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Winner Stony Brook SBU 5-4,0-0 CAA
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Rider Rider 1-6,0-0 Metro
Winner
Stony Brook SBU
5-4,0-0 CAA
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Final
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Rider Rider
1-6,0-0 Metro
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Stony Brook SBU 25 25 25 (3)
Rider Rider 16 22 12 (0)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Volleyball Topped by Stony Brook

PISCATAWAY, NJ - The Rider University volleyball team was defeated Friday afternoon at the Rutgers Classic, falling to Stony Brook 25-16, 25-22, 25-12. The Broncs fall to 1-6 on the season, while the Seawolves improve to 5-4.
 
Already holding a 7-4 lead in the opening set, the Seawolves scored seven-straight points to extend the advantage. With Stony Brook holding a 24-13 lead, Rider fought off three set points, including kills from Rylah Robinson (Fairfax, VA/Robinson) and Tori Bonacci (Downingtown, PA/Bishop Shanahan), but the Seawolves would get the point to secure the set.
 
Rider fought back in set two, scoring the first three points on the serve of Makenna Mason (Hilton Head Island, SC/Hilton Head). But with Rider leading 8-4, the Seawolves answered with four-straight to tie the set. Tied 15-15, Maisie Nawrocki (Willoughby, OH/Willoughby South) got a kill, then the Broncs forced a Stony Brook error to take a 17-15 lead, but the Seawolves immediately responded with a 5-1 run to take a lead in the set they would not relinquish.
 
Holding a 4-3 lead in the third, Stony Brook scored five-straight. Later in the set, leading 9-5, the Seawolves put the match out of reach with a 9-0 run.
 
QUOTES & NOTES
- Stony Brook extends its lead in the all-time series to 3-1.
- Mason had a team-high 20 assists, giving her seven matches this season and 84 matches in her career with double digits. She added 13 digs for her third double-double of the season and 17th of her career.
- Robinson led Rider with 10 kills in the match, reaching double figures for the first time this season and 21st time in her career.

BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- The Broncs hit .162 in the match, while the Seawolves hit .311 as a team.
- Stony Brook had 38 kills to 33 for the Broncs.
- The Seawolves had 43 digs to 39 for the Broncs. In addition to Mason's 13, Simone Langford (Hollywood, FL/Flanagan) added seven.
- Stony Brook held an edge of 5-2 in blocks and an 11-3 advantage in aces.
 
UP NEXT
- The Broncs are back in action for the final day at the Rutgers Classic Saturday, facing the host Scarlet Knights at 6 p.m.
 
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