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November 13, 2014 ~ UNH claimed its second consecutive America East regular season title, defeating Stony Brook University in consecutive sets at Lundholm Gymnasium. Concurrently,Senior setter Taylor Dunklautallied her 3,000^th career assist in the first set, becoming just the third player in UNH volleyball history to accomplish the feat.
November 20, 2014 ~ Five University of New Hampshire volleyball student-athletes, led by Player and Setter of the YearTaylor Dunklauwere honored at the America East annual banquet at Huddleston Hall on the UNH campus. Furthermore, head coach Jill Hirschinger and her coaching staff were bestowed the Coaching Staff of the Year award for the second consecutive year.
November 21-22, 2014 ~ New Hampshire defeated Stony Brook (3-0) and UAlbany (3-1) to win the America East Tournament title at Lundholm Gymnasium for the second consecutive year. The Wildcats rattled off their 11th consecutive win. Demi Muses was bestowed the tournament's Most Outstanding Player while juniors Abby Brinkmanand Madison Lightfootjoined Muses on the conference All-Championship Team
December 4, 2014 ~ UNH made its fifth appeared in the NCAA Tournament and second in as many years. However, the Wildcats were defeated 3-0 at third-ranked University of Washington in the first-round game at Alaska Airlines Arena.
February 19, 2015 ~ Junior outside hitter Tori Forrest was named the America East Scholar-Athlete of the Year for volleyball. Forrest, who was voted to the conference's First Team and All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year, boasted a cumulative 3.75 grade point average with a double major in accounting and business management.
April 11, 2015 ~ The Wildcats receive their championship rings at the annual awards banquet. Senior Taylor Dunklau was bestowed the Holly Young Most Valuable Player Award. Junior Abby Brinkman received the Judy Ray Academic Excellence Award while senior Delaney Dameron garned the Ed Jentes Coaches' Award. Senior co-captain Katie Sattora was honored as the Best Teammate for the third straight year. Junior Cassidy Croci rounded out the accolades with the Most Improved Award.
May 6, 2015 ~ UNH volleyball hosted the 10th annual “Volley 4 Holly” Tournament on Tuesday, May 5 at Lundholm Gymnasium, raising $1,400 for the Jimmy Fund in the name of Holly Young.
June 12, 2015 ~ Taylor Dunklau named the America East Female Athlete of the Year. Dunklau puncuates her collegiate honors as she received the Player and Setter of Year awards last season.
July 28, 2015 ~ Former UNH America East Player of the Year Morgan Thatcher '14 returned to Durham to join the volleyball program as an assistant coach.
July 29, 2015 ~ UNH volleyball earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the fourth consecutive season. New Hampshire, the America East regular season and tournament champions for the second straight year, finished the 2014-15 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.40. The Wildcats were one of 146 NCAA Division I teams to be recognized for the award, a new record for the AVCA. The GPA helped propel the Wildcats to claim a share of the league's Academic Cup with the University of Hartford.
August 17, 2015 ~ New Hampshire was picked first in the 2015 America East Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Poll with 35 points and a league-high five first-place votes.
September 4, 2015 ~ Senior Tori Forrest became this eighth player in program history to surpass 1,000 kills. The Wildcats defeated Marshall University in four sets at the Fairfield Invitational.
September 19, 2015 ~ Senior Madison Lightfoot recorded 11 digs at Syracuse University to match the program’s all-time digs record of 1,398. She was tied with Jen Williams who set the mark in 2005.
September 20, 2015 ~ With wins over Navy and Buffalo, senior Madison Lightfoot set the all-time digs record with 1,435 following the matches. She broke the previous record in the first set against against Buffalo, the first match of the day for UNH.
November 1, 2015 ~ On senior day, senior Tori Forrest reached the 1,000-dig plateau, the 10^th player in UNH history to accomplish the feat. She is also the third player in the program’s history to reach 1,000+ in both digs and kills.
November 15, 2015 ~ UNH finished the regular season with a 19-8 overall record and a 11-1 mark in conference play to hold a share of the regular season title and secured hosting right for the America East Championships for the third consecutive year.
November 17, 2015 ~ Senior Madison Lightfoot was named America East Fan’s Choice Player of the Year after fans voted on social media platforms. She received 1,492 of the 4,092 total votes.
November 19, 2015 ~ Nine awards were claimed by UNH volleyball at the America East annual banquet headlined by co-Player of the Year junior Demi Muses and Setter of the Year junior Keelin Severtson. Senior Tori Forrest joined the two on the All-Conference first team while senior Madison Lightfoot was placed on the All-Conference second team. Forrest, and seniors Cassidy Croci and Abby Brinkman were named to the All-Academic team.
November 21, 2015 ~ New Hampshire toppled UAlbany in three sets led by the Most Outstanding Player Tori Forrest for the third consecutive championship and the program’s sixth total. The victory gave UNH an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
November 29, 2015 ~ The Wildcats learned they would play No. 11 University of Florida in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
December 3, 2015 ~ The Wildcats played in the sixth NCAA Tournament in program history but fell in three sets to No. 11 University of Florida.
December 8, 2015 ~ Junior Demi Muses was named American Volleyball Coaches Association All-East Region Honorable Mention, just the third player in program history to receive the honor.

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