When and Where: November 4, 2022 – Manchester, N.H. (Stan Spirou Field House)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 3, Le Moyne College 0
Records: SNHU 14-6 (8-3 NE10), Le Moyne 7-15 (3-8 NE10)

Redshirt-junior Ana Pimenta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) recorded a match-high 15 kills to lead the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team to a 3-0 triumph over Le Moyne College on Friday night at the Stan Spirou Field House.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Pimenta – 15 kills, .290 hitting, 1 ace, 7 digs, 3 blocks
• Sophomore Carmen Bernardis (Trieste, Italy) – 10 kills, .400 hitting, 2 blocks
• Senior Dai Thawnghmung (Lowell, Mass.) – 9 kills, .389 hitting, 2 blocks, 6 digs
• Graduate student Sara Montefameglio (Turin, Italy) – 39 assists, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 9 digs
• Senior Kam Blaskey (Ventura, Calif.) – 7 kills, .333 hitting, 3 blocks
• Graduate student Alice Arletti (Modena, Italy) – 6 kills, .385 hitting, 1 ace, 6 blocks, 3 digs
• Sophomore Deanne Wilson (No. Collins, N.Y.) – 15 digs, 2 aces

KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire trailed by two early in the opening set when a Bernardis kill set off a 16-1 blitz, with 14 straight serves from sophomore Chiara Di Valerio (Terni, Italy) producing 13 consecutive points, as SNHU opened a 19-6 advantage. Blaskey paced the Penmen with four kills during the stretch, while Pimenta added three. 
• Le Moyne held a three-point advantage in the second stanza when five straight Penmen points, including a pair of kills from Blaskey, flipped the hosts into the lead at 20-18. It was 22-21 in favor of SNHU when a kill and an ace from Montefameglio, as well as a Pimenta kill, gave Southern New Hampshire three of the next four points to go up 2-0 in the match.
• Two kills each from Pimenta and Arletti helped Southern New Hampshire jump out to a 9-3 lead in the third set. The margin was five when five different Penmen recorded a kill, including Bernardis, who contributed three, during a 9-3 rush that made it 20-9. The Dolphins countered with a 9-2 run to pull within 22-18, but would not get closer than four.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Set scores were 25-12, 25-22, 25-20.
• Di Valerio chipped in a pair of aces and five digs.
• SNHU outhit Le Moyne in all three sets, as well as .333-.085, overall.
• The Penmen held edges in blocks (9-7) and aces (7-6).

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire has won eight of its last 11, including three of four.
• SNHU is now locked in as the No. 4 or 5 seed for the NE10 Championship and will take on Saint Anselm College in the quarterfinal round on Thursday, Nov. 10. The Penmen will be home with a win Saturday or a loss and a Saint Anselm loss, otherwise the match would take place across town at the Hawks' Stoutenburgh Gymnasium.
• The Penmen have now won eight of 11 and five of six, including four straight, against the Dolphins. During the four-match winning streak against Le Moyne, SNHU has not dropped a set.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen wrap up the regular season Saturday (Nov. 5) at 1 p.m. when they play host to the College of Saint Rose on Senior Day at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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