Tanski Shines Again, Volleyball Defeats BC in Five Sets

Saturday, September 3

Chestnut Hill, MA

7:30 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-3

Boston College

2-3

New Hampshire

Boston College

Photo by: Elise Austin-Washburn

9/3/2016 10:27:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Freshman outside hitter Emily Tanski (Plymouth, Mich.) notched her second straight double-double with 14 kills and 22 digs to lead the University of New Hampshire volleyball team to a 3-2 set win (21-25, 25-18, 22-25, 25-14, 15-12) over Boston College in the final game of the Beantown Challenge at Power Gym.

All-Tournament Team
Tanski
Courtney Bowman (Chagrin Falls, Ohio)

UNH (3-3) Team Stats
69 kills
61 assists
6 services aces
87 digs
14 blocks
.232 hitting percentage

Boston College (2-3) Team Stats
51 kills
46 assists
5 service aces
72 digs
19 blocks

UNH Individual Stats
Tanski: 14 kills, 22 digs, .211 hitting percentage
Bowman: 13 kills, 13 assists
Keelin Severtson (Delray Beach, Fla.): 52 assists, 6 kills

Boston College Individual Stats
Devon Michaelis: 21 digs
Sol Calvete: 8 kills, 10 digs

The Wildcats handled Boston College for the first time since 2003 where they toppled the Eagles in three sets. The all-time series stands at 25-8 in favor of UNH.

Up Next: New Hampshire continues its road contest run at Bryant University on Tuesday, Sept. 6 (7 PM) before heading to Temple University for a tournament. UNH returns home on Sept. 13 (7 PM) to host Harvard University.

-1^st set-
No team lead by more than three points in the opening set until the final point as BC pulled out a 25-21 set win. Senior Demi Muses (Orangevale, Calif.) tallied five kills in the first set while classmate Sara Carlson (Hutchinson, Minn.) recorded three.

-2^nd set-
The Wildcats started the second set with a 4-0 run which was nearly erased by BC, with the third point earned on a service ace to reduce the deficit to 4-3. The difference was two, 15-13, in favor of the Wildcats before a 5-0 run increased the lead to 20-13 and evened up the sets at one apiece.

-3^rd set-
The 'Cats seemed to take another set victory with an 18-8 lead but the Eagles scored four straight points to trail 18-12 capped off by a Anna Skold kill. UNH scored a point but BC rattled off 10 straight points to take a 22-20 lead with two service aces in the final three points. New Hampshire was unable to reclaim to lead, taking a 2-1 set deficit.

-4^th set-
New Hampshire needed a win in set four and it was neck and neck with no team leading by more than two points until a bad set by Camille Oemcke of the Eagles' gave UNH at 9-6 lead. New Hampshire began to get about two points for every one BC tally to earn a 25-14 set win and send it to set five tied 2-2.

-5^th set-
Boston College raced out to a 4-0 lead in the final round as Sol Calvete recorded two service aces. The Eagles stretched their lead to 8-3 capped off by kills by McKenna Goss and Anna Skold. New Hampshire fought back to knot it up 9-9 with kills from Muses, Bowman and Kennedi Smith (The Woodlands, Texas). UNH scored four of the next five points for a 13-10 lead and would wrap up the contest with a 15-12 set win.

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