NEWPORT, R.I. -- (Saturday, September 20, 2025)-- In their second home match of the season the Salve Regina University women's volleyball team downed the visiting University of Maine at Presque Isle Owls 3-0 in game one and game two of a doubleheader at Rodgers Recreation Center in non conference action.

The Owls took an early lead to start out set one but Salve Regina counteracted with a seven-point run midway through the set. The teams reached 25-25 which sparked a series of back-and-forth rallies but Salve Regina claimed the set 29-27 with one kill apiece from Lauren Hoyle and Cecelia Bronson. After three close sets the Seahawks secured three decisive set victories in the second match against the Owls to never drop a set on the day.

INSIDE MATCHUP ONE:
Final: Salve Regina 3, University of Maine at Presque Isle 0
Records: Salve Regina (6-4,0-0 NEWMAC), UMPI (2-1,0-0 NAC)
History: This is the first meeting of the Seahawks and Owls in women's volleyball.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Lauren Hoyle led the host with 12 kills followed by Lauren Shurling with ten and Cecelia Bronson who posted eight.
• Salve Regina had an impressive 43 kills overall with a .340 hitting percentage.
• The Seahawks totaled five aces in the match with Bronson adding two.
• Hoyle also topped the block category with three.
• Kirra Baker led the team's dig efforts with 11.

INSIDE MATCHUP TWO:
Final: Salve Regina 3, University of Maine at Presque Isle 0
Records: Salve Regina (7-4,0-0 NEWMAC), UMPI (2-2,0-0 NAC)

NOTEWORTHY:

• The Seahawks saw 28 kills and a hitting percentage of .281 across the three sets.
• Sydney Hanlon led the Seahawks with seven kills.
• Kate Andy had the team-high three aces.

QUOTING COACH NOORDZY:

"Today was a really good day with this doubleheader against University of Maine at Presque Isle. We did a good job of taking care of the ball on our side and were able to work through some things that we've been focusing on throughout the week in practice. We had some really good performances and it was a strong day overall. We always talk about how we can play simple volleyball better. We knew we were scoring points in the first set-- we got a whole bunch of kills, a few aces and a couple of blocks. We knew we had to figure out a way to stop them from scoring easy points and once we made that adjustment we were able to snowball our point creation" 

ON THE HORIZON:
Next up the Seahawks are on the road on Tuesday, September 23, at 7 p.m. for the first conference game of the season against Clark University.