Box Score RINDGE, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team lost to Franklin Pierce University, 3-2 (19-25, 22-25, 25-19, 25-13, 15-10), on Tuesday evening during Northeast-10 Conference play in the FPU Fieldhouse.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-8, 3-3 NE10), Franklin Pierce (7-7, 2-4 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Ella Patterson (Folsom, Calif./Vista Del Lago), 10 kills
• Senior Caitlin O'Connor (Bourne, Mass./Bourne), 8 kills
• First-year Grace Almeida (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), 6 kills, 3 blocks, 2 aces
• Junior Alexandra Báez Rentas (San Juan, Puerto Rico/New Dimensions), 27 assists, 17 digs, 7 kills, 3 aces
• First-year Kyla Farnan (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle), 15 digs, 2 aces
• First-year Katarina Mladenovic (Chicago, Ill./Maine South), 14 digs, 3 aces
• Junior Jillian Orth (Bourne, Mass./Bourne), 13 digs
• Senior Beth Syverson (Huntington, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union/Emmanuel [Mass.]), 4 kills, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Dana Welch (Howell, N.J./Donovan Catholic), 3 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Katholiki Koukia, 16 kills, 3 blocks
• Senior Tessa Brandt, 13 kills, 12 digs
• Sophomore Annaka Lindstrom, 46 assists, 13 digs, 8 kills, 3 aces
• Senior Morgan Schmutzler, 31 digs, 9 assists

MATCH FACTS

• The Purple Knights went to five sets for the second consecutive match and third time this year.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights forged a 12-3 lead in the opening set behind a trio of Patterson kills before twice claiming 10-point advantages, including at 16-6 on Báez Rentas' kill. The Ravens trimmed their deficit to 22-18, but Báez Rentas had a kill to key a clinching 3-1 run.
• Saint Michael's trailed by a 14-9 count in the second set before four players had kills in a go-ahead 7-1 response. After falling behind at 20-17, the Purple Knight scored eight of the final 10 points.
• Franklin Pierce's 18-12 start to set No. 3 was met by a 4-0 run by the visitors, who trailed 18-16 on a Patterson ace, before the Ravens used three kills and two blocks by Koukia during a closing 7-3 run.
• The hosts scored 17 of the first 20 points in the fourth set and never looked back in tying the match.
• Franklin Pierce scored the first five points in the fifth and deciding set before the Purple Knights rallied to tie at 6-all on an error. The next two points went to the Ravens, but Saint Michael's twice came within a single point, including 10-9 on Patterson's kill. However, the hosts scored five of the final six points, with Brandt dropping kills for the final two.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Friday at Adelphi University, 7 p.m.