Cedar Ridge Volleyball

Photo by Franklin & Marshall University Athletics  Melissa Benkowitz: For the first time since 2000, Franklin & Marshall won a match in the NCAA Division III Volleyball Tournament. The Diplomats defeated (RV) Williams in four sets (25-19, 25-20, 11-25, 25-20) at Rockwell Cage in Cambridge, MA. Benkowitz finished with a team-high three aces, ten kills and…

Photo from Salisbury Athletics  Julie Altieri: For the fourth straight year, the Salisbury Sea Gulls have advanced to the Division III NCAA Tournament. Salisbury earned an at-large bid to the field of 64 when the field was unveiled on Monday afternoon. Salisbury will travel to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge for its opening round…

Khoury May’s first year as a head coach was a memorable opening act. From her very first match, where Cedar Ridge defeated Person in five sets, 2025 was a special year filled with one accolade after another at a school that has developed a rich volleyball heritage over the past decade. On Monday, May was…

Photo courtesy of Elon University Athletics  Cameron Lanier: The Elon Phoenix got a weekend sweep of UNC Wilmington at the Schar Center on Saturday and Sunday. Lanier led the Phoenix with 18 kills with a .469 percentage in Elon’s 3-2 win over the Seahawks on scores of 21-25, 25-22, 25-19, 21-25, 18-16). On Saturday, Elon knocked…

Grace Young: The Division III Greensboro Pride won the USA South Conference championship with its 19th straight win on Saturday. The Pride defeated Averett University and Meredith College during a tri-match at Hanes Gymnasium. Young is in her second season with Greensboro after transferring from UNC Asheville. Against Meredith, Young had eleven digs as the Pride…

After sweeping the conference regular season and tournament championships for the first time since 2022, the Cedar Ridge volleyball team placed three players on the All-Region 3 team. Senior outside hitter Claire Hargett, freshman Dani Solomon and senior setter Mia Marty were all honored by the North Carolina Volleyball Coaches Association. Solomon was one of…

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is senior volleyball middle blocker Kayla Stoll. This season, Stoll ignited the Red Wolf volleyball team to the Big 7 Conference regular season and tournament championships. She finished with 181 kills, averaging 1.9 per set, as the Red Wolves started the season with 17 consecutive wins,…

They silenced volleyball’s loudest house in Roxboro and didn’t flinch. They defeated a 7A team that eventually finished undefeated in its conference on the road–in just their second week together. They surpassed Orange and Seaforth for supremacy in the Big 7 Conference and only dropped seven sets against league opponents. From the very beginning, this…