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Dai Thawnghmung attacking the ball as her teammates look on
Jim Stankiewicz
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Winner St. Anselm SA 11-6,2-2 NE10
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Southern N.H. SNHU 7-8,1-2 NE10
Winner
St. Anselm SA
11-6,2-2 NE10
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Final
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Southern N.H. SNHU
7-8,1-2 NE10
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
St. Anselm SA 26 16 25 26 (3)
Southern N.H. SNHU 24 25 23 24 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Women's Volleyball Drops Tightly-Contested, 3-1 Decision to Saint Anselm

Thawnghmung tallied team-high 16 kills

When and Where: October 14, 2023 – Manchester, N.H. (Stan Spirou Field House)
Score: Saint Anselm College 3, Southern New Hampshire University 1
Records: SNHU 7-8, Saint Anselm 11-6

Grad student Dai Thawnghmung (Lowell, Mass.) registered a double-double of 16 kills and 12 digs, but the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team fell, 3-1, to cross-town rival Saint Anselm College in a closely-contested, non-conference affair Saturday afternoon at Stan Spirou Field House

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Thawnghmung – 16 kills, .353, 1 ace, 4 blocks, 12 digs.
  • Redshirt-senior Ana Pimenta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – 10 kills, 2 aces, 2 blocks, 14 digs
  • Junior Deanne Wilson (Buffalo, N.Y.) – 8 kills, 3 aces, 13 digs
  • Graduate student Alessandra Peli (Brescia, Italy) – 8 kills, 1 ace, 4 blocks
  • Sophomore Alexandra Friebolin (Plant City, Fla.) – 5 kills, 6 blocks
  • Sophomore Ella Koelb (Auburn, N.H.) – career-high 45 assists, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 7 digs
  • Junior Elyeen Dias (Plymouth, Mass.) – 16 digs, 2 aces
KEY MOMENTS
  • Saint Anselm led, 24-19, in the opening set when two Thawnghmung kills and a pair of Dias service aces powered a 5-0 Southern New Hampshire run that evened the score. The Hawks scored the next two, however, to go up, 1-0, in the match.
  • SNHU led, 9-7, in the second set when it scored 15 of the next 23 to open up a 24-16 advantage. A Pimenta kill leveled the match, 1-1.
  • In the third, Saint Anselm was up, 24-20, when three straight pulled the Penmen with a point, but a Melis Kocak kill handed the visitors a 2-1 advantage.
  • In the fourth frame, SNHU looked like it was on its way to forcing a fifth set, as it jumped out to a 9-2 lead on the strength of two Thawnghmung kills and a pair of Wilson aces, but Saint Anselm would use a 10-1 burst later in the set to go in front, 13-12. The back-and-forth continued, with the Penmen taking a 24-22 advantage, but the Hawks would record the final four points to rally and take the match.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Set scores were 26-24, 16-25, 25-23, 26-24.
  • SNHU outhit Saint Anselm in the middle two sets, but the Hawks held a .208-.207 edge, overall.
  • The Penmen owned a 10-9 advantage in blocks, while the Hawks returned the favor in aces (11-10).
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire had won two straight.
  • Saint Anselm has won 10 of the last 15 meetings, but SNHU has also captured four of the last six tilts dating back to 2021. The Penmen had been victorious in two straight at home, last losing to the Hawks there Sept. 21, 2021 (3-0).
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The Penmen are back in action Tuesday, Oct. 17 (7 p.m.) when they play host to Assumption University at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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