Volleyball Completes CAA Opening Weekend Sweep Of Campbell

Sunday, September 22

Buies Creek, NC

1 PM

University of Delaware

6-3,2-0CAA

Campbell

2-10,0-2CAA

Delaware

Campbell

Photo by: Lillie Scheivert

Volleyball Completes CAA Opening Weekend Sweep Of Campbell

9/22/2024 2:58:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

BUIES CREEK, N.C. - University of Delaware volleyball defeated Campbell in straight sets (25-16, 25-18, 25-17) for the second consecutive day to start off CAA play. Delaware has now won 17 consecutive games against CAA opponents dating back to last season.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Kirah Johnson hit an astounding .706 with 12 kills, one ace, and three total blocks.
Anna Logan Gillens had a match-high in kills with 14 for the second straight day, and finished with a .458 hitting percentage.
Gha'Naye Whitfield-Moss had 12 kills, hit .450, and had four blocks.
Lily Rogers recorded 41 assists, two kills, three aces, three blocks, and seven digs.
Raina Hughes recorded six kills and a .313 hitting percentage with three blocks.
Cadence Nguyen had a match-high 14 digs.
Savannah Seemans had eight digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET

Delaware began the match on fire, using two 3-0 runs and a 5-0 run to go up 11-2. Johnson, GIllens, and Whitfield-Moss all had two kills each.
Campbell began to chip away and cut the lead to 12-7. Delaware gradually pulled away, and Whitfield-Moss had a stretch of having three of Delaware's four kills to go up 21-12 before claiming the set. Hughes had two kills at the end to finish off the opening set.
Gillens had six kills and Whitfield-Moss had five, while Rogers had 15 assists. Delaware hit .432 in the set compared to Campbell's .135. Rogers' 15 assists were the most by a Delaware player in a set this season, and the most since Ezgi Basaranlar had 18 last season against Elon on Nov. 12.

SECOND SET

Delaware never trailed in the second set, and took command after a 4-0 run and recording six points during a seven point stretch to go up 13-6. Delaware had five blocks during the early run.
Johnson had an ace to put Delaware ahead 17-10, then she caught fire at the end of the set to put UD up 2-0. Johnson had four kills for Delaware's final five points.
Johnson recorded six kills in the second set, and Rogers had 13 more assists.

THIRD SET

Campbell took their first lead of the match during the third set, and were up 7-2 and 11-6. Delaware responded by scoring eight of the next 10 and took a 14-13 lead. Hannah Wright and Savannah Seemans both had aces and Gillens and Johnson each had a kill during the stretch, while Gillens, Rogers, and Johnson had blocks.
Campbell immediately tied, but Delaware ripped off an 8-0 run to take control and lead 22-14. Whitfield-Moss had two kills and a block, while Hughes had two kills, Rogers had two aces, and Gillens had a kill and a block during the run. Both teams exchanged a trio of points at the end, with Johnson finishing the weekend with the final kill.
Whitfield-Moss had five kills in the set and Rogers had 13 assists.

MATCH NOTES

Johnson's 12 kills without an attack error were the most by a Delaware player this season and most since Madelyn Grunza had 14 on Oct. 15, 2023 against Stony Brook.
Johnson is not at 349 career blocks.
Rogers is now at 1,072 career assists.
Rogers' 41 assists are the most in a three-set match for a Delaware player since Basaranlar had 46 against William & Mary on Nov. 8, 2019.
Seemans passed Renee DuFlon and now sits in sole possession of fifth place on Delaware's all-time career aces leaderboard with 173.
Delaware has won 17 consecutive games dating back to last season, extending their program record.
Delaware's 17 match win streak against conference opponents is the eighth longest active streak in Division I.

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