Seahawks sweep home opener

NEWPORT, R.I. - The Salve Regina University women's volleyball team served up ten aces to help sweep visiting Rhode Island College 3-0 in a non-conference matchup Tuesday evening in the Seahawks home opener.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Salve Regina 3, Rhode Island College 0
Records: Salve Regina (2-3), Rhode Island College (3-1)
All-Time Series: Salve Regina is 10-8 in the all-time series and has won four in a row.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Salve Regina only trailed for eight points during an early sretch of the second set. The Seahawks led and never trailed in both the first and third sets.
• Madison Lee led the Seahawks scoring efforts with nine kills and an ace.
• Sienna DeCicco posted 19 assists to pace the Salve offense while Madison Lee and sister Morgan Lee combined for 17 digs.
• Amelia Murphy struck for six kills while Megan Philbrick notched five kills and a black to lead the Anchormen scoring.
• Salve Regina delived 10 aces in the match.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

"I'm very pleased with tonight's performance. We had a few players out so a lot of new faces made their way into the line up which was great to see from a coaches' point of view as they were able to maintain the level we like. I'm excited to see this team play against some of the stronger teams that are coming up on our schedule"" - Salve Regina head coach Sebastian Noordzy.

ON THE HORIZON:

Salve Regina hosts Simmons on Thursday September 15, a 7 p.m.