When and Where: September 24, 2022 – West Haven, Conn. (Charger Gymnasium)
Match 1 Score: Southern New Hampshire University 3, University of New Haven 1
Records: SNHU 7-3 (1-1 NE10), UNH 7-7 (1-1 NE10)

Graduate student Sara Montefameglio (Turin, Italy) handed out a season-high 42 assists, as the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team posted a 3-1 victory at the University of New Haven on Saturday at Charger Gymnasium.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Montefameglio – 42 assists, 3 aces, 9 digs
• Senior Juliana Pacini (Sao Paulo, Brazil) – 14 kills, .303 hitting, 2 aces, 8 digs
• Senior Dai Thawnghmung (Lowell, Mass.) – 14 kills, 7 digs, 2 blocks
• Redshirt-junior Ana Pimenta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – 12 kills, 15 digs
• Graduate student Alice Arletti (Modena, Italy) – 9 kills, .296 hitting, 1 ace, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Deanne Wilson (No. Collins, N.Y.) – 19 digs

KEY MOMENTS

• Trailing, 1-0, in the match and 6-5 in the second set, SNHU responded with a 13-5 stretch – highlighted by five kills form Thawnghmung and three from Pimenta – to take an 18-11 lead. The Penmen would score seven of the last nine points, with Thawnghmung contributing a pair of kills, to even the match.
• In the third set, SNHU used a 7-0 rush to take a two-point lead up to a 19-10 advantage. Pimenta (three kills, block) and Arletti (two kills, block) had a hand in six of the points. The Penmen would notch five of the last seven points, including four via error.
• SNHU was clinging to a 21-20 lead in the fourth set when four straight points from the Penmen, including kills from Pacini and Arletti, gave them the victory.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Set scores were 16-25, 25-15, 25-15, 25-20.
• SNHU outhit New Haven in each of the final three sets, as well as .187-.131, overall.
• The Chargers owned an 11-5 advantage in blocks, while the Penmen held the edge in aces (8-3).

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire is 7-3 for the first time since the 2010 campaign.
• New Haven had won seven straight in the series and 15 of the last 16 meetings. The last win in the series came in Manchester on Nov. 8, 2014 (3-0). The Chargers had also captured eight consecutive home meetings.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen return to action Tuesday, Sept. 27 (7 p.m.) when they play host to Saint Michael's at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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