Seahawks earn third straight sweep

SEAHAWK WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL RESULTS

Salve Regina 3, UMass Dartmouth 0
Dartmouth, Mass.  - Tripp Athletic Center
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Summary
The Salve Regina University women's volleyball team used solid net defense and capitalized on Corsair errors on Tuesday evening, outdoing UMass Dartmouth in a 3-0 non-conference victory at the Tripp Athletic Center.

Series and Streaks
The Corsairs still own a 10-7 advantage in the all-time series however the Seahawks have now won four in a row in the series and five of the last six dating back to 2011.

Three Stars of the Match
1 – Salve Regina junior Samantha Salwa (Ellington, Conn.) collected a match-high 24 assists and four service aces to go along with a team-high 12 digs.
2 – Salve Regina sophomore Cassidy Trablicy (Phoenix, Ariz.) produced a match-high eight kills, along with three aces, eight digs, and three assisted blocks.
3 – Salve Regina senior Kat Mendes (New Bedford, Mass.) recorded eight kills.

Quick Hits

• Salve Regina has now won three matches in a row, all 3-0 sweeps.
• The Seahawks totaled 11 service aces in the contest; two apiece from Sydney Puffer (Kittery, Maine) and Megan Parham (Tulsa, Okla.), three from Trablicy and four from Salwa to complete her stat line.

Next up

Salve Regina (5-3) – Thursday, Sep. 15 vs Wheaton (Mass.), 7 p.m.
UMass Dartmouth (3-3) – Thursday, Sep. 15 at Bridgewater St., 6 p.m.