When and Where: October 30, 2022 – Pleasantville, N.Y. (Goldstein Fitness Center)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 3, Pace University 1
Records: SNHU 13-6 (7-3 NE10), Pace 5-18 (3-7 NE10)

Graduate student Alice Arletti (Modena, Italy) reached career highs with 11 kills and nine blocks, as the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team recorded a 3-1 victory against Pace University on Sunday afternoon at the Goldstein Fitness Center.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Arletti – career-high 11 kills, .579 hitting, 1 ace, career-high 9 blocks, 3 digs
• Redshirt-junior Ana Pimenta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – 13 kills, 10 digs, career-high 6 blocks
• Senior Dai Thawnghmung (Lowell, Mass.) – 9 kills, 2 aces, 2 blocks, 6 digs
• Sophomore Carmen Bernardis (Trieste, Italy) – 9 kills, .389 hitting, 2 blocks, 3 digs
• Graduate student Sara Montefameglio (Turin, Italy) – 46 assists, 2 aces, 5 blocks, 7 digs
• Senior Kam Blaskey (Ventura, Calif.) – 6 kills, .385 hitting, 4 blocks, 3 digs
• Sophomore Deanne Wilson (No. Collins, N.Y.) – 20 digs

KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire led by three later in the first set when it scored six of the final seven points, including a set-clinching kill by Arletti, to go ahead, 1-0, in the match.
• Pace evened the match by returning the favor in the second set, closing with a 6-1 run to take the stanza.
• SNHU trailed, 19-17, in the third set when it scored eight of the final 11 points to take a 2-1 advantage.
• The Penmen dominated the final frame, notching the first eight points before jumping out to an 11-1 lead. Arletti collected three kills during the stretch. Pace would whittle the deficit to seven when another Arletti kill sparked an 8-2 rush that put the match away.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Set scores were 25-17, 18-25, 25-22, 25-12.
• Sophomore Chiara Di Valerio (Terni, Italy) tallied six digs.
• SNHU outhit Pace in all three sets, as well as .302-.082, overall.
• The Penmen held a massive 16-4 advantage in blocks.
• The Setters owned a 9-5 edge in aces.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire has won seven of its last 10, including two of three.
• The victory means SNHU controls its own destiny for an NE10 Championship quarterfinal home match and can clinch at leas the No. 4 seed with wins in its final two contests.
• The Penmen have now won seven of the last nine meetings with Pace, including four-in-a-row.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen return to action Friday, Nov. 4 (7 p.m.) when they play host to Le Moyne College at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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