Women’s Volleyball Drops NE10 Decision to Southern New Hampshire

COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Saint Michael’s College women’s volleyball team lost to Southern New Hampshire University, 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-21), on Tuesday evening in the Ross Sports Center during Northeast-10 Conference play.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael’s (1-9, 0-6 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (8-7, 4-2 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL’S LEADERS

• Senior Abby Gallagher (Kingston, Mass./Silver Lake Regional), 5 kills, 6 digs
• Sophomore Caitlin O’Connor (Bourne, Mass./Bourne), 5 kills, 2 blocks
• First-year Sydney Krause (Saginaw, Mich./Valley Lutheran), 8 assists, 11 digs, 2 aces
• First-year Alexandra Báez Rentas (San Juan, Puerto Rico/New Dimensions), 6 assists, 8 digs, 3 kills, .750 hitting
• First-year Syrah Wright (Richmond, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union), 6 digs, 3 aces
• Junior Caroline Curley (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury), 3 blocks
• Junior Beth Syverson (Huntington, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union/Emmanuel [Mass.]), 3 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Dai Thawnghmung, 14 kills, .458 hitting, 6 digs
• Junior Juliana Pacini, 12 kills, 9 digs, 2 aces, 2 blocks
• Graduate student Sara Montefameglio, 23 assists, 7 digs, 3 aces, 2 blocks
• First-year Deanne Wilson, 14 digs

MATCH FACTS

• The Purple Knights dropped a season-high eight aces while recording six blocks, their third straight match with at least five blocks.

THE ACTION

• Montefameglio turned in three aces during a match-opening 7-0 run, and senior Grace Pierce’s kill made it 11-3, but the Purple Knights stayed in the set with an 11-6 surge. O’Connor had two blocks and a kill in that time, while Syverson came up with two blocks and Gallagher posted a kill and an ace, and the Purple and Gold trailed 17-14. Pacini’s kill kicked off a 3-1 spurt that put the Penmen up 20-15, but Báez Rentas’ kill later had the hosts within 21-17. However, three straight Thawnghmung kills sparked a clinching 4-0 run.
• Two kills from first-year Chiara Di Valerio helped Southern New Hampshire claim a 7-1 lead in set No. 2 before O’Connor had a kill and Wright an ace in a 4-0 response, and the Purple Knights trailed just 8-7 on another O’Connor kill. Di Valerio’s kill pushed the Penmen lead back to 15-10, but Saint Michael’s drew even at 18-18 following a 4-0 run that featured kills by Báez Rentas and first-year Shannon Jordan (Walpole, Mass./Walpole) and an ace from Krause. However, a service error out of a timeout kicked off a 7-0 run by Southern New Hampshire, which received three kills and a…