When and Where: October 11, 2022 – Worcester, Mass. (Laska Gymnasium)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 3, Assumption University 1
Records: SNHU 10-3 (4-1 NE10), Assumption 1-9 (1-5 NE10)

Redshirt-junior Ana Pimenta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) pounded out a career-high 17 kills and senior Ainsley Knox (Houston, Texas) dished a career-best 53 assists to lead the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team to a 3-1 victory against Assumption University on Tuesday evening at Laska Gymnasium.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Pimenta – career-high 17 kills, 11 digs, 4 blocks, 1 ace
• Knox – career-high 53 assists, 9 digs, 1 ace
• Sophomore Chiara Di Valerio (Terni, Italy) – season-high 12 kills, .458 hitting, 11 digs, 1 ace, 1 block
• Senior Kam Blaskey (Ventura, Calif.) – career-high 11 kills, .667 hitting, 1 block
• Senior Dai Thawnghmung (Lowell, Mass.) – 11 kills, 13 digs, 1 ace
• Sophomore Deanne Wilson (No. Collins, N.Y.) – 22 digs, 3 aces
• Graduate student Alice Arletti (Modena, Italy) – 9 kills, .500 hitting, 8 digs, 3 blocks

KEY MOMENTS

• SNHU trailed by five on two occasions in the opening set, but closed the frame on an 8-3 run – highlighted by a trio of Blaskey kills – to pull out the 26-24 win and go up, 1-0.
• Assumption jumped out to an 8-1 advantage and built a 12-4 lead in the second stanza, before the Penmen put together a 10-2 rush that gave them a 21-20 edge. The Greyhounds, however, would score five of the final seven points to even the match.
• Southern New Hampshire fell behind, 3-1, in the third stanza, but ripped off eight straight and 14 of the next 16 points to seize a 15-5 lead. Pimenta had four kills during the stretch. Assumption would eventually climb back to within five, but SNHU closed the set with five straight points, including a pair of Pimenta kills, to go in front, 2-1.
• In the fourth, Assumption went ahead, 9-4, but a 7-1 Penmen run – with a pair of kills from Thawnghmung – catapulted them in front, 17-15. It was a one-point game when SNHU notched five of the final six points, including a huge ace from Knox, to secure the win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Set scores were 26-24, 23-25, 25-15. 25-20.
• SNHU outhit Assumption in three of the four sets, as well as .313-.214, overall.
• The Penmen owned an 8-3 advantage in blocks, as well as a 7-6 edge in aces.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire, which has captured five of its last six matches, including four straight, is 10-3 for the first time since at least 1986.
• Southern New Hampshire has now won 11 of the last 13 meetings with Assumption.
• All 10 of SNHU's wins have come in less than five sets, including six that have only needed three sets.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen return to action Friday, Oct. 14 (7 p.m.) when they travel to Franklin Pierce University.
• SNHU is back home Saturday, Oct. 22 (1 p.m.) when it plays host to American International College at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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