STONY BROOK, N.Y. — The Stony Brook University (4-7) and St. John's University (7-4) women's volleyball teams locked up in a battle between New York foes on Tuesday night at the Pritchard Gymnasium. After tying the match up at 1-1 in the second set, the Seawolves were unable to hold off the Red Storm, who went on to claim the final two sets to win the match in four.
After falling behind following the first set, the Seawolves rallied to capture the second set by a final margin of 25-19. The Red Storm took back control of the match by going on to win the third set to go up, 2-1, in the match. After a valiant attempt to even the match at, 2-2, St. John's ultimately took the fourth and what would be final set, 25-21, to clinch a 3-1 victory.
Stony Brook put together a strong second set performance, which allowed it to pick up a 25-19 win in the frame. After trailing, 10-9, near the midway point of the set, the Seawolves went on a 6-0 scoring run to go up, 15-10. Sophomore outside hitter
Leoni Kunz fueled the scoring run as she served for the entirety of it.
St. John's was able to get the second set to within a point on a pair of occasions at 17-16 and 20-19, but Stony Brook was able to hold onto its lead and came away with the set victory, 25-19. Despite the strong second set effort, St. John's rallied to take the third and fourth sets to come away with the victory.
STATS AND NOTES
- Kunz, the reigning America East Player of the Week finished the match with a team-high 11 kills, which marked the seventh time this season that she finished with 10 or more in a match and the fourth time that she has done so over the last five contests. The sophomore added four blocks as she totaled 13.5 points on the evening.
- Sophomore setter Torri Henry dished out 30 assists and picked up seven digs for the Seawolves. It marked the eighth time this season that the setter has recorded 30 or more digs in a match.
- Sophomore outside hitter Lauren Schmitz came off the bench to tally six kills on .333 hitting and picked up five digs over the course of two sets. Her six kills were a season-high and her five digs tied a season-high.
- Graduate libero Kiani Kerstetter finished the match with 14 digs.
- Sophomore middle blocker Abby Campbell tallied seven kills and a career-high seven blocks.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"I'm pretty disappointed in our effort out of the gate tonight. St. John's is a good team and caused us some stress from a length perspective, but we were too high-error as attackers. We also struggled to get in a rhythm passing, which compounded the issue. We have a quick turnaround before our last non-conference tune-ups this weekend in Maryland," said head coach
Kristin Belzung.
NEXT UP
The Seawolves travel to College Park, MD to compete in the Maryland Tournament beginning on Friday, September 17, when they face Columbia at 4 p.m.
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