MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team erased a two-deficit deficit and held match point before losing against Saint Anselm College, 3-2 (25-16, 25-13, 19-25, 21-25, 16-14), on Saturday in Stoutenburgh Gymnasium. The Northeast-10 Conference foes played a non-league match.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-10), Saint Anselm (6-8)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Alexandra Báez Rentas (San Juan, Puerto Rico/New Dimensions), 30 assists, 11 digs, 8 kills, 3 blocks, .800 hitting
• Senior Aaliyah Huihui-Martinez (Salinas, Calif./Notre Dame), 12 digs
• Sophomore Kyla Farnan (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle), 24 digs, 5 assists, 3 aces
• First-year Kayleigh Cucura (Redmond, Ore./Ridgeview), 5 blocks
• First-year Mahili McKay (Oakland, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd), 8 kills, 5 blocks
• First-year Nora Schulze (Hingham, Mass./Hingham), 13 kills
• First-year D'Niaya Settles (Ames, Iowa/Ames), 7 kills, 2 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Abigail Macalaguim, 53 assists
• Sophomore Madeline Burke, 17 digs
• Sophomore Hollyn Frano, 18 kills
• Sophomore Melis Kocak, 15 kills
• First-year Taylor Lacerda, 15 kills

THE ACTION

• Junior Dana Welch's (Howell, N.J./Donovan Catholic) kill tied the teams at 2-2 in the opening set before Kocak had two kills in an 11-3 response, and the hosts never again led by fewer than four points.
• Kocak's two kills and one block keyed a 9-2 run that provided the Hawks a 12-4 lead in the second set. McKay had a kill and block in a 6-0 response, but Saint Anselm came out of an ensuing timeout with an 9-1 run, with Frano lending three kills, to pull away.
• Kills from four Purple Knights helped the visitors lead 13-7 early in set No. 3 and, after Frano's kill made it 19-17, Saint Michael's used a late 5-0 run that featured four host errors to clinch the set win.
• Farnan's three straight aces and following kill capped a 6-0 tally that put the Purple and Gold up 10-5 in the fourth set, and the Hawks never came closer than two points from there.
• Neither team led by more than two points in the fifth and deciding set until a pair of errors completed a 3-0 Saint Michael's run that produced an 11-8 edge for the visitors. After Frano and Kocak dropped consecutive kills to make it 13-12, Schulze's kill brought the Purple Knights to match point. However, Kocak had a hand in the next four points, with three kills and a block, as Saint Anselm salvaged the victory.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Tuesday at Southern New Hampshire University, 7 p.m.