Huge Nights From Inman, Gillens Lead Volleyball to a Five-Set Victory over VCU

Thursday, September 17

Newark, Del.

6 PM

University of Delaware

5-4,0-0CUSA

VCU

1-6,0-0Atlantic 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
VCU	27	25	26	25	12	2
Delaware	29	23	24	27	15	3

Photo by: Jake Schmidt

Huge Nights From Inman, Gillens Lead Volleyball to a Five-Set Victory over VCU

9/17/2026 9:46:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

NEWARK, Del. - University of Delaware's Kennedi Inman had a career-high 66 assists, while Anna Logan Gillens recorded a career-high 28 kills and hit .328 to lead Delaware to a five-set victory (29-27, 23-25, 24-26, 27-25, 15-12) over VCU.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Gillens' 28 kills and Inman's 66 assists were the most among all players in the match.
Inman also recorded a career-best 18 digs.
Thalia Yancey had a double-double with a career-high 18 kills and 15 digs.
Asia Murray had a career-high 14 kills with five blocks.
Carolina Sayeg Blak hit .533 with a career-best eight kills.
Morgan Campbell had four blocks and seven kills.
Jayda Redd had 16 digs.
Emily Zgonc recorded 10 digs.
Jayda Gray had nine digs.
Taylor Holly recorded eight digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET

VCU jumped out to a 5-0 lead right away. Delaware was able to tie the set at 7-7, but VCU maintained a lead of 13-9 and 17-13.
UD had a stretch of scoring six of the next eight points to even the score at 19-19. A 3-0 run punctuated by a kill from Yancey gave Delaware its first lead at 22-21. Delaware scored four of the final five points of the set to finish it off at 29-27.
Gillens had a set-high seven kills, while Yancey added six. Inman had 12 assists and Redd had six digs.

SECOND SET

Delaware went on a 7-0 run to take a 9-5 lead in the set. After kills by Gillens and Redd, Delaware increased its lead to 19-11.
VCU chipped away and cut the lead to 20-17 before eventually tying it up at 22-22. VCU scored the final three points of the set to win 25-23.
Gillens again had a set-high in kills with five, while Yancey had four. Inman had 13 assists.

THIRD SET

There were 13 ties and six lead changes in the set. VCU's largest lead was four at 9-5.
Delaware battled back to tie the set at 17-17 and took a 19-18 lead. A kill by Gillens and Murray put Delaware up 23-22 and 24-23, but VCU scored the set's final three points to go up 2-1.
Gillens had seven kills in the set while hitting .538. Inman added 15 assists.

FOURTH SET

VCU's largest lead in the fourth was 8-4. Delaware was able to tie the set at 10-10, and went on a 3-0 run to take a 14-12 lead.
VCU retook the lead at 20-18 and led 24-22. Kills by Murray and Campbell evened the score, then Delaware scored the set's last three points to win 27-25 and force a fifth set.
Gillens, Campbell, and Murray all had four kills as Delaware hit .341 in the set. Inman had 16 assists and six digs.

FIFTH SET

Delaware never trailed in the final set, jumping ahead 3-0 before VCU eventually tied the score at 10-10.
A 4-0 run, punctuated by consecutive kills from Gillens and Murray, gave Delaware match point before Gillens ended it with her 28th kill.
Gillens added five more kills and hit .400 in the final set, while Inman had 10 assists. Delaware hit .381 in the set.

MATCH NOTES

Inman's 66 assists were the most by a Delaware player since Mackenzie Olson had 67 against Penn on Sept. 19, 2012. She became the 12th player in program history with at least 65 assists in a match.
Inman tied the single-game NCAA high this season for assists in a match - also done by Samford's Alison Ohlinger.
Inman is the only CUSA player this season with at least 60 assists in a match. She now has three matches this season with at least 50 assists - no other CUSA player has more than one.
Inman became the first player this season with at least 65 assists and 15 digs in a match across all NCAA levels. Macy Hinshaw of Santa Clara did so later that night against Cal Poly with 65 assists and 16 digs.
Gillens' previous career high in kills was 26, which she recorded on Oct. 26, 2024, against Hofstra.
Gillens is the first Delaware player with at least 25 kills and a .300 hitting percentage since Lani Mason had 27 kills and hit .309 on Oct. 30, 2022 against UNCW.
Gillens' 28 kills are the most by a Conference USA player this season and tied for ninth most among Division I players in a match.
Yancey has recorded double-digit digs in five consecutive matches. Tonight was the third double-double of her career.
Murray has recorded double-digit kills in seven consecutive matches.
Delaware has won five consecutive matches against VCU dating back to 2010.
Of the nine matches Delaware has played this season, four have gone five sets.
Delaware has begun the season 3-0 at home for the first time since 2024 and the fourth time in five seasons under head coach Kimberly Lambert.

UP NEXT
Delaware plays VCU tomorrow at 4:00 p.m.

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