Tanski’s Double-Double Leads Volleyball Over Siena, 3-2

Friday, September 2

Cambridge, Mass.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

2-3

Siena College

1-3

NEW HAMPSHIRE

SIENA

Photo by: Elise Austin-Washburn

9/2/2016 4:04:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Freshmen outside hitter Emily Tanski (Plymouth, Mich.) notched a career-first double-double with 15 kills and 14 digs to lead the University of New Hampshire volleyball team to a 3-2 set win (25-16, 21-15, 18-25, 25-16, 15-13) over Siena College in game one of the Beantown Challenge at the University of Harvard.

UNH (2-3) Team Stats
58 kills
57 assists
5 services aces
82 digs
12 blocks
.225 hitting percentage

Siena (1-3) Team Stats
65 kills
60 assists
4 service aces
72 digs
14 blocks

UNH Individual Stats
Tanski: 15 kills, 14 digs, .375 hitting percentage
Courtney Bowman (Chagrin Falls, Ohio): 15 kills, 12 digs, 2 blocks, .262 hitting percentage
Gabri Olhava (Mount Prospect, Ill.): 13 kills, .267 hitting percentage
Keelin Severtson (Delray Beach, Fla.): 51 assists, 5 digs
Logan Welti (Middleton, Wis.): 15 digs

Siena Individual Stats
Sonja Vasovic: 20 kills, 17 digs, 3 blocks
Briana Flagg: 15 kills, 17 digs
Haley Howell: 55 assists, 9 digs
Julia Burzynski: 11 kills

Up Next: New Hampshire wraps up the Beantown Challenge tomorrow with Boston College at 7:30 PM in Power Gym. The Wildcats return home on Tuesday, Sept. 13 (7 PM) to host Harvard University and kick start a seven-game home stand.

-4^th set-
The Wildcats were down 2-1 heading into the fourth set but UNH jumped out to a 9-2 lead early on key Saints' mistakes. Bowman totaled four kills in the set. New Hampshire would go on to win the set handedly, 25-16.

-5^th set-
New Hampshire scored five straight points in the final set with two kills from Tanski and three attacking errors on Siena. The Saints stormed back to trail by one, 10-9, with five points to play, on an assisted block by Romona Georgescu and Haley Howell. Both teams split the next eight points as UNH led 14-13 with a chance at match point. After a few volleys, Severtson set up Bowman at the net and Bowman earned the kill for the final point.

The Saints took a 2-1 set lead on a 45- 39 kill lead and a hitting percentage of .302 and .400 in the second and third sets, respectively.

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