When and Where: November 5, 2021 – Manchester, N.H. (Stan Spirou Field House)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 3, Pace University 0
Records: SNHU 11-8 (7-3 NE10), Pace 1-18 (0-11 NE10)
Senior
Ramona Fontaine (Chelsea, Mass.) recorded five kills on a blistering .714 hitting, as the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team rolled past Pace University, 3-0, Friday night at the Stan Spirou Field House. Set scores were 25-9, 25-8, 25-9.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Fontaine – 5 kills, .714 hitting, 3 blocks
- Junior Juliana Pacini (Sao Paulo, Brazil) – 8 kills, 4 aces, 4 digs
- Freshman Chiara Di Valerio (Terni, Italy) – 7 kills, .438 hitting, 2 blocks, 2 digs
- Junior Dai Thawnghmung (Lowell, Mass.) – 5 kills, .286 hitting, 5 digs
- Graduate student Sara Montefameglio (Turin, Italy) – 19 assists, 2 aces, 4 digs, 2 blocks
- Freshman Deanne Wilson (Buffalo, N.Y.) – 11 digs, 5 assists
- Sophomore Claire Wohlleber (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) – four kills, .429 hitting, 4 blocks (all career bests)
KEY MOMENTS
- Southern New Hampshire roared out to a 7-1 lead in the opening set, as Montefameglio set the tone with back-to-back aces to begin the match. Pace would rattle off five of the next seven to trim its deficit to three, but SNHU would end the stanza with a 16-3 blitz – powered by three kills each from Fontaine and Pacini – to go up 1-0 in the match.
- Di Valerio would post four kills in the early part of the second set, as the Penmen went in front, 12-1, and later 15-2, to begin the stanza. A pair of kills from senior Grace Pierce (Fairfax, Va.) buoyed a set-ending 6-1 flurry that made it 2-0.
- In the final frame, SNHU took advantage of six Pace errors and combined that with a pair of Pacini aces to move out to a 9-1 lead. It was 17-8 later in the set when two Wohlleber kills book-ended an 8-1 run that clinched the match.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Pierce chipped in four kills.
- Junior Ainsley Knox (Houston, Texas) added seven assists and a pair of digs.
- SNHU outhit Pace in each of the three sets, as well as .337-(-.111) for the match.
- The Penmen owned an 8-0 advantage in aces and a 7-1 margin in blocks.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire has won six of its last eight, as well as four of five and three straight.
- The Penmen are also 6-1 in their previous seven NE10 tilts and currently sit in a tie for fifth place with three matches remaining.
- SNHU's 11-8 start to the season matches its same record through 19 contests in the 2019 campaign.
- The Penmen have now won six of the last eight meetings with Pace, including three-in-a-row.
- The .337 team hitting percentage was the highest for the Penmen in a single match this season and the most since they hit .398 in a 3-0 win against Saint Michael's on Oct. 22, 2019.
- Di Valerio has racked up 50 kills over the last three matches, averaging 12.5 per contest during that span. In the 15 matches prior, she averaged 5.1 kills per match.
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Penmen return to action Saturday (Nov. 6) at 1 p.m. when they cap their regular-season home slate against Adelphi University at the Stan Spirou Field House.
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