Seawolves fell to Cavaliers, 13-8, on February 27Stony Brook, N.Y. - A final four berth is on the line when eighth-seeded Stony Brook and top-seeded Virginia meet in an NCAA Quarterfinal game on Sunday afternoon at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium. Face-off is scheduled for 2:35 pm. The game will be televised live in HD on ESPNU, with Eamon McAnaney (play-by-play), Quint Kessenich (color), Matt Ward (color) and Bob Holtzman (sidelines) calling all the action. Fans can hear the game locally on WUSB 90.1 with Matt Mankiewich, Frank Barile and Brendan Chamberlain broadcasting. Live stats are available at GoSeawolves.org.
The Seawolves (13-3) are making just their second appearance in the NCAA Tournament and won their first NCAA game last week, 9-7, over Denver. Junior Kevin Crowley (New Westminster, British Columbia) and senior Tom Compitello (Hauppauge, N.Y.) each had three goals in the victory over the Pioneers.
Crowley, the America East Player of the Year and Tewaaraton Award finalist, leads SBU with 49 goals and 74 points. Junior Jordan McBride (New Westminster, British Columbia) has 48 goals and Compitello's 35 assists leads all players. He also has scored 36 goals.
Senior Steven Waldeck (Levittown, N.Y.) had 11 ground balls in the win over Denver and has 104 for the season. He also scored a goal and leads the country in long pole scoring with 13 points (9g, 4a). Senior Charlie Paar (Huntington, N.Y.) owns a 9.81 goals against average and a .565 save percentage. In the last nine games, Paar has an 8.43 GAA.
Chris Bocklet leads Virginia (15-1) with 46 goals. Steele Stanwick has 28 assists and is second on the team with 25 goals. Tewaaraton Award finalist Ken Clausen leads the defense with 46 ground balls and 36 caused turnovers. Adam Ghitelman is saving 56 percent of the shots he's faced and has a 7.79 goals against average.
