Smith Records 1,000th Career Point in 3-1 Loss to Seattle

Thursday, September 5

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-0

Seattle University

2-0

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Seattle U	20	25	25	25	3
New Hampshire	25	18	17	20	1

Photo by: Andrew Yourell

9/5/2019 10:38:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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DURHAM, N.H. – Emily Tanski (Plymouth, Mich.) tallied 21 digs and Abby Sullivan (Methuen, Mass.) recorded seven blocks to anchor the defensive effort, but the University of New Hampshire volleyball team was defeated 3-1 by Seattle University at Lundholm Gym on Thursday night.

The set scores were 20-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-20 in what was the first match of the 13^th Holly Young Invitational. UNH moved to 3-2 and Seattle improved to 3-1.

Kennedi Smith (The Woodlands, Texas) became the 17^th player in program history to record 1,000 career points during her 10-point effort.

Up Next: Holly Young Invitational: New Hampshire welcomes Brown University, College of the Holy Cross and Seattle University to Lundholm Gymnasium for the Holly Young Invitational on Sept. 5-7. The Wildcats will play against Holy Cross next on Sept. 6 (7 p.m.) and Brown on Sept. 7 (12:30 p.m.).

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TOP 'CATS

Smith finished with nine kills, 14 digs, two blocks and two assists.
Sullivan had eight kills on a .217 hitting percentage in addition to her match-high seven blocks.
Katie Jablonski (Elburn, Ill.) recorded a team-high 10 kills on a .467 hitting percentage. She also had three blocks and five digs.
Emma Patlovich (Lake Forest, Ill.) had a team-high 20 assists.

SET 1

New Hampshire and Seattle fought back and forth on the score in the first set, until Seattle pulled away to make the score 6-3.
UNH pulled into a 6-6 tie, and the battle for the lead resumed with the teams remaining within one point of each other.
Seattle pulled away once again on a five-point streak to make the score 18-13.
The Wildcats retaliated after another back and forth score with a five-point run.
Patlovich led the 'Cats with six assists in the first set, and Tanski led the team with seven digs.

SET 2

New Hampshire started the second set on a 4-0 run.
The Redhawks overcame the deficit to make the score 5-4 after 4 consecutive points to take the lead, and did not relinquish it for the rest of the set.
Tanski led the 'Cats again with five digs in the second set.

SET 3

Seattle took the lead early in the third set, then built up an eight-point advantage to secure the lead at 11-3 and never looked back.
Jablonski had a team-high four kills in the third set.

SET 4

The Redhawks began the fourth set with a four-point run to take the lead.
The Wildcats cut the deficit to just 13-12, but the Redhawks maintained the lead until the end of the set for the win.

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