When and Where: October 17, 2023 – Manchester, N.H. (Stan Spirou Field House)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 3, Assumption University 0
Records: SNHU 8-8 (2-2 NE10), Assumption 6-9 (1-5 NE10)

Redshirt-senior Ana Pimenta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and graduate student Dai Thawnghmung (Lowell, Mass.) each recorded 11 kills to lead the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team to a 3-0 victory against Assumption University on Tuesday night at the Stan Spirou Field House.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Pimenta – 11 kills, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 10 digs
  Thawnghmung – 11 kills, 5 blocks, 6 digs.
• Junior Carmen Bernardis (Trieste, Italy) – 8 kills, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 2 digs
• Sophomore Ella Koelb (Auburn, N.H.) – 27 assists, 2 aces, 9 digs
• Junior Deanne Wilson (Buffalo, N.Y.) – 7 assists, 1 ace, 16 digs

KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire trailed, 10-9, in the opening set when it ripped off a 12-1 run – powered by three kills from Thawnghmung and two from senior Claire Wohlleber (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) – to open a 21-11 lead. The Penmen then scored four of the final five to go up, 1-0, in the match.
• SNHU moved out to a 6-1 run in the second set on the strength of two Koelb aces, but Assumption would pull within 23-21. A Thawnghmung kill and ace from Pimenta made it 2-0.
• The Greyhounds held a 12-10 edge when a 7-0 Penmen run – with six Assumption errors –flipped the set and gave them a 17-12 lead. The score was 22-19 when two Pimenta kills led a 3-0 spurt that ended the match.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Set scores were 25-14, 25-21, 25-19.
• Graduate student Alessandra Peli (Brescia, Italy) chipped in four kills and a pair of blocks.
• Sophomore Alexandra Friebolin (Plant City, Fla.) posted six blocks.
• Wohlleber added two kills and a pair of blocks.
• SNHU outhit Assumption in all three sets, including .278-.057, overall.
• The Penmen owned advantages in blocks (11-0) and aces (5-3).

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire has won three of four.
• Southern New Hampshire has now won 12 of the last 14 meetings with Assumption, including seven straight at home. The last time the Greyhounds were victorious at SNHU was Oct. 16, 2012 (3-2).

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Saturday, Oct. 21 (1 p.m.) when they play host to Franklin Pierce University at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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