Volleyball's CAA Win Streak Comes to a Close in Five-Set Defeat to Towson

Sunday, September 29

Newark, Del.

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University of Delaware

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Towson

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Volleyball's CAA Win Streak Comes to a Close in Five-Set Defeat to Towson

9/29/2024 4:34:00 PM | Volleyball

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NEWARK, Del. - University of Delaware's 18 match win streak against CAA opponents was snapped on Sept. 29 in a five-set (20-25, 25-18, 18-25, 29-27, 8-15) defeat to Towson. Delaware's conference record now sits at 3-1, and they are 7-4 overall.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Kirah Johnson starred for the Blue Hens with 15 kills, a .371 hitting percentage, an ace, and five blocks.
Lily Rogers had 45 assists, three kills, nine digs, and two blocks.
Savannah Seemans recorded eight kills, two aces, a block, and 10 digs.
Hannah Wright had 10 digs and three assists.
Cadence Nguyen had a team-best 14 digs and contributed four assists.
Gha'Naye Whitfield-Moss had 11 kills and two blocks.
Anna Logan Gillens also had 15 kills with seven digs.
Taylor Holly had six digs and an ace and assist.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET

Back-to-back kills by Gillens and a kill and block by Norris and Whitfield-Moss put Delaware up 5-2. Towson retook the lead and held an 11-9 advantage before a kill and ace by Johnson even it up.
Towson used two different 3-0 runs and pulled ahead 19-13. Delaware got as close as 22-19 before Towson won the set.
Rogers had 14 assists in the first set, and Gillens had five kills. Delaware hit .353 as a team.

SECOND SET

UD got off to a quick start in the second to lead 5-2, then used a 6-0 run to go up 11-3. Johnson and Gillens had a pair of kills in the stretch and Seemans had an ace.
Towson came back to bring Delaware's lead down to 15-10, but Delaware pulled away to lead 21-13 after a kill by Johnson before claiming the set.
Johnson and Gillens both had four kills in the set, and Rogers had 11 assists. Delaware hit .357 in the set to Towson's .171.

THIRD SET

Towson took an early lead this time, going up 6-1. Delaware got as close as 8-6 early, but the Tigers held their lead and increased it to 20-11.
UD fought back to cut the deficit to 21-15 after an ace by Holly but Towson claimed the set.
Johnson and Gillens each had three kills in the set.

FOURTH SET

Towson went up by three quickly and held the lead there for most of the beginning of the set.
Seemans' had a kill to tie the score at 13 and Delaware took their first lead of the set at 15-14 after a Johnson kill. Towson went up 21-19, but three straight UD points gave them a one point lead.
Towson responded with three in a row to take a 24-22 lead, but another 3-0 run, capped by a block by ROgers and Johnson put them back in front. Delaware scored four of the set's final five points, with Gillens recording back-to-back kills, to force a set five.
Johnson had five kills in the set, and Rogers had 10 assists.

FIFTH SET

Gillens tied the set at four with a kill, but Towson pulled out in front to take a 9-6 lead.
The Tigers scored six of the final seven points of the set to claim the match.

MATCH NOTES

Johnson's 15 kills were a career high. She also had her second consecutive match with five blocks.
Johnson now has 359 career blocks, putting her ninth all-time in UD history.
Rogers' career assist total is now at 1,162. She recorded 90 assists in nine sets played this weekend.
Seemans upped her career kill total to 949.
Gillens has had double-digit kills in six straight games.
Delaware's 18-match win streak against CAA opponents was snapped. It was the longest streak by a CAA team since Towson's 21-match win streak from 2019-Spring 2021.

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