Salisbury falls in the semifinals of the Asics/Johns Hopkins Invitational
BALTIMORE – The back-to-back-to-back games caught up to the Salisbury University volleyball team as the Sea Gulls lost in the semifinals of the 2006 Asics/Johns Hopkins Invitational in Baltimore. Salisbury advanced to the semifinals, after going 2-1 in pool play, where it faced Capital Athletic Conference foe Marymount University in a non-conference match.

The Sea Gulls pushed the Saints to a fifth game but ran out of steam as they lost by a score of 26-30, 30-26, 24-30, 30-23, 10-15.

Freshman Nicole Massarelli was named to the all-tournament team as she had nine kills in the semifinal match. Senior Abbey Petrecca had 40 assists and sophomore Jaime Marzocchi came up with 19 digs in the loss.

SU (2-2) won its first match of the day by beating Sewanee University of the South in straight sets 30-23, 30-17, 30-27. The Sea Gulls then turned around and played Randolph-Macon College and lost in five games; 21-30, 31-29, 30-27, 26-30, 11-15. Petrecca had a game-high 47 assists and sophomore Stacey Krebs spiked home 13 kills in the Randolph-Macon loss.

Salisbury will participate in the Gettysburg College Invitational next weekend.