'Cats Drop Senior Day Match to UAlbany, 3-0

Sunday, October 29

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

10-13, 5-4AE

University at Albany

8-13, 8-1AE

UAlbany

UNHVB

Photo by: Maya Campbell

10/29/2017 6:20:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Video Highlights Weekend Recap

DURHAM, N.H. – Hannah Petke (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) recorded a match-high 11 kills on a .318 hitting percentage, but the University of New Hampshire volleyball team was defeated 3-0 by the University at Albany on Sunday at Lundholm Gym.

The set scores were 25-16, 25-18, 25-23.

Gabri Olhava (Mount Prospect, Ill.) finished with 10 kills, a .444 hitting percentage and two service aces. Emma Patlovich (Lake Bluff, Ill.) had a team-high 18 assists and Jenny Weston (Canton, Mass.) led the Wildcats in digs with 10.

UNH is now 10-13 overall and 5-4 in America East. UAlbany strengthened its position atop the conference standings by improving to 8-13, 8-1.

The Wildcats honored its two seniors -- Courtney Bowman (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) and Katie Rebrovich (Burleson, Texas) -- prior to the match, the last of the regular season at Lundholm Gym.

Up Next

New Hampshire ends the regular season with three consecutive road matches. The Wildcats travel to play Stony Brook on Nov. 5 (1 p.m.).
UNH hits the road the following weekend to play Hartford (Nov. 12) and UMBC (Nov. 12).

UNH		UA
38	Kills	37
23	Errors	13
.130	Hitting Pct.	.216
37	Assists	33
3 / 6	Aces / Serve Errors	6 / 3
48	Digs	45
4	Blocks	11

THE DIFFERENCE

With the score tied 18-18 in the second set, UAlbany reeled off seven consecutive points to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
UNH had a 38-37 edge in kills, but the Wildcats also had more attack errors, 23-13, as the Great Danes recorded 11 team blocks.

SET 1

There was just one tie and one lead change, and that happened in the first three points of the match.
New Hampshire won the opening point on a kill by Courtney Bowman (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), but UAlbany won four consecutive points to take a lead it would not relinquish.
The visitors built a 12-5 lead. UNH responded with a 3-0 run, but that was matched by the Great Danes to push the score to 15-8.
The margin was as high as nine points, 20-11, before the Wildcats closed the gap to 21-16 with a 5-1 run.
UAlbany then closed out the first set on a 4-0 spurt.

SET 2

There were 12 tie scores and four lead changes in a set that was tightly contested until the Great Danes' closing seven-point run.
UAlbany took a 5-1 lead but that was countered with a 5-1 run by the 'Cats to level the score at 6.
Trailing 8-7, UNH won four consecutive points behind Olhava, who tallied a kill and two aces during the run.
UAlbany immediately answered with a 3-0 run to tie the score at 11.
Neither team led by more than one point until the visitors' set-ending run.
Danielle Tedesco began and ended the 7-0 run with kills.

SET 3

UNH recorded its best hitting percentage of the match at .275, but it wasn't enough in a set that saw four ties and one lead change.
The ties were at 1,2,3, and 4, and the lead change occurred when UAlbany won four consecutive points to take an 8-4 lead.
The Wildcats closed within 8-7, but the Great Danes extended the advantage to 12-7.
Trailing 14-9, UNH battled back within14-12 on a kill by Bowman and back-to-back blocks by Kennedi Smith (The Woodlands, Texas), who finished the match with nine kills and nine digs.
The 'Cats trimmed the deficit to the narrowest of margins – one point – three times before UAlbany went on a 3-0 run to take a 20-16 lead.
A kill and block by Olhava sparked a 3-0 spurt that once again pulled UNH within one point, 22-21.
The teams exchanged points to advance the score to 24-23 and Chloe Evering ended the set and match with a kill.

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