STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook University women's volleyball team (10-10, 4-2 America East) rolled to its third win in a row and second consecutive sweep as it took down Binghamton (6-12, 2-4 America East) in straight sets on Sunday. The Seawolves were paced by junior outside hitter
Amiyah De'Long and sophomore middle blocker
Abby Campbell, who each recorded 11 kills apiece on over .400 hitting in the victory.
The Seawolves were in full control of the match from the opening set. After the first set was tied up at 9-9, Stony Brook went on a 5-0 run to go up 14-9 and never looked back. The Seawolves continued to add to their lead in the first set behind Campbell who registered five kills in the first set alone. They ultimately picked up the win in the set by the final tally of 25-19.
Stony Brook carried that momentum over into the second set as it never trailed in the frame. The Seawolves led wire-to-wire en route to the second set win. Stony Brook dominated the set and were victorious by the final set score of 25-14.
The Seawolves used a 4-0 run to pull away from Binghamton early in the set and went ahead, 10-4. A late 5-0 run clinched the second set in favor of Stony Brook. De'Long did the bulk of her damage in the second set as she tallied five kills of her own in the frame.
The Seawolves came out looking for the sweep in the third set and that's exactly what they got. For the second-straight set, Stony Brook never trailed as it knocked off the Bearcats, 25-11, in the third to seal the victory.
STATS AND NOTES
- De'Long finished with 11 kills on a blistering .478 hitting. It marked the 13th time this season that she totaled 10 or more kills in a match and it was the fourth match in a row that she has done so. The .478 hitting percentage marks her highest hitting percentage in a single-match this season.
- Campbell was highly efficient for the Seawolves as well as she notched 11 kills on .444 hitting from the middle. The sophomore recorded double digits in kills for the fourth time this season.
- Sophomore setter Torri Henry dished out 34 assists as she paced Stony Brook's offensive attack. She has totaled 30 or more assists in 15 matches this season. Henry added seven digs and two aces over the three sets.
- Graduate libero Kiani Kerstetter picked up a match-high 14 digs.
- Sophomore outside hitter Leoni Kunz tallied nine kills and seven digs on the afternoon.
- As a team, Stony Brook recorded 38 kills on .266 hitting and made just 13 errors in the contest. Binghamton finished with 19 kills on a collective -.089 hitting and made 27 errors.
- The three-match winning streak is the longest for the Seawolves since it won three in a row last Spring (Mar. 22-28).
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"It was great to get these two wins this weekend in Pritchard. Today we were especially good in our decision making. I almost wanted to see us take more risks as attackers, but we did a good job managing the rally. We need to shore up some ticky-tacky errors, but overall, I was happy with our effort this weekend. We have an important road weekend coming up that we need to get a little crisper for," said head coach
Kristin Belzung.
NEXT UP
The Seawolves embark on a two-match road trip as they head to Hartford on Friday, October 22, for a 7 p.m., first serve. Following the meeting with the Hawks, Stony Brook heads to New Hampshire on Sunday, October 24, at 1 p.m.
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