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Grace Pierce watching after hitting the ball
Jim Stankiewicz
2
Mercy Mercy 2-5,0-0 ECC
3
Winner Southern N.H. SNHU 4-2,0-0 NE10
Mercy Mercy
2-5,0-0 ECC
2
Final
3
Southern N.H. SNHU
4-2,0-0 NE10
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Mercy Mercy 18 25 19 25 16 (2)
Southern N.H. SNHU 25 21 25 22 18 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Women's Volleyball Pulls Out Five-Set Win Versus Mercy

Four Penmen finish with double-digit kills

When and Where: September 14, 2021 – Manchester, N.H. (Stan Spirou Field House)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 3, Mercy College 2 
Records: SNHU 4-3, Mercy 2-5

Senior Grace Pierce (Fairfax, Va.) registered a career-high 12 kills to help lead the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team to a 3-2 victory against Mercy College on Tuesday at the Stan Spirou Field House. Set scores were 25-18, 21-25, 25-19, 22-25, 18-16.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Pierce – 12 kills, .379 hitting, 1 ace, 4 digs, 2 blocks
  • Junior Juliana Pacini (Sao Paulo, Brazil) – match-high 16 kills, 16 digs, 1 block
  • Juniors Dai Thawnghmung (Lowell, Mass.) – 12 kills, 2 aces, 18 digs, 2 blocks
  • Senior Ramona Fontaine (Chelsea, Mass.) – career-high-matching 10 kills, .308 hitting, 2 blocks
  • Graduate student Sara Montefameglio (Turin, Italy) – 36 assists, 2 aces, 12 digs, 1 block
  • Freshman Deanne Wilson (No. Collins, N.Y.) – 24 digs, 2 aces, 8 assists
  • freshman Chiara Di Valerio (Terni, Italy) – 7 kills, 1 ace, 8 digs
KEY MOMENTS
  • Mercy led, 9-7, in the deciding set when four kills from Pacini powered a 6-1 flurry that put the Penmen in front, 13-10. The Mavericks charged back, with three straight kills from Nilka Rivera Maldonado sparking a 4-0 run that put the visitors back in the lead at 14-13. A pair of attack errors would put SNHU at match point, but Mercy would tie it at 15-all. The score was still tied, 16-16, when kills from Thawnghmung and Pacini ended it.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Junior Ainsley Knox (Houston, Texas) chipped in eight assists and three digs.
  • SNHU outhit Mercy in the three sets it won, as well as .176-.112 for the match.
  • The Mavericks edged the Penmen in both blocks (5-4) and aces (9-8).
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire's 4-3 start is its best since the 2015 campaign.
  • SNHU remains perfect at 5-0 all-time against Mercy.
  • Fontaine also reached 10 kills twice in 2019.
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The Penmen return to action Tuesday, Sept. 21 (7 p.m.) when they play host to Saint Anselm College at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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