Women’s Volleyball Defeated at NE10 Power New Haven

WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The Saint Michael’s College women’s volleyball team lost at Northeast-10 Conference power University of New Haven, 3-0 (25-11, 25-10, 25-7), on Saturday evening in Charger Gymnasium. New Haven has won six NE10 Championships since 2008.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael’s (1-12, 0-9 NE10), New Haven (18-6, 8-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL’S LEADERS

• First-year Alexandra Báez Rentas (San Juan, Puerto Rico/New Dimensions), 12 digs, 5 assists, 2 kills
• First-year Syrah Wright (Richmond, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union), 5 digs, 3 assists
• Senior Abby Gallagher (Kingston, Mass./Silver Lake Regional), 3 kills, 6 digs
• Sophomore Caitlin O’Connor (Bourne, Mass./Bourne), 4 kills
• First-year Sydney Krause (Saginaw, Mich./Valley Lutheran), 4 assists

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jessica Akiona, 15 kills, .583 hitting
• First-year Macy Brown, 11 kills, 10 digs
• First-year Sophia Leon-Tabor, 34 assists, 7 digs
• Junior Emily Barry, 13 digs, 4 aces

MATCH FACTS

• New Haven has won 13 of its last 14 matches.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights nabbed a trio of early two-point leads in the opening set, once apiece on kills by Báez Rentas and Gallagher. A 5-0 run by New Haven put the hosts up 8-5, and the visitors later were down only 13-8 on an O’Connor kill. The Chargers scored 12 of the next 15 points to clinch the set.
• New Haven forged a 11-1 start in the second set before Saint Michael’s cut the deficit to single digits on four occasions, including when Gallagher and junior Caroline Curley (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury) each put down a kill. The Chargers never led by fewer than nine points from there.
• The hosts scored the first nine points in set No. 3, and the Purple Knights never again came closer than eight points, when junior Beth Syverson (Huntington, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union/Emmanuel [Mass.]) dropped a kill at 10-2.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL’S MATCH

• Friday vs. Le Moyne College, 7 p.m.