Petke's 13 Kills Propels 'Cats Past Holy Cross, 3-0

Friday, September 6

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

4-0

Holy Cross

0-0

Holy Cross

New Hampshire

Photo by: Jack Bouchard

9/6/2019 10:08:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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DURHAM, N.H. – Hannah Petke (Rancho Santo Margarita, Calif.) tallied a match-high 13 kills to lead the University of New Hampshire volleyball team to Friday night's 3-0 victory against College of the Holy Cross at Lundholm Gym.

The set scores were 25-21, 25-17, 25-21, in what was the third match of the 13^th Holly Young Invitational. UNH improved to 4-2 overall and Holy Cross fell to 0-4.

In the day's opening match, Brown University rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Seattle University, 3-2, by a 15-7 score in the decisive fifth set.

Petke recorded 13 kills and just one error on 18 attack attempts for a .667 hitting percentage.

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 Brown next on Sept. 7 (12:30 p.m.). In the other matches that day, Seattle faces Holy Cross at 10 a.m. and the Crusaders play Brown in the finale at 2:30 p.m.

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TOP 'CATS

Kennedi Smith (The Woodlands, Texas) finished with nine kills, 14 digs, two blocks and a service ace.
Emily Tanski (Plymouth, Mich.) recorded a match-high 18 digs.
Emma Patlovich (Lake Forest, Ill.) and Wren Macaulay (Lake Orion, Mich.) split the setting duties and orchestrated UNH's offense to a .239 hitting percentage. Patlovich tallied a match-high 20 assists and Macaulay had 15.

SET 1

The Wildcats fell behind 5-2 and then went on a five-point run to take a 7-5 lead.
New Hampshire and Holy Cross fought back and forth until New Hampshire inched ahead, 16-11.
Holy Cross pulled within one point at 18-17 and 19-18, but the Wildcats pulled away once again on a 4-1 run to extend the advantage to 23-19.
A kill by Smith and ace by Tanski closed out the set.
Petke led the Wildcats with a team-high of six kills in first set.

SET 2

New Hampshire maintained a small lead of 2-3 points until, with the Wildcats leading 9-6, three consecutive points sparked a 6-1 run that gave UNH a 15-7 advantage.
Late in the second set, Holy Cross chipped away at the lead and trimmed the deficit to 20-16.
After the teams exchanged single points, the 'Cats closed out the set on a 4-0 run.
Petke led the 'Cats with five kills and a block in the second set, and Smith chipped in with four kills and a block.

SET 3

New Hampshire and Holy Cross fought back and forth early in the third set with five ties and three lead changes.
Leading 10-9, the Wildcats started to pull away to make the score 14-10.
The Crusaders closed within 15-13 before UNH reeled off four consecutive points to build a 19-13 advantage. Smith contributed both a block and a kill during the run.
Late in the third set, Holy Cross went on a 5-0 run to pull within 23-20, but the visitors would get no closer the rest of the way.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Tanski is No. 7 on the program's all-time digs leaderboard with 1,169. Ahead of her on the list is Jillian Ross at 1,207.
Smith, who became the 17^th UNH player to record 1,000 career point on Thursday, increased her total to 1,019.5 with 10 more Friday vs. Holy Cross.
New Hampshire improved to 2-1 at home.
UNH has won all 17 lifetime meetings against Holy Cross – 13 in straight sets.