Women’s Volleyball Downed in Return From Lay-Off at Southern New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Michael’s College women’s volleyball team returned to action for the first time in 10 days with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-11, 25-17) loss against Southern New Hampshire University on Tuesday evening during Northeast-10 Conference play in Spirou Field House.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael’s (1-10, 0-2 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (8-3, 2-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL’S LEADERS

• First-year Ella Patterson (Folsom, Calif./Vista Del Lago), 4 kills, 5 digs, 2 aces
• Senior Beth Syverson (Huntington, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union/Emmanuel [Mass.]), 4 kills, 2 blocks
• Junior Haley Stanton (Nashua, N.H./Nashua North), 4 kills
• Sophomore Alexandra Báez Rentas (San Juan, Puerto Rico/New Dimensions), 14 assists, 5 digs
• First-year Dana Welch (Howell, N.J./Donovan Catholic), 2 kills in 1 set
• Senior Caroline Curley (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury), 2 kills, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Aaliyah Huihui-Martinez (Salinas, Calif./Notre Dame), 5 digs, 3 assists

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Redshirt junior Ana Pimenta, 10 kills, 7 digs
• Sophomore Chiara Di Valerio, 8 kills
• Senior Kam Blaskey, 7 kills, 3 blocks
• Senior Dai Thawnghmung, 7 kills
• Graduate student Sara Montefameglio, 25 assists
• Senior Ainsley Knox, 10 assists

THE ACTION

• The Penmen notched five kills en route to taking a 6-0 lead in the opening set, ultimately leading 13-3 and never again leading by fewer than six points.
• Stanton and Syverson registered back-to-back kills to bring Saint Michael’s within 12-5 in set No. 2, but the Penmen netted the next four points to go ahead by double digits for good.
• Welch’s kill had the Purple Knights down just 5-3 in the third set, but the hosts slowly pulled away with 12 of the next 16 points to forge a double-digit lead. Patterson’s ace brought the Purple and Gold within 20-14, but the visitors came no closer.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL’S MATCH

• Saturday at Bentley University, 1 p.m.