Box Score Sept. 19, 2014
Final Stats
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Friday Results
| Kennesaw State:1 |
Western Michigan:3 |
| St. Francis-Brooklyn: 0 |
Western Michigan: 3 |
| Kennesaw State: 0 |
Stony Brook: 3 |
Saturday Schedule
Free Video (All Matches)
| Time |
Teams |
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Western Michigan at Stony Brook |
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| 2 p.m. |
Kennesaw Stats vs. St. Francis-Brooklyn |
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| 6 p.m. |
St. Francis-Brooklyn at Stony Brook |
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Stony Brook, N.Y. – The Stony Brook volleyball team came out with a tremendous amount of energy and toppled Kennesaw State, 3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-19), Friday night at Pritchard Gymnasium. The match was the first of three for Stony Brook in the Seawolves Invite Presented by Islandia Marriott Long Island.
Junior setter Nicole Vogel recorded a double-double on a match-high 35 helpers and 12 digs. Redshirt junior outside hitter Kathy Fletcher paced Stony Brook (5-7) with 12 kills, and classmate and libero Lo Hathaway led the contest with 13 digs.
The Seawolves hit .368, their best percentage of the season, and held Kennesaw State (5-7) to .157 hitting.
Head Coach Coley Pawlikowski’s Reaction
“I thought the energy in our gym tonight was awesome. Our goal was to come out hard and play one point at a time, and I think we did a good job of focusing on that and continuing to work as the match went on. I think we saw some of our best effort tonight from start to end and played a well-rounded match. I was proud of how aggressive and confident we played, and that is an exciting glimpse of what we will strive to do consistently.”
Recap
- After falling behind, 2-0, early in the first stanza, the Seawolves roared back with a 6-0 run punctuated when Taylor Gillie and Melissa Rigo teamed up for a block to make it 6-2. After a Kennesaw State kill, Stony Brook scored three straight points and seized a 9-3 lead, forcing the guests to ask for time. The Owls chipped away and got as close as three, 14-11, but Stony Brook tallied five of the next seven points and kept KSU at arms length the rest of the way. The set did not end without some excitement. Scroll ahead to the :30 mark of this video for a crazy rally resulting in a Stony Brook point and 24-17 lead.
- The Seawolves kept momentum in the second frame and never trailed. They used a 6-1 spurt midway through to grab a 19-10 advantage on an emphatic Evann Slaughter slam. SBU later scored the final three points of the stanza, clinching the win when Gillie pushed one over the net.
- Stony Brook raced out to a six-point lead, 13-7, in the third set. An Owls timeout could not slow down the Seawolves as a KSU attack error and a Fletcher smack put them up by eight, 15-7. Gillie scored a kill to cap a string of three unanswered points that gave SBU its largest lead of the frame, 21-12. The Owls cut the deficit to five, 21-16, with a 4-0 run, but Stony Brook scored four of the last seven points of the match, icing the victory on another Slaughter kill.
By the Numbers
- Fletcher added two blocks. Her 12 kills came on .370 hitting.
- Slaughter recorded nine kills and hit .467. She had one block.
- Gillie finished with seven kills, hit .500 and tallied five stuffs.
- Rigo posted seven kills and nine digs.
- SBU had five blocks compared to one for KSU.
News and Notes
- Stony Brook evened the all-time series as one match apiece.
- Vogel’s double-double was her second of the season. She had 45 helpers and 16 digs vs. Fairfield Sept. 5.
- Fletcher has led the Seawolves in kills in each of their first two home matches. She had 14 kills in their home opener vs. Fordham Sept. 9.
Up Next
The Seawolves conclude their home tournament Saturday with matches against Western Michigan (11:30 a.m.) and St. Francis-Brooklyn (6 p.m.). Admission to Pritchard Gymnasium is FREE for all contests.
