Conference Play Begins with Road Trip to UAlbany and UMBC

UNH VOLLEYBALL

Friday, Oct. 4 ~ 7 pm
University Gym ~ Albany, N.Y.
New Hampshire (10-4, 0-0 AE) at UAlbany (0-0, 0-0 AE) ~ Video ~ Stats

Sunday, Oct. 6 ~ 1 pm
UMBC Event Center ~ Baltimore, Md.
New Hampshire (10-4, 0-0 AE) at UMBC (0-0, 0-0 AE) ~ Video ~ Stats

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NEXT HOME MATCH

The Wildcats finally return home next Friday, Oct. 11 (7 p.m.) against Binghamton University for Dig Pink night.
The Dig Pink Rally supports the Sideout Foundation.

UNH vs. UALBANY

UNH has a 21-24 lifetime record against UAlbany. The Great Danes have won four straight in the series and that includes last year's America East semifinal.
Nov. 16, 2018: at UAlbany 3, UNH 0 | Recap | Box
Nov. 9, 2018: at UAlbany 3, UNH 1 | Recap | Box
Oct. 14, 2018: UAlbany 3, at UNH 2 | Recap | Box
UNH's most recent win was Sept. 29, 2017, when the Wildcats overcame a two-set deficit at UAlbany.

UNH vs. UMBC

UNH has a 22-10 record against the Retrievers; the Wildcats have won three straight matchups and nine of the last 10.
UNH has won each of the past seven meetings at UMBC.
Nov. 4, 2018: at UNH 3, UMBC 2 | Recap | Box
Oct. 5, 2018: UNH 3, at UMBC 0 | Recap | Box
UMBC's most recent win was Oct. 13, 2017 (3-2 at UNH).

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE • Home Page • Schedule • Roster • Stats

UNH has a 10-4 overall record that includes 7-3 away from Durham (2-2 in road matches; 5-1 at neutral sites).
New Hampshire has not played a match since Sept. 22, when the 'Cats swept NJIT and were swept by Towson University at the Tiger Invitational.
The Wildcats recorded their 10^th win in match #13, which marked the second-fastest that UNH reached 10 victories; the 1975 squad reached double digits in 12 matches.
UNH's 10-4 record is the best start to a season since the 1978 squad was also 10-4 through 14 matches.

CLIMBING UP THE DIGS LIST

Senior libero Emily Tanski is No. 4 on the program's all-time digs list with 1,303. Next on the list are No. 3 Alyse Lahti (1,334) and No. 2 Jen Williams (1,398).

1,000 POINT MILESTONE

Senior outside hitter Kennedi Smith became the 17^th UNH Wildcat to record 1,000 career points Sept. 5 vs. Seattle. She enters the weekend at No. 12 with 1,110.0 points. No. 10 is Kim Mirts-Poen at 1,179.0.

WILDCAT LEADERBOARD

Senior outside hitter Kennedi Smith is UNH's leader in points (157.0), points per set (3.02), kills (130), kills per set (2.50) and service aces (17). Smith is also second in digs (132) and digs per set (2.54).
Senior right side hitter Hannah Petke ranks second on the squad in points (150.5), points per set (2.89), kills (121), kills per set (2.33), blocks (49) and blocks per set (1.04).
Sophomore middle blocker Abby Sullivan is UNH's leader in blocks (68) and blocks per set (1.31). She is also third in points (134.5), points per set (2.59) and kills (97); she ranks fourth in kills per set (2.02).
Senior libero Emily Tanski has a team-high 221 digs and her 4.25 per set is also tops on the team.
The setting duties have been split between junior Emma Patlovich and freshman Wren Macaulay. Patlovich is averaging 5.06 assists per set and Macaulay is at 3.90.
Patlovich ranks second with 15 service aces.

CONFERENCE CALL

New Hampshire leads the America East conference in six stats: winning percentage (.714), total blocks (134.5), blocks per set (2.59), digs per set (14.37), opponent hitting percentage (.176) and attacks per set (35.31)..
Emily Tanski leads the league in digs per set at 4.25.
Abby Sullivan is atop the conference leaderboard in blocks (1.31/set) and is No. 4 in hitting percentage (.300).
Hannah Petke is No. 10 in points/set (2.89), No. 9 in hitting percentage (.258) and No. 4 in blocks/set (1.04).
Kennedi Smith is No. 9 in both points/set (3.02) and kills/set (2.50), 10^th in digs/set (2.54) and sixth in service aces per set (0.33).
Hannah Crist is sixth in blocks per set (0.96).
Emma Patlovich and Logan Welti are No. 9 and No. 10, respectively, in aces per set.
Katie Jablonski ranks 10^th in hitting percentage (.242).

NEW ERA OF UNH VOLLEYBALL WITH CHRISTOPHER FELICIANO

Christopher Feliciano enters his first year as UNH head coach after eight years at Rider University. Assistant coach Ashley Tennant and graduate assistant Tiffany Verni join him on the staff.
CLICK HERE to watch the "Meet the Coaches" video

SCOUTING UALBANY | UAlbany Volleyball

The University at Albany has a 5-9 overall record that includes 1-0 in America East.
Friday is the Great Danes' first home match of the season.
UAlbany extended its win streak to three matches with a 3-2 victory at UMBC last Friday (Sept. 27).

SCOUTING UMBC | UMBC Volleyball
UMBC has a 3-11 overall record that includes 1-0 in America East and 2-6 at home (0-1 in conference home matches).
The Retrievers have lost six straight since Sept. 13; they lost 3-2 to Coppin State this past Tuesday.

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