SCORE: New Hampshire 3, UAlbany 0 (25-15, 26-24, 25-22)
LOCATION: PE Gym - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 4-10, 0-2 America East | New Hampshire 9-6, 1-0 America East
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes fell to New Hampshire in three closely contested sets, Sunday evening.
COACH JOSH PICKARD: "Tough outing for us today. We had issues getting our offense going and it made our defense harder. Once we were able to pick up our service pressure, we had better outcomes. We have a midweek match coming up so we will go back to the gym to work on things."
KEY STATS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The match started back-and-forth with neither team earning more than a two-point lead.
- Tied at 10, the Wildcats jumped ahead with an eight-point scoring run.
- Play returned to its back-and-forth nature but it was too much for the Great Danes to overcome and UNH took the first set, 25-15.
- UAlbany opened set two strong with five points in seven rallies.
- After back-and-forth action that led to the Wildcats earning a slim lead, 11-10, two 3-0 runs allowed the Great Danes to take and extend their lead to 16-13.
- New Hampshire answered with a 7-2 scoring run to take a two-point advantage, 21-19.
- At the first set point of the second, UAlbany's Shynelle Woroniuk tallied a kill and Elisavet Papageorgiou followed with her own kill to tie the set at 24-24.
- UNH earned a 2-0 match lead with two consecutive points to end the second set.
- The Wildcats jumped to a quick 14-6 lead in the third set.
- Six consecutive points and the Great Danes had closed New Hampshire's lead to just two points.
- Back-and-forth action ensued until the set was tied at 22.
- New Hampshire closed the set, and the match, with three consecutive points to take a 25-22 set win for the 3-0 match win.
NEXT: The Great Danes will continue at home as they host Le Moyne for a midweek matchup on Wednesday (Oct. 2).
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