Volleyball Sweeps Northeastern

Saturday, October 7

Boston, Mass.

2 PM

University of Delaware

11-4,4-3CAA

Northeastern

9-6,5-2CAA

Delaware

Northeastern

Photo by: Gavin Bethell

10/7/2023 7:47:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

BOSTON, Mass. - University of Delaware volleyball swept Northeastern in three sets (25-22, 25-16, 25-16) on Oct. 7, 2023 to begin their weekend series against the Huskies.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Earning a second consecutive start, Gha'Naye Whitfield-Moss had a game-high tying nine kills and hit .500.
Kirah Johnson also had nine kills and recorded four blocks.
Madelyn Grunza had seven kills and hit .429.
Ezgi Basaranlar recorded 37 assists, five digs, and three blocks.
Eileen Gex had a game-high 13 digs.
Savannah Seemans had eight kills and recorded five digs.
Lani Mason had eight kills, nine digs, and five aces.
Amelia Painter had eight digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET

The first set was the most contested of the match, with 10 ties and four lead changes. A 4-0 scoring run for Delaware gave them an 11-7 lead, and they upped their lead to 14-9 after back-to-back kills by Whitfield-Moss.
Northeastern battled back to tie the set at 18-18, but Delaware scored four of the final five points of the set to take it 25-22.
Mason had a set-best four kills, while Basaranlar had 10 assists.

SECOND SET

Delaware raced out to a 9-1 lead to begin the second set and upped it to 12-3, which was highlighted by three-straight kills by Seemans that was part of a 6-0 run.
A 3-0 spurt by Northeastern cut Delaware's lead to 17-11, but kills by Seemans and Johnson got Delaware back on track and were able to close out a nine-point set win.
Whitfield-Moss and Johnson had five kills each and Basaranlar had 15 kills.

THIRD SET

After the score was tied at five, rattled off seven of the next eight points to take a 12-6 lead. Seemans had two kills and an ace during the stretch, while Mason added two kills and Hannah Wright added an ace.
Four straight points, punctuated by an ace by Painter, made the score 20-11. Delaware scored the final three points of the set, on kills by Mason, Grunza, and Seemans, to finish off the sweep.

GAME NOTES

In her second straight start and fourth career game, Whitfield-Moss had a career-best .500 hitting percentage. She has 22 kills and a .459 hitting percentage in her last two games.
Basaranlar has recorded at least 35 assists in 12 games this season.
Grunza had a .400 hitting percentage for the third time this season, also done against Tarleton St. (.481 on Sept. 1) and Lamar (.429 on Sept. 2).
Mason's five aces were one shy of her career-high of six done on Sept. 4, 2021 against Maryland-Eastern Shore.

Up Next: Delaware wraps up their series with Northeastern tomorrow at 2:00.

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