BOX SCORE

When and Where: October 20, 2018 – New Haven, Conn. (Pelz Gymnasium)
Score:  Southern Connecticut State University 3, Southern New Hampshire University 0
Records:  SCSU 14-12 (7-4 NE10), SNHU 8-9 (6-3 NE10)

Freshman Brooke Freckleton (Red Cliffs, Australia) recorded a career-best seven kills, but the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision (25-22, 25-20, 26-24) to Southern Connecticut State University on Saturday afternoon at Pelz Gymnasium.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Freckleton's seven kills came on .267 hitting.
• Junior Irem Bat (Istanbul, Turkey) posted eight kills, eight digs and a pair of blocks.
• Junior Amanda Costales (Wantagh, N.Y.) recorded seven kills, a service ace, 13 digs and a block.
• Senior Jessica Dillon (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) tallied 15 assists and five digs.
• Senior Priscila Castro (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) notched five kills and five digs.
• Senior Shaira Sanabria (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) collected 14 digs.
• Junior Joanne Coffey (Merrimack, N.H.) chipped in six assists and eight digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Southern New Hampshire trailed, 20-17, in the opening set when kills from Castro and Freckleton highlighted a 4-1 spurt that knotted the score at 21-all. Southern Connecticut responded with a 4-1 run of its own to go up 1-0 in the match, with Gabriela Vazquez sparking the stretch with a kill and two aces.
• The second set was tied, 12-12, when a kill and ace from Leanna Jadus carried a 3-0 spurt that put the Owls in front for good at 15-12. The Penmen would only get as close as two the rest of the way, with SCSU tallying four of the final six points in the set to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
• SNHU was behind, 23-15, when it ripped off a 9-1 run that tied the third set at 24-all. A Vazquez kill and Penmen error, however, gave Southern Connecticut the match.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Southern Connecticut outhit SNHU in the final two sets, as well as .128-.106 for the match.
• The Owls held a 12-5 advantage in total blocks.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire had won seven of its last eight, which was the program's best stretch since Sept. 8-Oct. 2, 2012 when it captured eight of nine.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen return to action Tuesday, Oct. 23 (7 p.m.) when they take on Stonehill College.
• The next home match for SNHU is Saturday, Oct. 27 (1 p.m.) when it plays host to the University of New Haven on both Senior Day and National Girls and Women in Sport Day at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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