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bennett and habing
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Winner Southern Conn. St. SCSU 15-7,6-3 NE10
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Southern N.H. SNHU 2-20,0-7 NE10
Winner
Southern Conn. St. SCSU
15-7,6-3 NE10
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Final
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Southern N.H. SNHU
2-20,0-7 NE10
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 25 25 25 (3)
Southern N.H. SNHU 18 17 21 (0)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Bennett & Habing Lead SCSU Volleyball To Sweep At SNHU

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Sydney Bennett and Kerrigan Habing both had 11 kills to lead Southern Connecticut State Universrity volleyball to a sweep of Southern New Hampshire 25-18, 25-17, 25-21 in Manchester, N.H. With the win, the Owls improved to 15-7 overall and 4-3 in the Northeast 10. It was Southern's 12th sweep of the season.

Bennett hit .733 from the middle and finished with 13 points, including two solo blocks. Habing took a team-high 31 swings and scored 12 points, adding an ace and four digs.

Setter Kimberli Mitchell ran the offense with 25 assists. She also had three kills on eight swings without an error, three aces, four digs and a block for seven points. Sarah Henault led the back row with nine digs, and Victoria Pascual had eight digs to go with her two aces. Alyssa Ferreira added six digs and two assists.

Southern Connecticut State was the more efficient team all night. The Owls hit .222 with 33 kills and 13 attack errors on 90 swings. Southern New Hampshire had 30 kills but 23 errors and hit .072. The Owls also out-blocked the Penmen 6-3 and kept their passing clean, with one reception error to Southern New Hampshire's eight.

In the third set the Penmen went up 4-1 when Southern Connecticut State made attack errors on back-to-back points. The Owls got back in it with a kill from Bennett and three straight kills from Habing to take a 6-5 lead. After SNHU tied it at 6, Bennett's block on the next point to put the Owls back in front for good.

Mianna Brown, who came in during the third set, then took over. She had three kills in the set, and Southern Connecticut State scored six straight points with Mitchell serving to go from 8-7 to 14-7. That run included a block by Aleciyah Brodley and Brown and an ace by Mitchell.

The Owls stretched the lead to 20-12 on a kill by Habing. The Penmen didn't go away, answering with a 5-0 run that cut it to 20-17. Southern Connecticut State responded with a Habing kill and two straight Southern New Hampshire attack errors to reach 23-18.

Southern New Hampshire won three straight points before the Owls called a timeout at 23-21. Out of the break, a SNHU attack error gave Southern Connecticut State match point, and Pascual's ace ended it.

Southern's final regular games are both at home including SCSU's Serve and Honor Night Recognizing Veterans, Military, and First Responders on Tuesday, Nov. 3 against Pace at 5 p.m. at Pelz Gym. Then its on to Senior Night on Friday, Nov. 6 when Southern hosts Franklin Pierce at 5 p.m.
 
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