BOX SCORE

When and Where: September 7, 2018 – California, Pa. (Convocation Center)
Score: Bloomsburg University 3, Southern New Hampshire University 0
Records: Bloomsburg 3-3, SNHU 1-3

Sophomore Irem Bat (Istanbul, Turkey) recorded a double-double of 11 kills and 19 digs, but the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team was blanked by Bloomsburg University, 3-0 (25-20, 26-24, 25-19), Friday afternoon in its opener at California (Pa.) University's Vulcan Invitational at the Convocation Center.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Bat was the only Penmen in double figures in kills, hitting .259 to go along with a pair of blocks.
• Senior Jessica Dillon (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) just missed a double-double with 11 assists and nine digs.
• Sophomore Joanne Coffey (Merrimack, N.H.) tallied 13 assists, six digs and a pair of service aces.
• Senior Shaira Sanabria (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) collected 22 digs.
• Senior Priscila Castro (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) chipped in six kills and four digs.
• Freshman Ramona Fontaine (Chelsea, Mass.) added six blocks and three kills.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The opening set was even at 3-all when Bloomsburg rattled off a 12-4 run – highlighted by a trio of Emma van Arsdale aces – to make it 15-7. A 5-0 spurt later in the set, which featured a kill and ace from Coffey, pulled the Penmen to within 21-16. SNHU would three times get to within four points, but the Huskies would answer each time to take the set.
• SNHU led, 24-23, in a tightly-contested second set, but Bloomsburg would notch the final three points, including two off kills from Mia Nicholes, to go up, 2-0, in the match.
• Bloomsburg built a 17-9 lead in the third set, but the Penmen would not roll over. Instead, they ripped off a 7-1 run, buoyed by a pair of Fontaine kills, to slash the deficit to 18-16. That would be as close as SNHU would come, however, and Bloomsburg would secure three of the final four points to earn the sweep.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Bloomsburg outhit SNHU for the match, .140-.088, despite being outhit by the Penmen in each of the first two sets.
• The Penmen owned a 15-6 advantage in blocks.

NOTES

• Bloomsburg's volleyball program is in its inaugural season.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen return to the Convocation Center later Friday (6 p.m.) for their nightcap against Cal (Pa.).
• SNHU plays Indiana (Pa.) University (11 a.m.) and Mercyhurst University (6 p.m.) on Saturday to close out the Vulcan Invitational.
• The next home match for Southern New Hampshire is Saturday, Sept. 15 (1 p.m.) when it plays host to Assumption College in Northeast-10 action.

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