MANCHESTER, N.H. - Nicole Buchholz (Ashburn, VA) totaled 12 kills as Franklin Pierce University held off a furious Southern New Hampshire University rally to post a 3-2 Northeast-10 women's volleyball victory Wednesday night at the SNHU Fieldhouse.  The Ravens, who won the first two games before surrendering the next two to the Penmen, improve to 7-8 and 2-2 in league play, while the hosts are now 5-5 and 1-2 in the league.

The game scores  were 30-27, 30-25, 27-30, 17-30, 15-10.

Karissa Hookstadt (Camarillo, CA) finished with eight kills and 21 assists and 10 digs for FPU, who also got eight kills apiece from Michelle Koike (San Francisco, CA) and Diana Rutt (Dayton, NV).  Lindsay Burrill (Salem, NH) had 23 digs while Emily Schultz (Salem, WI) had 22.

For the Penmen, Brooke Lefort (Cumberland, RI) and Stephanie Dluginski (Floral Park, NY) led with 15 kills apiece while Jamie Rood (Southbury, CT) had 11.  Brianna Doucet (Danville, NH) totaled 32 digs, while Kelly Scanlon (East Providence, RI) was the leading setter with 23 helpers.

Southern New Hampshire is idle until Tuesday, September 25, when it travels to Bryant University for a 7:00 match.  Franklin Pierce hosts Queens (NY) Friday evening.