MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College women's volleyball team came up short against Saint Michael's College, 3-1, during a Northeast-10 Conference (NE10) tilt on Tuesday night. The Hawks are now 2-2 in conference play while the Purple Knights pick up their first NE10 victory of the season.
UP NEXT:
- Saint Anselm plays Southern New Hampshire University on Saturday, Oct. 14 for their next NE10 clash. The match is set for an 11:00 a.m. start time at the Stan Spirou Field House.
Score: Saint Anselm 1, Saint Michael's 3
Records: Saint Anselm (10-6, 2-2); Bentley (3-7, 1-2)
Location: Colchester, Vt. (Ross Sports Center)
Date: Tuesday, October 10th
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Freshman Melis Kocak (East Greenwich, R.I.) opened the scoring in the first set with her kill off the assist from classmate Sam Pila (Melbourne, Australia). The Hawks added to their lead thanks to multiple attacking errors by the Purple Knights along with a pair of kills from freshman Hollyn Frano (Cave Creek, Ariz.) to make it 9-2. Back-to-back kills from senior Audrey Wetjen (Henderson, Nev.) and a service ace by Frano furthered Saint Anselm's lead to 12-3. Shortly after Pila notched her first ace of the match to make it 16-8, senior Emma Adams (Gary, Texas) would tally a kill to give the Hawks an eight-point advantage. Frano registered four kills and two aces to help secure the 25-14 win in set one for the Hawks.
- The Purple Knights jumped out to a 3-0 advantage until the Hawks tied the score thanks to a kill from Kocak and an ace by Brown. Two kills from Grace Almeida and a service ace from Alexandra Báez Rentas gave Saint Michael's an 11-9 advantage. Brown notched another pair of kills to even the score at 12-12, but the Purple Knights began to pull away with a 5-2 run to go ahead 17-14. After Pila registered a kill to make it 17-16, Saint Michael's would take control by generating an 8-2 run to tie the match at 1-1 with a 25-18 second set victory.
- In the third set, the Purple Knights took a quick 4-1 lead until an ace from senior Alina Barbarena (Los Angeles, Calif.) and a kill by Kocak tied the set at 5-5. Three consecutive kills from the Hawks gave the team a brief two-point cushion before Saint Michael's went on an 8-1 run to take back a 14-9 lead. Brown fought back registering three kills midway through the set to make it a 15-13 score. Saint Anselm narrowed the lead to one point thanks to a 4-1 run, but the Purple Knights would go on to win the set by a final score of 25-20.
- After exchanging early points in the fourth set, Saint Anselm took a 6-5 lead thanks to a kill apiece from Pila and Wetjen along with an ace by Frano. Saint Michael's then went on a 6-1 run featuring kills from four different Purple Knights to go ahead 11-7. Brown answered with two kills and an ace to help cut the advantage to 12-11 and the Hawks would soon take a 15-14 lead following Purple Knights attacking errors and a kill from Kocak. Both teams continued to exchange points late in the set until Saint Michael's connected four points in a row to make it match-point. Brown responded by firing a kill and a service ace to even the score at 24-24, but Saint Michael's would take the 3-1 win after securing the fourth set by a final score of 26-24.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Brown led the team with 15 kills along with seven digs, three aces, and two blocks for a season-high 19 points. Frano followed with 11 kills, 10 digs, six service aces, and a block.
- On the passing effort, Pila dished out 36 assists and recorded a season-high 11 digs for the Hawks.
- Barbarena tallied 14 digs for Saint Anselm along with four assists and an ace.
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