Seahawks face Hawks in title match

Summary: Salve Regina University women's volleyball enters the 2014 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Championships as the third seed and will face top seed Roger Williams University on Saturday, November 8, at 12 p.m., in the championship match.

Match-up: #3 Salve Regina (20-9; 6-2 CCC) at #1 Roger Williams (21-5; 8-0 CCC)

Match date, time and site: Sat., Nov. 8, 2014; 12 p.m. @ Bristol, R.I. (Recreation Center)

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Tickets: $5 (adults) and $2 (children)

Series edge: Roger Williams leads, 20-2

Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won, 3-2 (33-31,21-25,9-25,25-14,15-12), on October 18, 2013

Last Hawks win in the series: Roger Williams won, 3-0 (25-21,25-13,25-13) on September 26, 2014

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• Salve Regina lost the first nine meetings with Roger Williams (2002-2006) before finally breaking through for a 3-2 victory in Newport on October 2, 2007.
• In last year's Rhody Four hosted by Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I., the Seahawks captured the championship with a five-set victory (33-31,21-25,9-25,25-14,15-12) over the Hawks.
• Shortly after, Roger Williams pulled out a five-set victory in Bristol to capture the CCC regular-season meeting and earn the top seed in the playoffs.
• Salve Regina has never defeated Roger Williams in Bristol (0-11), but has pushed the host school to five sets in two of the last three meetings there.

• Salve Regina is 5-9 all-time in the Commonwealth Coast Conference Championships.
• The first time the Seahawks qualified for the CCC postseason tournament was 2005, when they lost a quarterfinal match, 3-0, at Colby-Sawyer.
• This is the 10th straight season that Salve Regina has qualified for the CCC postseason.
• Five times (2005, 2007-2010) the Seahawks have traveled to New London, N.H., to face the Chargers in the quarterfinals.
• In 2010, Salve Regina took a set for the first time in postseason play, falling 3-1 at Colby-Sawyer.
• In 2011, the Seahawks broke through to host their first postseason contest and defeated Wentworth, 3-0, in quarterfinal action.
• After duplicating the quarterfinal result in 2012, Salve Regina had its first winning result in a CCC postseason road match, defeating Endicott College, 3-1. It was also the program's first-ever victory over the Gulls.
• Salve Regina reached the CCC championship game for the first time in 2012.

• Roger Williams has won the last five conference titles, including a 3-0 finals win over Salve Regina in 2012.
• Prior to the Hawk streak, Endicott had a three-year streak (2006-2008) and had won four in five years.
• Gordon College, which suffered a quarterfinal defeat (3-1 at Salve Regina) last Tuesday, won three straight league championships from 2000 to 2002.

• Salve Regina is 2-8 all-time on the road in the CCC postseason with both victories coming in semifinal action as the No. 3 seed - 3-1 win at Endicott on Nov. 1, 2012, and 3-2 victory at Western New England on Thursday.

• 2013 CCC Coach of the Year, Lauren Parsons, on the match-up with Roger Williams: "Meeting Roger Williams in the finals is a road we have traveled before. They are going to be a tough team to beat. We have to make sure that we focus on the current game and not the ones in the past. To be the best you have to beat the best and a match-up between the Hawks and the Seahawks couldn't be better. We are two evenly matched teams and it's going to come down to passing and defense. As long as we work hard and stay focused through every point we should come out with a win. I saw some great things from our players this season, and am proud to coach such a tough, hard-working team. They played their hearts out and are definitely ready for the conference championship."

• Jennifer Duggan led the Seahawks with 13 kills and also had 19 digs.
• Katelyn Beauregard added 11 kills.
• Taylor Violet dished 40 assists, had 10 digs and three block assists.

• Brittany McMullen led RWU with 15 kills and six blocks (one solo, five assist).
• Kristen Boyer played solid all around, totaling 14 kills, two assists, one block assist, and a career-high 27 digs.
• Nicole Weber and Josalyn Benson added 23 and 22 assists, respectively.
• Maria Batas finished with 29 digs.

• This is only the 21st match ever played in November for Salve Regina; more specifically, the Seahawks are playing for the first time on November 8.
• Salve Regina is 2-0 in five-set matches this season (a 3-2 win at Johnson & Wales on October 1, and Thursday night's thrilling semifinal victory at Western New England).

1. Roger Williams - 78 (6)
2. Salve Regina - 70 (2)
3. Endicott - 64 (1)
4. Western New Eng. - 57
5. U. of New England - 46
6. Wentworth - 29
7. Eastern Nazarene - 28
8. Gordon - 20
9. Curry - 13

Quarterfinals • Tuesday, November 4
#4 Endicott (16-15, 5-3) def. #5 University of New England (11-16, 4-4), 3-1
#3 Salve Regina (19-9, 6-2 CCC) def. #6 Gordon (14-14, 2-6), 3-1

Semifinals • Thursday, November 6
#1 Roger Williams (21-5, 8-0 CCC) def. Endicott (16-16, 5-3 CCC), 3-2
#3 Salve Regina (20-9, 6-2 CCC) def. #2 Western New England (19-12, 7-1 CCC), 3-2

Championship Match • Saturday, November 8
#3 Salve Regina (20-9, 6-2 CCC) at #1 Roger Williams (21-5, 8-0 CCC), 12 p.m.