Regular Season Wraps Up at Stony Brook (Nov. 15) & at Hartford (Nov. 17)

UNH VOLLEYBALL

Friday, Nov. 15 ~ 6:30 p.m.
Pritchard Gym ~ Stony Brook, N.Y.
New Hampshire (16-7, 6-2 AE) at Stony Brook (9-15, 4-5 AE) ~ Video   ~   Stats

Sunday, Nov. 17 ~ 1 p.m.
Hartford Volleyball Gym ~ West Hartford, Conn.
New Hampshire (16-7, 6-2 AE) at Hartford (14-12, 5-4 AE) ~ Video   ~   Stats

AE FANS' CHOICE AWARD: Vote for Petke
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UNH vs. STONY BROOK
•UNH has a 25-16 lifetime record against Stony Brook that includes a 3-0 home win at Lundholm Gym on Oct. 20; the set scores were 25-15, 25-23, 25-20. | Recap | Box
•UNH has won 11 of the past 13 matchups; the Seawolves swept the 2018 season series.
•The most recent matchup at Prichard Gym was won 3-1 by SBU (Oct. 26, 2018); the set scores were 18-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-23 | Recap | Box

UNH vs. HARTFORD
•UNH has a 46-3 lifetime record against Hartford that includes a 3-0 home win at Lundholm Gym on Oct. 18; the set scores were 25-19, 25-20, 25-20. | Recap | Box
•Eight of the last nine matchups have been decided in straight sets.
•In the most recent matchup at Hartford (Oct. 28, 2018), the Wildcats prevailed 3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 25-20). | Recap | Box
•Hartford's most recent win in this series was Oct. 13, 2012 on its home court.

DEVELOPING THE PLAYOFF PICTURE
•UNH is second in the conference standings and has secured a berth in the upcoming America East Championship tournament that will be held Nov. 22-23 at UAlbany.
•New Hampshire will secure the No. 2 seed with one more win.
•The Wildcats can earn a share of the regular-season title with two wins this weekend coupled with a loss by UAlbany to (winless) Binghamton.
•Hartford and Stony Brook round out the tourney field. The Hawks are currently third at 5-4, followed by SBU at 4-5.

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE • Home Page • Schedule • Roster • Stats
•UNH has a 16-7 overall record that includes 6-2 in America East and 4-4 on the road (2-1 in conference road matches).
•New Hampshire has won two straight and six of its last eight matches, and that includes last Friday's straight-set win at Binghamton University; the set scores were 25-18, 25-12, 25-22. | Recap | Box
•The Wildcats recorded a five-set win against UAlbany on Nov. 3 that ended the Great Danes' eight-match winning streak and marked their only conference loss.
•The 'Cats are unbeaten (4-0) in five-set matches this season and have a 7-5 mark in straight-set matches.
•UNH has won the first set in 17 of 23 matches.

PETKE POWERS UNH PAST BINGHAMTON
•Hannah Petke recorded a match-high 11 kills and just one error on 18 attacks for a .556 hitting percentage in UNH's 3-0 win at Binghamton last Friday (Nov. 8).
•Petke was nearly perfect in the last two sets. She had four kills on six swings in Set 2 and five kills on seven attacks in Set 3.
•Bre Smith also had a strong performance at the net with six blocks (0-6-6) and four kills with no errors on six attacks for a .667 hitting percentage. Smith fueled the Wildcats to a strong start in Set 1 with two kills and three blocks.
•Emma Patlovich recorded 18 assists (6.00 per set) to help direct UNH to a .325 team hitting percentage against the Bearcats.
•Emily Tanski finished with a match-high nine digs (3.00 per set) to backbone a Wildcats' defensive effort that limited Binghamton to a .143 hitting percentage. She was consistent with three digs each set.
•Wren Macaulay and Logan Welti combined for all eight of UNH's service aces. Macaulay tallied a career-high five and Welti recorded three. Macaulay also had 10 assists and three digs, while Welti had five digs.

RETURN TO SENDER
•UNH recorded a season-high 16 blocks in the 3-2 win vs. UAlbany (Nov. 3) as four Wildcats finished with 5+ blocks.
•It was the most blocks by a UNH team since Oct. 13, 2012, when the Wildcats recorded 17 blocks against Hartford (in a five-set loss).
•Bre Smith led the way with a career-high eight blocks (1 solo, 7 assisted).
•Abby Sullivan tallied seven assisted blocks.
•Hannah Petke and Erin Hedrick both finished with five assisted blocks.
•New Hampshire has recorded double-digit blocks eight times this season.

SULLIVAN'S STELLAR WEEKEND
•Abby Sullivan averaged 4.06 points per set in two matches the weekend of Nov. 1 & 3 (vs. UMBC and UAlbany). She recorded 3.38 kills per set on a .262 hitting percentage and also averaged 1.25 blocks per set.
•Sullivan recorded a career-high 16 kills with a .281 hitting percentage vs. UMBC. She also had three blocks (one solo, two assisted) for a personal best of 18 points.
•Sullivan followed that with 11 kills and seven blocks in the five-set win vs. UAlbany. In the decisive fifth set, she recorded a kill on each of the first two points to ignite the 'Cats to a 7-1 lead; Sullivan also closed out the match with a kill.

SETTING THEM UP
•Wren Macaulay tallied a career- and team-high 26 assists in UNH's 3-2 win against UAlbany. It marked her sixth 20+ assist effort of the season.

QUINTIPLE DOUBLE
•Five Wildcats recorded double-digit kills Nov. 3 vs. UAlbany. Hannah Petke led the way with 14 and was followed by Erin Hedrick (12), Abby Sullivan (11), Kennedi Smith (11) and Katie Jablonski (10).

CLIMBING UP THE DIGS LIST
•Senior libero Emily Tanski ascended to No. 2 on the program's all-time digs list Nov. 3 with the ninth of her 14 kills vs. UAlbany.
•She now has 1,430 career digs. UNH's all-time record of 1,657 digs is held by Madison Lightfoot.

1,000 KILLS & POINTS MILESTONES
•Senior outside hitter Kennedi Smith became the ninth UNH Wildcat to reach 1,000 career kills Oct. 26 with the third of her 12 kills at Dartmouth. She enters the weekend with 1,027. Ahead of her on the career leaderboard is No. 8 Kirsten Bates (1,028).
•Smith became the 17^th UNH Wildcat to record 1,000 career points Sept. 5 vs. Seattle. She enters the weekend at No. 9 with 1,210. Ahead of Smith on the list is No. 8 Kirsten Bates at 1,231.

ASSIST LIST
•Junior setter Emma Patlovich enters the weekend with 1,994 career assists.
•She is on the verge of becoming the fifth Wildcat to reach the 2,000-assist milestone.
•No. 4 on the list is Keelin Severtson (2,449).

SERVING ACES
•Kennedi Smith entered another Top 10 list Nov. 1. With two service aces against UMBC, Smith increased her career total to 96 to climb to 10^th on the program's all-time leaderboard. Kirsten Bates previously held that spot with 95.
•Emily Tanski then tied Smith with 96 service aces when she recorded three aces Nov. 3 vs. UAlbany.
•Neither Smith nor Tanski recorded an ace last Friday at Binghamton.
•Next on the list is No. 9 Keelin Severtson with 100, and then No. 8 Erin Walker at 101.

BLOCK PARTY
•Sophomore Abby Sullivan has 104 blocks this season and that total is No. 10 on the program's list of single-season superlatives.
•Next on the list are No. 9 Jessy Dick (108 in 2011), No. 8 Karen Harrington (110 in 2003) and No. 7 Natasha Otte (111 in 2002). Then there is a gap to No. 6 Beth Cole (128 in 1999).
•Senior Hannah Petke could also reach 100 blocks this season. She is second on this year's squad with 83.

WILDCAT LEADERBOARD
•Senior outside hitter Kennedi Smith is UNH's leader in points (257) and points per set (3.06) as well as kills (215) and kills per set (2.56). Smith is also second in digs (204) and digs per set (2.43), and third in service aces (24).
•Senior right side hitter Hannah Petke ranks second on the squad in points (254.5), points per set (3.03), kills (210), kills per set (2.50), blocks (83) and blocks per set (0.99).
•Sophomore middle blocker Abby Sullivan is UNH's leader in blocks (104) and blocks per set (1.24). She is also third in points (238.5) and points per set (2.84) as well as kills (181) and kills per set (2.15).
•Senior libero Emily Tanski has a team-high 348 digs and her 4.14 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 5.29 assists per set and Macaulay is at 4.11.
•Macualay ranks second in service aces with with 26 and Patlovich is fourth with 22.
•Senior Logan Welti leads UNH with 27 service aces and she ranks third in digs (200) and digs per set (2.38).

CONFERENCE CALL
•New Hampshire leads the America East conference in winning percentage (.696), opponent hitting percentage (.186) and opponent kills (12.39/set).
•The Wildcats rank second in digs per set (14.14), total blocks (211.5), blocks per set (2.52) and service aces per set (1.51).
•Emily Tanski ranks second in the league in digs per set at 4.14.
•Abby Sullivan is atop the conference leaderboard in blocks (1.24/set) and is No. 5 in hitting percentage (.294).
•Hannah Petke is No. 9 in points/set (3.03) and 10^th in kills/set (2.50), No. 8 in hitting percentage (.287) and No. 5 in blocks/set (0.99).
•Kennedi Smith is No. 8 in points/set (3.06) service aces per set (0.29), as well as No. 9 in kills/set (2.56) and digs/set (2.43).
•Logan Welti is 10th in digs per set (2.38) and No. 5 in service aces per set (0.32).
•Wren Macaulay is sixth in service aces (0.31 per set).
•Emma Patlovich ranks 10th in service aces (0.26 per set).
•Hannah Crist is eighth in blocks per set (0.89).

SETTING STANDARDS
•This year's New Hampshire team has the most wins through 20 matches in program history with 14 victories; the previous best of 13 was most recently done in 2015 and previously happened in 2007, 2001, 1997 and 1984.
•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 marked the best start to a season since the 1978 squad was also 10-4 through 14 matches.

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 STONY BROOK |   SBU volleyball website
•Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, N.Y.) has a 9-15 overall record that includes 4-5 in America East and 4-2 at home (3-1 in conference home matches).
•Last weekend, the Seawolves lost 3-1 on the road to both UMBC and UAlbany.
•Despite the two losses, Stony Brook secured a berth in the America East Championship tournament.
•SBU had won the previous two matches, both at home, against Binghamton (3-0 on Nov. 1) and Hartford (3-1 on Oct. 25).

SCOUTING HARTFORD |   Hartford volleyball website
•The University of Hartford (West Hartford, Conn.) has a 14-12 overall record that includes 5-4 in America East and 6-4 at home (3-1 in conference home matches).
•Hartford has secured a berth in the America East Championship tourney.
•The Hawks are 3-1 the past four matches; prior to that, they lost four straight.
•Last weekend, Hartford fell 3-1 at UAlbany and then won 3-1 at UMBC.

WILDCAT ACCOLADES
•Emily Tanski – America East Defensive Specialist of the Week, three times
•Sept. 3 … Sept. 10 … Sept. 24 … Oct. 22
•Wren Macaulay – America East Rookie of the Week
•Sept. 17 … Oct. 22 … Oct. 29
•Emma Patlovich – America East Setter of the Week (Sept. 3)
•Kennedi Smith – America East Player of the Week (Oct. 22)

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Bre Smith

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