STONY BROOK, N.Y.- The Binghamton volleyball team fell, 3-0, at Stony Brook Friday night. Sarah Ngo notched 30 assists in the America East match, which the Seawolves took by scores of 25-21, 25-18, and 25-23 at Pritchard Gymnasium.
 
After a slow start, Binghamton rallied with an 11-1 spurt to take an early lead in the first set. Stony Brook grabbed a 5-1 advantage, but then Kristella Morina and Megan Burgess served out a run to give BU a lead. Ngo found Erin Shultz for a pair of kills and then Morina posted consecutive aces. After a Seawolves point, Ngo hit Bianca Anderson for a kill, tying the game at 6. The hosts committed an error and then Shultz scored. Burgess followed with an ace, forcing a Stony Brook timeout. Burgess came back with another ace, making it 10-6. The home team then erred and then Shultz and Anderson put down a block for a 12-6 margin, capping the Bearcats' run.
 
As the set continued, Shultz and Anderson each scored to keep BU ahead. Up 16-14, Ngo assisted on kills by Morina and Burgess. The Seawolves responded with five straight points and eventually took a 22-19 lead. Kills by Burgess and Anderson kept Binghamton alive, but an ace gave Stony Brook a 25-21 win in the opener.
 
The second frame was a back and forth affair, as the teams traded points in the early going. Ngo hit Morina for two kills and then Anderson scored twice, pulling BU within 5-4. The hosts took a 13-7 difference, but Morina tried to keep her team in the set, recording a kill and then an ace. Anderson and Shultz each scored, and eventually, Bailey Walker assisted on a Ngo kill, making it 17-13. Ngo later found Anderson for a point, but it wasn't enough, as Stony Brook won, 25-18, to take a 2-0 match advantage.
 
Anderson scored to start the third set, but the Seawolves rallied with five consecutive points. Ngo hit Shultz for a kill and then Walker served an ace to inch BU closer. Trailing 9-4, Binghamton looked to get back into the action. Morina scored and then SBU made a pair of errors. The hosts scored, but Kelly Leach assisted on a Gabby Alicea kill, making it 10-8.
 
Anderson sparked a quick 3-0 spurt, scoring and then blocking along with Shultz and Burgess to get the Bearcats within 13-12 midway through the frame. Shultz registered two kills, and after a Seawolves score, Ngo found Morina to even the score at 15. BU took several one-point edges, as Kaelan Haag hit Morina for an 18-17 lead and then an SBU miscue gave Binghamton a 19-18 margin.
 
Stony Brook claimed four points in a row, but then Ngo logged assists to Alicea, Shultz, and Morina to keep Binghamton in it. A Seawolves error pulled BU within a point, but a Bearcat miscue ended the match at 25-23.
 
Ngo tallied 30 assists. Morina finished with 12 points, hitting .563 on the night, and generating three aces. Shultz added 11 points and Anderson scored 10. Walker provided nine digs.
 
BU (4-14, 1-3 America East) will play at UMBC on Sunday. The America East contest is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.