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Juliana Pacini celebrating in front of the net, with a teammate's arms raised in the foreground
Jim Stankiewicz
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Winner Southern N.H. SNH 7-6 (3-2 NE10)
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Saint Anselm STA 11-5 (1-2 NE10)
Winner
Southern N.H. SNH
7-6 (3-2 NE10)
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Final
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Saint Anselm STA
11-5 (1-2 NE10)
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Southern N.H. SNH 15 25 25 25 (3)
Saint Anselm STA 25 18 20 23 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Women's Volleyball Upends Saint Anselm, 3-1

Penmen snap Hawks' nine-match home winning streak; claim first win at Stoutenburgh in six years

When and Where: October 12, 2021 – Manchester, N.H. (Stoutenburgh Gymnasium)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 3, Saint Anselm College 1
Records: SNHU 7-6 (3-2 NE10), Saint Anselm 11-5 (1-2 NE10)

Junior Juliana Pacini (Sao Paulo, Brazil) tallied up a match-high 15 kills to lead the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team to a 3-1 road upset of crosstown-rival Saint Anselm College on Tuesday night at Stoutenburgh Gymnasium. Set scores were 18-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-23.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Pacini – 15 kills, .289 hitting, 2 aces, 8 digs
  • Junior Dai Thawnghmung (Lowell, Mass.) – 13 kills, 12 digs
  • Freshman Chiara Di Valerio (Terni, Italy) – 8 kills, 10 digs, 3 blocks
  • Senior Ramona Fontaine (Chelsea, Mass.) – 6 kills, 2 blocks, 2 digs
  • Graduate student Sara Montefameglio (Turin, Italy) – 36 assists, 1 ace, 6 digs
  • Freshman Deanne Wilson (Buffalo, N.Y.) – 12 digs
KEY MOMENTS
  • Trailing, 1-0, in the match and, 10-7, in the second set, Southern New Hampshire came alive, as three Pacini kills powered a 9-1 rush that put the Penmen in front, 16-11. After Saint Anselm trimmed the deficit to one, SNHU responded with a 9-3 run - with two more Pacini kills - to even the match at 1-1.
  • The Penmen held a 21-20 edge in the third set when a Pacini kill set off a run of four straight points that ended the set and put the visitors up, 2-1 in the match. Senior Grace Pierce (Fairfax, Va.) added a kill and a block during the stretch.
  • In the fourth, with the score tied at 20-all, Thawnghmung buoyed a 5-3 flurry with three kills, including the match clincher.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Pierce chipped in two kills, three digs and three blocks.
  • SNHU outhit Saint Anselm in each of the final three sets, as well as .188-.168 for the match.
  • The Hawks held advantages in blocks (6-5) and aces (8-4).
NOTES
  • SNHU's 7-6 start to the season is its best since the 2014 campaign.
  • Southern New Hampshire hands Saint Anselm its first home loss of the season (7-1) and snaps its nine-match home winning streak that dated back to 2019. It is the first home loss for the Hawks since Nov. 16, 2019.
  • Saint Anselm, which swept SNHU, 3-0, back on Sept. 21, had won eight of the previous nine meetings, including four straight, entering the day.
  • Southern New Hampshire halts a four-match road losing streak against the Hawks, leaving Stoutenburgh with a win for the first time since Sept. 9, 2015 (3-0).
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The Penmen return to action Friday, Oct. 15 (5 p.m.) when they play host to Stonehill College at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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