VESTAL, N.Y. – Graduate libero
Kiani Kerstetter came into Friday night's contest against Binghamton needing three digs to set the program career digs record – she got that and more as she became Stony Brook's all-time career digs leader in a sweep over the Bearcats.
Kerstetter finished the match with a team-high tying nine digs to put her career total and the new record at 1,787 as she passed Lo Hathaway who was the previous record holder with 1,780 career digs.
The Seawolves were firing on all cylinders on Friday as they rolled to their first conference victory of the season, defeating Binghamton in straight sets, 25-19, 25-16, 25-20. Stony Brook put together an efficient offensive attack that registered 45 kills on a blistering .301 hitting.
The Seawolves stayed in control from the opening serve and kept that control for the duration of the match. Stony Brook recorded 20 errors in the match opposed to Binghamton, who made 30 errors over three sets. The Seawolves capitalized on errors made by the Bearcats, played within their system, and served at a high-rate en route to the victory.
STATS AND NOTES
- Kerstetter picked up nine digs and solidified her name in the Seawolves' record book as the new all-time career digs leader. She surpassed Hathaway's mark of 1,780, which had been the record since 2015.
- Sophomore setter Torri Henry dished out a match-high 41 assists as she paced Stony Brook's offensive attack. The 41 assists were the most by an America East student-athlete in a three set match this season. Henry holds the top two assists totals for three set matches this season in the America East (41 vs. Binghamton, Oct. 1, 35 vs. St. Thomas, Sep. 11). She also totaled three service aces on Friday.
- Sophomore outside hitter Leoni Kunz finished just one dig shy of a double-double. Kunz recorded a team-high 10 kills and nine digs in the victory.
- Redshirt junior Enitan Omolewa recorded nine kills on .571 hitting from the middle. The redshirt junior also tallied seven digs and a block.
- Senior outside hitter Hailey Barden had a strong match with nine kills and eight digs for the Seawolves.
- Sophomore middle blocker Abby Campbell and freshman middle blocker Erin Garr both notched eight kills apiece. Campbell hit .286, while Garr hit .333.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"First of all, huge congratulations to Kiani on becoming the career all-time digs leader. She has been a huge asset to our program and not only has executed on the court, but is the model of what you hope to recruit in a student-athlete. I'm proud of her as she finds herself atop a great list of former Seawolves," said head coach
Kristin Belzung as she discussed
Kiani Kerstetter becoming the Stony Brook all-time career digs leader.
"Tonight's effort is what we expect from our team. We were locked in from the start and I could see our focus by the way we were stressing Binghamton with our serve. In addition, we executed a couple of game plan adjustments pretty seamlessly. I thought our defensive effort overall was good which we needed against a scrappy Binghamton team. We are hoping to keep it rolling on Sunday at Albany," said Belzung as she shared her reaction on the team's sweep over Binghamton.
NEXT UP
Stony Brook is right back on the court on Sunday, October 3, when it travels to Albany to face the Great Danes at 2:30 p.m. The match is set to air on
AmericaEast.TV.
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