LORETTO, PA --The Stony Brook volleyball team took the first set, but ultimately fell in four sets (26-24, 19-25, 19-25, 23-25) to the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons Friday night at the DeGol Arena.
In the first set, the Seawolves stormed back after falling down 3-1 to retake the lead later in the match at 15-11. Leading the charge was back-to-back aces by Lauren Schmitz, followed by kills from Abby Campbell and Ashleigh Woodruff to give the Seawolves the advantage.
After the Mastodons tied the set at 22-22, the Seawolves tallied four of the next six points by Kali Moore scorching two kills and Leoni Kunz ending the set with a kill to allow the Seawolves to go up 1-0 in the match.
Following the back-to-back 25-19 defeats in sets two and three, the Seawolves fought back and forth in the fourth set. The squad trailed early 9-4 but ultimately tied the set at 14-14 when Campbell and Moore combined for three kills.
However, PFW would tally three of the final four points after the score was tied at 22-22 to take the final set 25–23 and the match in four sets, respectively.
The Seawolves offense was paced by Leoni Kunz, who finished with 15 kills on the day while accumulating a hitting percentage of .314. Kali Moore added 14 and Abby Campbell chipped in with 13 as part of balanced Stony Brook attack. got 14 digs from Julia Patsos to lead them defensively.
STATS AND NOTES
» Stony Brook had three players in double figures in kills.
» Julia Patsos had a match-high three aces in the loss.
» Leoni Kunz had a team-high 15 kills for Stony Brook. The 15 kills was a new season-high and her personal best since Nov. 13, 2021.
» Stony Brook got a team-high 14 digs from Julia Patsos.
» Stony Brook attackers were helped by a team-high 49 assists from Torri Henry. It was her most since Sept. 11, 2021 when she had 53 against Sacred Heart.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Fort Wayne was a high IQ team who stressed our defense with variability and we allowed that to keep us out of rhythm all night. I thought we made some good adjustments in the fourth set but weren't able to push it to a fifth set. We will get an opportunity to rebound from this quickly with two matches tomorrow," said head coach Kristin Belzung.
NEXT UP
The Seawolves are right back in action tomorrow as they finish off the St. Francis (PA) Tournament against Manhattan at 2:00 pm and battling the host St. Francis (PA) at 7:00 pm.
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