When and Where: October 18, 2022 – Manchester, N.H. (Stoutenburgh Gymnasium)
Score: Saint Anselm College 3, Southern New Hampshire University 1
Records: SNHU 11-4 (5-1 NE10), Saint Anselm 17-6 (6-1 NE10)

Sophomore Carmen Bernardis (Trieste, Italy) tallied a career-high 14 kills, but the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team dropped a 3-1 decision to Saint Anselm College on Tuesday night at Stoutenburgh Gymnasium.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Bernardis – career-high 14 kills, 3 digs
• Rredshirt-junior Ana Pimenta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – 13 kills, 16 digs, 1 block
• Senior Ainsley Knox (Houston, Texas) – 42 assists, 8 digs
• Sophomore Deanne Wilson (No. Collins, N.Y.) – 24 digs, 2 aces
• Sophomore Chiara Di Valerio (Terni, Italy) – 6 kills, 9 digs
• Senior Kam Blaskey (Ventura, Calif.) – 6 kills, 4 blocks
• Graduate student Alice Arletti (Modena, Italy) – 5 kills, .417 hitting, 1 ace, 2 digs
• Senior Dai Thawnghmung (Lowell, Mass.) – 5 kills, .357 hitting, 3 digs, 2 blocks

KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire trailed by eight late in the opening set when an 8-1 blitz pulled it to within 24-23. An attack error ended the comeback and gave Saint Anselm a 1-0 advantage in the match.
• The hosts built a 17-7 lead in the second stanza and would never let the Penmen get closer than six.
• With the third set tied, 26-26, a Pimenta kill gave SNHU the advantage and a Saint Anselm attack error would put the Penmen on the board.
• SNHU owned a 19-14 lead in the fourth, but an 8-1 run from Saint Anselm flipped it in front at 22-20. The Penmen would score four of the next five to get back into it, but with the score even at 27-all, a service error from the visitors and a Kaitlin Brown kill for the hosts gave Saint Anselm the win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Set scores were 25-23, 25-18, 26-28. 29-27.
• Saint Anselm outhit SNHU in three of the four sets, as well as .159-.103, overall.
• The Hawks doubled up the Penmen in blocks (8-4) and also held a 6-4 edge in aces.
• Sophomore Eyleen Dias (Plymouth, Mass.) collected 12 digs, which was just one shy of her career high.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire has captured six of its last eight matches.
• The Penmen have their first five-match winning streak since Sept. 15-Oct. 9, 2018 halted.
• Saint Anselm has won nine of the last 11 meetings with SNHU.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen return to action Saturday, Oct. 22 (1 p.m.) when they play host to American International College at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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