BOX SCORE

ALBANY, N.Y. - The University of New Haven women's volleyball team swept the College of Saint Rose, 3-0 (25-16, 25-11, 25-19), Tuesday night in its 12th straight victory of the season. The Chargers improved to 12-4 overall and 7-0 in the Northeast-10 Conference. The Golden Knights fell to 10-5 overall and 5-1 in conference play.

New Haven and Saint Rose, two of just three undefeated teams remaining in the NE-10 prior to the match, played close in the opening third of the first set. UNH and Saint Rose were tied 8-8 before Keidy Candelaria (Vega Baja, Puerto Rico/Bayamon Military Academy) landed a kill to give the Chargers the lead for good. The Chargers scored 11 of the next 15 points to take a 20-13 lead. Down the stretch, Saint Rose errors and a kill from Candelaria gave UNH a 1-0 lead in the match.

The Chargers came out on fire in the second set and took an early 10-2 lead off a Golden Knights error. Chelsey Alpough (Torrance, Calif./South / Western New Mexico Univ. ) led the team to an 11-point, 19-8, lead with a kill later in the set. Back-to-back kills from Kristy Atufunwa (Denver, Colo./Denver East) eventually sealed a 14-point victory for UNH in the second set.

The third set was played much closer as the teams were point-for-point for half of the set. After tying the set at 14-14, Candelaria led the Chargers on a rally down the stretch of the final set. She scored the Chargers' 15th point and started an 8-3 run which put the Chargers up 23-17. Elizabeth Akinbiyi (Miami Gardens, Fla./Chaminade-Madonna Prep.) added two kills in the final four points to lead the Chargers to a five-point victory in the winning set.

Candelaria led the team with 10 kills, while Atufunwa added seven kills. Amber Cannady (Yonkers, N.Y./Charles E. Gorton) played well in the front row with a .500 hitting percentage (5-of-10) and four total blocks. Alpough handed out 27 assists, while also hitting .500 with five kills.

The Chargers return to action on Friday, October 14 when they host Southern New Hampshire in another NE-10 match at Charger Gymnasium. Match time is set for 7 p.m. For complete links to live video and live statistics, visit www.NewHavenChargers.com.