Brooklyn, N.Y. – The 2016 season concluded for the Stony Brook volleyball team Tuesday night with a four-set defeat (19-25, 25-20, 17-25, 23-25) at the hands of Northeast Conference champion LIU Brooklyn at the Steinberg Wellness Center. With the loss, the Seawolves finish the season at 8-21, while the Blackbirds improve to 16-14 entering the NCAA tournament.
By the Numbers
- Sophomore
Morgan Kath (Muskego, Wis.) notched 41 assists to go along with career-highs in digs (22) and kills (6).
- Sophomore
Taylor Wilson (Corydon, Ind.) recorded a match-high 15 kills, while sophomore
McKyla Brooks (Blasdell, N.Y.) chipped in 13 kills and three aces.
- Thirty-four of Stony Brook's 60 kills (56.7%) came from the three sophomores.
- Redshirt-sophomore
Emily Costello (Webster, N.Y.) tallied seven kills and 10 digs.
- The Seawolves were outhit, .273-.216.
Notes
- The Seawolves fall to 9-6 in the Division I era against LIU Brooklyn.
- Kath's 22 digs eclipsed her previous career-high of 18 set against UMBC Oct. 21.
- Stony Brook went 2-4 in the month of November.
- The Seawolves finished with an 0-2 record against the NEC in 2016, facing conference champion LIU and regular-season champion Sacred Heart.
- Stony Brook faced three nonconference opponents that have already clinched automatic qualifiers to the NCAA tournament (American, Fairfield, LIU Brooklyn).
