Sept. 17, 2005

Box Score

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. - The Stony Brook volleyball team fell 3-0 (27-30, 27-30, 18-30) to Dartmouth in the 2005 Marist Invitational. The Seawolves went 2-1 over the weekend to finish second in the tournament. With the win Dartmouth claimed the tournament title and improves to 4-3. The loss drops the Seawolves back to .500, at 5-5.

Dartmouth jumped to a quick 7-1 lead in the opening game. The lead would grow to as many as nine at 17-8. Stony Brook fought back to tie the game at 25-25 off of an Amy Oleksiej kill, but would not hold a single lead in the game and fell 30-27.

In game two, the Seawolves came out strong and held an early 5-2 advantage following a Claire Lindner ace. They would extend the lead to 7 at 17-10, before Dartmouth went on a 9-2 run to even the game at 19. With the game knotted at 20, Darmouth rattled off four straight points to hold a 24-20 advantage. SB would cut the lead to one at 24-25, but could not regain the lead and dropped Game 2 30-27.

In the final game, Dartmouth utilized a 12-0 run to open up an 18-6 lead. Stony Brook would get no closer than seven the rest of the game as Dartmouth won Game 3 30-18.

Morgan Sweany fueled the Stony Brook attack, finishing the match with 19 kills and a .341 attack percentage. Sweany was the only Seawolf to finish with double-digit kills and extended her streak of double-digit kills to 11, dating back to last year. Lindner dug a team-high 11 balls in the loss.

The Seawolves return to action on Tuesday, September 20 when they host Fairfield at the Indoor Sports Complex at 7:00 p.m.