Oct. 7, 2008

LOWELL – Senior MH Charisse Cotton (East Patchogue, NY) compiled 16 kills while graduate student Rhe-Ann Niles (St. Thomas, Barbados) added 15 as the University of New Haven defeated UMass Lowell, 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-12) Tuesday night in a Northeast-10 Conference volleyball clash at the Costello Athletic Center. The loss was the fourth straight for the River Hawks, who slipped to 7-12 overall and 2-4 in the NE-10 entering next Wednesday’s (Oct. 15) clash at Merrimack (7:00). New Haven improved to 13-3 overall and 6-0 in the Conference and visits Shippensburg Friday at 7:00. Junior OH Elsa LeGrand (Highlands Ranch, CO) led the River Hawks with 10 kills while sophomore OH Jillian Hadder (Yucaipa, CA) added six kills and five digs. Junior S Nichole Rondeau (Dracut, MA) dealt 22 assists. The Chargers hit .394 as a team, led by Cotton (.682) and Niles (.560). Senior S Yael Rosner (Haifa, Israel) dished out 42 assists and added 14 digs. Senior OH Brittani Cotton (East Patchogue, NY) chipped in eight kills and nine digs.

New Haven 3, UMass Lowell 0
At Lowell, MA