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Dai Thawnghmung hitting a ball at the net
Jim Stankiewicz
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Pace Pace 12-8,3-6 NE10
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Winner Southern N.H. SNHU 12-9,6-3 NE10
Pace Pace
12-8,3-6 NE10
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Final
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Southern N.H. SNHU
12-9,6-3 NE10
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Pace Pace 23 25 13 23 (1)
Southern N.H. SNHU 25 20 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Women's Volleyball Runs Past Pace, 3-1

When and Where: November 3, 2023 – Manchester, N.H. (Stan Spirou Field House)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 3, Pace University 1
Records: SNHU 12-9 (6-3 NE10), Pace 12-8 (3-6 NE10)

Graduate student Dai Thawnghmung (Lowell, Mass.) recorded a double-double of 14 kills and 12 digs to lead the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team to a 3-1 triumph over Pace University on Friday evening at the Stan Spirou Field House.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Thawnghmung – 14 kills (.379), 12 digs, 4 blocks
  • Redshirt-senior Ana Pimenta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – 17 kills (.263), 13 digs, 4 blocks
  • Junior Chiara Di Valerio (Terni, Italy) – 6 kills, 3 aces, 8 digs
  • Grad student Alessandra Peli (Brescia, Italy) – 6 kills, 3 digs, 4 blocks
  • Sophomore Ella Koelb (Auburn, N.H.) – 42 assists, 2 kills, 1 ace, 8 digs, 2 blocks
  • Junior Deanne Wilson (Buffalo, N.Y.) – 19 digs
KEY MOMENTS
  • Southern New Hampshire trailed, 23-19, in the opening set when a kill by freshman Jaelyn Miles (Manchester, N.H.) sparked a run of six straight points that put the Penmen up, 1-0, in the match.
  • Pace led, 13-11, in the second set, before it scored eight of the next nine to open a 21-12 advantage. An 8-3 counter-run, with two Pimenta kills, pulled the Penmen within 24-20, but Pace would end it with a kill to even the match.
  • Three kills from Peli, and two each from Thawnghmung and Pimenta, raced SNHU out to a 21-9 advantage in the third set. Pace would not get closer than 10 the rest of the way.
  • The Setters used an 8-0 burst to erase a six-point deficit and open a 21-19 lead in the final frame. The Penmen countered with five straight on the strength of two Thawnghmung kills, to go back in front, 24-21. Clinging to a 24-23 lead, SNHU ended the match with another Thawnghmung kill.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Set scores were 25-23, 20-25, 25-13, 25-13.
  • Junior Carmen Bernardis (Trieste, Italy) notched four kills.
  • Senior Claire Wohlleber (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) posted three kills, an ace, four blocks and two digs.
  • Miles chipped in a pair of kills.
  • SNHU outhit Pace in the final two sets, as well as .187-.138, overall.
  • The Penmen held edges in blocks (11-10) and aces (5-4).
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire has won seven of its last nine matches, including five of six.
  • The Penmen have now won eight of the last 10 meetings with Pace, including five-in-a-row. The last Pace win in the series came on its home court Oct. 21, 2017 (3-0). SNHU has also captured four of the last five at home, including three straight. The last time the Setters won at SNHU was Nov. 11, 2016 (3-0).
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The Penmen are back in action Saturday (Nov. 4) at 1 p.m. when they play host to Adelphi University on Senior Day at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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