Final Stats

Stony Brook, N.Y. - The Stony Brook volleyball team clinched a berth in the America East Volleyball Championship with a four-set win over Hartford (25-21, 25-14, 17-25, 25-14) Sunday afternoon at Pritchard Gymnasium. With the win, the Seawolves improve to 12-18 and 6-6 in America East, while the Hawks fall to 2-26 and 1-11 in conference play.

Highlights
- A trio of Seawolves tallied 13 kills each in the match, as senior Kathy Fletcher (West Chicago, Ill.), senior Stephanie McFadden (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and freshman Taylor Wilson (Corydon, Ind.) each reached that mark.
- Senior Nicole Vogel (Costa Mesa, Calif.) recorded a double-double of 14 assists and 15 digs despite playing the first three sets at libero.
- Freshman Morgan Kath (Muskego, Wis.) notched 31 assists in three sets of action.
- Freshman McKyla Brooks (Blasdell, N.Y.) hit .692 (10k-1e-13ta) in the victory.
- Sophomore Melann Amory (Center Valley, Pa.) and senior Lo Hathaway (Warsaw, N.Y.) were also in double-figures in digs with 13 and 10, respectively.
- The Seawolves hit .531 (18k-1e-32ta) in the match-clinching fourth set.
- Match point was tallied via an ace by McFadden, as the Seawolf senior notched the 150^th of her career on her final point at Pritchard Gymnasium.

Notes
- The Seawolves improve to 28-4 against Hartford in the Division I era and 15-0 at Pritchard Gymnasium.
- The Seawolves swept the season series from the Hawks and have won the last four matchups.
- Stony Brook finishes its home schedule with a mark of 7-5.

Up Next
The Seawolves are the No. 3 seed in the America East Championship and will face No. 2 seed Albany Friday at 4 p.m. at Lundholm Gymnasium in Durham, New Hampshire. The winner will face the winner of the second match featuring host and No. 1 seed New Hampshire against No. 4 seed Binghamton in Saturday’s championship final at 5 p.m.