STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook University women's volleyball team (8-10, 2-2 America East) picked up a crucial conference victory over New Hampshire (9-8, 2-2 America East) in a thrilling five-set match inside Pritchard Gymnasium on Friday evening. Double-double performances from sophomores Torri Henry and Leoni Kunz helped push the Seawolves to their second conference win of the season.

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— Stony Brook Volleyball (@StonyBrookVB) October 9, 2021

 
The Seawolves opened up the match up by taking the first set, 25-21. After going ahead, 6-5, in the first Stony Brook never trailed from that point forward en route to picking up the win in the first set. The Seawolves carried that momentum over into the second set as it rolled to a 25-16 victory to go up, 2-0, in the match.

A 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐅𝐅 for the set win

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— Stony Brook Volleyball (@StonyBrookVB) October 8, 2021

 
New Hampshire denied Stony Brook the chance to pick up its second conference sweep of the season as it battled its way to a 25-17 win in the third to force a fourth set. The Wildcats were able to knot the match up at 2-2 after they captured a back-and-forth fourth set by the final set score of 25-19.
 
The Seawolves and Wildcats needed a fifth and deciding set to determine the outcome of their contest on Friday night. Stony Brook came out strong in the fifth set as it took the first three points to go up, 3-0. After back-to-back New Hampshire points, the Seawolves responded by going on a critical, 5-0, run to go up, 8-2, in the fifth. Stony Brook never looked back as it tacked onto its lead and claimed the fifth set, 15-11, to earn its second America East win of the season.
 
Stony Brook had four student-athletes finish with double-figures in kills and Henry and Kunz both recorded double-doubles in the win.
 
STATS AND NOTES

• Henry continued her standout season by registering her seventh double-double of the season and her second career 40-assist, 20-dig game. The sophomore handed out a game-high 44 assists and picked up a career-high tying 21 digs. She also accounted for two service aces and two kills over the five sets. Henry last recorded a 40-assist, 20-dig game on February 28, 2021, when she registered 46 assists and 21 digs.
• Kunz also notched a double-double with 16 kills and 12 digs for the Seawolves. It was also her seventh double-double of the season as she is tied with Henry for the team-lead. It was the fourth time this season that the sophomore notched 15 or more kills in a match and the 11^th time this season that she finished a match with 10 or more kills. Kunz leads the team with 200 kills on the season.
• Redshirt junior middle blocker Enitan Omolewa tallied 13 kills, five digs, and four blocks in the win. Omolewa came up with the block to seal the victory for the Seawolves in the fifth set. It was the sixth time this season that the middle recorded 10 or more kills in a match and the 13 kills were the second-most that she registered in a contest this season (recorded a season-high 15 kills vs. Akron on Sep. 18).
• Senior outside hitter Hailey Barden notched 11 kills, four digs, and four blocks. Sophomore middle blocker Abby Campbell recorded 10 kills on .320 hitting and came up with six blocks from the middle.
• Defensively, senior libero Paige Jaeger and graduate libero Kiani Kerstetter were steady for the Seawolves. Jaeger picked up a season-high nine digs, while Kerstetter increased her career digs total to 1,804 with eight on Friday night. 

QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Our defensive effort was locked in from the start tonight and I thought we executed the game plan which put us in position to earn points. We got a little too high error in the third and fourth sets, and I thought that allowed UNH to start to scrap defensively. To come out in the fifth set the way we did was a credit to our ability to stay level headed and I thought we got an awesome boost from the crowd that pushed us through," said head coach Kristin Belzung.  
 
NEXT UP
The Seawolves return to the court on Friday, October 15, when they continue their three-match homestand against NJIT at 6 p.m. Stony Brook swept NJIT in the doubleheader that the teams played in last season on March 7.  
 
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