BOSTON, Mass. - The Seawolves got back in the win column on Friday as they began their time in Boston with a come from behind 3-1 (23-25, 25-16, 26-24, 26-24) win over Northeastern.
Stony Brook was led on offense by Ella Sanders with 13 kills and Damisi Osibodu with 10. Defensively, Zayda Fuertez paced the team with 17 digs, while Osibodu was one of three players with three total blocks.
How It Happened
SET 1 | Initially trailing 5-2 to open the day, the Seawolves would soon take their first lead of the match on a 6-0 run that saw a combined five kills from Sanders and Osibodu. The Huskies came right back, though, going on a pair of extended runs of their own to pull ahead 19-13. Multiple Northeastern attack errors combined with two kills from Lei Lasike would allow Stony Brook to cut the lead down to 22-21, but the effort fell just short in the end.
SET 2 | The errors would continued to mount for the Huskies as they committed eight more, plus a bad set, to give the Seawolves a 15-14 lead halfway through. Out of the timeout, Sanders would notch Stony Brook's third ace of the frame, before Taryn Su served up three consecutive aces as part of an 8-0 run to end the set.
SET 3 | Sanders picked up four kills early on to keep it close the third as Stony Brook trailed 13-10. Momentum would soon take a major turn in the Seawolves' favor, however, as they fired off eight unanswered points, featuring three blocks from Osibodu, to take a five-point lead. After Northeastern finally ended the run, Fuertez and Rayanne Wheat put the team into double-digit aces on the day. Though the Huskies managed to come back and tie it 24-24, Stony Brook was able to hold on to take a 2-1 lead on the day.
SET 4 | Ayanna Pierre Louis continued to head up the defense with another three blocks at the start of the set to quickly put Stony Brook in front 10-6. Mercedes Motton would score two more kills while Carey-Jean Block and Pierre Louis would pick up the team's 13th and 14th service aces of the day to maintain the four-point lead at 20-16. Northeastern would fight back and eventually take a 24-23 lead, only for the Seawolves to rattle off three straight points to win it, capped off a by an Avari Amstutz kill.
Notable Stats
- The Seawolves had their fourth match of the season with 10+ service aces after recording a season-high 15 today.
- Su led the team in aces with a season-high five.
- Sanders eclipsed 800 career kills, ending the day with 807.
- Osibodu is up to 103 total blocks on the year, putting her 14 away from 10th on the program's single-season blocks leaderboard.
- Anderson had five kills to bring her to 692 in her career, while Pierre Louis's three blocks bring her to 298.
Up Next
Stony Brook concludes the series at Northeastern tomorrow at 2 p.m. The match will be steamed live on FloCollege.
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