Plymouth St. Plym 20-2,6-0 Little East

Keene St. KSC 9-14,1-5 Little East

Plymouth St. Plym

20-2,6-0 Little East

Final

Oct. 23, 2024

Keene St. KSC

9-14,1-5 Little East

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
Plymouth St. Plym	25	25	25	(3)
Keene St. KSC	18	23	13	(0)

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/23/2024 8:34:00 PM | Christopher J. Kilmer, Assistant Athletics Director, Athletics Communications

VB: Panthers sweep past Keene State, reach 20 wins again

KEENE, N.H. – Graduate student Nora Ryan (Groton, Conn.) and sophomore Emma Hampton (Durham, N.H.) combined for 19 kills to lead Plymouth State University to a sweep of Keene State College, 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-13), in a Little East Conference (LEC) women's volleyball match at Spaulding Gymnasium on Wednesday night.

Graduate student Ryley McNeeley (Easton, Mass.) had a flurry of kills in the middle stages of set one to help the Panthers snag a seven-point lead on the way to a 25-18 victory. Set two remained tight throughout, with PSU scoring the final four points to flip a 23-21 deficit into a 25-23 win and the Panthers used a 7-0 surge to run away with set three, 25-13.

Plymouth State jumps to 20-2 (6-0 LEC), reaching the 20-win threshold for the fourth straight year. The Owls drop to 9-14 (1-5 LEC).

The Basics:

Plymouth State 3, Keene State 0
- Plymouth State (20-2, 6-0 LEC)
- Keene State (9-14, 1-5 LEC)

How it Happened:

The first half of the opening set remained tight, as neither team could gain more than a two-point advantage. Plymouth State started to pull away with kills from Ryan and McNeeley to go up 16-12 and force an Owls' timeout. The duo teamed up for a block and McNeeley added two more kills to extend the margin to 21-14 and a Keene State error closed out the 25-18 win.
Set two followed a similar script, though Keene State used a 3-0 spurt to snap a 10-10 tie and cause a PSU timeout. The Owls maintained the slight edge out of the break until a run of three straight errors put Plymouth State in front, 17-16. The hosts would rally into the lead, 22-19, but PSU would claw back. Trailing 23-21, senior Lindsey Sanderson (Gilford, N.H.) slammed down a kill. The Owls gifted PSU set point with back-to-back errors and Ryan's kill capped the 25-23 victory.
Graduate student Aynslee King (Anacortes, Wash.) notched a kill to spark a 4-0 spurt as PSU took an 8-5 lead in set three. Leading 13-9, Ryan smashed a kill and freshman Danielle Emerson (Biddeford, Maine) followed with a long service run to push the margin to 20-9 and the Panthers would coast to the 25-13 win.

By the Numbers:

Ryan finished with a match-high ten kills (.333 attack pct.) and added four blocks and three digs.
Hampton smashed nine kills against just one error (.348 attack pct.) with five digs, while King added four kills without an error (.308).
Senior Lilli Stogner (Weare, N.H.) and classmate Makayla Marucci (Newton, Mass.) posted 13 digs apiece.
Emerson finished with 16 assists and six digs, while senior Riley McDonough (Gilford, N.H.) added 11 assists, three digs and two aces.
With the win, Plymouth State reached the 20-win threshold for the fourth straight year and 20th time in the program's 29-year history.
PSU limited the Owls to just a .073 attack percentage.
Keene State holds a narrow 24-22 advantage in the all-time series.