Balanced Team Effort Leads 'Cats to Sweep of Hartford

Friday, October 18

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

13-5,3-1America East

University of Hartford

11-9,3-2America East

Hartford

New Hampshire

Photo by: Meghan Murphy

10/18/2019 10:48:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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DURHAM, N.H. – Kennedi Smith (The Woodlands, Texas) recorded a team-high 12 points to lead the University of New Hampshire volleyball team to Friday night's 3-0 victory against the University of Hartford at Lundholm Gym. The set scores were 25-19, 25-20, 25-20.

UNH won its third consecutive match to improve to 13-5 overall and 3-1 in America East. Hartford is 11-9, 3-2.

Smith recorded 10 kills on a .242 hitting percentage; she also had two blocks and a service ace.

UP NEXT // NEXT HOME MATCH: UNH concludes its three-match homestand Oct. 20 (1 p.m.) against Stony Brook University. It has been earmarked as a Spread Respect game.

SPREAD RESPECT: The America East conference's Spread Respect initiative was created with the purpose of furthering awareness and education to ensure equality, respect and safety for all athletes without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity. That respect also extends to race, ethnicity, gender, religion and more.

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STAT LEADERS
•Hannah Petke (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Bre Smith (Boonville, Mo.) both finished with a match-high four blocks.
•Petke tallied 10 points. She recorded eight kills on a .353 hitting percentage.
•Katie Jablonski (Elburn, Ill.) had eight points on eight kills; she did not have an attack error on 21 attempts for a .381 hitting percentage.
•Abby Sullivan (Methuen, Mass.) followed with 7.5 points on six kills – .312 hitting percentage – and three blocks.
•Emma Patlovich (Lake Forest, Ill.) and Wren Macaulay (Lake Orion, Mich.) orchestrated UNH's offense to a .303 hitting percentage. Patlovich finished with 18 assists, as well as three aces and four digs. Macaulay had 14 assists, one aced and seven digs.
•Emily Tanski (Plymouth, Mich.) made a match-high 16 saves, and Logan Welti (Middleton, Wis.) was second on the squad with nine.

UNH NOTEBOOK
•New Hampshire has a 46-3 lifetime record against Hartford and has won 13 consecutive matchups dating back to 2012.
•Tanski is No. 3 on the program's all-time digs list with 1,361. Next on the list is No. 2 Jen Williams at 1,398.
•Smith, who became the 17^th UNH player to record 1,000 career points on Sept. 6, increased her total to 1,153.5. Kim Mirts-Poen ranks 10^th at 1,179.

SET 1
•Hartford took an early 7-4 lead but UNH rallied to level the score with three consecutive points that included a Petke kill and Patlovich service ace.
•The Hawks won the next point to regain the lead, but then the 'Cats reeled off eight straight to build a 15-8 advantage. Smith had two kills and a block – while Sullivan had a kill and two blocks – during the decisive spurt.
•Hartford closed within 21-18 before UNH advanced to set point at 24-18 on a kill by Jablonski, combined block by Sullivan and Petke and kill by Smith.

SET 2
•Undeterred, the visiting Hawks won the first three points of the second set and built a five-point margin of 8-3.
•Trailing 11-6, the Wildcats went on a 3-0 run, including back-to-back Petke kills, and eventually leveled the set at 14.
•Hartford won the next two points, but New Hampshire responded with a 5-0 spurt to take a 19-16 lead that would not be relinquished. Jablonski tallied two kills during the run.

SET 3
•There were seven ties and three lead changes in the third set. Those totals were a combined six and two, respectively, through two sets.
•Hartford once again took a 3-0 lead, but UNH surged ahead by winning four consecutive points.
•With the score tied at 12, UNH's three-point run was ignited an overall spurt of 7-1 that gave the 'Cats a 19-13 advantage.
•The Hawks rallied within 19-18, however, and trailed just 20-19 before UNH closed the set and match on a 5-1 run.