STONY BROOK, N.Y. --The Stony Brook volleyball team fell to the Delaware Blue Hens in three sets (28-30, 23-25, 13-25) Saturday at home at Pritchard Gymnasium.
In the third set, Torri Henry became the fifth student-athlete in program history to record 3,000 assists for their career. She is behind leader Sarah Boeckel with 4,949, followed by Julie Zub tallying 4,926, Denise Rehor finishing her career with 3,712, and LeAnne Sakowicz in fourth with 3,292.
Leoni Kunz finished with 10 kills on the day to lead the Seawolves attack while finishing with a hitting percentage of .409. and got 13 digs from Julia Patsos to pace the squad defensively.
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET 1 | The Seawolves couldn't survive a furious Delaware rally in the first set, falling 30-28. The Seawolves led by as many as seven points at 8-1 earlier in the set after a kill by Leoni Kunz. The Blue Hens would go on a 10-2 run to cut the deficit to 11-10. But, Stony Brook went on another run of their own to take a 15-10 lead following the kill by Kali Moore. The matched would later tie at 20-20 and the Seawolves would go-ahead 22-20 from a kill by Abby Stanwood. The teams traded points and went back-and-forth to the end, but Delaware went ahead and ultimately took the 30-28 opening set.
SET 2 | Stony Brook then lost the second set in a thriller, 25-23, to fall behind in the match two sets to none. The squad trailed by as many as six points as Delaware grabbed the advantage for good at 24-23 in a set that was knotted up four times before the Blue Hens took over in the second half of the stanza. The Seawolves were down 19-13, but Stony Brook stormed back to score seven of the next eight points to tie the match at 20-20 following the block by Ayanna Pierre Louis. But, Delaware tallied the final three points after the squad led 23-22 to take the second set.
SET 3 | The Seawolves would fall in the final set, 25-23, to allow the Blue Hens to secure the sweep. Stony Brook trailed by as many as 12 points as Delaware grabbed the advantage for good at 4-3 in a set that was knotted up three times before the Blue Hens took over the set and ultimately the victory.
GAME NOTES
- Kunz had a team-high 10 kills for Stony Brook. She has 10 or more kills in two of her last three matches and 10 different occasion this season.
- Stony Brook got a team-high 13 digs from Julia Patsos. She has 10 or more digs in three of her last four matches and multi-figure digs in 17 different matches this season.
- Stony Brook attackers were helped by a match-high 31 assists from Torri Henry. In 17 of 20 matches this season, she has recorded at-least 30 assists. Also, she leads the CAA in assists per set (10.97).
- Moore had a team-high two aces in the loss.
- Pierre-Louis led the team with three blocks.
- Stony Brook had 37 kills compared to the 34 by Delaware.
- The Seawolves are now 2-3 all-time against Delaware.
- The loss dropped Stony Brook's record to 10-10 overall and 5-4 in CAA play.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Delaware is a talented and physical team and the first two sets were what we expect from a tight conference battle," head coach
Kristin Belzung said. "Unfortunately we weren't able to finish but I thought we competed well. While I thought we served them out of system, we were also out of system for much of the match and put our attackers in tough positions to score. It's a quick turnaround for an important rematch tomorrow in Pritchard," said Belzung.
NEXT UP
Stony Brook returns to action tomorrow, Sunday, October 15 against Delaware. The Seawolves and Blue Hens close out the weekend with first serve set for 1:00 pm from Pritchard Gymnasium.
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