Saint Michael's College

MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team opened the season with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-11, 25-19) loss to Saint Anselm College on Thursday in Stoutenburgh Gymnasium. The Northeast 10 Conference foes met for a non-league match.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-1), Saint Anselm (1-0)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Tessa LaFrenier (Narragansett, R.I./North Kingstown/Adelphi), 8 kills
• Sophomore Rory Tower (Fountain Hills, Ariz./Desert Mountain), 6 kills, 3 blocks
• Junior Nora Schulze (Hingham, Mass./Hingham), 6 kills, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Lillie King (Livermore, Calif./Carondelet), 3 kills
• Sophomore Abby Crowley (Westerly, R.I./La Salle Academy), 14 assists, 2 blocks (college debut)
• Senior Ashley Marshall (Escondido, Calif./Escondido Charter), 7 assists in 2 sets
• First-year Sarah Gordon (Dyer, Ind./Marian Catholic), 14 digs
• Junior Anna Daggett (Hinesburg, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 6 digs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Sam Pila, 8 kills, 8 digs
• Junior Taylor Lacerda, 8 kills
• Sophomore Etta Rocco, 6 kills, .455 hitting, 7 blocks
• Sophomore Mckenna O'Connell, 29 assists
• Senior Madeline Burke, 14 digs

MATCH FACTS

• LaFrenier made her Saint Michael's debut after transferring from Adelphi University, the No. 2 seed in last year's NCAA East Regional Championship.
• Crowley appeared in her first college match after losing the 2025 season to injury.

THE ACTION

• A trio of LaFrenier kills helped the Purple Knights trail only 9-8 in the opening set before O'Connell's ace and kill helped kick off a 9-1 run that helped the Hawks pull away.
• Schulze dropped a kill to put Saint Michael's ahead 5-4 in the second set, but nine of the next 10 points went to the hosts, including four on Lacerda kills. The margin never closed to less than six points from there.
• Saint Anselm scored the first seven points of set No. 3 and led 9-1 before the Purple and Gold rallied within three on three occasions late in the stanza, for the final time on LaFrenier's kill that made it 20-17. The Hawks responded with consecutive kills and never again led by fewer than four points.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Saturday vs. Felician University, 11 a.m. and Assumption University, 3 p.m.