WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The University of New Haven women’s volleyball team won two matches on Saturday, claiming the top spot in the Northeast-10 Conferene by knocking off Stonehill in five sets before claiming a 3-1 win against non-conference opponent Shippensburg. Before the team’s last match of the day against Shippensburg, the Chargers honored their four senior class members, Heather Ladao (West Covina, Calif./Rowland ), Jamie Levine (Medfield, Mass./Medfield / Keene State College), Chelsey Alpough (Torrance, Calif./South / Western New Mexico Univ. ) and Elizabeth Akinbiyi (Miami Gardens, Fla./Chaminade-Madonna Prep.). The Chargers are now 19-5 overall and 13-0 in the Northeast-10 Conference.

The win over the Raiders gave head coach Robin Salters her 500th career win as head coach of the Chargers.

The first match of Saturday’s tri-match featured the last two remaining undefeated teams in the Northeast-10 Conference, New Haven and Stonehill. The match lived up to the hype as the game went all five sets. Stonehill took set one, 25-21 but the Chargers retaliated by taking sets two and three by scores of 25-21 and 25-19, The Skyhawks claimed set four, 25-11 but New Haven pulled away in the final set and won 15-10 to take the match.

Keidy Candelaria (Vega Baja, Puerto Rico/Bayamon Military Academy) notched a match-high 23 kills on 66 attempts and nine errors for a .212 hitting percentage. Joining her in double-digit kills were Amber Cannady (Yonkers, N.Y./Charles E. Gorton) and Akinbiyi with 11 and 10 kills respectively. Alpough dished out 50 assists and recorded 13 digs and Cannady was a force at net with 13 total blocks.

The Chargers honored their four senior class members before their final match against non-conference foe Shippensburg. New Haven took sets one, three and four to defeat the Raiders, 3-1. They won by scores of 25-21, 25-22 and 25-19. Shippensburg won set two 25-23.

Candelaria had another match-high 22 kills on 53 attempts and eight errors for a .264 hitting percentage. She also added a team-high 17 digs. Kaulana Ane (Paia, Hawaii/Kamehameha) and Akinbiyi both added 10 kills each and Alpough dished out a match-high 45 assists.

New Haven returns to action on Tuesday, October 1 for the team’s final regular season home game. The Chargers will host Pace at 7 p.m.