Salem had 46 student-athletes maintain at least 3.3 GPA over the course of the 2019-20 academic calendar, earning USA South Academic All-Conference accolades.
Salem College wrapped up the 2019-20 athletic season with a virtual banquet on Friday, May 8, honoring a total of 20 student-athletes for their contributions throughout the campaign.
Lauren Holman, who completed her bachelor’s degree at Salem in 3.5 years, competed in both tennis and volleyball over her collegiate career. A native of Vale, N.C., Holman came to Salem after attending Fred T. Foard High School.
Corrin Shores is the lone three-sport athlete featured in this seven-part series about Salem’s multi-sport athletes. Shores has competed in basketball, swimming and volleyball in her collegiate career.
Salem volleyball head coach Bouaketh Chanthavisouk, who enters her second year at the helm of the program, released the 2020 schedule on Monday, April 6.
Salem's Kathryn O’Connell was named to the 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District volleyball team on Thursday, Nov. 14 for her performance both on the court and in the classroom.
Three members of the Salem volleyball team were acknowledged by the USA South Conference on Thursday, Nov. 7, when the league announced its top performers for the 2019 season. Among the Spirits recognized for their contributions were Kathryn O’Connell and Taylor Moulton, who were named Second Team East Division, and Anna Schneider, who was selected as a member of the All-Sportsmanship Team.
The duo of Taylor Moulton and Kathryn O’Connell recorded 14 kills apiece, but it was not enough to hold off Greensboro’s trio of Sarah Egbers (19 kills), Hailey Stout (16) and Carly Uhlir (11), who carried The Pride to a 20-25, 15-25, 25-16, 25-21, 15-11 win in the opening round of the USA South Conference Volleyball Championships at Averett University in Danville, Va.
After finishing the USA South Conference volleyball slate with a 10-6 mark, which resulted in the fourth-best record in the East Division standings, Salem will square off against rival Greensboro in the first round of the league tournament at Averett, Va., on Monday at 5 p.m.
The Salem volleyball team concluded the 2019 regular season on Sunday at a tri-match held by Emory & Henry. The Spirits began the day with a 25-8, 25-13, 25-22 setback to Sewanee and ended the afternoon session with a four-set setback (24-26, 26-24, 22-25, 23-25) against the host Wasps.
Taylor Moulton, one of four seniors competing in their final match at Varsity Gym, made her presence felt against visiting Meredith by accounting for 19 kills and 13 digs. However, it was the Avenging Angels that emerged with a four-set victory by scores of 25-12, 25-21, 26-28 and 25-16.
Behind the trio of Kathryn O’Connell (12 kills), Taylor Moulton (18 digs) and Madelyn Chappell (10 kills) the Salem volleyball team avenged an earlier setback to Pfeiffer with a 25-19, 24-26, 25-14, 25-18 victory over the Falcons at Varsity Gym on Wednesday evening.
The Salem volleyball team closes out the 2019 home slate this week with a pair of matches against Pfeiffer and Meredith at Varsity Gym. The Spirits, who will play a total of four matches in a five-day stretch, will host Pfeiffer on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. Two days later, Salem will hold Senior Day festivities in a meeting with Meredith at 7 p.m.
The Salem volleyball team posted two wins in a USA South Conference tri-match that featured Greensboro and N.C. Wesleyan on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Hanes Gymnasium. Salem opened the day by downing N.C. Wesleyan by scores of 25-23, 25-14 and 25-18. Later in the afternoon, the Spirits came through with a 25-21, 14-25, 25-20, 25-22 victory against the host Pride.
The Salem volleyball team heads to neighboring Greensboro for its third USA South Conference tri-match of the season on Saturday when it takes on N.C. Wesleyan and the host Pride beginning at 2 p.m. in Hanes Gym.
Four Salem players topped double-digit kills, including Taylor Moulton and Madelyn Chappell who finished with a team-high 15 each, but Averett rebounded from dropping back-to-back sets to claim the fifth and a 25-18, 26-24, 23-25, 19-25, 15-10 victory at Varsity Gym in USA South volleyball action on Tuesday evening.
The Salem volleyball team, which is locked in a third-place tie in the USA South East Division standings with William Peace, will host divisional leader Averett at Varsity Gym on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.
The Salem volleyball team earned a split against USA South Conference foes William Peace and Mary Baldwin in a tri-match hosted by the Pacers in Raleigh, N.C. on Saturday, Oct. 19. The Spirits began the day with a 25-18, 25-16, 25-23 win over Mary Baldwin and capped off the session with a 25-22, 25-16, 25-9 setback to William Peace in the evening.
The Salem volleyball team begins a two-day, three-match stretch on Friday, Oct. 18, when the Spirits make a trek to West Virginia to face Bluefield State at 5:30 p.m. It is the first of three matches for Salem this weekend, which will play a USA South Conference tri-match on Saturday against Mary Baldwin (2 p.m.) and William Peace (4 p.m.) in Raleigh, N.C.
Salem’s senior standout Taylor Moulton notched the 1,000th kill of her career in the third set of the Spirits’ 26-24, 25-13, 25-23 win over USA South Conference rival Methodist on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at Varsity Gym.
The Salem volleyball team returns home on Wednesday, Oct. 16, to square off against Methodist in a key USA South Conference between the two programs at Varsity Gym.
Brooklyn Snow tallied a match-high nine kills and Kathryn O’Connell added eight, but Meredith had six players with at least five kills as the Avenging Angels picked up their seventh win in USA South Conference action with a 25-16, 25-19, 25-18 win over Salem in volleyball action on Thursday evening.
Taylor Moulton tallied a team-best 11 kills while Kathryn O’Connell finished with 10, but it was not enough as Pfeiffer’s Reagan Wyatt posted 15 kills and a .619 attack percentage in a 25-21, 25-19, 25-19 win over Salem in a clash of USA South Conference foes on Tuesday evening in Meisenheimer, N.C.
The Salem volleyball team, winners of six of its last seven matches, including triumphs over N.C. Wesleyan and Greensboro over the weekend, returns to action on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at Pfeiffer.
For the second time in as many weekends the Salem volleyball team earned wins over USA South opposition in a tri-match as the Spirits emerged with a 3-1 victory (25-17, 25-14, 21-25, 25-16) against host N.C. Wesleyan before coming through with a 28-26, 25-22, 25-21 win over Greensboro on Saturday afternoon in Rocky Mount, N.C.
Winners of four of its last five matches, the Salem volleyball team heads to Rocky Mount, N.C., this weekend for a tri-match that features the Spirits, Greensboro and N.C. Wesleyan on Saturday, Oct. 5.
Kathryn O’Connell recorded nine kills while Anna Schneider and Brooklyn Snow added eight each, but it was the Averett trio of Sarah Shropshire (16 kills), Lauren Montren (15) and Morgan Barnes (11) that proved to be the difference as the Cougars emerged with a 23-25, 25-21, 25-15 and 25-16 victory on Tuesday, Oct. 1.