Final Stats

Stony Brook, N.Y. – Junior Melissa Rigo registered a team high of 12 kills, but the Stony Brook volleyball team fell to Seton Hall in straight sets (25-11, 25-14, 25-14) Tuesday night at Pritchard Gymnasium.

Redshirt junior Kathy Fletcher tallied seven kills and six digs, and redshirt junior Lo Hathaway tied for a match high of nine digs for Stony Brook (12-11).

Seton Hall of the BIG EAST improved to 19-4 overall.

Head Coach Coley Pawlikowski’s Reaction

“This is some of the best volleyball we have played over the last month, so I was happy with some of the things we were doing – executing our game plan and just playing at a higher level of volleyball. Seton Hall is a great team. They’re currently No. 1 in the BIG EAST, so to have the opportunity for our student-athletes to see that level of volleyball as we head into the second part of our conference schedule was really important and something that I was excited about.”

Recap

• Despite five kills by Rigo and four kills by Fletcher, Stony Brook dropped the first set, 25-11.
• Seton Hall claimed an early 8-4 advantage in the second frame, but Rigo hammered one home to get the Seawolves within three, 8-5. Stephanie McFadden followed with an ace, and Fletcher and Evann Slaughter teamed up for a stuff to cut the deficit to one, 8-7. However, Seton Hall ticked off seven unanswered points for a 15-7 lead.
• Stony Brook fell behind, 5-2, early in the third set but showed fight. A kill by McFadden and back-to-back attack errors on the visitors evened the score at 5-all. Rigo gave the Seawolves the lead, 6-5, with a smack. After a Stony Brook attack error tied things up at 6-6, Rigo scored another kill to put SBU back in front, 7-6. Seton Hall recovered, using an 8-0 run to take a 14-7 advantage.

By the Numbers

• Junior Nicole Vogel dished out 21 helpers, and senior Hannah Dolan finished with five assists.
• Slaughter recorded four kills and one block assist.
• Fletcher added one block assist to her balanced stat line.
• Seton Hall out-blocked Stony Brook, 15-1.

News and Notes

• Slaughter moved into 10th in school history with 937 kills. She passed Gulce Nazli Dikecligil, who recorded 936 kills from 2005-08.
• Stony Brook fell to 7-2 at Pritchard Gymnasium.
• The Seawolves are 1-8 all-time vs. Seton Hall.

Up Next

Stony Brook resumes conference play at home vs. Hartford Friday at 6 p.m. Admission to Pritchard Gymnasium is FREE and open to the public.