NEW HAVEN, Conn.—The Southern New Hampshire University volleyball team suffered its second setback of the season, falling to Southern Connecticut State University by a score of 3-1 on Friday evening.  With the loss, the Penmen fall to 6-2 overall and 2-1 in the Northeast-10 Conference, while the win improves the Owls to 8-6 overall and 2-2 in NE-10 play. 

Game scores were 23-25, 22-25, 25-20, and 17-25.

Stephanie Dluginski (Floral Park, N.Y.) led the Penmen with a career-high 21 kills, hitting at a personal-best of .581. Dluginski moved into second place on SNHU's career kills list and now has 908 kills for her career.

Peyton Williams (Huntington Beach, Calif) finished with nine kills and 11 digs for Southern New Hampshire.  Lauren Lorenz (Frankfort, Ill.) dished out a game-high 31 assists on the evening.

Megan Hiss led Southern Connecticut with 13 kills and five digs.  Kimberly Lachowicz had 28 assists for the Owls, and Lauren McVey finished with ten digs on the afternoon.

The Penmen narrowly out hit the host Owls on the evening, hitting .252 while the Owls hit .250.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m. as they host the University of New Haven as part of SNHU's Alumni Weekend festivities.