STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- The Stony Brook women's volleyball team began their afternoon in Pritchard with back-to-back victories in the first and second set, but Northeastern University ultimately stormed back to defeat the Seawolves in five sets (25-18, 26-24, 23-25, 21-25,10-15).
The Seawolves were led by another double-double from Kali Moore, who registered 16 kills and 14 digs on the day. Leoni Kunz also added a career-high 24 kills and Torri Henry dished out a season-high 55 assists to help the attack. On the defensive end, Julia Patsos chipped in with a season-best 25 digs to go with six blocks from Abby Campbell.
The squad took control on the first point of the set and never trailed to win the opening set 25-18. The set went back-and-forth that led to a 13-13 score early in the set. But, the Seawolves tallied eight consecutive points to take a 21-13 advantage before finishing off the set, collecting 16 kills along the way. Kunz and Moore led the way by combining for 11 kills during the set.
In the second-set thriller that had seven ties and two lead changes, it was the Seawolves that scored six of the final seven points to take the 26-24 victory. Trailing by three points at 23-20, Moore tallied three of the final four points by notching two kills and a service ace.
Stony Brook fell behind early in the third set 12-7. But, the squad made the most of errors from the Northeastern offense and kills from Kunz, Campbell, and Abby Stanwood to tie the match at 18-18. The Huskies tallied five of the next six points to take a 23-19 advantage and ultimately the set to stay alive, 25-23.
After dropping the fourth set 25-21 and forcing a deciding fifth set, the Seawolves came out with momentum by taking the early 5-4 lead. However, Northeastern would force six Stony Brook errors and tally six kills in the frame to take the final set 15-10 and the five-set victory.
GAME NOTES
- Stony Brook had four players in double figures in digs (Moore, Patsos, Henry, and Cigna)
- Moore had a team-high two aces in the loss.
- Moore registered a double-double with 16 kills and 14 digs. It was her second consecutive double-double, third of the season, and 14th of her career.
- The squad never trailed on the way to winning the first set 25-18.
- Kunz had a match-high and career-high 24 kills for Stony Brook.
- The Seawolves got a match-high 25 digs from Patsos. It was her second match this season with 20 or more digs (21 at Liberty on Aug. 25) and leads the team with 175 digs this season.
- Stony Brook attackers were helped by a match-high 55 assists from Henry. It was her second match this season with 50 or more assists (51 against Saint Francis (PA) on Sept. 2) and her most since she had 57 against UMBC on Nov. 19, 2021.
- The Seawolves moved to 4-8 (0-2 CAA) this season and 4-11 all-time against Northeastern.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Losing in five is always frustrating. We came out and executed the adjustments we needed to from yesterday's match really well, especially defensively. We were too high- error from the start of the match. When Northeastern started to find opportunities to score, that became the difference as the match went on," said head coach
Kristin Belzung.
NEXT UP
The squad will return to the court next weekend when they head to Charleston to battle the College of Charleston on Saturday and Sunday at 1:00 pm. The squad will look to avenge their two losses last season to the Cougars in their first-ever meeting with Charleston.
