave Charleston a 10-9 lead. Another 4-0 run helped Charleston extend their lead to 20-14.
Delaware cut the lead down to 22-19, but Charleston scored three of the last four points to take the set.
Whitfield-Moss and Johnson added three kills each in the set.

THIRD SET

Delaware immediately turned it on in their comeback attempt, going up 7-0 to start the set and 15-4. Mason had three aces and Grunza had two kills during the initial 7-0 run, then Rogers added two aces to help build an 11-point lead.
After Charleston cut the lead to 20-15, Delaware scored five of the final six points of the set to win.
Anna Logan Gillens and Johnson each had three kills in the set.

FOURTH SET

With Charleston up 4-2 early, Delaware scored six straight to take a four-point lead. Charleston tied the set at 11, and eventually took a 21-20 lead.
Two kills by Grunza, a kill by Seemans, and a block by Whitfield-Moss helped Delaware score the final five points of the set to force a deciding set.
Mason had three kills in the set.

FIFTH SET

After the score was tied at five, kills by Johnson and Mason and two aces by Seemans helped Delaware pull out to a 9-5 lead.
A kill and an ace by Johnson gave Delaware a 13-7 lead. Whitfield-Moss finished off the match with a kill to complete the comeback, winning the final set 15-10.
Whitfield-Moss had four kills, while Basaranlar and Rogers combined for nine assists.

GAME NOTES

Johnson's three aces were a career-best. She recorded her fifth game this season with at least five blocks, and her sixth game with double-digit kills and a hitting percentage over .400.
Whitfield-Moss started her first game of her collegiate career. Playing in her third career game, she recorded her first kills and blocks as a college student-athlete.
Gex's 26 digs were a season-best, and were her most since having 28 on Nov. 17, 2022, also against Charleston during the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament.
Basaranlar now has 3,375 assists for her career.
Rogers' 11 assists were a season-best, and the most she's had since having 21 against Hofstra on Oct. 23, 2022.
Seemans recorded her second straight double-double and her fourth of the season. She has recorded at least 15 digs in three of her last four games. Her five aces tied her season-high, also done on August 27 against Robert Morris.
Mason had her fifth consecutive game with at least 10 digs, her second such streak of the season.
Gillens, playing in her sixth career game, recorded a career-best six kills.
Delaware's win was their first in "reverse-sweep" fashion since Nov. 17, 2022, also against Charleston during the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament.

Up Next: Delaware begins a stretch of four consecutive games starting on Oct. 7 and Oct. 8 against Northeastern.

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