Matchup        No. 6 Stony Brook vs. No. 3 Towson
When             Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m.
Where            SECU Arena | Towson, Md.
Live Stats     TowsonTigers.com
Stream           FloCollege
Series            Towson leads the all-time series, 14-2
 
TOWSON, Md. – For the sixth-consecutive season, Towson University is serving as host to the 2025 Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Volleyball Championship at SECU Arena.
 
The Tigers enter the 2025 CAA Championship as the No. 3 seed, set to face the No. 6 Stony Brook Seawolves in the Opening Round on Thursday at 6 p.m.
 
The winner of Thursday evening's match will face the Campbell Camels on Friday at 6 p.m.
 
Last Time Out
Towson closed its regular season on Long Island in two matches vs. Hofstra on Nov. 7-8. The Tigers squandered a 21-16 lead in set four while up two sets to one over Hofstra in the first match, falling in five sets to the Pride. The Tigers topped Hofstra in five sets on Saturday to finish the regular season 21-6 overall and 12-4 in league play. The Tigers had a bye in the final week of CAA play last weekend.
 
Scouting the Seawolves
Stony Brook enters the conference tournament after finishing 11-14 in the regular season and 7-9 in league play. Outside hitter Kali Moore was named a 2025 All-CAA First Team selection after pacing the Seawolves' team with 371 kills, averaging 3.91 per set. She added 38 service aces and 251 digs. Setter Ava Zamora earned CAA All-Rookie Team and Second Team selections. The San Diego native posted 781 assists this season, averaging 8.22 per set.
 
All-CAA Honors
Sydney Stewart was named the CAA Libero of the Year after finishing second among league leaders with 525 digs, averaging 4.82 per set. Stewart's 525 digs this season stand 17th among all players in Division 1 and rank fifth all-time in Towson single season history. She's added 99 assists, 27 aces and nine kills on the year.
 
Erin Brothers earned an All-CAA Second Team nod as a middle blocker after pacing the league with a .379 hitting percentage. The senior averaged 2.64 kills and 0.51 blocks per set on the year. The Ohio native totaled 272 kills on 562 total attempts with just 59 hitting errors, adding 53 blocks and 10 digs. Brothers finished with double-digit kills 14 times, including seven of her last nine matches played.
 
Ella Sanders was named to the All-CAA Second Team after pacing the Tigers with 316 kills on the season, averaging 3.04 per set. The redshirt sophomore's per set average ranked seventh in the conference and her 3.49 points per set ranked eighth.
 
Metil Detector
Towson Head Coach Don Metil is the all-time winningest coach in program history with a 290-94 (.755) record dating back to 2013. Now in his 24th season as an NCAA head coach, Metil eclipsed 500 career wins in the Tigers' opening weekend sweep over Old Dominion. At his previous stops, Metil collected 145 wins at UMES, 15 at Coppin State, 30 at Lees-McRae and 40 at Notre Dame College.
Record breakdown
- Metil is 520-224 all-time (.699) as a head coach.
- Metil's records by school: Notre Dame College: 40-30 | Lees-McRae: 30-9 | Coppin State: 15-46 | Maryland Eastern Shore: 145-45 | Towson: 290-94
- Metil passed Cathy Cain as the all-time wins leader after knocking off No. 7 Pittsburgh on Sept. 10th, 2022.
- Don Metil: 290-94 (2013-Pres.) | Cathy Cain: 201-143 (1989-98) | Chris Riley: 144-54 (2000-05)
 
Among the Nation's Best
The Tigers own a 158-29 overall record dating back to 2019, marking an 84.5% winning percentage over the past seven seasons. That percentage lands the Tigers at 8th overall in Division I over that span, behind only Texas, Pitt, Western Kentucky, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Louisville and Creighton.
 
Protect this House
Since moving into SECU Arena full-time in 2013, Towson has racked up an impressive 142-32 (.816) overall record at home. That total includes CAA Championship matches played at SECU Arena.
- The Tigers finished the 2025 regular season with a 13-3 record at home.
- The Black & Gold finished the 2024 regular season 16-1 in the arena.
- The Tigers have nine seasons with double-digit wins, including a perfect 16-0 mark in 2022 and a 17-1 mark in 2021. In three of the 12 seasons in the arena, the Tigers didn't play at least 10 matches at home.
- Dating back to 2019, the Black & Gold have amassed an 88-10 (.898) record in the arena.
 
A League of Their Own
Since 2015, Towson has been one of the top teams in the CAA. The Tigers have recorded a 131-35 (.789) record in CAA regular season play since then, including a record-setting 16-0 mark in 2019.
-The Tigers finished league play 14-4 in 2024 with losses only to CAA Championship participant teams.
-Towson finished conference play at 16-2 in 2023, including their first three-set loss in league play since 2018.
-The Black & Gold finished with a 15-1 mark three seasons ago, going a perfect 8-0 at home.
-Four years ago, The Tigers went 12-4 and never got swept.
 
2025: 12-4 | 2024: 14-4 | 2023: 16-2 | 2022: 15-1 | 2021: 12-4 | 2021 (spring): 2-0 | 2019: 16-0 | 2018: 10-6 | 2017: 12-4 | 2016: 10-6 | 2015: 12-4 | Total: 131-35 (.789)
 
Weekly Awards
Tiger libero Sydney Stewart claimed her third consecutive CAA Defensive Player of the Week award on Oct. 6 after pacing the league with 6.83 digs per set in the Tigers' two straight-set wins over UNCW. The senior dug out 18 attacks on Saturday and 23 on Sunday.
 
Middle blocker Malinah Purcell-Telefoni earned her second weekly award of the season on Oct. 6, this time as the CAA Rookie of the Week. The freshman boasted 22 kills on a .385 hitting percentage in two road wins over Northeastern, adding five blocks and six digs.
 
Stewart claimed her second-consecutive defensive player of the week award on Oct. 6 after leading all players with 50 digs, averaging 5.56 per set in two wins over Northeastern. The senior had 29 in Friday's four-set match for a mark of 7.25 per set.
 
Stewart was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 22 after totaling 53 digs over eight sets against Charleston, averaging 6.63 digs per set. The Pennsylvania native finished with match-highs of 36 on the five-set battle on Saturday and 17 in the Black & Gold's Sunday sweep.
 
Opposite hitter Ella Sanders earned a share of the CAA Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 15 following her 59 kill, 70 dig performance with three double-doubles at SECU Arena. She added five service aces and six blocks. Against Lafayette, the New Mexico product boasted 17 kills, 26 digs and 3 aces. Sanders is the lone player in the nation to post at least 15 kills, 25 digs and three service aces in a match, according to evollve.net.
 
Outside hitter Taylor Pagan was named a CAA Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 8 after posting 60 kills on a .307 hitting percentage in the Tigers' 4-0 weekend hosting the Towson-Morgan State Invitational, including a career-high 23 kills vs. Kent State. The Colorado State transfer finished the weekend with two double-doubles, totaling 14 kills and 10 digs vs. Quinnipiac and 15 kills and 13 digs vs. New Orleans.
 
Purcell-Telefoni earned the CAA Defensive Player of the Week nod on Sept. 8 after totaling 25 blocks in the Tigers' perfect weekend. She was productive on both sides of the ball, averaging 2.83 and 1.67 blocks per set in the Tigers' four wins. The freshman posted 25 kills on a .353 hitting percentage and added five service aces.
 
How to Say It: TOWSON
TOWSON is pronounced TOW like towel + Son.
 
IT IS NOT: TOE-son, Townson, Towsond, Townsend, Townsen, Towzen. One N, no Z.
 
We are Towson University, no longer Towson State University (and haven't been since July 1, 1997).
 
Our mascot is Doc the Tiger, named after Donald "Doc" Minnegan, long-time soccer coach and athletics department administrator. Towson became the "Tigers" in 1962 after John Schuerholz (yes, the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame General Manager) pushed for the name change from the "Towson College Knights".