Center Valley, PA (August 30, 2025) - The DeSales University volleyball team split its two matches on Saturday afternoon at its home tournament to finish the tournament with a 1-2 opening weekend record.

Match #1 (W/3-2 vs. Rutgers-Camden - 25-23, 14-25, 25-14, 23-25, 15-13)
DSU took a 1-0 lead with hard fought first set win.  Camden tied it at one dominating the second set before the Bulldogs took a 2-1 lead dominating the third set.  DeSales squandered an opportunity to close out the match with a late mistake on a ball headed out of bounds late in the fourth set as Camden rallied for a 25-23 win.  The Bulldogs led 11-5 in the fifth set and seemed to be cruising to the win before Rutgers tied the score late and the Bulldogs rallied to win scoring the final two points.

Sophomore Brooke Signorella led the attack with 14 kills, hitting .345 and junior Jocelyn Castro had 11 kills and two blocks, hitting .435 for the match.  Sophomore Ashlyn Dinan had 25 assists.  A pair of first-years in Sophia Wilson (10 assists in final three sets) and Samantha Buff (4 kills and 4 blocks in last three sets) helped DSU pull out the win.

Sophomore Kylie Campbell had 15 digs  and sophomore Amanda Maroney added 11 digs.  Sophomore Allison Reimer totaled nine kills and 18 digs.

Match #2 (L/0-3 vs. Eastern - 23-25, 17-25, 13-25)
DSU dropped a tight first set and couldn't rebound falling to the Eagles in three.

Sophomore Maddie Sandt led the attack with five kills.  Dinan had 14 assists and Campbell led the defense with 13 digs.

The Bulldogs are back in action on Friday taking on Ursinus College at the Neumann University Tournament.