The Stony Brook volleyball team moved to 7-10 (1-2 AE) after splitting a two-game road series against the Binghamton Bearcats and the Albany Great Danes on Friday, Oct. 1 and Sunday, Oct. 3.
After two shutout losses this week that saw the team drop to 2-2 in-conference and its 11-game home win streak snapped, the Seawolves do not have a winning record in America East play for the first time since September 2017.
With the goal-line stand, the Seawolves lost their first ever game in program history to Rhode Island. The 27-20 road overtime defeat on Oct. 2 handed Stony Brook its third consecutive loss, to another opponent that it had historically dominated.
Coming off a loss to then-No. 4 Oregon, facing a winless Fordham team from the weaker Patriot League should have been a nice tune-up before diving into the heart of conference play. Instead, the Seawolves were stunned and lost.
Facing a winless Fordham Rams team at home and coming off a strong first-half performance last week at No. 3 Oregon, Stony Brook was embarrassed 31-14 by Fordham on Saturday, Sept. 25 at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.
Following three straight 2-1 weekends, the Stony Brook volleyball team looked to build on their momentum by opening conference play with a win against the defending champions.
With a dominant 2-0 shutout over the Vermont Catamounts, the Stony Brook men’s soccer team opened conference play with a win at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 18.
The Seawolves were down by just a field goal at the end of the first quarter and trailed by only 10 at halftime to the No. 4 FBS-ranked Oregon Ducks, the two-time defending Pac-12 champions, making many across the country nervous at the close score.
For the third consecutive weekend, the Stony Brook volleyball team won two of three matches, improving its record to 6-8 at the Maryland Invitational in College Park on Friday, Sept. 17 and Saturday, Sept. 18.
Coming off of their dominant first win of the season, the Seawolves will travel over 2,500 miles to play the No. 4-ranked Oregon Ducks at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18 at Autzen Stadium.
