BALTIMORE — The Stony Brook University women's volleyball team (6-9, 0-1 America East) was defeated by UMBC (6-10, 1-0 America East), 3-1, in the 2021 conference opener on Saturday. The Seawolves received several standout individual performances, but despite those efforts they were edged by the Retrievers.
Stony Brook willed its way to a first set victory by outlasting UMBC and taking the set by the final score of 27-25. After falling in the opening set, the Retrievers went on to capture the following three to claim the match in four. UMBC took the second set, 25-16, to even up the match at 1-1. The Retrievers then captured the third set, 25-21, and the fourth set, 25-18, to clinch the match.
The Seawolves offense was once again paced by sophomore setter Torri Henry who dished out 49 assists over four sets. It marked the fifth time this season that the sophomore handed out 40 or more assists in a match. Junior outside hitter Amiyah De'Long was on the receiving end of several of Henry's assists as the junior tallied 16 kills on .268 hitting.
STATS AND NOTES
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De'Long led the Seawolves with a team-best 16 kills. It was the third time over her last four matches that she finished with 16 or more kills in a match. She also added seven digs.
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Henry totaled 49 assists and a season-high 16 digs in the contest.
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Sophomore outside hitter Leoni Kunz recorded her team-leading sixth double-double of the season and her second in as many matches. Kunz finished with 13 kills and a season-high tying 14 digs.
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Graduate libero Kiani Kerstetter picked up a season-high 22 digs. The libero has increased her career digs total to 1,778, which are just two shy from tying the Stony Brook program record.
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Redshirt junior middle blocker Enitan Omolewa registered 11 kills, while sophomore middle blocker Abby Campbell tallied nine kills, a season-high six digs, and four blocks.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"We didn't start the day locked in from a defensive standpoint, which caused us to get tight and led us to be too high-error offensively. UMBC did a good job of keeping us off balance and I thought we allowed them to be in system too often. We settled in and had opportunities to regain control late in the match, but weren't able to convert them. I am seeing flashes of good volleyball, but we need to be more consistent as we get into conference play," said head coach Kristin Belzung.
NEXT UP
The Seawolves continue America East play when they travel to Vestal, N.Y., to face Binghamton on Friday, October 1, for a 7 p.m., first serve.
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