SCSU Volleyball Sweeps Franklin Pierce In Final Regular Season Game

Franklin Pierce FPU 7-16,2-7 NE10

Southern Conn. St. SCSU 17-7,6-3 NE10

Franklin Pierce FPU

7-16,2-7 NE10

Final

Nov. 06, 2026

Southern Conn. St. SCSU

17-7,6-3 NE10

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
Franklin Pierce FPU	25	20	15	(0)
Southern Conn. St. SCSU	27	25	25	(3)

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Volleyball | 11/6/2026 7:01:00 PM

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Southern Connecticut State University volleyball hit its stride at home Friday, sweeping Franklin Pierce 3-0 to improve to 17-7 overall and 6-3 in Northeast 10 Conference play.

Kerrigan Habing led the Owls with 10 kills and added two service aces and eight digs. Aleciyah Brodley hit .643 with nine kills on 14 attempts and no errors, while Sydney Bennett added eight kills and a team-high five blocks.

Katie Bardak chipped in six kills on .313 hitting, and Jaiden Binning provided a spark off the bench, hitting .750 with six kills in eight swings. Sarah Stark added two kills and two blocks in two sets.

Setter Kimi Mitchell orchestrated the offense with 40 assists, four kills and three digs, guiding Southern Connecticut to hitting percentages of .385 in the first set, .286 in the second and .241 in the third.
The Owls won 27-25, 25-20, 25-15 in front of 165 fans at Pelz Gym, controlling the match at the net and limiting the Ravens to a .065 hitting percentage while hitting .311 as a team.
Southern Connecticut finished with 48 kills, 45 assists, 42 digs and eight blocks. Franklin Pierce (7-16, 2-7 NE10) totaled 26 kills and 25 digs.

Southern Connecticut needed extra points to take the opening set. Franklin Pierce built an early 3-0 lead and led 21-17 after back-to-back aces. The Owls responded with a 5-1 run to tie it at 22, fueled by a block from Bennett and a pair of Franklin Pierce attack errors.

After the Ravens moved ahead 24-23, Southern Connecticut closed with four of the final five points. Habing tied it with a kill, then put the Owls ahead after a Franklin Pierce error before Bennett sealed it with a block.

The momentum carried into the second set, where Southern Connecticut opened on a 5-0 run behind Sarah Henault's serve, including an ace and kills from Bardak and Habing. The Owls never trailed, pushing the lead to 14-8 on a kill from Victoria Pascual and later to 20-18 on a kill from Brodley.

Mitchell's distribution kept the Ravens off balance, as five different Owls recorded at least two kills in the frame. A block by Bardak and Stark made it 23-20 before Habing finished the set with consecutive points, capped by a block from Stark.

The third set was all Southern Connecticut. Leading 5-5, the Owls ripped off four straight points on Habing's serve, including two blocks by Bennett and Mitchell and an ace. The lead grew to 14-7 after a run of seven consecutive points with Camilla Fernandez serving, featuring two kills from Binning and a service ace.

Southern Connecticut closed on a 11-5 run, forcing Franklin Pierce into a -.088 hitting percentage in the final set with seven errors. Ferreira and Stark delivered key kills down the stretch before Habing ended the match with her 10th kill off an assist from Mitchell.

Southern Connecticut held advantages in kills (48-26), assists (45-25), digs (42-25) and blocks (8-5). The Owls also limited their errors to 16 attack errors compared to 19 for the Ravens.

With a 6-3 conference mark, the Owls locked up the fourth seed in the upcoming NE10 Championship tournament and will host a First Round matchup on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at Pelz Gym at 5 p.m.

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