Muses Records Double-Double In Sweep of UMass Lowell

Friday, November 4

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

16-10, 7-2AE

University of Massachusetts Lowell

6-19, 1-9AE

UMass Lowell

UNH

11/4/2016 9:57:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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DURHAM, N.H. – Demi Muses (Orangevale, Calif.) recorded her fourth consecutive double-double with a match-high 11 kills and team-high 12 digs to lead the University of New Hampshire volleyball team to Friday night's 3-0 victory against UMass Lowell at Lundholm Gym. The set scores were 25-14, 25-16, 25-21.

UNH extended its win streak to five matches to improve to 16-10 overall and 7-2 in America East. The victory clinched a berth in the 2016 America East Championship tournament, which will be played at the site of the No. 1 seed.

UMass Lowell, which has lost all nine lifetime meetings against the Wildcats, is now 6-19, 1-9.

Muses has seven double-doubles the past eight matches and a team-high 12 this season. She tallied 11 kills and just one error in 20 attacks for a .500 hitting percentage, and also had two service aces.

New Hampshire Team Stats
37 kills / 17 errors / .211 hitting percentage
35 assists
6 services aces / 2 service errors
43 digs
7 blocks (including two solo)

UMass Lowell Team Stats
31 kills / 22 errors / .091 hitting percentage
28 assists
4 service aces / 3 service errors
35 digs
7 blocks (all assisted)

UNH Individual Stats
Demi Muses: 11 kills, 12 digs, .500 hit%, two service aces
Gabri Olhava (Mount Prospect, Ill.): eight kills, five blocks
Keelin Severtson (Delray Beach, Fla.): 29 assists, seven digs

UMass Lowell Individual Stats
Lade Adeniyi: nine kills, .429 hit%
Madi Bell: nine kills
Lauren Bennett: six blocks
Alexa Toth: 19 assists

Up Next: Nov. 5 vs. Hartford, 4 p.m. at Lundholm Gym

THE DIFFERENCE

New Hampshire recorded a .211 hitting percentage, including a match-high .303 in the second set.
UMass Lowell finished with a .091 hitting percentage and that included .000 in Set 1.

SET 1

Trailing 3-2, UNH reeled off eight consecutive points to take a 10-3 lead. The River Hawks committed five errors during that spurt, which came on the service of Emily Tanski (Plymouth, Mich.).
UMass Lowell still trailed by seven points, 16-9, when the visitors inched closer on a UNH attack error and back-to-back Haley Shimon kills.
The Wildcats led 16-12 when Tanski's kill ignited an 8-0 run that pushed the score to set point. Hannah Petke (Rancho Santo Margarita, Calif.) recorded two kills during the decisive spurt and Severtson recorded one service ace.
Olhava then ended Set 1 with a kill, her second of the match; she also had three blocks in the opening set.

SET 2

UNH rolled out to a 6-1 lead on a series of River Hawks' errors, prompting the visitors to call a timeout.
UMass Lowell rallied to tie the score, 6-6, but the 'Cats responded with a kill by Olhava, a solo block by Muses and a Muses' kill to regain the lead, 9-6, and the River Hawks never pulled even the rest of the set.
UML closed within 11-10, but consecutive kills by Muses and Olhava sparked a 4-0 run that included an ace by Muses and gave the 'Cats a 15-10 advantage.
UNH was ahead 20-14 and moved closer to closing out the set when kills by Kennedi Smith (The Woodlands, Texas) and Muses and a Courtney Bowman (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) service ace pushed the lead to 23-14.
UMass Lowell fought off one set point, but then Muses sent the ball down to the court for her fourth kill of the set and give New Hampshire a 2-0 lead in the match.

SET 3

There were 10 ties and six lead changes; in comparison, there were five ties and four lead changes in the first two sets combined.
After UNH won the first point, the River Hawks held leads of 2-1, 3-2, 5-3 and 6-5 before the Wildcats went back in front (7-6) on a Muses kill and Smith's service ace.
UML went on a 4-1 run to reestablish a two-point cushion, 10-8, and then surged ahead 13-9.
The 'Cats won four straight points to level the score and force the River Hawks to call time out. Smith's kill out of the break gave UNH a 14-13 lead.
UMass Lowell surged back ahead, 15-14, before Petke tallied a kill and solo block as part of a 3-0 run that gave UNH a 17-15 lead.
After a New Hampshire attack error, Muses and Smith registered consecutive kills to extend the margin to 20-17 and the River Hawks never got closer than two points the rest of the way.
Kills by Olhava accounted for UNH's last two points to end the set and match.

'CAT NIPS

This marked UNH's seventh straight-set victory of the season; three of those wins have been in America East conference play.
Severtson increased her season assist total to 1,016 to tie her mark from a year ago for No. 9 on the program's list of single-season superlatives.

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