Olhava Tallies Match-High 13 Kills in Sweep of Siena, 3-0

Friday, September 15

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-9

Siena College

0-9

Siena

UNHVB

9/15/2017 10:17:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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DURHAM, N.H. -- Gabri Olhava (Mount Prospect, Ill.) recorded a match-high 13 kills to lead the University of New Hampshire volleyball team to Friday night's 3-0 victory against Siena College in opening-day action of the Holly Young Invitational at Lundholm Gym. The set scores were 25-20, 26-24, 25-21.

Olhava tallied 13 kills and made just one attack error on 18 attempts for an eye-popping .667 hitting percentage. She was also credited with two digs, one block and one service ace.

UNH improved to 2-0 at home and 3-9 overall. Siena is 0-9.

In Friday's matinee match, the University of Rhode Island (4-6) won the last two sets to rally for a 3-2 victory against Dartmouth College (3-4). The set scores were 23-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-20, 15-11.

Up Next

The Holly Young Invitational concludes with two sessions on Sept. 16. In the early session, Dartmouth plays Siena at 10 a.m. and UNH plays host to URI at 12:30 p.m. The evening session opens with URI vs. Siena (4:30 p.m.) and the tourney concludes with UNH battling intrastate rival Dartmouth (7 p.m.)
Both UNH matches will be broadcast on ESPN3.

UNH		Siena
49	Kills	29
20	Errors	13
.252	Hitting Pct.	.184
47	Assists	27
5 / 10	Aces / Serve Errors	5 / 6
40	Digs	38
3	Blocks	6

OTHER TOP 'CATS

Kennedi Smith (The Woodlands, Texas): 9 kills, .278 hitting pct., 6 digs, 2 blocks
Emma Patlovich (Lake Bluff, Ill.): 24 assists
Mali Jereczek (Green Bay, Wis.): 15 assists
Courtney Bowman (Chagrin Falls, Ohio): 6 kills, 8 digs

THE DIFFERENCE

Facing set point, 24-23, in Set 2, the Wildcats won three consecutive points to close out the set 26-24 and take a 2-0 lead in the match.

SET 1

There were six ties and two lead changes in the opening set.
Siena jumped out to an early 5-2 lead but the 'Cats went on a 9-4 run to surge in front, 11-9.
The teams exchanged short runs – no more than two points – to advance the score to 21-19 in favor of the home team.
Siena won the next point, but UNH reeled off four consecutive points – an Olhava kill followed by three Saints' attack errors – to win Set 1, 25-20.

SET 2

There were 11 tie scores and six lead changes in the second set.
New Hampshire edged out to a 6-4 lead, but Siena won back-to-back points to level the set.
With the score tied at 10, the 'Cats won three straight points to take the largest lead of the set – three points (13-10).
The Saints faced a 19-16 deficit before reeling off three consecutive points.
UNH surged back in front, 22-20 and was on the verge of winning the second set, 23-21, before Siena went on a 3-0 spurt to earn set point at 24-23.
UNH called time out and a kill by Smith tied the score. Jenny Weston (Canton, Mass.) served an ace and another kill by Smith ended the set in favor of the 'Cats, 26-24.

SET 3

With the score tied at 3, Olhava tallied a kill and a service ace to give the Wildcats a 5-3 lead it would not relinquish.
UNH inched away and Siena called a timeout at 10-5.
With the score 12-8, kills by Hannah Petke (Ranho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Sarah Shelton (Ellsworth, Maine) ignited a 4-0 run that extended the advantage to 16-8.
Siena trimmed the deficit to 19-14 before UNH went on a 4-0 run to close in on match point at 23-14. Bowman, Alexa Markman (Chicago, Ill.) and Weston recorded consecutive kills during the run.
The Saints would not bow down, however, as the visitors trailed 24-18 but fended off four match points before succumbing on a service error.

UNH NOTEBOOK

New Hampshire recorded a season-high .252 hitting percentage.
Olhava holds the team's top three hitting percentages of the 2017 season. Friday's .667 is followed by .391 vs. Bryant University (09/05) and .296 at St. John's (08/26).
All three of UNH's wins have been in straight sets.

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