KEENE, N.H. 10/1/13  - The Keene State College women's volleyball team swept a 3-0 non-conference match against Emmanuel College of Boston at Spaulding Gym on Tuesday night.

The game scores were 25-17, 25-11, and 25-15.

Winners of seven of its last eight matches, Keene State improves to 11-6.  Emmanuel (10-9) saw its three match winning streak come to an end. 

Sophomore Madeline Nossiff (Portsmouth, N.H.) led a balanced Owl offense with eight kills.  Junior Samantha Branning (Glastonbury, Conn.) finished with six kills and a .625 hitting percentage.

Defensively, sophomore Kaitlin Boyer (West Greenwich, R.I.) and Alexis Michal (Windham, N.H.) each had 12 digs.  Michal also had 24 assists.

Freshman Kaitlyn Atkinson (Brookline, N.H.) topped the Saints with 10 kills.  Classmate Cassie Chruscielski (Duluth, Minn.) had six kills and 10 digs while sophomore setter Shannon Dudley finished with 22 assists.

Keene State is at Trinity College on Saturday for a tri-match with Middlebury College.