Stony Brook Baseball Weekend Game Notes:

The Seawolves (2-1, 0-0 AE) opened up their 2011 season by taking two of three from Florida Atlantic... FAU was the preseason pick to win the Sun Belt Conference and had defeated No. 20 Miami, 7-4, earlier in the week... Junior Nick Tropeano (West Islip, N.Y.) struck out eight in 6.0 shutout innings in the 5-0 Stony Brook win in the opener... Freshman Brandon McNitt (Chino Hills, Calif.) followed with 3.0 innings of shutout relief to earn the save... Senior Stephen Marino (Lake Grove, N.Y.) went 2-for-4 with three RBI... Junior right-handed pitcher Tyler Johnson (Chatsworth, Calif.) allowed just one run and five hits in 6.0 shutout innings to earn the win in SBU's 5-1 win on Saturday... Freshman Bryan Tatelman (South Windsor, Conn.) followed by allowing just one hit in 3.0 shutout innings to earn the save... Junior Pat Cantwell's (West Islip, N.Y.) two-out RBI single in the seventh broke a 1-1 tie... Cantwell hit .500 (6-for-12) in the three-game series... FAU won the series finale, 12-4, on Sunday... The Seawolves will travel to take on No. 18 North Carolina for a three-game series this weekend.