Volleyball Clinches Share of CAA Regular Season Championship, Sets Program Record For Consecutive Sets Won in Victory over Elon

Saturday, November 16

Newark, Del.

6 PM

University of Delaware

19-6,15-3CAA

Elon

11-18,5-13CAA

Elon

Delaware

Volleyball 2024 CAA Regular Season Co-Champions

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Volleyball Clinches Share of CAA Regular Season Championship, Sets Program Record For Consecutive Sets Won in Victory over Elon

11/16/2024 8:38:00 PM | Volleyball

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NEWARK, Del. - University of Delaware volleyball defeated Elon in straight sets (25-19, 25-19, 25-17) on Saturday, Nov. 16 to clinch a share of the CAA Regular Season Championship. The victory marks the Blue Hens' 10th consecutive win, the longest active streak in the CAA. Delaware also set a program record by winning 18 consecutive sets. Delaware honored Savannah Seemans, Kirah Johnson, Lily Rogers, Hannah Wright, Emily Chrysogelos, and Mackenzie Sobczyk for Senior Day.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Anna Logan Gillens had a match-high 15 kills and hit .324.
Johnson recorded nine kills on a .350 hitting percentage, three aces, and three blocks.
Seemans had eight kills, two aces, nine digs, and two blocks.
Rogers had 29 assists.
Cadence Nguyen recorded 10 digs.
Taylor Holly had eight digs and an ace.
Hannah Wright had seven digs and an ace.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET

Delaware turned a 9-7 deficit into a 17-12 lead, fueled by four kills from Gillens.
Seemans added two kills late in the set to secure the win.
Gillens recorded six kills, Rogers contributed 10 assists, and Nguyen tallied seven digs.

SET TWO

Seemans had two aces early on to give Delaware a 12-6 advantage, but Elon fought back to narrow the lead to 14-12.
Back-to-back kills by Gillens and Sobczyk reignited Delaware, and UD ended the set with a 4-0 run to go up 2-0. Gillens had three straight kills during the run.
Gillens had six more kills in the second, and Rogers had 10 more assists.

SET THREE

Gha'Naye Whitfield-Moss had three consecutive kills to give the Blue Hens a 9-4 lead. A 4-0 run, highlighted by three consecutive aces by Johnson, gave Delaware a 16-10 lead.
UD scored the final five points on the match, with Johnson and Seemans picking up kills, to complete the weekend sweep.
Gillens, Johnson, and Whitfield-Moss each had three kills in the set.

MATCH NOTES

Delaware claimed at least a share of the CAA Regular Season Championship for the first time since 2011. The Blue Hens also won CAA Regular Season Championships in 2010, 2009, and 2007.
Delaware also won regular season titles in the America East conference in 1995, 1994, and 1992.
The Blue Hens set a program record with 18 consecutive set wins, surpassing the previous record of 17 set in 2007 and 1982.
Delaware has 10 consecutive wins for the second straight season, following last year's program-record 15-match streak.
This marks the first time since 2009 (10) and 2010 (14) that Delaware achieved back-to-back seasons with 10+ win streaks.
Delaware also has had win streaks of at least 10 in 2007 (twice), 2006, 1994, 1992, 1983, 1982, 1979, 1977,
Delaware is 30-6 in CAA play over the last two seasons, its most conference wins in a two-year span in program history.
The Blue Hens are 16-1 in their last 17 home matches.
Seemans is one ace shy of becoming the fourth player in program history to reach 200 career aces.
Johnson has recorded three or more blocks in all 10 matches during Delaware's win streak, averaging 1.34 blocks per set.
Gillens had her eighth match this season with at least 15 kills.
Nguyen has logged double-digit digs in four consecutive matches and in 16 of her last 19 contests.

UP NEXT
Delaware will aim to defend its CAA Conference Tournament Championship as the No. 2 seed. The Blue Hens face the winner of No. 3 Towson and No. 6 Stony Brook on Friday, Nov. 22, at 6:00 p.m.

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