SCORE: New Hampshire 3, UAlbany 2 (25-22, 23-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-9)
 
LOCATION: Lundholm Gymnasium - Durham, N.H.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 7-12, 3-2 America East | New Hampshire 10-9, 3-3 America East
 
SHORT STORY: UAlbany and host, New Hampshire, traded set wins before the Wildcats took home the five-set match win, Friday night.
 
COACH JOSH PICKARD: "It was a tough match for the Great Danes tonight. I'm very proud of our two right sides, Oren [Abutbul] and Danielle [Tedesco]. Grace Cozad did a nice job for us off the bench. Going on the road in this conference is difficult and [New Hampshire] played tough tonight."
 
KEY STATS

• Freshman Oren Abutbul led the team with 20 kills and a .459 hitting percentage as well as tallying the second-highest amount of blocks - six.
• Freshman Anissia Wong followed her classmate with a .286 hitting percentage and tied with six blocks.
• Junior Malea Stanton held a slight lead in assists (30) over freshman Elaina Wamhoff (25). The setter also tallied a team-high 13 digs and two service aces.
• Senior Charlotte Macken followed close behind with 12 digs.
• Freshman Lilou Stegeman, returning to the court, led the team with seven blocks against New Hampshire.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Wildcats came out strong tallying an early 4-1 lead. Point-wins continued back-and-forth with a slight New Hampshire lead until the Great Danes tied the score at 12.
• UAlbany kept up with the Wildcats, consistently tallying the tying point but New Hampshire pulled away at the end of the set for a 25-22 set win.
• Much like the first, the Wildcats pulled away early with a 6-3 lead.
• Remaining behind New Hampshire for much of the set, the Great Danes tied the score at 17. Anissia Wong and junior Kamara Kelly jumped up for a block that won the 25-23 set.
• This time around, UAlbany scored the first point, earning a 3-1 early lead but New Hampshire quickly came back eventually taking a 6-4 lead. 
• The Wildcats continued with the close advantage before taking off with a seven-point run that the Great Danes were unable to come back from.
• Once again, UAlbany tallied the first point but New Hampshire totaled the first two-point lead with their fifth point. 
• The point differential remained below two until the Great Danes earned a 12-9 in the middle of a five-point scoring run. 
• UAlbany persisted, eventually gaining as high as a seven-point advantage (20-13) before the Wildcats attempted to take the set back. New Hampshire did close the scoring gap but the Great Danes took the fourth set, 25-23, tying the match, 2-2. 
• For the third-straight set, UAlbany tallied the first point, holding the lead until the Wildcats' seventh point when they took a 7-6 advantage.
• New Hampshire went on an 8-2 scoring run to take the set, 15-9, and the match, 3-2.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes are back in action on Sunday, October 17, at Hartford.

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