Women’s Volleyball Loses at NE10 Foe Saint Anselm

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Michael’s College women’s volleyball team lost at Saint Anselm College, 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-22), on Tuesday evening in Stoutenburgh Gymnasium during Northeast-10 Conference play.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael’s (1-12, 0-4 NE10), Saint Anselm (13-6, 3-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL’S LEADERS

• First-year Ella Patterson (Folsom, Calif./Vista Del Lago), 9 kills, 4 digs
• First-year Dana Welch (Howell, N.J./Donovan Catholic), 9 kills, 7 digs
• Sophomore Alexandra Báez Rentas (San Juan, Puerto Rico/New Dimensions), 20 assists, 10 digs, 6 kills, .600 hitting
• Sophomore Syrah Wright (Richmond, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union), 6 digs, 5 assists
• Junior Haley Stanton (Nashua, N.H./Nashua North), 4 kills

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Lauren Casey, 11 kills, 4 aces, .375 hitting
• Sophomore Gabby Belcher, 9 kills, .571 hitting
• Senior Michelle Henwood, 33 assists
• Senior Caroline Belmontez, 13 digs, 4 aces

THE ACTION

• The teams played through 16 ties in the opening set, as senior Beth Syverson‘s (Huntington, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union/Emmanuel [Mass.]) kill gave the Purple Knights their largest lead at 13-11. An attack error by Saint Anselm later helped the visitors tie the set at 20, but Belmontez dropped two aces in a clinching 5-0 run.
• Junior Caitlin Brown’s kill gave the Hawks an 8-3 lead in set No. 2 before the Purple Knights twice trimmed the deficit to one point, for the last time on Syverson’s kill (13-12). Patterson’s kill had her team within 17-14, and a service error had Saint Michael’s down just 21-17 before Belmontez’s ace capped a set-ending 4-0 stretch.
• Neither team led by more than three points in the third set until the late stages. Belcher’s kill provided the Hawks a 13-10 lead, but Welch downed three kills in an 11-5 response, and the Purple and Gold led 21-18. Báez Rentas’ kill still had her team in front at 22-20 before Belcher posted two kills and Casey dropped back-to-back aces to finish off a match-ending 5-0 run.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL’S MATCH

• Oct. 14 at Le Moyne College, 7 p.m.