Petke Records 21 Kills in 3-1 Loss at Hartford

Sunday, November 17

West Hartford, Conn.

1 PM

University of New Hampshire

17-8,7-3America East

University of Hartford

15-12,6-4America East

New Hampshire

Hartford

Photo by: Jack Bouchard

11/17/2019 3:57:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Hannah Petke (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) recorded a season-high 21 kills but the University of New Hampshire volleyball team was edged 3-1 by the University of Hartford in Sunday afternoon's regular-season finale at Hartford Volleyball Gym.

The set scores were 25-17, 21-25, 25-19, 27-25. UNH moves to 17-8 overall and 7-3 in America East. Hartford, which fought off three set points in Set 4 to close out the match, improved to 15-12, 6-4.

UP NEXT:

UNH plays Hartford in an America East Championship semifinal match Nov. 22 (4 p.m.) at UAlbany's University Gym.

STAT LEADERS

Petke tallied her season-high 21 kills on a .528 hitting percentage. She also had two block assists to finish with 22 points, also a season high.
Kennedi Smith (The Woodlands, Texas) recorded her second double-double of the weekend and team-leading eighth of the season with 16 kills and 10 digs. Her other stats included a .400 hitting percentage, two service aces and 18.5 points.
Wren Macaulay (Lake Orion, Michigan) recorded five service aces for the third consecutive match. She also had 13 assists, five digs and three kills.
Emma Patlovich (Lake Forest, Ill.) finished with 26 assists and a team-high 11 digs.

UNH NOTEBOOK

New Hampshire has a 46-4 lifetime against Hartford. This was the Hawks' first win in the series since Oct. 13, 2012.
Patlovich, who became the fifth Wildcat to reach the 2,000 assist milestone Friday at Stony Brook, increased her career total to 2,047.
Smith is No. 7 in career kills (1,063); ahead of her is No. 6 Morgan Thatcher (1,168).
Smith is No. 8 on the all-time points list with 1,251; next on the list is No. 7 Morgan Thatcher (1,322).
Emily Tanski is No. 2 on UNH's career digs list and 10 digs Sunday increased her career total to 1,466. Madison Lightfoot holds the record of 1,657.

SET 1

There were four tie scores and two lead changes in the first set.
Hartford raced out to a 5-0 lead.
Trailing 7-2, the Wildcats won six consecutive points to surge in front, 8-7. A kill by Petke was followed by a combined block from Patlovich and Hannah Crist (Cicero, Ind.), a Macaulay service ace and kill by Smith. The Hawks committed an attack error to extend UNH's run, and thenan Erin Hedrick (Montvale, N.J.) kill gave the 'Cats the lead.
The teams exchanged points to advance the score to 9-9. UNH inched ahead, 11-9, at which point Hartford called time out and rallied to take an 18-11 lead.
UNH would get no closer than five points the rest of the way as the home team took the first set, 25-17.

SET 2

There were no ties or lead changes in the second set.
New Hampshire rolled out to a 6-0 lead. Kills by Petke ended the first two points of the set, and the run also included a service ace by Logan Welti (Middleton, Wis.) and two kills by Smith.
Tanski tallied consecutive aces to give the 'Cats a 9-1 lead.
Hartford trimmed the deficit to four points, 17-13, but then a kill by Crist and Smith's ace pushed the margin to 19-13 and prompt a Hawks' timeout.
The home team won the next three points to close within 19-16, at which point UNH called time out.
Crist ended that spurt with a kill and the 'Cats opened up a 22-17 lead.
Petke's kill down the line gave UNH set point, 24-19. Hartford fended off two set points, but then a combined block by Petke and Crist ended the set, 25-21, and leveled the match a one set apiece.

SET 3

There were four tie scores but no lead changes in the third set.
Hartford won three of the first four points and built a 7-3 lead.
UNH pulled within a point, 11-10, on an ace by Macaulay.
The Hawks went on a 3-1 run to extend the margin to 14-11.
Katie Jablonski (Elburn, Ill.) tallied a kill and assisted block with Abby Sullivan (Methuen, Mass.) to once again lift the 'Cats within a point, 14-13. That duo combined for another block to forge a 15-15 tie.
The home team called a timeout and retook the lead on a service error, and the teams exchanged points to advance the score to 18-18.
Hartford won the next two points and surged ahead 23-19, at which point New Hampshire called time out.
The Hawks won the next two points, however, to close out the set.

SET 4

There were 10 tie scores and four lead changes in the fourth set.
UNH called an early timeout after the home team took a 3-0 lead.
Hartford won the next three points out of the break, however, to extend the advantage to 6-0.
Trailing 7-1, the Wildcats won four consecutive points – two on Macaulay service aces – to trim the deficit to 7-5 and prompt a Hawks' timeout.
The pause in action did not impact Macualay, who served a third consecutive ace and then Smith's kill tied the score, 7-7.
With the score tied at 10, Hartford won three consecutive points.
UNH answered with four consecutive points, including kills by Jablonski and Petke, as well as an ace by Patlovich, to take a 14-13 lead.
Out of Hartford's last timeout of the set, Sullivan hit the ball to the floor to push the margin to 15-13.
Welti's ace was followed by a Petke kill that extended the margin to 18-14.
The Hawks answered with five consecutive points to regain the lead, 19-18.
Petke's kill leveled the score and Tanski's ace gave UNH a 20-19 edge.
New Hampshire called the last timeout of the set with a 23-22 lead.
Hartford's service error gave UNH set point, but the Hawks tied the score at 24.
Hedrick's floater over the blockers gave the 'Cats another set point, 25-24, but once again the home team extended the set and won the next two points to end the set and match, 27-25.