University of New Hampshire Athletics
University of New Hampshire
Binghamton
VOLLEYBALL SWEEPS PAST BINGHAMTON, 3-0
11/1/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
VESTAL, N.Y. – Seniors Lindsay
Fogarty (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Kirsten
Bates (Calgary, Alberta) registered 12 and 10 kills,
respectively, to lift the University of New Hampshire volleyball
team to a 3-0 sweep of Binghamton University on Sunday afternoon at
West Gym.
The Wildcats improve to 10-14, 2-5 America East. Binghamton is now
11-13, 3-4 AE.
Bates hit at a .219 clip and added nine digs, while Fogarty added
eight digs and hit at a .150 mark. In addition to Bates and
Fogarty, Sara Heldman (Greenwood, Ind.) lead the
way defensively with 22 digs, while Kate Uitti
(Pinckney, Mich.) dished out 30 assists.
Play was even early in the first set with the score tied at 16-16,
until three-straight Wildcat points made it 19-16. The Bearcats
called timeout and coming out of the stoppage rattled off a pair,
which prompted a Wildcat timeout. New Hampshire regrouped and
closed out the set on a 6-2 run to capture the set 25-20. In the
second set the teams were knotted at 11-11 before an 8-2 spurt made
it 19-13.Binghamton would close the gap, but could not come all the
way back as the Wildcats won the set, 25-18. New Hampshire hit at a
.243 clip with 13 kills in the set. With the third set tied 10-10,
UNH finished off the match by notching 15 of the final 22 points.
In the set, the Wildcats had 12 kills and took advantage of seven
Bearcat errors.
UNH returns to action on Friday, Nov. 6 at Hartford. Match time is
6 p.m. in West Hartford, Conn. The Wildcats return home on
Saturday, Nov. 14 against Stony Brook (7 p.m.).
