Season Opening Tournament

Box Score (Cape Fear) / Box Score (Lake-Sumter State) / Box Score (St. John's River State) / Box Score (Fayetteville Tech)

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The College of Southern Maryland volleyball program took to the court for the first time in matches that counted and had a difficult debut, coming away victorious in just one of the 13 sets played over the weekend as they were swept by Cape Fear (host), Lake-Sumter State, and St. John's River State while taking the second set versus Fayetteville Tech.

The Basics:

• Score (Match 1)
  • Cape Fear – 3
  • Southern Maryland – 0
    • (18-25, 9-25, 11-25)

• Score (Match 2)
  • Lake-Sumter State – 3
  • Southern Maryland – 0
    • (13-25, 19-25, 12-25)

• Score (Match 3)
  • St. John's River State – 3
  • Southern Maryland – 0
    • (9-25, 12-25, 17-25)

• Score (Match 4)
  • Fayetteville Tech – 3
  • Southern Maryland – 1
    • (16-25, 25-23, 22-25, 11-25)

• Records
  • Southern Maryland (0-4, 0-0 Conference)
  • Cape Fear (3-1, 0-0 Conference)
  • Lake-Sumter State (4-0, 0-0 Conference)
  • St. John's River State (4-0, 0-0 Conference)
  • Fayetteville Tech (2-1, 0-0 Conference)

• Location
  • Wilmington, North Carolina – Cape Fear Community College

• Cape Fear Series History (Since 2012)
  • Sea Devils Lead 1-0 (0%)

• Lake-Sumter State Series History (Since 2012)
  • Lakehawks Lead 2-0 (0%)

• St. John's River State Series History (Since 2012)
  • Vikings Lead 2-0 (0%)

• Fayetteville Tech Series History (Since 2012)
  • Series Tied 1-1 (50%)

• Cape Fear Winning Streak (Since 2012)
  • Sea Devils (W1) / Hawks' Last Win: N/A

• Lake-Sumter State Winning Streak (Since 2012)
  • Lakehawks (W2) / Hawks' Last Win: N/A

• St. John's River State Winning Streak (Since 2012)
  • Vikings (W2) / Hawks' Last Win: N/A

• Fayetteville Tech Winning Streak (Since 2012)
  • Trojans (W1) / Hawks' Last Win: September 16, 2023 (3-0)

Hawks' Top Performers:

• Leila Iafeta spearheaded the offense in the Port City, leading the Hawks in points (41, 3.15 p/s), kills (37, 2.85 p/s), and attacks (126) by a wide margin with 22 digs (1.69 p/s) plus a pair of blocks and services aces each.

• Deanna Kalkbrenner made a spectacular first impression for Coach Sanders on both sides of the net, rejecting a team-best ten blocks (0.77 p/s) in addition to 21 kills (1.62 p/s) as well as a hitting percentage of 0.316.

• Mia DeCarlo was the service specialist for the Black and Gold, watching as eight of her attempts from the line hit the floor, a 0.62 per set average.

• Ana Salamanca was the captain on the defensive side of the coin, recording 60 digs (4.62 p/s) whereas the primary setter role fell to Amelie Lancioni with 74 assists (5.69 p/s) on top of making a positive mark in the digs department at 45 (3.46).

Next:

• The ladies get a week off to reset, recharge and set their sights on a better showing on Saturday and Sunday in New Rochelle at the Monroe Invitational.

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