BOX SCORE WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Keidy Candelaria (Vega Baja, Puerto Rico/Bayamon Military Academy) fell one kill shy of a triple-double, and Kristen Lee (Colorado Springs, Colo./Liberty) and Bai Zhang (China/Shan Dong Zi Bo No. 10 / China Shan Dong Normal University) joined her with double-doubles to lead the University of New Haven women’s volleyball team to a straight-set win over Saint Michael’s on Friday at Charger Gymnasium. The victory by set scores of 25-23, 25-23 and 25-14 extends the Chargers’ winning streak to 17 matches.
 
Now 20-1 overall and 11-0 in Northeast-10 play, the Chargers have run off 17-straight wins in consecutive seasons. New Haven has also posts its seventh-consecutive 20-win campaign and its 34th in 37-season varsity history. The Chargers also improve to 70-0 in regular-season competition against Northeast-10 opponents since joining the conference in 2008. Saint Michael’s evens its overall record at 10-10 and drops to 2-7 in conference play.
 
Candelaria had nine kills, 22 assists and 15 digs as the Chargers’ primary setter for the match. Lee recorded a team-best 11 kills in addition to 13 digs, and Zhang recorded 11 helpers and 10 digs.
 
Amber Cannady (Yonkers, N.Y./Charles E. Gorton) added eight kills, Kristy Atufunwa (Denver, Colo./Denver East) added seven, Hayley Wilson (Denver, Colo./Overland) notched six and Margo Meteyer (Madison, Wis./Madison West) rounded out the attack with three finishers.
 
Meteyer also reached double-digit digs with 12, and Kea-Marie Olaso (Kailua, Hawai'i/Le Jardin Academy) had a team-best 21 from the back row. At the net, Candelaria and Cannady each had a hand in two of the Chargers’ three team blocks.
 
New Haven posted nine points from its serving game, led by six aces from Meteyer. Candelaria, Lee and Zhang also all added winners.
 
Despite winning the first two sets by identical 25-23 tallies, the Chargers never trailed in the match and Saint Michael’s only tied the score on four occasions – once in set one and three times in set two before a wire-to-wire New Haven victory in the third set.
 
The Purple Knights got a team-high seven kills apiece from three players. Jess McLeod ran the offense and dished out 25 assists, and Courtney Dunne had a match-leading 24 digs.
 
New Haven hit .188 (33-18-138) compared to a .133 mark (32-15-128) for the visitors. Saint Michael’s landed one service ace to the Chargers’ nine but won the blocking battle, 5-3.
 
The Chargers return to the court on Tuesday, Oct. 30 for a visit from American International. First serve from Charger Gym is slated for 7 p.m.