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Fairfield, Conn. – The Stony Brook volleyball team will look to extend its six-match winning streak when it takes on Sacred Heart at the William H. Pitt Center Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Last Time Out

Three Seawolves tallied double-doubles as Stony Brook (10-7, 2-0 America East) beat UMBC, 3-1, Friday night at Pritchard Gymnasium. Redshirt junior Kathy Fletcher posted a match best of 17 kills and added 10 digs. Junior Nicole Vogel recorded 37 helpers and 16 digs, and Rigo added 10 kills and 16 digs to help the Seawolves win their sixth consecutive match. Stony Brook pulled away late for a first-set victory. After dropping the second set, the Seawolves recovered and took the third and fourth sets by scores of 25-19 and 25-15, respectively.

Scouting Sacred Heart

The Pioneers (6-10) swept St. Francis-Brooklyn Saturday before falling to LIU Brooklyn in four sets Sunday. Sophomore Sarah Krufka leads the offense with 3.32 kills per set, and classmate Ana Gonzalez is averaging a team-best 3.63 digs per set.

Series History vs. Sacred Heart

Stony Brook is 10-0 all-time vs. Sacred Heart, including a straight-set victory last season at Pritchard.

Envelope, Please…

Junior Nicole Vogel picked up her third straight Setter of the Week nod after posting double-doubles in Stony Brook’s wins over Manhattan and UMBC. Vogel paced America East setters in digs per set (3.25) and was second in assists per set (10.38). After recording a match high of 46 assists and 10 digs vs. Manhattan Wednesday, she led the contest with 37 helpers and 16 digs as the Seawolves topped conference preseason favorite UMBC in four frames Friday.

Stony Brook Volleyball 2014 America East Weekly Awards

Nicole Vogel, Setter of the Week (Oct. 6)

Kathy Fletcher, Player of the Week (Sept. 29)

Nicole Vogel, Setter of the Week (Sept. 29)

Taylor Gillie, Player of the Week (Sept. 22)

Nicole Vogel, Setter of the Week (Sept. 22)

Go Rigo

Melissa Rigo recorded her sixth double-double of the year on 11 kills and 10 digs vs. UMBC Friday in Stony Brook’s America East opener.  She paced Stony Brook with 3.00 kills per set and was second in digs per set at 3.50 en route to All-Tournament honors at the Razorback Invitational. The 2013 America East All-Academic selection and 2012 Rookie of the Year shares the team lead in double-doubles and is second in kills (2.82/set) and digs (2.57/set).

Get Lo

Redshirt junior Lo Hathaway broke the single-season school digs record last season with 553 digs and finished fifth in single-season program history in digs per set at 4.29. She posted a match-high 24 digs vs. Manhattan Wednesday and added 13 digs in a big win over conference foe UMBC Friday.  Hathaway leads the team with 3.77 digs per set.

Perfect 10

Redshirt senior Evann Slaughter performed well in her return to the court after missing the 2013 season with a torn ACL. Slaughter, who has led Stony Brook in blocks in all three of her seasons, currently sits third in school history with 240 career block assists and fourth with 317 total stuffs. She averaged 0.90 blocks per set at the Columbia Invitational Sept. 5-6 and was named All-Tournament.

Seawolves Block Party

Senior Taylor Gillie tops the league with 1.20 blocks per set and led the match with eight stuffs vs. UMBC Friday. She was named America East Player of the Week Monday, Sept. 22 for leading Stony Brook to a first-place finish in the Seawolves Invite Presented by Islandia Marriott Long Island. Gillie assisted on 10 of Stony Brook’s season-high 12 blocks vs. Western Michigan Saturday, Sept. 20, making her the first Seawolf since Evann Slaughter in 2011 to record double-digits stuffs in a match. SBU ranks second in the conference at 2.05 stuffs per stanza.

Happy Homecoming

West Chicago Ill., native Kathy Fletcher was named to the DePaul Invite All-Tournament Team for her efforts during Stony Brook’s opening weekend. Playing in front of a hometown crowd, Fletcher tied for a team best with 2.75 kills per set and was second in digs at 1.92 digs per set. She led Stony Brook in kills in both contests Saturday, Aug. 30 with 11 vs. Hampton and a match-high 18 vs. Bradley.

Fresh Faces

Stony Brook welcomes six promising freshmen to the fold as the program continues to grow under Coley Pawlikowski. Click on the bio links below for more on the newest Seawolves.

Melann Amory (Fr., OH/DS, 5-10)...................Center Valley, Pa./Southern Lehigh

Cydney Bowman (Fr., MB/OH, 5-11)………..Lake Mary, Fla./Lake Mary

 

Emily Costello (Fr./OH/6-2)……………………Webster, N.Y./Our Lady of Mercy

Abby Hickey (Fr., DS/OH, 5-6)…………………Dekalb, Ill./Dekalb

Dani Nizich (Fr., DS/S, 5-4)……………………..Nesconset, N.Y./Smithtown East

Courtney Scanlan (Fr., MB/OH, 6-1)………...Salamanca, N.Y./Ellicotville

Fearless Leader

A rising star in the collegiate volleyball coaching ranks and a tenacious recruiter of student-athletes, Pawlikowski is a three-time recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 award. She was hired on January 16, 2013.

In her first year at the helm, Pawlikowski guided to Seawolves back to the America East Championship and mentored a pair of all-conference picks in Kaitlin Costello (first team) and Stephanie McFadden (second team). Stony Brook consistently ranked near the top of the country in aces per set, finishing the year 10th at 1.69. The Seawolves are also excelling off the court under her watch and were honored with their first AVCA Team Academic Award.

A tenacious recruiter, Pawlikowski added six promising Seawolves to the roster in her first full recruiting class as she looks to build a championship program. She served as the defensive position coach at Wisconsin, helping the Badgers lead the Big Ten in digs per set as a team and boast the individual digs champion. 

Pawlikowski previously worked as the top assistant coach for her alma mater, Northern Illinois, from 2009-12, where she helped guide the Huskies to a 2011 Mid-American Conference regular season title and an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament.

Up Next

The Seawolves travel to Central New York for conference matches at Albany (Friday) and Binghamton (Saturday).