Cougars Win Streak Reaches 10

Friday, October 4

Stony Brook, NY

5:00 PM

College of Charleston

13-4,5-0CAA

Stony Brook

9-5,2-3CAA

Col. of Charleston

Stony Brook

10/4/2024 8:45:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

STONY BROOK, N.Y. – College of Charleston came back and beat Stony Brook in five sets (21-25, 26-28, 25-17, 25-10 and 15-9) Friday evening to win its tenth consecutive match.

The Cougars improve to 13-4 overall and a CAA best 5-0 in conference play. The Seawolves drop to 9-5 and and 2-3 in league action.

Three different Cougars tallied career-highs in the victory, paced by Emily Banitt's career-best 22 kills and 23 digs. Hannah Scott also dished out a collegiate best 58 assists while Emily Dykes totaled a career high eight blocks.

WHEN THE GAME WAS DECIDED:

Charleston soared out a 3-0 lead in the deciding set and never trailed, securing the reverse sweep. The Cougars are 3-0 in 2024 when a match goes to five sets and have secured back-to-back five set victories.

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— CofC Volleyball (@CofCVolleyball) October 4, 2024

CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST STONY BROOK:

Charleston's offense hit .318 as a unit, including .395 in set three and .394 in set four.
Four different players record five-plus blocks for the Cougars, led by Dykes' eight.
Defensively, had four players with double-digit digs, led by Banitt's 23 and Tynley Smeltzer's 19.
Scott surpassed Tuesday's career-high of 50 assists with a 58-assist performance Friday.
The Cougars held the Seawolves to a .167 attacking percentage in the win.

OF NOTE:

Charleston is 4-2 against Stony Brook all-time and picked up its first five-set win against the Seawolves. Friday was just the second time a match has gone past three sets.
CofC remains undefeated on Friday's, improving to 5-0.
Scott became the first player to record back-to-back 50 assist matches since Allison Beckman in 2018. Scott's 58 assists are also the most in a match for a Charleston player since Beckman's 59 on Oct. 28, 2018.
Scott picked up her sixth double-double while Banitt tallied her seventh double-double this season.
Banitt is the first Charleston player to record a 20-20 game since Kallie McKown had 28 assists and 21 digs on Nov. 22, 2014, against UNCW.
Banitt is also the first Cougar to have at least 20 digs and 20 kills in a contest since Darcy Dorton's 20 kill, 22 dig performance on Sept. 14, 2012, versus Georgetown.
The Cougars recorded their ninth game of the season with 10-or-more blocks.
With Stony Brook's 10 points in set four, Charleston extended its streak of holding an opponent to 11-or-fewer points in a set to six straight matches.
Anna Smith recorded her 700th career kill.
Allie Holland has seven total blocks in three straight matches.

UP NEXT:
Charleston concludes the weekend at Stony Brook with a noon match on Saturday, Oct. 5 from Pritchard Gymnasium.

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