When and Where: September 19, 2023 – Rindge, N.H. (FPU Fieldhouse)
Score: Franklin Pierce University 3, Southern New Hampshire University 1
Records: SNHU 5-4, FPU 5-2

Junior Carmen Bernardis (Trieste, Italy) notched 10 kills, but the Southern New Hampshire University women's volleyball team returned to action after a nine-day layoff and suffered a 3-1 non-conference loss to Franklin Pierce University on Tuesday night at the FPU Fieldhouse.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Bernardis – 10 kills, .381, 2 digs, 1 block
• Redshirt-senior Ana Pimenta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – 10 kills, 1 ace, 3 digs
• Freshman Quinlynn Parish (Faribault, Minn.) – 5 kills, .273
• Sophomore Alexandra Friebolin (Plant City, Fla.) – 5 kills
• Freshman Katalin Kovacs (Budapest, Hungary) – 16 assists, 5 aces, 9 digs

KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire held an 18-13 lead in the opening set when four Franklin Pierce errors and a Parish kill made up a 5-0 run that stretched the margin to an even 10 at 23-13. The Ravens would tally three of the next four points before another Parish kill put SNHU up, 1-0, in the match.
• The second set was tied, 5-5, when an 8-1 rush from the Ravens put them in front, 13-6, and the Penmen would never get closer than three the rest of the way.
• SNHU clung to a 23-22 lead in a tightly-contested third set, but Franklin Pierce ripped off three straight kills, including a pair from Annaka Lindstrom, to steal the set and go up, 2-1, in the match.
• In the fourth, FPU again broke a 5-5 tie with a 5-0 spurt to go up, 10-5. The lead was still five later on at 18-13, when a 7-2 run for the Ravens gave them the win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Set scores were 16-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-15.
• Graduate student Alessandra Peli (Brescia, Italy) tallied four kills (.375), two aces and a block.
• Sophomore Ella Koelb (Auburn, N.H.) registered 11 assists, an ace and three digs.
• Graduate student Dai Thawnghmung (Lowell, Mass.) posted 11 digs.
• Junior Deanne Wilson (Buffalo, N.Y.) collected seven digs.
• FPU outhit SNHU in the final three sets, as well as .210-.130, overall.
• The Ravens held an advantage in blocks (9-4), while the Penmen returned the favor in aces (10-9).

NOTES

• After beginning the season 5-1, Southern New Hampshire has lost three straight.
• Franklin Pierce defeats SNHU at home for the first time since Nov. 12, 2019 (3-0), but the Penmen have won four of the last six meetings, dating back to 2017.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Saturday, Sept. 23 (2 p.m.) when they take on Bentley University.
• SNHU will turn around three days later and play host to Bentley on Tuesday, Sept. 26 (7 p.m.) at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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