University of New Hampshire
UMBC
VOLLEYBALL SWEEPS PAST UMBC AND INTO AMERICA EAST TOURNAMENT
11/15/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
DURHAM, N.H. –
Lindsay Fogarty (Pleasanton, Calif.) registered a
team-best 10 kills and hit at a .391 clip to lift the University of
New Hampshire volleyball team to Sunday afternoon's
convincing 3-0 sweep of UMBC in America East action at Lundholm
Gymnasium. UNH improves to 13-14 overall with a 5-5 mark in America
East play, UMBC falls to 13-12, 5-5 AE.
The Wildcats, which have now won four-in-a-row and five of the
last six matches, secured the second seed in the upcoming America
East Championship and will play third-seeded Binghamton in a
semifinal match at 3 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20. The four-team
tournament will be held at top-seeded Albany on Nov. 20-21. The
other semifinal match pits top-seeded Albany against fourth-seeded
UMBC. The winners will meet on Saturday for the America East
Championship and the league's automatic bid into the NCAA
tournament.
Overall, New Hampshire has won 12 of the last 14 sets and
qualifies for the AE Championship after a one-year hiatus.
In addition to Fogarty, Kirsten Bates (Calgary,
Alberta) tallied nine kills, six digs and hit at a .368 clip.
Kate Uitti (Pinckney, Mich.) dished out a
match-high 31 assists, while Sara Heldman
(Greenwood, Ind.) added 11 defensive digs.
In the opening set, the Retrievers went out to an early 2-1 lead
which was quickly erased by six-straight UNH points making it 7-2.
The Wildcats never trailed again in the set as they expanded the
lead to 18-9 on an 11-7 run and went on to capture a 10-point
victory. New Hampshire hit at a .577 clip with 16 kills compared to
just one attacking error. UNH carried its momentum into the second
set as it jumped out to an early 8-4 lead. UMBC responded with
six-straight points and a large 9-2 run to make it 13-10. The
Wildcats tied it at 15-15 with a rally of their own. The set was
knotted at 20-20, before New Hampshire closed out the set by
capturing five of the final six points, which included a pair of
aces by Heldman. In the third and final set, UNH got out to a 6-1
lead and never trailed in the set. The Retrievers would narrow the
margin to 11-9, but an 8-3 run secured the Wildcats lead as they
went on for an eight-point set victory.
Second-seeded UNH returns to action on Friday, Nov. 20 in the
America East Championship semifinals against third-seeded
Binghamton at 3 p.m. on the campus of top-seeded Albany. Log onto
www.UNHWildcats.com
or www.AmericaEast.com
for more details including times, ticket information and more.
