'Cats Make Road Trip to Binghamton (Nov. 8; 6 PM)

Friday, November 8

Vestal, N.Y.

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

Binghamton University

Photo by: Meghan Murphy

11/7/2019 4:50:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

UNH VOLLEYBALL

Friday, Nov. 8 ~ 6 pm
West Gym ~ Vestal, N.Y.
New Hampshire (15-7, 5-2 AE) at Binghamton (0-20, 0-7 AE)

UNH vs. BINGHAMTON

UNH has a 23-16 lifetime record against Binghamton and that includes a straight-set win at Lundhom Gym earlier this year (Oct. 11). | Recap | Box
New Hampshire has won three consecutive matchups; the Bearcats had won the previous three meetings.

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

UNH has a 15-7 overall record that includes 5-2 in America East and x-x on the road (1-1 in conference road matches).
New Hampshire has won five of its last seven matches, and that includes a five-set win against UAlbany that ended the Great Danes' eight-match winning streak and marked their first conference loss.
Last weekend, the Wildcats split home matches against UMBC (3-0 loss) and UAlbany (3-2 win). | UMBC Recap & Box | UAlbany Recap & Box
The 'Cats are unbeaten (4-0) in five-set matches this season and have a 6-5 mark in straight-set matches.
UNH has won the first set in 16 of 22 matches.
New Hampshire wraps up the 2019 regular season next weekend with road matches against Stony Brook (Nov. 15) and Hartford (Nov. 17).

RETURN TO SENDER

UNH recorded a season-high 16 blocks in last Sunday's 3-2 win vs. UAlbany 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 (eight sets) last week. 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 last Friday 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 last Sunday 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 last Saturday with the ninth of her 14 kills vs. UAlbany. She now has 1,421 career digs.
UNH's all-time record is 1,657 digs 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 1,020. 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. 10 with 1,201.5. Ahead of Smith on the list are No. 9 Demi Muses at 1,202 and No. 8 Kirsten Bates at 1,231.

ASSIST LIST

Junior setter Emma Patlovich enters the weekend with 1,976 career assists.
She is on pace to become the fifth Wildcat to reach the 2,000-assist milestone.

SERVING ACES

Kennedi Smith entered another Top 10 list last Friday. 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 last Sunday vs. UAlbany.
Next on the list is No. 9 Keelin Severtson with 100, and then No. 8 Erin Walker at 101.

BLOCK PARTY

Sophomore Abby Sullivan recorded seven blocks last Sunday vs. UAlbany to increase her season total to 103, and that mark is tied for No. 10 on UNH's list of single-season superlatives (with Destiny Tolliver in 2012).
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).
Senior Hannah Petke could also reach 100 blocks this season. She is second on this year's squad with 82.

WILDCAT LEADERBOARD

Senior outside hitter Kennedi Smith is UNH's leader in points (248.5), points per set (3.07), kills (208), kills per set (2.57) and service aces (24). Smith is also second in digs (203) and digs per set (2.51).
Senior right side hitter Hannah Petke ranks second on the squad in points (243.0), points per set (3.00), kills (199), kills per set (2.46), blocks (82) and blocks per set (1.01).
Sophomore middle blocker Abby Sullivan is UNH's leader in blocks (103) and blocks per set (1.27). She is also third in points (231.0) and points per set (2.85) as well as kills (174) and kills per set (2.15).
Senior libero Emily Tanski has a team-high 339 digs and her 4.19 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 5.26 assists per set and Macaulay is at 4.14.
Patlovich ranks third with 22 service aces, and Macualay is fourth with 21.
Senior Logan Welti is tied atop the leaderboard in aces (24), ranks third in digs (195) and digs per set (2.41).

CONFERENCE CALL

The Wildcats sit second in the conference standings at 5-2. UAlbany is atop the standings at 6-1; Hartford and Stony Brook are tied at 4-3.
New Hampshire leads the America East conference in five stats: winning percentage (.682), opponent hitting percentage (.187), opponent kills (12.48/set), total blocks (204.5) and service aces per set (1.47).
Emily Tanski leads the league in digs per set at 4.19.
Abby Sullivan is atop the conference leaderboard in blocks (1.27/set) and is No. 5 in hitting percentage (.299).
Hannah Petke is No. 10 in points/set (3.00) and 10^th in kills/set (2.46), No. 7 in hitting percentage (.277) and No. 4 in blocks/set (1.01).
Kennedi Smith is No. 8 in points/set (3.07), No. 8 in kills/set (2.57) and No. 8 in digs/set (2.51), as well as sixth in service aces per set (0.30).
Logan Welti is ninth in digs per set (2.41) and No. 6 in service aces per set (0.30).
Hannah Crist is seventh in blocks per set (0.89).
Emma Patlovich ranks eighth in service aces (0.27 per set).
Wren Macaulay is ninth in service aces (0.26 per set)

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 BINGHAMTON | BING volleyball website

Binghamton University (Vestal, N.Y.) has an 0-20 overall record that includes 0-7 in America East and 0-3 at home (0-2 in home conference matches).
Last weekend, the Bearcats were swept on the road by both Stony Brook (Nov. 1) and Hartford (Nov. 3).
Binghamton has lost 19 consecutive sets since taking Set 3 vs. Hartford on Oct. 4.
The Bearcats have lost 16 matches in straight sets.

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)