SYRACUSE, N.Y.—The Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team split a pair of matches Saturday afternoon at Le Moyne College, defeating Bloomfield College 3-0 before falling to the host Dolphins 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.  With the split, the Penmen now stand at 3-1 overall, while Bloomfield falls to 0-3 and Le Moyne betters themselves to 4-3 on the season. 

In the first match of the double feature, Stephanie Dluginski (Floral Park, N.Y.) totaled a game-high 17 kills and hit at .708 on the day.  Lauren Lorenz (Frankfort, Ill.) recorded a season-high 30 assists, and Erica Solomon (Islip Terrace, N.Y.) added 20 digs.  Nicole Matte (North Attleboro, Mass.) and Peyton Williams (Huntington Beach, Calif.) each tallied six kills. The Penmen hit an impressive .405 in the opening match while holding Bloomfield to a negative attack.  Game scores were 25-18, 25-8, and 25-12. 

 In the second match of the afternoon, the Penmen suffered the first loss of the season by scores of 19-25, 22-25, and 16-25.  Dluginski led the Penmen with 13 kills, and Lorenz dished out 19 assists.  Le Moyne was led by Allison Habel, who totaled 10 kills and 11 digs for the Dolphins.  Bethany Fabian added 11 kills, and Katie Plukas finished with a game-high 33 assists. 

After recording 30 kills on the afternoon, Dluginski has moved into third-place on the Southern New Hampshire career kills leader board with 847 total kills. 

Southern New Hampshire returns to action on Thursday, September 16, traveling to Assumption College for a 7:00 p.m. match.