Serbousek Leads UNH to 3-1 Win vs. Dartmouth on Jill Hirschinger Night

Saturday, September 23

Durham, N.H.

6PM

University of New Hampshire

9-5,0-0America East

Dartmouth

3-7,0-1Ivy League

Dartmouth

New Hampshire

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Photo by: Madelyn Marthouse

Serbousek Leads UNH to 3-1 Win vs. Dartmouth on Jill Hirschinger Night

9/23/2023 10:26:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Hannah Serbousek (Fort Collins Colo.) recorded a match-high 15 kills to lead the University of New Hampshire volleyball team to a 3-1 victory against Dartmouth College on Saturday night, which was celebrated by UNH as Jill Hirschinger Night.

The set scores were 25-11, 17-25, 26-24, 25-13.

UNH shrugged off a tough second set to come back and win the third and fourth sets. Down the stretch, it was Serbousek who came up big for the 'Cats. Serbousek recorded 15 kills and two big blocks, as well as a service ace, for a match-high 17.0 total points. She also tallied 11 digs to finish with her second double-double of the season.

A major turning point in the match was in the third set. UNH believed they had the winning point on an attack error by Dartmouth. The call was reversed on a challenge by Dartmouth to give the Big Green a chance to win the set. Now with the score tied at 24, the Wildcats bounced back from the reversed call with a crucial kill from Serbousek and, on a serve from Avery LePore (Franklin Tenn.), a Dartmouth attack error gave UNH the 26-24 win in Set 3.

Before the match, UNH volleyball welcomed back legendary coach Jill Hirschinger, who coached the Wildcats for 23 seasons from 1996 to 2018. Coach Hirschinger was met with a standing ovation from former players and fans and honored with a custom volleyball.

UNH improved to 9-5 overall and 2-0 at home while Dartmouth fell to 3-7.

UP NEXT

UNH travels to UMBC next Sunday, Oct. 1 (1p.m.)
UNH returns home Sunday, Oct. 8 at (1p.m.) to celebrate Dig Pink Day in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.

UNH LEADERS

Alysa Wright (Wayne, Pa.) tallied 14 points with six kills on a .429 hitting percentage, five aces and four blocks.
Kelly Kaufmann (Raleigh, N.C.) ranked second on the team with nine kills.
Camryn Honn (Overland Park, Kan.) led all players with 24 assists. She also had three kills, eight digs and a block.
LePore finished with a match-high 25 digs.

SET 1

UNH jumped out to a 4-1 lead with back-to-back kills from Serbousek.
The 'Cats reeled off seven consecutive points on the strength of four service aces by Wright to extend the advantage to 14-4.
A kill by Kaufmann brought the score to 21-8 for the Wildcats.
Serbousek recorded the final kill for UNH to record a comfortable 25-11 win in the first set.

SET 2

Dartmouth took an early 2-0 lead before Kauffman's kill made it 2-1.
The Big Green extended the advantage to five points at 14-9, then slowly pushed the margin to six points (19-13) and seven points (21-14).
Leading 22-17, DC closed out the second set with a 3-0 run.

SET 3

Dartmouth continued its momentum in the start of the third set to build 5-2 lead, but a major turning point for the Wildcats happened when Wright recorded a big kill that sparked a 5-2 spurt to tie the score at 7-7.
Another big moment in the set was when Honn's kill put UNH up 12-11 as part of an 8-0 run that gave the 'Cats an 18-11 lead.
Dartmouth battled back to tie the score at 22, but the Wildcats won the next two points to take a 24-22 lead.
The set would end in dramatic fashion when Dartmouth challenged a call that would have won the set for the Wildcats. The call was reversed to give Dartmouth another chance to win the set.
On the next play, Serbousek's kill gave the 'Cats another set point and a DC attack error ended the set in favor of UNH, 26-24.

SET 4

New Hampshire started the fourth set hot with two kills by Marisa Armer (Bradenton, Fla.) and an ace from Karabulut for a 5-2 lead.
Serbousek recorded a pair of kills and a block in a 4-0 run to give the Wildcats a commanding 9-3 lead.
Meredith Hohnbaum (Indianapolis Ind.) had two kills in a 3-1 spurt by the Wildcats to push the lead to 13-5.
The advantage grew to 18-9 before Dartmouth won four consecutive points to close within 18-13.
UNH closed the set and match with a 7-0 run.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

UNH is 17-12 vs Dartmouth all time with a .586 win percentage.

JILL HIRSCHINGER NIGHT

In 23 seasons as UNH volleyball head coach, Hirschinger guided the Wildcats to 372 wins, seven America East regular-season titles, seven America East tournament championships and seven NCAA tourney appearances – all in 1998, 2002-03, 2013-16. She was honored as America East Coach of the Year six times.
Hirschinger inherited a second-year program in 1996 and the team saw a 17-game improvement from her first year to second year as the Wildcats went 23-10, including 11-3 in America East, in 1997. The team won 24 matches back-to-back years in 1998 and 1999 with a perfect conference record of 14-0 in '98.
Overall, the 'Cats recorded 20-plus wins in a season 10 times during her tenure with a pair of four-year stretches spanning the 1997-2000 and 2013-16 seasons.
Two Wildcats – Beth Cole and Aly Coler – earned All-America Honorable Mention under Hirschinger's mentorship.
America East accolades earned by Hirschinger's student-athletes included 33 All-Conference First Team, 25 All-Academic Team, seven Player of the Year, four Defensive Specialist of the Year, three Setter of the Year, two Scholar-Athlete of the Year, one Rookie of the Year and one Elite 18.