MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team opened a road weekend with a 3-0 loss (25-18, 25-22, 25-19) against Saint Anselm College on Friday at Stoutenburgh Gymnasium. The Northeast 10 Conference teams played a non-league affair.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-9), Saint Anselm (5-4)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Ella Patterson (Folsom, Calif./Vista Del Lago), 5 kills, 7 digs
• Senior Dana Welch (Howell, N.J./Donovan Catholic), 8 kills
• Junior Grace Almeida (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), 2 aces, 2 blocks
• Junior Ashley Marshall (Escondido, Calif./Escondido Charter), 24 assists, 9 digs
• Sophomore Anna Daggett (Hinesburg, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 9 digs
• Sophomore D'Niaya Settles (Ames, Iowa/Ames), 6 kills
• First-year Caitlin Mediate (Portsmouth, R.I./Portsmouth), 6 digs
• First-year Justine Sharkness (Canton, Mich./Plymouth), 5 digs
• First-year Rory Tower (Fountain Hills, Ariz./Desert Mountain), 10 kills, .750 hitting, 2 aces, 2 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Hollyn Frano, 8 kills, .412 hitting, 12 digs
• Sophomore Taylor Lacerda, 8 kills
• First-year Peyton Elward, 8 kills, 3 aces
• First-year Mckenna O'Connell, 31 assists, 9 digs, 3 aces

THE ACTION

• Back-to-back Lacerda kills extended the Hawks' first-set lead to 11-4 before Tower's solo block later cut the deficit to 19-17, but the hosts netted six of the final seven points.
• Ryan dropped an ace to provide Saint Anselm a 19-14 edge in the second set before Patterson's kill rallied Saint Michael's within 23-22. Elward followed with a kill and Frano with the clinching ace.
• The hosts led 7-2 early in set No. 3, but aces by Patterson and Tower keyed a go-ahead 8-2 stretch. With Saint Anselm clinging to an 18-17 edge after Tower's kill, Frano had three kills as the Hawks scored four of the next five points to take control.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Saturday at Southern New Hampshire University, 1 p.m.