BOX SCORE COLCHESTER, Vt. – Amber Cannady (Yonkers, N.Y./Charles E. Gorton) posted a double-double with 19 kills and 12 blocks to lead the University of New Haven women's volleyball team to a Northeast-10 win at Saint Michael's on Friday evening. The Chargers took the match by set scores of 25-23, 25-15, 21-25 and 25-13.
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With a 20-4 record, the Chargers have locked up the 35th 20-win season in 38 years as a varsity program. New Haven also improves to 11-0 in the Northeast-10 and can clinch at least a share of the conference regular-season title and the top seed in the 2013 NE-10 Championship with a win tomorrow at Saint Anselm.
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Saint Michael's falls to 11-10 overall with a 3-8 conference mark.
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Cannady hit .432 en route to her match high of 19 kills.
Ashley Dalton (Helena, Mont./Capital / Northern Arizona University) added nine finishers and
Kristen Lee (Colorado Springs, Colo./Liberty) slammed home seven.
Kristy Atufunwa (Denver, Colo./Denver East) and
Meghan Kennelly (Detroit, Mich./Eisenhower) each had six kills with three from
Margo Meteyer (Madison, Wis./Madison West) and
Kaulana Ane (Paia, Hawai'i/Kamehameha) with two.
Hayley Wilson (Denver, Colo./Overland) had one kill to round out the offense.
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Ane distributed 32 assists as the Chargers posted a cumulative .219 hitting percentage.
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Defensively,
Kea-Marie Olaso (Kailua, Hawai'i/Le Jardin Academy) shared the match high of 21 digs. Lee added 17 from the back row, and
Annika Hacker (Bayreuth, Germany/Littleton (Colo.)) had 10. At the net, Cannady's 12 blocks fueled a season-best 17-block showing from the Chargers. Ane had a hand in six rejections and Dalton got a piece of five. The New Haven defensive effort limited Saint Michael's to a .108 hitting percentage.
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Kelsey Flaherty and Lindsay Phenix each posted 10 kills for the Purple Knights. Jess McLeod handed out 37 assists, and Natalie Moore matched Olaso with 21 digs.
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The Chargers return to the court tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Saint Anselm. New Haven concludes its three-match road swing on Tuesday at Southern Connecticut State before concluding the regular season with Senior Day at Charger Gymnasium against Southern New Hampshire on Friday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m.