Volleyball Led By Muses’ Double-Double, Falls to Bryant in Three Sets

Tuesday, September 6

Smithfield, RI

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-4

Bryant University

3-6

UNH

Bryant

Photo by: Paige O'Donnell

Volleyball Led By Muses’ Double-Double, Falls to Bryant in Three Sets

9/6/2016 9:44:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – 2015 America East Co-Player of the Year Demi Muses (Orangevale, Calif.) tallied 11 kills and 11 digs as the University of New Hampshrie volleyball team fell in three sets (20-25, 19-25, 21-25) at Bryant University Tuesday night.

UNH (3-4) Team Stats
42 kills
39 assists
1 services aces
52 digs
10 blocks (all assisted)
.225 hitting percentage

Bryant (3-6) Team Stats
51 kills
48 assists
6 service aces
56 digs
9 blocks (all assisted)

UNH Individual Stats
Muses:11 kills, .385 hitting percentage, 11 digs, 4 assisted blocks
Kennedi Smith (The Woodlands, Texas): 10 kills, 5 digs
Emily Tanski (Plymouth, Mich.): 9 kills, .333 hitting percentage, 11 digs
Keelin Severtson (Delray Beach, Fla.): 24 assists

Bryant Individual Stats
Kiley Robbins: 15 kills, .231 hitting percentage
Ava Patterson: 11 kills, .500 hitting percentage
Kirstyn Sperry: 8 kills, .615 hitting percentage, 14 digs, 23 assists
Vika Katzen: 7 kills, 10 digs, 23 assists

Up Next: New Hampshire heads to Temple University to take on Rutgers University, Temple and Cleveland State over the weekend. UNH returns home on Tuesday, Sept. 13 to host Harvard University at 7 PM.

-1^st set-
UNH took a quick 3-0 lead in the set off of two Bulldog errors and a Bowman kill. Bryant quickly responded with three points of their own to knot it up at three. The 'Cats held a narrow one-point lead until scoring three straight points on a Muses kill, Tanski kill and a block by Tanski and Gabri Olhava (Mount Prospect, Ill.). Bryant responded with five straight points to take a 12-10 lead and they held onto it for the remainder of the set.

-2^nd set-
UNH fell 8-2 early in set two before fight back to a two-point deficit, 17-15, on a block by Mali Jereczek (Green Bay, Wis.) and Muses. Bryant went on to score four straight points, 21-15, and solidfy the set win.

-3^rd set-
Noone led the third set by more than three points until the Bulldogs rallied for three straight points late to take a 22-17 lead following two UNH attack errors. New Hampshire scored the next two points but then both teams traded the following five points and Bryant claimed the sweep, 25-21.

For the most up-to-date information on the volleyball team, visit UNHWildcats.com.