KEENE, N.H.  11/7/12 – The third seeded Keene State College women's volleyball swept sixth seed Daniel Webster College 3-0 in a quarterfinal match of the ECAC Division III New England tournament at Spaulding Gym on Wednesday night.

            The Owls (20-16), who reach the 20-win milestone for the fifth time in KSC Coach Bob Weiner's eight-year tenure, advance to the semifinals where they will play  second seed Western New England University.  The Golden Beears defeated seventh seed Husson University 3-0 in their quarterfinal match on Wednesday.  Top seed Brandeis University will host the semifinals and finals of the tournament on Saturday. The Owls match against WNEU will be at 12 p.m.

            Daniel Webster concludes its season with a 16-12 record.

            It was the first meeting between the two teams. 

Nursing a 15-11 lead, the Owls reeled off six straight points on the way to taking the first game 25-13.

            The second and third games were much closer.  With the score tied at 22-all, KSC won the last three points to win the second game 25-22.  KSC pulled away from the Eagles to win the third game 25-18.

            Freshman Angela Silveri (Poughquag, N.Y.) led a balanced Owl offense with eight kills.  Fellow Freshman Kaylee Deluga (Dennis, Mass.) had seven kills and sophomore Sammy Dormio (Leesburg, Va.) finished with six kills and a match high 13 digs.

            Freshman setter Alexis Michal (Windham, N.H.) had 35 assists to go with two service aces and eight digs.

            Seniors Jennifer Finneran (Barnstead, N.H.) and Samantha Hill (Hudson, N.H.) each had seven kills to lead the Eagles.  Junior setter Ally Hayden (Bedford, N.H.) contributed 19 assists and sophomore Sarah Durocher (Keene, N.H.) finished with six digs.

           Weiner was concerned how his team would play following the Little East tournament and team they should be able to handle easily.  "These players haven't found a rhythm yet against weaker teams," said Weiner.  "They don't understand when suddenly the game is slower.  When we got back to the huddle I let them know that it's going to be a lot harder on Saturday."

            Making their third consecutive appearance in the tournament, the Owls won the 2010 ECAC title.