Stony Brook evens CAA mark with 3-1 win at Northeastern

Stony Brook evened its conference record at .500 by beating Northeastern 3-1 on Oct. 25 in Boston, closing out a two-match weekend sweep. Set scores were 25-19, 21-25, 25-23, 25-20.

Ella Sanders posted 19 kills and 10 digs, her 20th career double-double, with three aces and four total blocks. She finished the fourth set with the match-ending kill, her 19th of the day.

The Seawolves took the first set after scoring their fourth point of the match and never trailed again in it. Sanders had five kills in that set, and four other Stony Brook players recorded multiple kills.

Northeastern answered in the second set. Stony Brook led 10-9 on Husky errors, but Northeastern went back in front. Two kills from Lei Lasike and three Northeastern service errors brought it to 20-18 before the Huskies pulled away.

Stony Brook trailed 15-13 midway through the third set and 20-16 after the break. Four Sanders kills, back-to-back aces from Wheat and a block by Ayanna Pierre Louis made it 22-20. Sanders then added a kill and an ace before Mercedes Motton delivered the set-winning kill.

Northeastern scored 10 of 12 points in the fourth to lead 14-11, then tied it later. Pierre Louis notched two kills and two blocks to reach match point, and Sanders closed it out.

Stony Brook hosts UNCW on Friday, Oct. 30 at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. Both matches stream on FloCollege.