Volleyball Dominates Elon for CAA-Best Ninth Win in a Row

Friday, November 15

Newark, Del.

6 PM

University of Delaware

18-6,14-3CAA

Elon

11-17,5-12CAA

Elon

Delaware

Photo by: Mikey Reeves

Volleyball Dominates Elon for CAA-Best Ninth Win in a Row

11/15/2024 8:53:00 PM | Volleyball

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NEWARK, Del. - University of Delaware volleyball defeated Elon in straight sets (25-7, 25-11, 25-15) on Friday, Nov. 15. The win gives the Blue Hens nine-straight victories, the longest active streak in the CAA, and Delaware has won 15 consecutive sets. Delaware did not trail at any point during the match.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Savannah Seemans had a stellar performance with 10 kills on a .556 hitting percentage, 19 digs, six aces, and two blocks.
Anna Logan Gillens had 13 kills and three blocks.
Gha'Naye Whitfield-Moss contributed nine kills with a .571 hitting percentage.
Kirah Johnson tallied six kills and six blocks while hitting .333.
Lily Rogers recorded 30 kills, nine digs, and three aces.
Cadence Nguyen added 14 digs and five assists.
Hannah Wright had seven digs.
Taylror Holly finished with five digs and an ace.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET

Delaware set the tone right away with a 6-0 run to start the match. Seemans had two aces and Gillens had three kills before a timeout was called by Elon. Four straight points eventually got the lead up to 12-2, and another 4-0 run gave the Blue Hens a 21-5 lead.
UD scored four of the last five points to claim the set 25-7.
Delaware hit .481 in the first and held Elon to a -.114 hitting percentage. Gillens had five kills and Seemans had four.

SET TWO

Delaware raced out to the first five points of the set. UD had a stretch of scoring 11 of 15 points to eventually lead 17-7.
A kill by Whitfield-Moss and Gillens upped the lead to 19-8, and another kill by Whitfield-Moss and a Rogers ace made it 21-10. Gillens, Seemans, and Whitfield-Moss all had kills down the stretch to give Delaware a 25-11 set win.
Whitfield-Moss, Johnson, and Gillens all had four kills in the set, and Seemans added in three. Rogers had 14 assists as Delaware hit .464.

SET THREE

Seemans delivered two aces early in the third set, helping Delaware to a 4-0 lead. Another 4-0 run pushed the score to 8-1.
Whitfield-Moss and Gillens teamed up for a block and added key kills to extend the lead to 20-10. Rogers contributed another ace, while Gillens and Seemans added late kills to clinch the match with a 25-15 set victory.
Gillens had four kills in the third, and Seemans and Whitfield-Moss each had three. Seemans also had eight digs.

MATCH NOTES

Delaware's 25-7 set one victory was its largest of the season and the largest set victory since defeating Loyola 25-7 in set two on Sept. 15, 2015.
Delaware has won 15 sets in a row. It is its longest streak since recording a program record 17 set victories in a row from Sept. 14-25, 2007.
During UD's nine match win streak, they are 27-5 in sets.
Seemans' six aces was a season-best by a Blue Hen. She also recorded her sixth double-double of the season.
Seemans now has 197 career aces, tying Sue Landefeld for fourth most in program history.
Seemans' 19 digs were a season-best by a UD player in a three-set match.
Johnson recorded her eighth game this season with at least five total blocks. She now has 421 career total blocks, fourth most in UD program history.
Rogers recorded her 13th consecutive match in which she has averaged at least 10 assists per set. She is averaging 11.17 assists per set over that span.
Kristyn Membreno made her Delaware debut during the match.

UP NEXT
Delaware will aim for at least a share of the CAA Regular Season Championship tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. against Elon.

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