Women's Volleyball 11/12/2015 12:00:00 AM

Seawolves close out regular season at home this weekend

Nov. 12, 2015

The Final Countdown
The Stony Brook volleyball team closes out the regular season with matches at home against America East foes New Hampshire and Hartford Friday and Sunday at Pritchard Gymnasium.

Win and In
The simplest scenario for the Seawolves to clinch a berth in the America East Championship is to win at least one of two matches this weekend. Stony Brook holds the head-to-head tiebreakers with both Binghamton and UMBC by virtue of sets won and wins out in a three-team tiebreaker by the same tiebreakers. Any tiebreaker between the teams at 7-5, 6-6 or 5-7 would fall in the Seawolves’ favor.

You Can Play at Stony Brook
Friday's match is the Seawolves' You Can Play match. The You Can Play Project is dedicated to ensuring equality, respect and safety for all athletes, without regard to sexual orientation. You Can Play works to guarantee that athletes are given a fair opportunity to compete, judged by other athletes and fans alike, only by what they contribute to the sport or their team’s success. For more information on You Can Play, visit YouCanPlayProject.org

The Seawolves' Lo Hathaway and Melann Amory appeared in a video earlier this week. Watch it HERE.

Last Time Out
Stony Brook dropped a pair of five-set matches on the road over the weekend as the Seawolves fell to Albany and Binghamton. The Seawolves set the single-match program record for digs with 122 in Friday’s match against the Great Danes.

Scouting the Wildcats
New Hampshire is 17-8 and 9-1 in America East following a 3-0 win at UMass Lowell last Friday.The Wildcats’ lone loss in America East play came at the hands of Albany Nov. 1. New Hampshire is currently controls its own destiny to host the America East Championship in Durham next weekend.

Tori Forrest leads the Wildcats with 2.99 kills/set, while Demi Muses has posted 2.95 kills/set and a .282 hitting percentage. Keelin Severtson leads America East with 9.44 assists/set and 0.53 aces/set. Madison Lightfoot is third in the conference with 4.26 digs/set.

The Last Time We Met: New Hampshire
Stony Brook is looking for a split of the season series after a three-set loss in Durham Oct. 17. The match was the only sweep in which the Seawolves have wound up on the wrong end in their last 16 matches. Stony Brook is 8-1 in three-set matches since Sept. 18.

Scouting the Hawks
Hartford enters the weekend at 2-24 and 1-9 in America East but is coming off a 2-0 week with road wins over Quinnipiac and UMass Lowell. The Hawks defeated the Bobcats in four sets and the River Hawks in three.

Paulina Modestow leads the Hawks with 2.84 kills/set while Katy Henchy is first on the team with a .194 hitting percentage. Paola Llerandi’s 3.14 digs/set lead the Hawks as do Kathryn Gawrych’s 0.69 blocks/set.

The Last Time We Met: Hartford
Stony Brook moved to 4-1 in America East with a sweep at Hartford Oct. 16. Sophomore Melann Amory had nine kills and 11 digs in the victory, while senior Kathy Fletcher tallied 11 kills, nine digs and three blocks.

Ace of Base
Senior Stephanie McFadden ranks 14th nationally with 0.47 aces/set. As a team, the Seawolves are 40th with 1.54 aces/set.

Sweeps Month
The Seawolves went 8-3 from Sept. 22-Oct. 30 with all eight wins - Fordham, UMBC, Binghamton, Hartford, Sacred Heart, Delaware State and two against UMass Lowell - coming in three sets.

Talking ‘Bout Chi-Town
Senior Kathy Fletcher surpassed the 1,000-kill mark for her collegiate career in the Oct. 23 win over Delaware State. Of those first 1,000, 258 came while Fletcher was a freshman at Division II Ashland University in 2011. Fletcher is second in America East this season with 3.54 kills/set.

The Freshmen
Freshman Morgan Kath is third in America East in assists/set with 9.02. McKyla Brooks has recorded a .280 hitting percentage so far this year, good for fourth in America East. Both marks lead conference freshmen. All three freshmen - Kath, Brooks and Taylor Wilson - have won America East Rookie of the Week in 2015.

Boston Calling
The Seawolves have garnered an America East weekly award nine times this season. Morgan Kath was named Setter of the Week Aug. 31 and Sept. 28 and Rookie of the Week Sept. 21, while McKyla Brooks earned Rookie of the Week honors Sept. 8 and Sept. 28, Nicole Vogel was tabbed as Setter of the Week Oct. 5 and Oct. 26, Kathy Fletcher was honored as Player of the Week Oct. 12 and Taylor Wilson earned Rookie of the Week honors Nov. 2.

Up Next: America East Championship
The Seawolves will know their fate and destination for the America East Championship by Sunday afternoon. Either New Hampshire or Albany will host the four-team tournament, to be determined by this weekend’s results. Stony Brook, UMBC and Binghamton are in contention for the final two spots.

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