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The Stony Brook University volleyball team extended its winning streak to three matches on Oct. 9 after defeating Hampton University in straight sets. This is the first ever weekend sweep for the Seawolves in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), as the squad notched a four-set victory Oct. 8 against the Lady Pirates.

The Seawolves were charged by the junior duo of Abby Campbell and Lauren Schmitz capturing a team high of 13 kills and 11 kills in the victory. For the weekend, the tandem led the squad in kills with Campbell capturing 27 and Schmitz having 24 in the conference sweep.

The squad had their hands full in the first set with the Lady Pirates that saw a tied score at seven different points in the set. But, the Seawolves did not fault or waver a lead the entire set and went on a 5-1 run at 20-19 to ultimately take the set, 25-20. Junior Leoni Kunz and Schmitz mashed two kills each in the final stretch to finish off Hamptons early momentum early in the match.

Following a powerful second set victory by Stony Brook, the Lady Pirates did not render, fighting to keep the match alive, as they went on a 9-0 run in the middle of the third set to take a 18-14 lead. However, the Seawolves stormed back later in the set, again going on a late run, scoring the final four points to take the final set, 26-24.

Defensively, junior Julia Patsos led the squad with her persistent and tenacious back-row play, as the libero collected a team-best 13 digs today and 24 overall for the weekend. The Long Island native has had 10 or more digs in 12 of 17 starts this season and now has 202 for the season.

“I am very proud of our group for locking two wins in this weekend which is huge for our goals for the season. I thought we played really well offensively and made some adjustments defensively from yesterday that made a big impact,” said head coach Kristin Belzung.

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The team celebrates their win after Sunday's game. Photo from Stony Brook Athletics

The Seawolves used a gritty performance to secure their first-ever CAA win on Oct. 2 as they knocked off William & Mary in a five-set thriller. Stony Brook was paced by the trio of Leoni Kunz, Abby Campbell, and Kali Moore who all finished the match with 15 or more kills.

After capturing the first two sets, the Seawolves dropped the next two as the Tribe forced a deciding fifth set. Stony Brook overpowered William & Mary in the deciding set behind Kunz and Moore who tallied two kills apiece en route to a 15-8 win in the frame.

 The Seawolves left Williamsburg, Va. with a spilt after falling in straight sets yesterday afternoon to the Tribe. Stony Brook bounced back on Sunday to pick up its first-ever win against William & Mary by the final set scores of 25-21, 26-24, 22-25, 14-25, 15-8.

With the win, the Seawolves improve to a perfect 4-0 in matches that go five sets this season. Prior to today’s five-set thriller, Stony Brook knocked off Fordham (Aug. 28 at home), Georgetown (Sep. 3 at home), and Seton Hall (Sep. 11 on a neutral court) in five sets. Today’s victory was the Seawolves’ first road win in five sets since September 7, 2019, when they defeated Georgetown.

 “I couldn’t be prouder of the fight in our group. Coming back and working our way out of a poor performance yesterday is tough on short turnaround and being able to grit this out after some mid-match stress is huge. We definitely still had some moments we weren’t executing great and I think feeling that struggle and being able to grit out a W is something we needed to feel,” said head coach Kristin Belzung.

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The team celebrates after Sunday's game. Photo from Stony Brook Athletics

Sophomore middle blocker Abby Campbell and freshman middle blocker Erin Garr combined for 22 kills as they helped lead the women’s volleyball team to a sweep over NJIT on Nov. 7. With the win, Stony Brook improves to (13-12, 7-4 America East) with one match to go before the America East Tournament.

Campbell and Garr had it going all day for the Seawolves as each notched a hitting percentage of over .500 in the sweep. Campbell accounted for three of her kills in the first set as Stony Brook was in control of the frame from the very beginning. The Seawolves received five kills from sophomore outside hitter Leoni Kunz en route to a 25-13 first set victory.

Stony Brook kept the momentum going in the second set as it held off NJIT who battled its way through the frame. Garr had her way with the opposition as she tallied six of her 10 kills in the second set. Campbell provided a steady offensive presence from the middle as she notched three kills in the set. The Highlanders put up a fight, but the Seawolves pulled away with a 25-22 win to go up 2-0 in the match.

The Seawolves began the third set on a 6-0 run as they led wire-to-wire in the frame on their way to the sweep. Stony Brook took the third set by the final set score of 25-13 and received six kills from Campbell in the set. 

STATS AND NOTES

Campbell finished with a match-high 12 kills on .556 hitting from the middle. The sophomore also tallied three blocks in the win. It was the sixth time this season that Campbell totaled 10 or more kills in a match. The 12 kills were her most since she recorded a season-best 18 against Wofford on August 27.

Garr registered 10 kills and a hitting percentage of .526. It was the third time this season that she notched 10 or more kills in a match and the first time since she had 11 kills against Akron on September 18.  

Sophomore setter Torri Henry paced the Seawolves’ offensive attack as she tallied a match-high 29 assists. Henry also added six digs, three blocks, and two kills in the win.

Graduate libero Kiani Kerstetter picked up a match-high 17 digs as the Seawolves’ defense held NJIT to .095 hitting.

Redshirt junior middle block Nia Wattley recorded a season-high seven kills and hit .294 as she earned the start for Stony Brook. Wattley also added a pair of blocks in the match.

Senior outside hitter Hailey Barden picked up nine digs coming off the bench for Stony Brook.

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“It was good to come in today and execute at a high-level. I thought our defensive effort really locked in and put us in good situations. Overall, we were able to score thanks to being in system and giving our attackers some additional court to work with. This was an important match for us to come in focused and ready to roll and I am proud of our team for doing that,” said head coach Kristin Belzung.

The team returns to Pritchard Gymnasium for senior day on Nov. 12, when it hosts UMBC at 6 p.m. The match is free to attend and open to the public.

 

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