WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary Volleyball capped Family and Alumni Weekend in style on Saturday afternoon, rolling to a 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-14) win over Stony Brook for its first CAA victory of the season at Kaplan Arena.
 
Sophomore Katherine Arnason recorded a season-high 10 kills, hitting .226, to go with five total blocks. Junior Nicole Smith finished with nine kills and hit .300 for the match, while graduate student Sabrina Malcolm led the Tribe defensive effort with six blocks.
 
Junior Lindsay Kahren followed up her career-high 27 digs from Friday with 21 over three sets on Saturday to go with three service aces and four assists for W&M (5-8, 1-3 CAA). Senior setter Amy Schwem just missed a second-straight double-double with 23 assists and nine digs.
 
Stony Brook (9-4, 2-2 CAA) jumped in front with three-straight points, taking an 8-5 lead on a block by Mercedes Motton and Tori Henry. W&M rallied to pull even at 10 on kills by Malcolm, Smith and Arnason. Two more Arnason kills gave the Tribe a 14-13 lead and forced a Seawolves timeout. In total, it was a 6-1 run that extended the W&M margin to 17-14 on an Olivia Esposito kill.
 
Stony Brook tied the match at 19 on a kill by Motton, but W&M pulled out the opening set by winning four of the final five points. The Green and Gold tallied three in a row behind a Maddie Meyers kill and two-straight Kahren aces to take a 24-21 lead, before winning the set on a Seawolves' service error.
 
The momentum carried over to set two as the Tribe raced out to a 7-0 lead with SBU burning two timeouts in the process. W&M notched a pair of blocks during the run, while Meyers and Arnason each added two kills apiece.
 
Stony Brook would not go away, scoring seven in a row to take a 9-8 lead. Leoni Kunz led the way with two kills during the run. W&M responded with four in a row to gain a 16-14 advantage on an Arnason and Malcolm block.
 
With the set even at 19, the Tribe surged in front with three-straight points, including a pair of Audrey Brcka kills, to open up a 22-19 lead. Smith put the finishing touches on another set win and a 2-0 lead with her seventh kill of the afternoon.
 
W&M used another run to start set three. The Tribe scored the first three points of the set capped by a Kahren ace. The lead reached five, 10-5, on a block by Arnason and Malcolm.
 
The Tribe used a pair of 4-0 runs to put the contest out of reach for good. Arnason sparked the first spurt, extending the Tribe advantage to 14-6 on back-to-back kills.
 
Back-to-back Tribe blocks, the first from Malcolm and Brcka and the second by Malcolm and Arnson, pushed the lead to 21-12. Schwem followed with an ace and Arnson gave W&M a 23-12 advantage with another kill. The Tribe sophomore capped the match with her 10th kill of the afternoon, giving W&M the third and final set, 25-14.
 
Up Next
The Tribe travels to Northeastern next weekend for a pair of matches. W&M takes on the Huskies on Friday, Oct. 4, and Saturday, Oct. 5. Both matches carry a 1 p.m. start time and will be broadcast on FloVolleyball.