NEWARK, Del. - - For the first time since the 2014 season, the Wilmington University volleyball team will be the South Division No. 1 seed for the upcoming Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament and will host the North Division's No. 4 seed Dominican on Tuesday in the First Round.
After missing the CACC Tournament a season ago, the Wildcats went 11-4 in CACC play this year, tying Holy Family atop the CACC South Division. The Wildcats swept the Tigers in the two regular season matchups, earning the tiebreaker to be the No. 1 seed. Dominican in the North Division's No. 4 seed after going 5-9 in CACC play.
The Wildcats and Chargers squared off twice in the regular season, with the first matchup going down as a nonconference meeting. Dominican beat the Wildcats, 3-0, on the campus of St. Michael's on September 13, but then the Wildcats traveled to Orangeburg, New York, on October 4 and won their fourth five-setter of the season at that point.
Tuesday will be the fourth meeting between the two programs in the CACC Tournament. The Wildcats are 2-1 against the Chargers in the postseason, winning on the road in 2011 and at home in 2014. The Chargers won the CACC Tournament Championship against the Wildcats in 2012 at the WU Athletics Complex. The Wildcats are 23-5 all-time against the Chargers.
Tickets/Admission for CACC Volleyball Tournament (CASH ONLY):
Adults: $10.00
Students, Children and Senior Citizens: $5.00
WilmU Students/Staff with ID: Free
Links to Follow the CACC Volleyball Tournament First Round:
Live Stats vs. N#4 Dominican: https://wildcats.athletics.wilmu.edu/sports/wvball/2025-26/boxscores/20251118_h5q4.xml
Live Video: https://caccnetwork.com/athleticswilmu/?B=3093255
CACC Tournament Championship Page: https://caccathletics.org/tournaments/?id=26
Scouting the South's No. 1 Wilmington University Wildcats:
The Wildcats went 9-1 in their 10 regular season contests against South Division opponents, leading to their first CACC South Division Regular Season title since also tying atop the league in 2013 and 2014. They earned the No. 1 seed in the South Division after sweeping Holy Family in their two matchups.
Wilmington is 7-2 in matches that go the distance, losing to Queens on the road on September 6 and against West Chester on October 23. All seven of their five-set matches came inside the CACC, defeating Georgian Court, Holy Family, Chestnut Hill twice, Dominican, and Goldey-Beacom twice, leading to the most sets played in the CACC at 122.
As a team, the Wildcats are third in the CACC in collecting 15.20 points per game and fourth overall in hitting .190. They lead the CACC and are the only team that average more than 2.00 per set, going for 2.01. They are also the least blocked team in the league, as opponents only get 1.33 blocks per set. They are also fourth in the CACC with 2.25 aces per set and fifth overall with 14.75 digs per set.
Individually, Karla Nunez-Rivera leads the CACC and is seventh in the CACC in putting down 3.11 kills per set. Makailah Ford is fourth in the CACC with 0.84 blocks per set while Chelsea Blaine-Agett is seventh overall with 0.76 blocks per set. Haley Hollands leads the Wildcats and is tied for fifth in the CACC with 0.48 aces per set. Addison Hoover is right behind Holland and is tied for seventh in the league with 0.45 aces a game. Morgan Daniels ranks eighth in the CACC with 3.25 digs per set as well.
Scouting the North's No. 4 Dominican University New York:
Dominican comes into the CACC Tournament going 2-2 in their last four games and 4-6 overall in their last 10 matches overall. In November, they lost at Chestnut Hill, 3-2, defeated Felician, 3-0, fell at Jefferson, 3-2, defeated Caldwell, 3-1, and finished the regular season with a loss against Post, 3-1, on Saturday.
As a team, the Chargers are ninth in the CACC in scoring 13.67 points per set and eighth overall in hitting .144 on the year. They are sixth in the league in putting down 10.74 kills per set and 10th overall in getting 1.19 blocks per set. They allow 2.35 aces a set and get blocked 1.75 times a set offensively. They ranked fourth overall in the CACC in digs though, getting to 14.82 per set.
The Chargers' Savannah Todd is fifth in the CACC with a .288 attack percentage while Kaeden Sanstead is second overall in the league in dishing out 8.97 assists per set. Linda Armao Peng leads the team with 4.20 digs per set which would rank fifth in the CACC while Kaitlyn Carr leads the team with 3.38 kills per set and Elizabeth Perez is second on the team with 3.18 kills a set.
Wilmington in the CACC Tournament:
2004 (2-0): #1 Wilmington def. #5 NJIT, 3-0; #1 Wilmington def. #2 Teikyo Post, 3-1
2005 (1-1): #4 Wilmington def. #5 Bloomfield, 3-2; #1 Goldey-Beacom def. #4 Wilmington, 3-0
2006 (0-1): #4 Goldey-Beacom def. #5 Wilmington, 3-2
2007: DNP
2008 (0-1): S#1 Georgian Court def. S#4 Wilmington, 3-0
2009: DNP
2010 (0-1): S#2 Philadelphia def. S#3 Wilmington, 3-0
2011 (1-1): S#3 def. N#2 Dominican, 3-1; S#1 Holy Family def. S#3 Wilmington, 3-1
2012 (2-1): S#1 Wilmington def. N#4 Post, 3-0; S#1 Wilmington def. S#3 Georgian Court, 3-2; N#1 Dominican def. S#1 Wilmington, 3-0
2013 (1-1): S#1 Wilmington def. N#4 Felician, 3-0; S#3 Georgian Court def. S#1 Wilmington, 3-0
2014 (1-1): S#2 Wilmington def. N#3 Dominican, 3-0; N#1 Caldwell def. S#2 Wilmington, 3-1
2015 (1-1): S#2 Wilmington def. N#3 Caldwell, 3-2; N#1 Post def. S#2 Wilmington, 3-2
2016: DNP
2017: DNP
2018 (0-1): N#1 Post def. S#4 Wilmington, 3-0
2019 (0-1): N#1 Felician def. S#4 Wilmington, 3-1
2020: DNP – COVID-19
2021 (1-1): S#2 Wilmington def. N#3 Post, 3-0; N#1 Bloomfield def. S#2 Wilmington, 3-2
2022 (0-1): N#2 Bridgeport def. S#3 Wilmington, 3-0
2023 (1-1): S#3 Wilmington def. N#2 Felician, 3-0; S#1 Jefferson def. S#3 Wilmington, 3-1
2024: DNP
Overall: 11-14
Season and All-Time Records vs. CACC Tournament Semifinal Participants:
North Division:
#1 Post University Eagles: 2025 – vs. L 3-1; All-Time – 20-8; CACC Tournament – 3-2
#2 University of Bridgeport Purple Knights: 2025 – vs. L 3-1; All-Time – 0-5; CACC Tournament – 0-1
#3 Felician University Golden Falcons: 2025 – @ L 3-1; All-Time – 22-4; CACC Tournament – 2-1
#4 Dominican University Chargers: 2025 – N L 3-0, @ W 3-2; All-Time – 23-5; CACC Tournament – 2-1
South Division:
#1 Wilmington University Wildcats
#2 Holy Family University Tigers: 2025 – vs. W 3-2, @ W 3-1; All-Time – 21-22; CACC Tournament – 0-1
#3 Goldey-Beacom College Lightning: 2025 – vs. W 3-2, @ W 3-2; All-Time – 32-12; CACC Tournament – 0-2
#4 Thomas Jefferson University Rams: 2025 – vs. W 3-1, @ L 3-0; All-Time – 11-29; CACC Tournament – 0-2
2025 CACC Volleyball Championship Schedule:
Quarterfinals (Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Sites of Highest Seeds)
S#4 Jefferson at N#1 Post (6 p.m.)
N#3 Felician at S#2 Holy Family (7 p.m.)
N#4 Dominican at S#1 Wilmington (6 p.m.)
S#3 Goldey-Beacom at N#2 Bridgeport (6 p.m.)
Semifinals (Saturday, Nov. 22, at Goldey-Beacom College)
Post/Jefferson Winner vs. HFU/Felician Winner (12 or 2:30 p.m.)
WilmU/Dominican Winner vs. UB/GBC Winner (12 or 2:30 p.m.)
(Highest remaining seed will play in the first semifinal match at 12 p.m.)
Championship Final (Sunday, Nov. 23, at Goldey-Beacom College)
Semifinal Winner vs. Semifinal Winner (12 p.m.)