Olhava Tallies Match-High 17 Kills in 3-0 Win at UMass Lowell

Friday, October 19

Lowell, MA

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

9-12, 5-2AE

University of Massachusetts Lowell

3-18, 1-6AE

UNH

UMass Lowell

Photo by: Audrey Powell

Olhava Tallies Match-High 17 Kills in 3-0 Win at UMass Lowell

10/19/2018 10:23:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

LOWELL, Mass. – Gabri Olhava (Mount Prospect, Ill.) recorded a match-high 17 kills on a .455 hitting percentage to lead the University of New Hampshire volleyball team to Friday night's 3-0 victory against UMass Lowell at Costello Athletic Center. The set scores were 25-23, 25-18, 25-20.

Kennedi Smith (The Woodlands, Texas) finished with nine kills and eight digs. Olhava also contributed seven digs. Emma Patlovich (Lake Forest, Ill.) directed the Wildcats' offense to a .217 hitting percentage with 34 assists. Emily Tanski (Plymouth, Mich.) recorded a match-high 19 digs.

UML was led by Madi Bell (11 kills; .370 hitting percentage), Kate Bilyeu (10 kills; .233 hitting percentage). Lindsay Visvardis had a team-high 16 digs.

UNH, which has now won 11 consecutive sets in this series, improved to 9-12 overall and 5-2 in America East. UMass Lowell is 3-18, 1-6.

Up Next/Next Home Match

New Hampshire returns to action Oct. 26 (6:30 p.m.) at Stony Brook University.
The Wildcats' next home match is Nov. 2 (7 p.m.) against Binghamton University.
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UNH		UML
41	Kills	38
15	Errors	18
.217	Hitting Pct.	.156
7	Service Aces	4
3	Service Errors	5
61	Digs	58
3	Blocks	8

SET 1

There were six ties and one lead change in the first set.
UMass Lowell took the first two points, but UNH answered with two consecutive points to level the score.
With the scored tied at 9, the Wildcats won three consecutive points to take a 12-9 lead that would not be relinquished.
Trailing 20-16, the River Hawks went on a 3-0 run to close within one point.
UNH called time out and won the next point on a UML attack error, then inched ahead on a block by Smith and service ace by Tanski.
The River Hawks called a timeout and won back-to-back points to trim the deficit to 23-22.
A kill by Smith gave the 'Cats set point and, one point later, a ball handling error by the home team closed out the set.

SET 2

There were six ties and four lead changes in the second set.
UNH took an early 4-1 lead but UMass Lowell answered with three consecutive points to tie the score.
Trailing 7-5, the River Hawks went on a 4-0 run to take their first lead of the set, 9-7.
The Wildcats trailed 13-12 when they won four consecutive points, including two kills by Maddie Wiedenfeld (Omaha, Neb.), to surge back in front.
UMass Lowell narrowed the gap to 16-15, but the 'Cats pulled away with a 5-0 spurt that included two Olhava kills and three UML errors.
UNH won four of the next seven points to close out the set and take a 2-0 lead in the match.

SET 3

There were two ties and two lead changes in the third set. Both teams recorded the highest hitting percentage of the match with UNH at .382 and UML at .263.
The home team jumped out to an early 4-1 lead.
UNH closed within 7-5 and then three consecutive kills by Olhava ignited a 6-0 run that gave the 'Cats an 11-7 lead they would not relinquish.
UMass Lowell inched within 16-14, but two more Olhava kills and a service ace by Jenny Weston (Canton, Mass.) extended the lead to 19-14.
After the River Hawks won back-to-back points, UNH continued to pull away with a 4-0 run – two kills by Olhava sandwiched one by Patlovich – that gave the 'Cats a decisive23-16 advantage.

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