Petke Powers 'Cats Past Binghamton, 3-0

Friday, November 8

Vestal, N.Y.

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

16-7,6-2America East

Binghamton University

0-21,0-8America East

New Hampshire

Binghamton

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11/8/2019 9:32:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

VESTAL, N.Y. – Hannah Petke (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) recorded 11 kills on a .556 hitting percentage to lead the University of New Hampshire volleyball team to Friday night's 3-0 victory against Binghamton University at West Gym. The set scores were 25-18, 25-12, 25-22.

UNH, which recorded a team .325 hitting percentage, won its second consecutive match to improve to 16-7 overall and 6-2 in America East. Binghamton, held to a .143 hitting percentage, is now 0-21, 0-8.

UP NEXT:

UNH returns to action Nov. 15 (6:30 p.m.) at Stony Brook.
The Wildcats wrap up the regular season Nov. 17 (1 p.m.) at Hartford.

STAT LEADERS

Petke tallied nine kills and no attack errors in the last two sets for a .692 hitting percentage. She finished with 11 kills and an assisted block for 11.5 points.
Bre Smith (Boonville, Mo.) recorded a team-high six blocks and also had four kills on a .667 hitting percentage.
Kennedi Smith (The Woodlands, Texas) was second on the squad with 8.5 points. She tallied seven kills on a .333 hitting percentage, as well as three assisted blocks.
Abby Sullivan (Methuen, Mass.) finished with 7.5 points on seven kills and an assisted block.
Emma Patlovich (Lake Forest, Ill.) tallied a team-high 18 assists. Wren Macaulay (Lake Orion, Michigan) was credited with 10 assists and had a career-high five service aces.

•Emily Tanski (Plymouth, Michigan) finished with a team-high nine digs.
•Logan Welti (Middleton, Wis.) contributed three service aces and five digs.

UNH NOTEBOOK
•New Hampshire has a 24-16 lifetime record against Binghamton with a pair of straight-set wins this season. UNH has won each of the last four matchups.
•UNH has won the first set in 17 of 23 matches.
•Tanski is No. 2 on UNH's career digs list with 1,430. Madison Lightfoot holds the record of 1,657.
•Kennedi Smith is No. 9 in career kills (1,027); ahead of her is No. 8 Kirsten Bates (1,028).
•Smith moved past former teammate Demi Muses (1,202) to No. 9 on the all-time points list with 1,210.
•Patlovich increased her career assist total to 1,994; she is on the verge of becoming the fifth Wildcat to reach the 2,000 assist milestone.

SET 1
•There was one tie score and no lead changes in the first set.
•UNH won the first point and, after Binghamton tied it, went on a 3-0 run to take a lead that would not be relinquished.
•The Wildcats built a five-point advantage, 12-7, before the Bearcats won three consecutive points to close within 12-10.
•New Hampshire went on a 9-2 spurt to take a commanding 21-12 lead.
•Sullivan recorded a kill on UNH's last two points of the set.

SET 2
•There was also one tie score and no lead changes in the second set.
•UNH build an early 6-3 lead, but the Bearcats rallied to tie the score at 7.
•The Wildcats responded with four consecutive points to ignite an 8-1 run that gave the visitors a 15-8 lead.
•The margin extended to 10 points, 19-9, and the set ended at 25-12.

SET 3
•There were three ties and three lead changes in the third set.
•After falling behind 1-0 and 3-2, New Hampshire once again built a 6-3 lead.
•Leading 11-9, a kill by Petke was followed by back-to-back service aces by Welti to extend the advantage to 14-9.
•The Wildcats reeled off five consecutive points to take a commanding 19-10 lead.
•Binghamton closed within 21-17, then the teams exchanged point to push UNH to match point at 24-19.
•The Bearcats fended off three match points, but then Sullivan's kill ended the set and match, 25-22.