Junior setter Andrea Wirth engineered both Skyhawk wins
today with 46 and 30 assists, respectively. She notched a
double-double in the NE-10 win over Southern New
Hampshire.
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Stonehill Sweeps Tri-Match at
SNHU
Skyhawks notch five-set win
over NYIT, sweep Southern N.H. for NE-10 victory
MANCHESTER, N.H. (October
24, 2009) - Stonehill College, ranked fifth in the most
recent NCAA Division II East Regional poll, picked up a pair of
victories at a tri-match hosted by Southern New Hampshire
University this afternoon. The Skyhawks opened with a 3-2 (21-25,
25-19, 25-20, 23-25, 15-12) victory over New York Institute of
Technology before claiming a 3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 26-24) NE-10
decision over the host Penmen at SNHU Fieldhouse.
Stonehill 3, NYIT 2
(21-25, 25-19, 25-20, 23-25, 15-12)
Boxscore
Junior setter Andrea Wirth
(Mesa, Ariz./St. Mary's) dished out 46 assists to go with
13 digs and a service ace to lead Stonehill. Classmate
Laura Noonan (Hampstead, N.H./Bishop Guertin)
posted 16 kills and just three hitting errors on 35 total attacks
for a .371 hitting percentage and three blocks. Junior Erin
Johnson (Centerville, Mass./Barnstable) added 15 kills
with three errors on 38 attacks for a .316 percentage with three
block assists, while sophomore Laura Huselton (Penfield,
N.Y./Penfield) notched a double-double with 13 kills and
16 digs with two block assists. Junior Justine Thompson
(Merrimack, N.H./Bishop Guertin) chipped in with 28 digs
and two service aces.
Sophomore Emily Syers (East
Meadow, N.Y.) led NYIT with 48 assists, nine digs and two
aces. Classmate Tugce Sirdas (Istanbul, Turkey)
collected 15 kills, while sophomore Lisa Peacock
(Lindenhurst, N.Y.) contributed a match-high 30 digs and
four aces.
The fifth set was knotted at 10-10
when Johnson posted a pair of kills to provide a two-point cushion.
A Noonan kill and NYIT hitting error put Stonehill on match point
(14-11). Tugce pulled the Bears within two (14-12), but sophomore
Michelle Thornhill (Canyon Lake, Calif./Temescal
Canyon) closed out the win with a kill.
Stonehill 3, Southern
N.H. 0 (25-19, 25-15, 26-24)
Boxscore
Sophomore Laura Huselton posted double-doubles in both wins
for Stonehill.
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Wirth posted a double-double for
Stonehill with 30 assists and 13 digs while serving up four aces.
Huselton also contributed a double-double with a match-high 11
kills and 14 digs to go with three aces, while Johnson chipped in
with eight kills. Thompson and freshman Erin Kelly (Tinley
Park, Ill./Marist) each contributed ten digs, while Kelly
also chipped in three aces.
Freshman Caitlin Wilson
(Milton, N.H./Nute) led Southern New Hampshire with 17
digs. Junior Stephanie Dluginski (Floral Park, N.Y./Floral
Park Memorial) posted nine kills and five digs, while
sophomore Danielle Coffey (Westborough,
Mass./Westborough) chipped in seven kills.
Stonehill served up 12 service aces
in the three set win. The Skyhawks cruised through the first two
sets, but were forced to rally from a 22-15 deficit in the third to
close out the match. Wirth started the rally with two-straight
aces. In fact, Wirth was on serve for seven-straight points on an
8-0 run that knotted the score at 23-23. Huselton knotted the score
at 24-24 with a kill and then closed the match out with an ace
after a Johnson kill.
Stonehill (14-7, 8-3 NE-10)
is back in action on Tuesday when it hosts Merrimack College for a
non-conference battle at Merkert Gymnasium at 7 p.m.
