Tanski Tallies Double-Double In 3-0 Win vs. Hartford

Saturday, November 5

Durham, N.H.

4 PM

University of New Hampshire

17-10, 8-2AE

University of Hartford

5-18, 2-8AE

HARTFORD

New Hampshire

Photo by: Paige O'Donnell

11/5/2016 6:50:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

DURHAM, N.H. – Emily Tanski (Plymouth, Mich.) recorded a double-double of 10 kills and 11 digs to lead the University of New Hampshire volleyball team to Saturday afternoon's straight-set victory against the University of Hartford at Lundholm Gym. The set scores were 25-10, 25-12, 25-21.

UNH completed the season sweep of the Hawks to extend its win streak to six matches, improve to 17-10 overall and 8-2 in America East. Hartford lost its fourth consecutive match to fall to 5-18, 2-8.

Tanski led the Wildcats with her 11 digs and the 10 kills ranked second. She committed only one error on 24 attempts for a .375 hitting percentage.

New Hampshire Team Stats
40 kills / 5 errors / .347 hitting percentage
39 assists
4 services aces / 8 service errors
43 digs
4 blocks (all assisted)

Hartford Team Stats
28 kills / 24 errors / .040 hitting percentage
28 assists
2 service aces / 4 service errors
46 digs
2 blocks (all assisted)

UNH Individual Stats
Emily Tanski: 10 kills, 11 digs, .375 hit%
Kennedi Smith (The Woodlands, Texas): 11 kills, .346 hit%, three blocks
Gabri Olhava (Mount Prospect, Ill.): seven kills, .400 hit%
Demi Muses (Orangevale, Calif.): five kills, nine digs, three blocks
Keelin Severtson (Delray Beach, Fla.): 35 assists, four digs

Hartford Individual Stats
Jenna Bridges: 12 kills, two blocks
Katy Henchy: eight kills, .238 hit%
Astrid Mangual: 23 assists, eight digs

Up Next: Nov. 11 vs. Albany, 7 p.m. at Lundholm Gym
Regular-season Finale: Nov. 13 vs. Binghamton, 1 pm (Senior Day)

THE DIFFERENCE

New Hampshire recorded a .347 hitting percentage with 40 kills and five errors on 101 attacks. The Wildcats opened at .393 in Set 1, followed by .353 in Set 2 and .308 in Set 3.
Hartford recorded more errors (10) than kills (seven) in the first set and hit .040 for the match.

SET 1

UNH won the first two points and rolled out to a 7-1 lead; Olhava, Smith and Hannah Petke (xx) recorded kills and Tanski had a service ace during a 5-0 run.
The Wildcats had an 8-3 lead and won seven consecutive points, fueled by five straight Hartford attack errors, to take a commanding 15-3 advantage.

SET 2

As in the first set, there were no ties or lead changes in the second set.
New Hampshire held leads of 5-1 and 8-2 before the Hawks called a timeout.
The Wildcats inched ahead 12-4 before Hartford's 4-0 run reduced the margin to four points, 12-8.
The 'Cats called time out and, out of the break, back-to-back kills by Tanski and Severtson, as well as a Muses service ace, quelled the comeback and helped establish a 16-8 lead.
UNH pushed the cushion to double digits, 21-11, when Smith recorded a kill and combined with Muses for a block.
Smith and Severtson tallied back-to-back kills to end the set and give UNH a 2-0 lead in the match.

SET 3

There were six ties and two lead changes in the third set.
Hartford inched out to a 7-4 lead and held a one-point advantage, 9-8, when the Hawks won four consecutive points to build its largest lead of the match, 13-8.
UNH trailed 18-13 before reeling off five consecutive points to level the score, 18-18. Muses and Smith combined for two blocks and Smith also tallied a pair of kills during the run.
Hartford took the next two points to deny the Wildcats' bid to regain the lead, but the 'Cats responded with two straight points to forge a 20-20 tie.
Hartford went back in front on just the team's second block but gave away the next point on a service error.
Tanski closed out the set. She recorded a kill on the next two points to give New Hampshire its first lead, 23-21, since the start of the set (1-0). A Hartford attack error pushed the score to match point and Tanski sent the ball to the court for the set and match.

'CAT NIPS

This marked UNH's eighth straight-set victory of the season; four of those wins have been in America East conference play.
The .347 hitting percentage is the Wildcats' second-highest of the season; they recorded a mark of .390 at Delaware State.
Hartford's .040 was the second-lowest by an opponent this season.
Severtson increased her season assist total to 1,051 for No. 9 on the program's list of single-season superlatives.

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