STONY BROOK BASEBALL WINS 30 GAMES AGAIN!

Stony Brook Baseball extends winning streak to 11 with doubleheader sweep of Binghamton

 Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

Brookhaven, N.Y.  (April 30, 2011) – Senior Chad Marshall (Paris, Ontario) scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch in the 10^th inning and sophomore William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) threw 3.1 innings of scoreless relief as the Stony Brook University baseball team defeated the Binghamton Bearcats, 5-4, in the first game of an America East doubleheader on Saturday at Golden Lions Field.  

Junior Tyler Johnson (Chatsworth, Calif.) threw a four-hit shutout in the second game as the Seawolves completed the sweep with a 6-0 victory. Johnson (7-2) has now thrown 18.0 straight scoreless innings and has not allowed a run in five of his last six starts.

Marshall went 5-for-8 in the doubleheader and needs just 10 more hits to set the program’s all-time hits record. Stony Brook improves to 30-9 overall and 11-1 in the America East with the sweep. It is the ninth time under Senk that the Seawolves have won 30 games.

SBU entered the seventh and final inning of game one with a 4-3 lead but the Bearcats tied it on a one-out RBI single from John Howell. Binghamton threatened to take the lead as Ben Bereszniewcz chased Howell to third with a single to center.

But Howell was tagged out by junior catcher Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) on a failed suicide squeeze for the second out.  Sophomore Jasvir Rakkar (Brampton, Ontario) then walked C.J. Lukaszewski and was relieved by Carmona, who retired Dave Ciocchi on groundout to short to end the inning.

Ciochhi singled down the left-field line to start the 10^th but was thrown out by sophomore Tanner Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario) trying to stretch it to a double. The next two Bearcat batters both reached base but each was thrown out trying to steal second by Cantwell.

Marshall then led off the bottom of the 10^th with an infield hit and moved to second on a Carmona single to left. Tissenbaum walked to load the bases for Marino. Binghamton reliever Zach Juliano then threw the second pitch to Marino to the backstop allowing Marshall to come home with the winning run.

Junior right-hander Nick Tropeano (West Islip, N.Y.) started game one for the Seawolves and struck out nine in 6.0 innings. Carmona allowed just two hits in his 3.1 innings and also went 3-for-5 with an RBI at the plate.

Stony Brook jumped to a 4-0 lead in game one, scoring four runs in the opening inning as the first four Seawolves reached base. But the Bearcats chipped away at the lead, scoring a run in the third and two in the fifth before tying it in the seventh.

The Seawolves took control of game two early, scoring two runs in the second on a Nivins run-scoring triple and an RBI groundout from sophomore Travis Jankowski (Lancaster, Pa.). SBU added a run in the third on a Carmona RBI single.

Stony Brook then took advantage of poor Binghamton defense to put the game away in the fourth. Freshman Joshua Mason (Woodland Hills, Calif.) singled with two outs and freshman Kevin Courtney (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) then hit a comebacker to Binghamton starter Mike Augliera for what looked to be the final out of the inning.
But Augliera’s throw to first sailed down the right-field line, allowing Mason to score. Binghamton right-fielder Peter Bregartner’s throw from right field then sailed into the Seawolves dugout as Courtney came home with Stony Brook’s fifth run.

That was more than enough support for Johnson, who cruised to his seventh victory. The right-hander struck out five and did not walk a batter.
 
The teams will wrap up the three-game set tomorrow at Dowling College. First pitch is set for 12 p.m.

McBride, Campbell lead #14 Men's Lacrosse past Vermont, 12-9

Seawolves claim second straight outright America East regular season title

Final Stats

 
Burlington, Vt. - Senior Jordan McBride (New Westminster, British Columbia) tallied four goals and junior Robbie Campbell (Delta, British Columbia) added three as the #14 Stony Brook men's lacrosse team held off Vermont, 12-9, in America East lacrosse action on Saturday.
The win gives the Seawolves (9-3, 5-0) an outright America East regular season title and undefeated conference season for the second year in a row. Stony Brook, which earned the top seed in conference tournament, will host a semifinal game at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium on Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. Its opponent will be determined after tonight's other America East contests.
"Now we're looking forward to Wednesday," coach Rick Sowell said. "Give Vermont a lot of credit. They haven't quit all year, and that's a testament to their coaching staff and players. I'll take a win any day."
McBride scored three of his four goals in the first quarter. He has 165 career goals, which is tied for 16th all-time in Division I history with Doug Knight of Virginia. Campbell scored two of his three goals in the second quarter, giving him 11 goals in his last four games. McBride's 29 career hat tricks also lead all active players.
After Campbell's goal at 9:58 of the second quarter gave Stony Brook a 7-3 lead, Tom Frasca's goal off the face-off was as close as Vermont got until its final goal of the game. Goals from McBride, senior Timmy Trenkle (Commack, N.Y.), Campbell and junior Graham Adams (Royal Oak, Mich.) allowed the Seawolves to extend the lead to 11-4 with 11:44 left in the game.


Geoff Worley led Vermont (6-9, 1-4) with two goals and two assists.
Senior Kevin Crowley (New Westminster, British Columbia) added a goal and three assists, upping his career-point total to 224, tops among all active Division I players.
Stony Brook's defense was led by senior goalie Rob Camposa (Syosset, N.Y.), who finished with 13 saves, nine in the second half.
"Our senior class has led us to this point," said Sowell. "Jordan and Kevin and Rob have played such key roles for us this year."
Stony Brook leads the all-time series, 11-0, with today's victory. Trenkle, who finished with a goal and two assists, has 24 points this season, a career-best.
Tickets for Wednesday night's game will be available by calling (631) 632-WOLF or can be purchased online at GoSeawolves.org.

Matthes mows down Binghamton in Saturday sweep

Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Colleen Matthes (Severn, Md.) pitched two complete games and allowed no earned runs as the Stony Brook softball team swept Binghamton (20-17, 8-5 AE) by scores of 3-0 and 6-1 on Saturday.
In the first game, Matthes allowed only three hits and struck out nine to pick up her second consecutive shutout after blanking Quinnipiac on Wednesday. The Seawolves' offense did its part, meanwhile, notching six hits and three runs to give Matthes enough support on the scoreboard.
Stony Brook (19-24, 5-9 AE) went to work in the first inning and took a 1-0 lead when junior Bernadette Tenuto (Audubon, N.J.) smacked an RBI double to left, scoring freshman Jessica Combs (Hammonton, N.J.). The Seawolves then added another run in the third as Combs knocked in junior Lauren Maloney (Las Vegas, Nev.) with an RBI single to left. Stony Brook tacked on a third run in the fifth when junior Alyssa Hawley (Spokane, Wash.) scampered home on a fielding error by the third baseman.
Both Combs and Hawley registered 2-for-3 performances in game one, while Tenuto and freshman Elise Fortier (Coventry, R.I.) accounted for the Seawolves' other hits.
Matthes got the ball once again in game two and picked up right where she left off, firing another complete-game, nine-strikeout effort. Binghamton's lone run came in the the top of the seventh and was unearned, allowing Matthes to extend her streak without allowing an earned run to 21 consecutive innings.
The Seawolves scored all six runs with two out in the bottom of the fifth. Hawley opened the account with a squeeze bunt to third, bringing in Fortier to make it 1-0. Combs followed with an RBI single to score Maloney, before sophomore Taylor Chain (Gloucester, N.J.) stepped to the plate and delivered the hit of the day. With the bases loaded, Chain crushed a pitch over the left-centerfield wall for a grand slam to blow the game open and make it 6-0. It was Chain's first collegiate grand slam and second home run of the season.


Three Seawolves posted multi-hit efforts in game two, including Combs, who added another 2-for-3 performance. The top five hitters in Stony Brook's lineup scored runs in the game and were a combined 7-for-15.

The teams will play one more game on Sunday starting at 12 p.m

Stony Brook Baseball NCAA Postseason projections starting......(ESPN, Perfect Game)

ESPN

Charlottesville Regional No. 1 Virginia Elon Arizona Delaware	Austin Regional    Texas    Rice    Texas State    Dartmouth
Tempe Regional No. 8 Arizona State UC Irvine Kansas State South Dakota State	Fullerton Regional    Cal State Fullerton    UCLA    St. John's    Navy
College Station Regional No. 5 Texas A&M Auburn Southeastern Louisiana Stony Brook	Fort Worth Regional    TCU    Oklahoma    Ole Miss    Monmouth
Corvallis Regional No. 4 Oregon State Miami Gonzaga Manhattan	Fresno Regional    Fresno State    Stanford    Jacksonville    Michigan State
Nashville Regional No. 3 Vanderbilt California NC State Wright State	Hattiesburg Regional    Southern Miss    Troy    Mississippi State    Southern
Gainesville Regional No. 6 Florida Florida Atlantic UCF Bethune-Cookman	Tallahassee Regional    Florida State    Stetson    FIU    Jacksonville State
Atlanta Regional No. 7 Georgia Tech Georgia UAB Georgia Southern	Fayetteville Regional    Arkansas    Oklahoma State    Creighton    Kent State
Columbia Regional No. 2 South Carolina Clemson Coastal Carolina Connecticut	Chapel Hill Regional    North Carolina    East Carolina    Alabama    Charlotte

Perfect Game's NCAA postseason projections are released every Wednesday leading up to Selection Monday, which is Monday, May 30.

C'VILLE REGIONAL Host: Virginia 1. Virginia* (1) 4. Navy* 2. Mississippi State 3. Kent State*	DeLAND REGIONAL Host: Stetson 1. Stetson* 4. Purdue* 2. Miami 3. Florida Atlantic
COLUMBIA REGIONAL Host: South Carolina 1. South Carolina* (2) 4. Valparaiso* 2. N.C. State 3. Coastal Carolina*	TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL Host: Florida State 1. Florida State 4. Beth-Cookman* 2. Auburn 3. Central Florida
GAINESVILLE REGIONAL Host: Florida 1. Florida (3) 4. Yale* 2. Clemson 3. Jacksonville	CHAPEL HILL REGIONAL Host: North Carolina 1. North Carolina 4. Charlotte* 2. East Carolina 3. Elon
CORVALLIS REGIONAL Host: Oregon State 1. Oregon State* (4) 4. South Dakota St.* 2. Oklahoma State 3. St. John's	FULLERTON REGIONAL Host: Cal State Fullerton 1. CS Fullerton* 4. Stony Brook* 2. UCLA 3. Kansas State
COLLEGE STATION REGIONAL Host: Texas A&M 1. Texas A&M* (5) 4. Monmouth* 2. Texas State 3. Alabama	HATTIESBURG REGIONAL Host: Southern Mississippi 1. Southern Miss* 4. Southern* 2. Troy* 3. Mississippi
NASHVILLE REGIONAL Host: Vanderbilt 1. Vanderbilt (6) 4. Austin Peay* 2. Stanford 3. UAB	NORMAN REGIONAL Host: Oklahoma 1. Oklahoma 4. Missouri State* 2. TCU* 3. SE Louisiana
TEMPE REGIONAL Host: Arizona State 1. Arizona State (7) 4. Delaware* 2. Georgia 3. UC Irvine	FRESNO REGIONAL Host: Fresno State 1. Fresno State* 4. San Francisco* 2. California 3. Baylor
ATLANTA REGIONAL Host: Georgia Tech 1. Georgia Tech (8) 4. Manhattan* 2. Arkansas 3. Ga. Southern*	AUSTIN REGIONAL Host: Texas 1. Texas 4. Stephen F. Austin* 2. Rice 3. Connecticut*
Last six: Jacksonville, SE Louisiana, Elon, Baylor, Florida Atlantic, UC Irvine Next 10: Arizona, Florida International, Cal State Bakersfield, Cal Poly, Memphis, Creighton, Louisiana-Lafayette, College of Charleston, Tulane, Gonzaga

Projected national seeds in parentheses.
*—Projected winner of an automatic bid.
Possible super regional matchups are listed side-by-side

Stony Brook	Charlotte
Virginia	Stetson
Connecticut	Coastal Carolina
Purdue	Texas A&M
Cal State Fullerton	Delaware
Southern Mississippi	Valparaiso
Yale	Manhattan
Kent State	Bethune-Cookman
Creighton	TCU
Monmouth	Austin Peay
Oregon State	Navy
South Carolina	Georgia Southern
Stephen F. Austin	South Dakota State
Troy	Southern
Fresno State	San Francisco

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Men's Tennis cruises into America East semifinals

Results

Stony Brook, N.Y. - The No. 4 Stony Brook men's tennis team rolled to a 4-0 victory over No. 5 Hartford in the quarterfinal round of the 2011 America East Tennis championships on Friday. The Seawolves advance to take on top-seeded Binghamton in the semifinal round on Saturday at 10 a.m.
The Seawolves opened up play by easily taking the doubles point. Sophomore Roope Kailaheimo (Helsinki, Finland) and junior Mehmet Duru (Istanbul, Turkey) won 8-2 at No. 1 while freshmen Nikita Fomin (Moscow, Russia) and Francesco Arciuli (Lesmo, Italy) did not drop a game at No. 3.
SBU then quickly put the match away in singles action. Duru and junior Max Sztabholz (Paris, France) each won 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 6 and No. 5 positions, respectively. Fomin also rolled to a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 1.
Stony Brook improves to 9-10 with the victory.

Women's Tennis rolls past Hartford in AE Quarters

Results
 
New Haven, Conn. - The No. 3 Stony Brook women's tennis team cruised to a 4-0 victory over No. 6 Hartford in the quarterfinal round of the 2011 America East Tennis championships on Friday. The Seawolves advance to take on No. 2 Boston University in the semifinal round on Saturday at 1 p.m.
SBU opened by easily earning the doubles point. Sophomore Aylin Mehter (Massapequa, N.Y.) and junior Prerana Appineni (Hyderabad, India) won 8-2 at No. 1 while juniors Katherine Hanson (Smithtown, N.Y.) and Salome Mkervalidze (Massapequa, N.Y.) also cruised to an 8-2 victory at the No. 2 spot.
The Seawolves then quickly wrapped up the match with three decisive victories in single play. Senior Gayatri Krishnan (Chennai, India) and Mkervalidze did not drop a game at No. 4 and No. 6, respectively, and Appineni lost just one game at No. 3.

Stony Brook improves to 15-4 with the victory, its most victories since 2004-05.

Stony Brook Baseball rolls past Fairfield to extend winning streak to nine

Fairfield, Conn. (April 27, 2011) – Junior Evan Stecko-Haley (Coral Gables, Fla.) allowed two hits in 6.0 shutout innings and sophomore William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y) went 3-for-5 with three runs scored as the Stony Brook University baseball team blanked the Fairfield Stags, 9-0, on Wednesday afternoon for its ninth straight win.

Stecko-Haley (1-0) struck out six and did not walk a batter. Freshmen Josh Barry (Seaford, N.Y.) and Joshua Mason (Woodland Hills, Calif.) and junior Anthony Luciano (Holtsville, N.Y.) all tossed a scoreless inning of relief.

Sophomore Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, Ontario), freshman Kevin Courtney (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) and senior Stephen Marino (Lake Grove, N.Y.) each drove in two runs for the Seawolves, who out-hit Fairfield, 14-4. Sophomore Travis Jankowski (Lancaster, Pa.) added three hits and scored a run.

Stony Brook (28-9) took a 1-0 lead in the first on a two-out RBI single from Marino. The Seawolves added three runs in the third highlighted by a two-run double from Tissenbaum.

SBU tacked on a run in the fifth as Carmona scored on a Marino sacrifice fly. The Seawolves pushed their lead to 7-0 in the sixth as Courtney doubled in a run and then scored on a wild pitch.

Courtney and junior Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) added run-scoring doubles in the eighth to make it 9-0.

The America East leading Seawolves return to action this weekend, hosting second-place Binghamton for a three-game series.

Baseball outlasts FDU for eighth straight win

Box Score


 
Teaneck, N.J. - Stony Brook University's baseball team scored eight runs in the eighth inning to rally for its eighth straight victory, a 17-12 victory over the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights on Tuesday afternoon. The back-and-forth game featured eight lead changes and a combined 33 hits.
Stony Brook (27-9) trailed 12-8 entering the eighth but then exploded for eight runs to take control of the game. SBU had eight hits in the inning and sent 11 batters to the plate.
Sophomore Travis Jankowski (Lancaster, Pa.) led off the inning with a bunt single and then came home on an RBI double from freshman Joshua Mason (Woodland Hills, Calif.). Freshman Kevin Courtney (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) followed with a two-run home run to pull Stony Brook within one.
The Seawolves then put runners on second and third with one out before sophomore Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, Ontario) drilled a two-run double to left to give SBU the lead for good. Tissenbaum scored on a run-scoring single from sophomore Tanner Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario) before Jankowski capped the inning with his second home run of the game, a two-run shot to right.
Jankowski finished with three hits and three RBI while sophomore William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) drove in four runs. Sophomore Jasvir Rakkar (Brampton, Ontario) hurled 3.0 scoreless innings of relief to earn the victory. Rakkar did not allow a hit and walked just one.

Stony Brook jumped to a 2-0 lead in the second on a two-run home run from senior Stephen Marino (Lake Grove, N.Y.). But the Knights rallied for four runs in the bottom of the inning highlighted by a three-run home run off the bat of Ryan Kresky.
But the Seawolves rallied in the third, taking a 5-4 lead on a three-run homer to center from Carmona. FDU grabbed the lead back on a two-run double from Joe Martino in the bottom of the third.
SBU again had an answer though, scoring two more runs in the fourth. Jankowski led off with a home run and senior Chad Marshall (Paris, Ontario) added a two-out RBI double. Marshall finished with four hits in five at-bats.
FDU vaulted back in front in the bottom of the fourth on a two-run single by Brian Dillon. Stony Brook scored an unearned run in the sixth to tie it but the Knights scored four runs in the bottom of the inning to take the 12-8 lead.
The Seawolves return to action on Wednesday, traveling to take on Fairfield. First pitch is set for 3:30 p.m.

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McBride, Trenkle lead #14 Men's Lacrosse to win over Albany, 23-11

Final Stats | Men's Lacrosse vs. Albany - Senior Day

  Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Jordan McBride (New Westminster, British Columbia) scored five goals and senior Timmy Trenkle (Commack, N.Y.) added three as the #14 Stony Brook men's lacrosse team routed America East rival Albany, 23-11, at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium on Saturday night.
The Seawolves have clinched at least a share of the America East regular season title and, more importantly, earned the number one seed and home-field advantage in the four-team conference tournament in 11 days.

"I think we've handled the conference season well and our goal always was to secure the top seed in the conference tournament," coach Rick Sowell said. We got off to a slow start because of the senior night emotions, but once we settled down, we found our way."
McBride scored two goals apiece in the second and third quarter as Stony Brook (8-3, 4-0) broke open a 7-6 game with nine unanswered goals. Trenkle (2), seniors Brett Drost (Wading River, N.Y.) and Tom Compitello (Hauppauge, N.Y.) and junior Kyle Belton (Langley, British Columbia) also scored during the stretch.

Albany (4-9, 0-4) went scoreless for 21:26 after Ryan Feuerstein's goal with 9:18 left in the first half made it 7-6. Miles Thompson had five goals and two assists for the Great Danes.
McBride has 161 goals, tops among all active Division I players, during his illustrious career, including 20 in seven career games against Albany.

"Everyone focuses on McBride, Crowley and Compitello, but when someone else scores, teams change their game plan," said Trenkle, who recorded his third hat trick of the season.
Compitello, who had a game-high four assists, agreed with Trenkle's assessment. "Jordan and Kevin draw a lot of attention, so it's up to the other guys to score."
Juniors Russ Bonanno (Seaford, N.Y.) and Robbie Campbell (Delta, British Columbia) and freshman Kyle Zorn (Severna Park, Md.) each scored two goals.
Junior Jared LeVerne (Jericho, N.Y.), a short stick defensive midfielder, tallied a career-high four points on a goal and three assists.
Senior Adam Rand (Niantic, Conn.) 20 of 29 face-offs and recorded nine ground balls.
Senior Rob Camposa (Syosset, N.Y.) made 11 saves before being replaced by senior John Bella (Oceanside, N.Y.) who had four saves in just over nine minutes.

Stony Brook will travel to face Vermont next Saturday in Burlington at 3:00 p.m. With a win, the Seawolves would become the first America East team to go undefeated in conference play in back-to-back seasons since Hofstra did it from 1996-98.

Stony Brook peaking as tourney nears

By TOM ROCK  tom.rock@newsday.com

There will be an encore.
Though last night's game against Albany was billed as the final home contest of the season for the Stony Brook men's lacrosse team and festooned with all the trappings of senior day, the Seawolves' 23-11 victory made sure that there would be more action to come at LaValle Stadium. The win clinched at least a share of the regular-season America East title and ensured home-field advantage throughout the conference tournament next month.
And though it was, appropriately, the seniors who led Stony Brook to the win, it wasn't the record-setting seniors you'd think. All-time leading scorer Kevin Crowley had just one assist in the first half and although Jordan McBride finished with a team-high five goals to increase his career total to 160, he had only two by the time the Seawolves had taken control in the second quarter and led 12-6 at halftime.
Instead, the local seniors took their bow on a foggy evening in Stony Brook. Hauppauge's Tom Compitello had two goals and three assists in the first half and Commack's Timmy Trinkle scored three goals for the No. 4 Seawolves (8-3, 4-0).
Crowley and McBride may be the NCAA's active leaders in points and goals scored, respectively, but this win proved that the most successful recruiting class Stony Brook has had in any sport in its Division I era consists of more than two players.
"We all bring something different to the game but we all work perfectly together," Trinkle said of his classmates. "Our offense is so explosive . . . Like coach [Rick Sowell] always says, this recruiting class is so good, just pick your poison. We're so dominant. You try to stop one of us, another of us is going to go."
Compitello finished with two goals and four assists. Although he is a redshirt senior who did not technically come in with the recruiting class currently making its farewell tour, he's found a home with them.
"Obviously, Kevin and Jordan draw a lot of attention, which makes all of our lives a lot easier," he said. "You have a guy who's so worried about 'Where's McBride?' you can sneak around the goal and there's no one else there. It makes it real easy. Playing with them makes things run a lot smoother."
Rob Camposa made 10 saves and Russ Bonanno had two goals and an assist for Stony Brook, which will finish its regular season next weekend at Vermont before hosting a first-round game in the America East Tournament on May 4. They'll face either Hartford or Binghamton. The championship game, with an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on the line, will be played May 7. If Stony Brook is in that game, it would host.
Miles Thompson scored five goals with two assists for Albany (4-9, 0-4). It was Stony Brook's fifth straight win over Albany, the last three coming by a combined 49-18 within the last calendar year.

Baseball continues to roll with sweep of UMBC

Box Score

Baltimore, Md. - Stony Brook University's baseball team scored nine runs in the sixth inning on its way to a 11-0 win over UMBC in the second game of an America East doubleheader on Friday at Baseball Factory Field. SBU used a six-run fourth to defeat the Retrievers, 6-3, in game one.
Freshman Kevin Courtney (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) drove in five runs in the doubleheader while sophomore William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) had four hits and three RBI in the twinbill. With the doubleheader sweep, Stony Brook (25-9, 8-1 AE) matches its best conference start since 2003 and its best overall start since 2000.
Junior right-hander Tyler Johnson (Chatsworth, Calif.) allowed five hits in 6.0 shutout innings to earn the win in game two. Freshman Josh Barry (Levittown, N.Y.) also tossed 2.0 scoreless innings for the Seawolves.
In the first game, junior Nick Tropeano (West Islip, N.Y.) struck out 10 in 6.0 innings to pick up the win. Tropeano has struck out 10 or more batters five times this season.
The Seawolves grabbed the early lead in game two on a RBI triple from sophomore Travis Jankowski (Lancaster, Pa.) in the fourth. Jankowski reached base in six of hits eight plate appearances on Friday.
SBU then put the game away with the nine-run sixth. The Seawolves had nine hits in the inning and sent 14 men to the plate. Courtney, Carmona and freshman Joshua Mason (Woodland Hills, Calif.) each drove in two runs in the frame.

UMBC jumped to an early lead in game one, scoring an unearned run in the third without the benefit of a hit. Rob McCabe walked with one out, stole second and moved to third on a Stony Brook error before coming home on a Rich Conlon fielder's choice.
But the Seawolves answered with the six runs in the fourth, all unearned and with two outs. The Seawolves loaded the bases with two away for Courtney, who drilled a double down the right field line to clear the bases.
Junior Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) drove Courtney in with an RBI single and then scored on an RBI double from senior Chad Marshall (West Islip, N.Y.). Carmona knocked in the final run of the inning with a run-scoring double.
The Retrievers loaded the bases with one out in the fifth and then scored on a Stony Brook error. Rick Phillips followed with a run-scoring single to make it 6-3. But Tropeano struck out Brian Klukowicz and Bryan Perlmutter swinging to get out of the jam.
Sophomore James Campbell (Bridgeport, Conn.) relieved Tropeano to start the seventh and allowed a lead off single to Conlon. But he retired the next three batters in order to record his second save of the week.
The teams will wrap up the three-game set on Saturday. First pitch is set for 3:30 p.m.

Stony Brook extends Steve Pikiell's contract till 2015-16

The contract of Stony Brook University head men’s basketball coach Steve Pikiell has been extended through the 2015-16 season, Director of Athletics Jim Fiore announced Thursday. Pikiell has led a resurgence of the basketball program at Stony Brook, taking the Seawolves to their first-ever appearance in the America East Championship final in 2011 after winning the regular season conference title and advancing to the NIT in 2010.

“Coach Pikiell and his staff have developed and built Stony Brook University men’s basketball into an upper echelon program within the America East Conference,” Fiore said. “Steve has proven himself to be a talented recruiter and mentor to our student-athletes, and he embodies the core values we endeavor to teach our student-athletes both on and off the court. Personally, I’m thrilled Steve has agreed to lead Seawolves basketball well into the future, and I look forward to seeing the program rise further under his leadership.”

“I am honored and grateful for the continued opportunity to coach at such a distinguished institution that has so much to offer its student-athletes,” Pikiell said. “I want to thank Jim Fiore, President Stanley and the entire Stony Brook administration for their commitment and confidence in the plan we have put in place to develop Stony Brook men’s basketball. I also want to thank my entire staff for their tireless efforts and dedication to our program. We will continue to work hard to bring in talented student-athletes, mentor them and produce a program that the university, the alumni and the community are proud to support.”

Pikiell led Stony Brook to its first-ever appearance in the 2011 America East Championship final after knocking off higher seeded Albany and Vermont in the first two rounds. Pikiell’s squad came within a basket of going to the NCAA Tournament, losing to Boston University, 56-54, in a game that was nationally televised on ESPN2. Pikiell was the leader of a Seawolves defense that finished ninth in the country in field goal defense, holding opponents to 39 percent shooting, a number that ranks in the 97th percentile among 335 qualifying Division I teams.

Over the last three seasons, Pikiell’s Seawolves have achieved a 29-19 record during conference play, the third-best mark among the America East’s nine members and behind only the last two conference champions Boston University (2011) and Vermont (2010).

Pikiell’s success in 2010-11 came on the heels of a historic 2009-10 season, in which his squad set Division I records in overall wins (22) and conference wins (13), won 10 straight games and won the program’s first-ever America East regular season championship. The Seawolves also earned their first-ever postseason berth, hosting Illinois in the first round of the 2010 NIT.

Pikiell has also achieved great success mentoring his student-athletes off the court. In the year prior to his start, 2004-05, the team had a rolling APR (four-year) of 880 and a season APR of 804, one of the lowest in the country. In 2009-10, Stony Brook had a rolling APR of 951 and a perfect 1000 for the season, signaling the type of young men he has recruited who understand the commitments of being a student in addition to being an athlete. Under Pikiell’s watch in 2008, Ricky Lucas became Stony Brook’s first-ever America East All-Academic first team honoree, and then in 2010, Andrew Goba became the program’s first-ever America East Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Pikiell has garnered numerous accolades for his efforts at Stony Brook. He was named the 2008-09 America East Coach of the Year by CollegeInsider.com. In 2010, he was named the America East Coach of the Year by the conference. He was also named the 2010 Metropolitan Writers Coach of the Year and Sporting News America East Coach of the Year and also was the Times Village Herald Man of the Year for 2010.

Pikiell will return four of his five starters from this past season, as he looks to guide the Seawolves to their first-ever conference championship and NCAA Tournament berth. Deposits for new season ticket accounts are now being taken through the Stony Brook Athletics ticket office. For more information, visit GoSeawolves.org or call (631) 632-WOLF.

Baseball knocks off Rhode Island, 6-4

Box Score


 
Kington, R.I. - Senior Stephen Marino (Lake Grove, N.Y.) went 2-for-4 with two RBI and the Stony Brook baseball team jumped to a 6-0 lead before holding on for a 6-4 victory over the Rhode Island Rams on Wednesday at Bill Beck Field. The Seawolves have won five of their last six and are now 23-9.
Junior Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) added three hits in four at-bats while sophomore William Carmona (West Islip, N.Y.) went 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored. Sophomore southpaw G.C. Yerry (West Shokan, N.Y.) tossed 1.1 innings of relief to earn the win.
Stony Brook jumped to a 1-0 lead with a run in the second. Sophomore Tanner Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario) doubled to lead off, moved to third a fly to center from sophomore Travis Jankowski (Lancaster, Pa.) and then scored on a wild pitch from URI starter Brian Bodjiak.
The Seawolves exploded for four runs in the third to make it 5-0. Carmona and Marino knocked in the first two runs with run-scoring doubles and sophomore Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, Ontario) then scored on a passed ball.
Nivins drove in the final run of the inning with a sacrifice fly to center. SBU tacked on a run in the fifth on another RBI double from Marino. Rhode Island got on the board in the bottom of the inning on a wild pitch from freshman Frankie Vanderka (Levvitown, N.Y.).

URI added three more runs in the sixth highlighted by a two-out two-run single from Milan Adams. But the Seawolves bullpen shut down the Ram offense from there. After coming on in the sixth, sophomore Jasvir Rakkar (Brampton, Ontario) tossed a scoreless seventh.
Sophomore right-hander James Campbell (Bridgeport, Conn.) entered to begin the eighth and allowed a one-out single to Kenny Burns. But he then got Pat Fortunato to ground into an 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.
Campbell stayed on to pitch the ninth and retired the side in order to earn his first save. Vanderka started for the Seawolves and allowed one run on four hits in 4.1 innings.
The Seawolves return to action on Friday, traveling to UMBC for the beginning of a three-game series.

Director of Athletics Jim Fiore Fiore discusses facilities upgrades at Stony Brook (first segment)

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Deposits now being accepted for 2011-12 basketball season tickets

Come join the Seawolves as they make a run towards next year's America East Championship.  
April 20, 2011




Click on one of the buttons to put down your 2011-12 basketball season tickets deposit today!

The Stony Brook Athletics ticket office is now accepting deposits for new season ticket accounts for the 2011-12 men's and women's basketball seasons.
The deposits are for NEW season ticket accounts. Current Stony Brook basketball season ticket holders do not need to take any action at this time. Season ticket renewal letters will go out to current season ticket holders later this spring.
Seawolves fans are encouraged to act now to reserve their seats for what will be an exciting 2011-12 season. The men's basketball team will return four starters from this past season's team that advanced to the America East Championship final for the first time in program history. The women's basketball team will field a new look on the bench as Beth O'Boyle takes over as head coach with 12 years of collegiate coaching experience.
To place a $50 deposit on your new men's basketball or women's basketball season ticket account for 2011-12, click on the buttons above to visit the online ticket office, call (631) 632-WOLF or visit the Stony Brook Athletics ticket office in person Tuesday-Friday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. New season ticket holders who have put down a deposit will then have the opportunity to select their seats beginning Sept. 1.  All Stony Brook basketball season ticket holders will be invited to "Meet the Team" night in the fall and receive a gift from the athletics department.

GW ANNOUNCES PATRICK NERO AS NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Current Commissioner of America East Conference Chosen to Succeed Jack Kvancz
 
WASHINGTON, DC - George Washington University President Steven Knapp today announced that Patrick Nero has been named as the school's new Director of Athletics. Nero brings to GW significant experience managing all aspects of NCAA Division I sports. He succeeds Jack Kvancz, who is retiring from the position after 17 years.
"Patrick Nero rose to the top of an outstanding pool of candidates. He has all the right skills and experience and a strong commitment to excellence, as well as to the academic success of our student athletes," said GW President Steven Knapp. "I am impressed by his strategic vision and look forward to working with him to build the future of athletics at George Washington."
Nero currently serves as Commissioner of the America East Conference. As the Chief Executive Officer, he oversees all facets of the operations of the NCAA Division I Conference, which consists of nine universities participating in 20 sports. While at the America East, he also has held numerous NCAA leadership roles, including serving on the NCAA Division I Leadership Council, NCAA Management Council and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Board of Directors. He is past chair of the Division I Commissioners Association and the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics.
"I appreciate the opportunity given to me by President Knapp and the George Washington University. As a leader in higher education, George Washington provides opportunities for its students, faculty and staff to achieve at the highest level and reach their greatest potential. I look forward to being part of the GW family and do all that I can to contribute to the mission of the University," said Nero.
Prior to being named Commissioner of the America East Conference, Mr. Nero was the Director of Athletics at the University of Maine. During his tenure at Maine, seven athletics teams qualified for the postseason over a two-year span, including NCAA Championship runner-up men's ice hockey. Eleven of his teams advanced to conference championship games and the University of Maine football team became the first I-AA team to defeat a Southeastern Conference (SEC) team.
Nero served as Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of Miami (FL) from May of 1996 until March of 2003, where he was responsible for all aspects of external relations, including fundraising, marketing, corporate sponsorships, media relations, licensing and ticket sales. He directed a capital campaign and major gift activities for the department, including a new Convocation Center, a football training facility, a track and soccer stadium, and a baseball stadium renovation.
He also served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Development at Marquette University from 1994 to 1996, Assistant Athletic Director for External Relations at Lamar University from 1992 to 1994, and Director of Athletic Development at Providence College from 1988-1992.
A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Mr. Nero is a graduate of Providence College.

Patrick Nero Professional Summary
2011 - Director of Athletics, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
2005-2011 - Commissioner, America East Conference, Boston, MA
2003-2005 - Director of Athletics, University of Maine, Orono, ME
1996-2003 - Senior Associate Athletic Director, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
1994-1996 - Assistant Athletic Director for Development, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
1992-1994 - Assistant Athletic Director for External Relations, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
1988-1992 - Director of Athletic Development, Providence College, Providence, RI
1987-1988 - Fundraising Director, CCS Fundraising Incorporated

Education
1987 - Providence College, Bachelor of Science in American Studies

Comments on the hiring of Patrick Nero
"As a former GW student-athlete, proud alumnus and member of the Board of Trustees, I am thrilled to welcome Patrick Nero to the George Washington University. His talent, skill and expertise are well recognized throughout intercollegiate athletics. He will be a tremendous asset to the university as we work to elevate the quality and stature of GW athletics"
-Russ Ramsey (BBA '81), Chairman of the GW Board of Trustees
"Patrick Nero is exactly what GW needs as A.D. He is an accomplished sports executive with the ability, respect and character we need to move forward. I am excited to work with him."
-Randy Levine (BA '77), President of the New York Yankees, member of the GW Board of Trustees
"Patrick is a tremendously strong administrator with a wealth of experience that will serve George Washington University well. Having worked with Patrick in the Conference Commissioners Association, I have a great respect for his leadership and administrative abilities, and I look forward to working with him in the Conference."
-Bernadette McGlade, Atlantic 10 Conference Commissioner
"For the past six years, I have had the great good fortune to work with Patrick Nero at both the America East and NCAA levels. He is one of the most highly respected conference commissioners, someone who understands the balance between athletic success and academic integrity and someone who is well known as a champion of the student athlete. GW picked a real winner!"
-Walter Harrison, President of the University of Hartford

Softball uses late rally to derail Rutgers

Box Score

Piscataway, N.J. - The Stony Brook softball team used a six-run seventh inning to slip past Rutgers, 7-6, on Tuesday evening in Piscataway, N.J. Senior Colleen Matthes worked around 17 walks to earn her 10th win of the season. The scheduled second game was canceled due to darkness.
The Scarlet Knights (18-23) appeared to have the game in hand with a 5-1 lead going into the final inning, but Stony Brook (14-21) had other plans. Freshman Jessica Combs (Hammonton, N.J.) singled in sophomore Taylor Chain (Gloucester, N.J.) and junior Bernadette Tenuto (Audubon, N.J.) to start the rally and trim the deficit to 5-3. Combs took third on the play courtesy of an error and scored shortly after on a single by freshman Elise Fortier (Coventry, R.I.). Following a walk, sophomore Shannon O'Shea (Lake Worth, Fla.) blasted a double to right-center, bringing in Fortier to tie the game at 5-5. Juniors Suzanne Karath (Fishkill, N.Y.) and Lauren Maloney (Las Vegas, Nev.) then produced back-to-back singles to left to bring around two more runs, putting Stony Brook ahead, 7-5.
Rutgers pulled a run back when Matthes issued four two-out walks in the bottom of the seventh, but the senior was able to induce a bases-loaded line-out to center to end the game.

Stony Brook scored its first run of the game in the top of the first when Maloney led off with a single and eventually scored on a wild pitch. Maloney finished the game 2-for-4 and was one of five Seawolves to record two hits on the day. Matthes' 17 walks were a career high, but the pitcher was able to stem the damage at critical moments and keep the Seawolves in the game.

Fortier, who was named the America East Rookie of the Week earlier in the day, finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run.
Stony Brook will return to action on Thursday when it hosts Iona for a doubleheader starting at 12 p.m.

Former Stony Brook baseball pitcher Tom Koehler's dance moves at Hornets game

Jordan McBride Goalie messing around with Kev Crowley and Tom Compitello

Baseball sweeps weekly conference awards

Cambridge, Mass. - Junior Nick Tropeano (West Islip, N.Y.), sophomore Tanner Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario) and freshman Kevin Courtney (Lindenhurst, N.Y.), of the Stony Brook University baseball team, have been honored by the America East, the conference office announced on Monday. The trio led the first-place Seawolves to a sweep of UMBC over the weekend.
Tropeano was named the Pitcher of the Week for the second straight week and fifth time this year. Nivins was selected the Player of the Week and Courtney earned Rookie of the week honors for the second time this season.
Tropeano hurled a five-hit shutout in the Seawolves 12-0 win over UMBC, striking out 11. Tropeano (7-1) did not walk a batter in the seven-inning game and improved his season ERA to 1.01. He leads the America East with 68 strikeouts over 53.2 innings pitched.
Nivins hit .538 last week, including .667 in the three-game series with UMBC. The sophomore outfielder hit two home runs, drove in four runs and scored seven runs, compiling a slugging percentage of 1.077 and an on-base mark of .571. His two-run home run broke a 3-3 tie in Stony Brook's 8-4 win on Sunday.
Courtney hit .583 in 12 at-bats last week and went 7-for-8 in the weekend series against the Retrievers. For the weekend, the rookie first baseman had an on-base percentage of .900 and a slugging percentage of 1.375. Courtney is hitting .326 for the season and drove in five runs last week.
SBU (22-9) returns to action on Wednesday, traveling to take on Rhode Island. First pitch is set for 3:30 p.m.

Crowley, Rand named Tewaaraton Award nominees

Washington, D.C. - Seniors Kevin Crowley (New Westminster, British Columbia) and Adam Rand (Niantic, Conn.) have been named 2011 Tewaaraton Nominees, the Greater Washington Sports Alliance announced on Monday. Crowley and Rand are two of 25 male nominees, which were whittled down from 100. Five finalists will be invited to Washington D.C.
Crowley, Division I's active leader in points with 218, is part of this distinguished group for a second straight year. The 6-4 midfielder leads the Seawolves with 24 goals and 18 assists. Nationally, he's fifth in points per game (4.2), ninth in assists per game (1.8) and tenth in goals per game (2.4). With seven more assists, he will become the only player in Stony Brook history with 100 or more goals and assists.
Rand, who recently became just the fifth player in Division I history to record 700 face-off wins, has become one of lacrosse's pre-eminent face-off specialists. He's won 746 of 1224 (.609) face-offs and sits third all-time in Division I in face-offs won and attempted.
Both players were drafted by the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse as Crowley went first overall and Rand was chosen with the 31st pick.

Baseball completes the three-game sweep, beats UMBC 8-4

Final Stats

Sophomore Tanner Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario) hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning to break a 3-3 tie and lift the Stony Brook baseball team to an 8-4 win over UMBC to complete a three-game sweep of Retrievers Sunday at President's Field in Old Westbury, N.Y.
Nivins finished 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI to lead Stony Brook. Senior Chad Marshall (Paris, Ontario) also drove in two runs. Freshman Kevin Courtney (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and finished the series with seven hits in eight at-bats. He is hitting .727 (16-for-22) this season at President's Field. Freshman starter Brandon McNitt improved his record to 4-1 after throwing six innings and allowing three runs on five hits, walking none and striking out three batters.

The Seawolves are now 22-9 overall and have won 20 of their last 25 games. They move into first place in America East with a 6-1 mark. Stony Brook outscored UMBC (4-23, 0-6 America East) 34-4 in the three-game sweep and has now won nine straight games over the Retrievers. Stony Brook pitchers threw 21 innings this weekend and did not walk a single batter.
Stony Brook picked up where it left off from yesterday in the first inning with sophomore Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, Ontario) smacking a RBI double to left center that brought home Marshall. Sophomore William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) then came home to score after senior Steve Marino (Lake Grove, N.Y.) reached on a UMBC error. The Seawolves led 2-0 after one inning.

UMBC then took its only lead of the series in the third inning when Retrievers designated hitter Michael Pesci hit a home run to right center with runners on first and second to make it 3-2.

The Seawolves tied it in the fourth inning as Courtney doubled to left center, moved to third on junior Pat Cantwell's (West Islip, N.Y.) sacrifice bunt and scored on Marshall's sacrifice fly to center.
Stony Brook then took the lead for good in the fifth. Tissenbaum reached first base on an error, and after Marino flew out, Nivins drove a Austin Drewyer pitch down the right field line that the howling wind carried over the fence for a home run, putting SBU up 5-3.
The Seawolves scored a run in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to finish off the Retrievers.
After McNitt threw six innings, sophomore G.C. Yerry (West Shokan, N.Y.) pitched 2-1/3 innings and allowed one run on three hits while striking out one. Sophomore Jasvir Rakkar got the final two outs of the game, including a strikeout.

Stony Brook will resume non-conference action Wednesday at Rhode Island at 3:30 p.m. The Seawolves are at UMBC next weekend for another three-game America East series.

2010 Men's Lacrosse Championship Highlights with WUSB broadcasters Mike Solano and Frank Barile

3 each for McBride, Crowley in 13-6 SBU win

By TOM ROCK  tom.rock@newsday.com

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan |

Jordan McBride was disappointed. He'd just scored three goals with an assist in a 13-6 home win over Binghamton, but the news from around the America East left him wanting.

Albany had lost at home to UMBC, dropping Stony Brook's biggest rival to 0-3 in the conference and eliminating it from tournament contention just a week before the Seawolves would have had their chance to finish them off. "I wanted to knock them out," McBride said.
It's about the only thing that hasn't gone perfectly for Stony Brook in the America East during the last two years.

It's been more than a decade since any team has won back-to-back America East titles without losing any games in the conference. But after Saturday night's win, No. 13 Stony Brook appears poised for perennial perfection.

It was the 10th straight conference win for the Seawolves (7-3, 3-0), who last lost an America East game in the 2009 final against UMBC. Their last regular-season loss in conference play was earlier that spring, on March 28, also against UMBC. The only other team ever to win the title unblemished and consecutively was Hofstra, which didn't lose a conference game from 1996-98.
Stony Brook took control with three goals in three minutes at the end of the first quarter, two of them by Kevin Crowley (three goals, two assists). The final in that grouping was a transition goal in which Greg Miceli scooped up a ground ball and hit Crowley for a 5-2 lead.
Binghamton (5-7, 1-2) made it 5-3 on an extra-man goal with 1:02 left in the first but was scoreless for the next 30:23.

While Stony Brook won't be able to deliver the elimination blow to Albany (4-8, 0-3) when they play on Long Island on Saturday, the Seawolves will have something worth playing for. A win and some help would clinch home-field advantage throughout the conference tournament.

"It's good to know," said Russ Bonanno (two goals), noting how important home games are in the conference format, in which teams play Wednesday and Saturday. "It's going to be a good feeling if we get that win and clinch it. It's huge, especially because of the midweek game, to be home and rest and have them come to us."

McBride said Stony Brook is "right where we need to be," having won four straight after midseason losses to Towson and Cornell. They're charging straight into May, when the most important men's lacrosse games are played.

Of course, next week's game has a lot of significance even if Albany has nothing to play for.
"If you talk to the Stony Brook lacrosse alumni, if there's one game that they want to win, it's the Albany game," coach Rick Sowell said. "We don't forget that."

Crowley, McBride Lead #13 Stony Brook Past Binghamton, 13-6

Final Stats


 
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Seniors Kevin Crowley (New Westminster, British Columbia) and Jordan McBride (New Westminster, British Columbia) each had three goals to lead #13 Stony Brook past Binghamton, 13-6, in America East men's lacrosse action on Saturday.
The Seawolves (7-3, 3-0) are 11-2 when Crowley and McBride each tally hat tricks. McBride has 27 career hat tricks and Crowley has 26, first and second among all active Division I players. Crowley has 218 career points and McBride has 156 goals, also tops among all active players.
Crowley also had two assists to go along with five ground balls.
"Tonight's conditions certainly were adverse, but we got off to a nice start," coach Rick Sowell said. "Give credit to Binghamton; they went to a zone defense which held us back, but also credit our defense. A good, solid win."
Junior Kyle Moeller (South Setauket, N.Y.) led the Seawolves defense with five ground balls and four caused turnovers. Senior Rob Camposa (Syosset, N.Y.) made nine saves.
Stony Brook trailed 2-1 midway through the first quarter, but junior Russ Bonanno (Seaford, N.Y.) and Crowley scored two goals apiece to give the Seawolves a 5-2 lead. "I think we're playing well," said Bonanno, who has at least two points in seven of the 10 games this season. "We just need to keep doing what we're doing."
Leading 6-3 at halftime, Stony Brook put the game away in the third quarter. McBride and senior Tom Compitello (Hauppauge, N.Y.) each scored in transition before McBride scored two straight goals on feeds from Crowley, giving Stony Brook a seven-goal lead, 10-3.

Before John Clark scored for Binghamton (5-7, 1-2) at 0:39 of the third quarter, Stony Brook held the Bearcats scoreless for 30:23 of game action.
"I think we're where we should be," said McBride, who scored all three of his goals in the third quarter. "We've showed some flashes of consistency, and we'll continue to grow with better communication on offense."
Junior Greg Miceli (King City, Ontario) and sophomore JJ Laforet (Georgetown, Ontario) tallied their first career points on the McBride and Compitello goals, respectively. Miceli finished with two assists.
Binghamton got within five after Michael Antinozzi's second of the game, but junior Robbie Campbell (Delta, British Columbia) and Crowley answered 26 seconds apart.
Senior Tyler Hope (Centereach, N.Y.) scored his first Stony Brook goal to cap the night's scoring.
Stony Brook will host Albany next Saturday at LaValle Stadium at 7 p.m. The Seawolves will honor their 11 seniors prior to the game.

Baseball pounds out a sweep of UMBC

Final Stats





The Stony Brook baseball team bashed 32 hits, including 11 extra-base hits, and threw 12 shutout innings in a doubleheader sweep of UMBC Saturday at President's Field in Old Westbury, N.Y. The Seawolves won the first game 12-0 and then won the second game 14-0 in a five-inning contest that was shortened by rain.
Stony Brook improves to 21-9 overall and 5-1 in America East. The Seawolves have won 19 of their last 24 games. The Retrievers slip to 4-22 and 0-5 in the conference. The 30 runs Stony Brook scored in the doubleheader is the most for the team since putting up 43 at UMBC on May 8, 2010. Stony Brook has now outscored the Retrievers 100-9 over their last eight meetings (8-0). The Seawolves will go for the sweep Sunday afternoon.
Sophomore William Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) led the Seawolves offense in the two games with six hits in eight at-bats, including three doubles and a booming home run in the first inning of the second game. He finished with 4 RBI. Freshman Kevin Courtney (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) was 5-for-5 in the doubleheader with a double, triple and 4 RBI. Freshman Josh Mason (Woodland Hills, Calif.) slammed a pair of home runs, one in each game, including a three-run shot in the second game. Sophomore Tanner Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario) was 4-for-6 with a two-run home run.
On the mound, junior Nick Tropeano (West Islip, N.Y.) threw a complete game shutout in the first game, allowing no walks and only five hits while striking out 11. In the second game, junior Tyler Johnson (Chatsworth, Calif.) also threw a complete game, giving up just one hit and no walks in five innings while fanning four batters. For Tropeano, it was his third complete game and second shutout of the season. It was the first complete game shutout of Johnson's season.


In the first game, the Seawolves jumped out to a 1-0 lead on senior Steve Marino's (Lake Grove, N.Y.) sacrifice fly. With the score 2-0 in the fourth inning, SBU exploded for four runs as Mason hit a two-run homer, junior Pat Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) singled in Courtney and then Carmona singled home Cantwell.

Stony Brook then put the game away with a six-run fifth inning that started with Marino reaching base on an error. Nivins followed with a home run down the left field line. With runners on first and third, senior Chad Marshall (Paris, Ontario) hit an RBI single that brought home Mason. Carmona then hit a two-run double to left center, and sophomore Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, Ontario) capped the inning with an RBI single.
Meanwhile, Tropeano took care of the UMBC bats, scattering five singles and allowing only one runner to reach second base. In the sixth inning, he struck out three batters, including Ryan McCabe, who reached base on a wild pitch. Tropeano nearly struck out a fourth batter, but Max Himmelstein grounded out to third on a 2-2 pitch.
Tropeano lowered his ERA to 1.01 while improving his record to 7-1. He now has 68 strikeouts and just nine walks in 53-2/3 innings.
In the second game, the Seawolves kept the offense going as Carmona homered in the first, and Courtney knocked in two runs with a single to left in the second inning. Stony Brook then had a five-run third inning headlined by Mason's three-run homer.
The Seawolves finished UMBC off with a six-run fourth inning. Marino smacked a two-run homer, starting a string of seven straight players reaching base.
On the hill, Johnson pitched five innings and allowed only a second-inning single to Himmelstein.  After he retired UMBC in order in the fifth, the rain came, and the game was called in Stony Brook's favor.
Stony Brook will go for the sweep Sunday afternoon at President's Field in Old Westbury, N.Y., at 1 p.m.

A look back at the 2010-11 men's basketball team

Stony Brook advanced to its first-ever America East Championship final.

2010-11 List of Achievements

The Stony Brook men’s basketball team has taken great strides during the six-year tenure of head coach Steve Pikiell, and his 2010-11 squad was a great example of what can be accomplished in the face of adversity. Despite losing 55 player games due to injury, the team reached numerous milestones and set a standard of excellence that the program will look to carry into the 2011-12 season.
The 2010-11 campaign began with a setback in the lineup as All-America East junior forward Tommy Brenton sustained a knee injury in September that would force him to miss the entire season. A few weeks into preseason practice, sophomore guard Marcus Rouse also sustained a knee injury, but he only missed five games.
Nonetheless, expectations were high for the Seawolves, who returned so many key components from the 2009-10 America East regular season championship team. Stony Brook was picked to finish second behind Boston University in America East as voted on by the league’s coaches.
The season began at Connecticut in a homecoming game for Pikiell, who played and coached at UConn for legendary head coach Jim Calhoun. Stony Brook stayed with the Huskies for most of the first half before succumbing 79-52. Despite the loss, the Seawolves could boast that they held All-American guard Kemba Walker to only 18 points, an accomplishment considering Walker went on to average 23.7 points a game. Walker’s effort against Stony Brook was his seventh-lowest point total of the season overall and the lowest against a non-conference opponent. Connecticut went on to win the 2011 national championship.

After cruising to an 80-43 win over Mount Ida, the Seawolves embarked on a tough task: playing at 6 a.m. in the morning as part of ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon. In the program’s first-ever appearance on ESPN’s flagship channel, the Seawolves won at Monmouth, 51-49, on the strength of a late second-half rally that included critical baskets and free throws from co-captains senior Chris Martin and junior Bryan Dougher. Stony Brook had been down 11 points in the second half before soaring to the program’s first-ever win on national television.

Stony Brook next won at Fairleigh Dickinson for its second straight road win before dropping the next three games to Wagner, Lehigh and Columbia by a combined eight points. The Seawolves got back into the win column with a last-second 54-53 win at Holy Cross, thanks to freshman Dave Coley’s driving layup with 1.2 seconds remaining on the clock. It was the fifth time in the season’s first eight games that Stony Brook had played a game decided by five points or less.
To round out the 2010 calendar year, the Seawolves, who began playing without the services of Martin, due to a knee injury, lost to Sacred Heart and Notre Dame and then knocked off Colgate to go into America East play with a 5-6 record.
In the first game of 2011, Stony Brook topped UMBC on the road behind 19 points from Rouse, who was playing a mere 44 miles away from his hometown of Upper Marlboro, Md. Stony Brook went on to lose six of seven games, but there was a bright spot to the tough stretch as Stony Brook witnessed the emergence of sophomore Leonard Hayes. The 6’4 guard had not gotten much playing time in his first 1-1/2 seasons, but on Jan. 22 at Maine, he got into the game and connected on his first six shots en route to a career-high 22-point night. The Seawolves lost the game, but Hayes found himself in the starting the lineup the very next game.
Following the loss to Maine, Pikiell shook up the lineup, and it sparked a strong a finish to the end of the season that saw Stony Brook win eight of its last 13 games. The Seawolves destroyed Hartford 69-35, allowing the fewest points in a game of any team in America East this season and the fewest in the team’s Div. I history. Two days later, the Seawolves dismissed UMBC with a 10-point victory.
The following weekend Stony Brook suffered losses to Boston University and Vermont, but the team bounced back with a road win at New Hampshire and then a thrilling overtime win over Maine in front of a national television audience on ESPNU and a sold-out Stony Brook Arena crowd of 4,423.
After tough losses to Albany and Manhattan, the Seawolves ended the regular season strong with a come-from-behind win at Hartford and a rout of Binghamton at home. The win at Hartford included a game-tying three-pointer from Hayes that sent the game into overtime and nine consecutive points from Dougher in overtime to put the game away. Against the Bearcats, Dougher nailed five three-pointers, and Dallis Joyner was dominant in the post with 16 points and eight rebounds.
At regular season’s end, the Seawolves finished with an 8-8 America East record, the third consecutive season Stony Brook has finished with a .500 or better conference mark. The team earned the No. 5 seed in the America East Championship.
In the America East Championship, held at Hartford, the Seawolves played an intense battle with Albany and came out on top 67-61 behind 18 points, six rebounds and five assists from Martin, who returned late in the regular season from his knee injury determined to lead his team to a title. The following day, Martin again came up clutch with 14 points and three assists to go with Hayes’ 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting as the Seawolves throttled top seed Vermont 69-47 to reach the program’s first-ever conference championship final. They also became just the fourth team in the conference’s 32-year history to reach the tournament final.
On March 12, Stony Brook traveled to Boston University for the America East championship final, and 11 fan buses joined them at Agganis Arena for Stony Brook’s first-ever tournament final with a bid to the NCAA Tournament on the line. The Seawolves jumped out on top early and controlled the game for the most part, but Boston University’s John Holland scored 23 second-half points, including the game-winning free throws with 2.4 seconds left to lift the Terriers past the Seawolves 56-54.

2010-11 Achievements
Despite the disappointing end to the season in Boston, Stony Brook had achieved so much in the face of so much adversity. Below is a list of the program’s accomplishments during the 2010-11 season:
• Advanced to the program’s first-ever conference tournament final by defeating higher-seeded Albany and Vermont and was only the fourth No. 5 seed to do so in America East’s 32-year history.
• Had the ninth-best defense in the nation, according to field goal percentage defense. Stony Brook allowed opponents to only shoot 39 percent. That puts Stony Brook in the 97^th percentile among the 335 qualifying Division I teams.
• Stony Brook’s scoring defense (60.4 PPG allowed) and three-point field goal defense (.308) also rank in the top 20 in the nation.
• Junior guard Bryan Dougher was named second-team All-America East for the second consecutive season. He became Stony Brook’s all-time leader in three-point field goals made (248), and is the 21^st student-athlete in the program’s history to score 1,000 career points. He is now 10^th all-time in scoring.
• Senior guard Chris Martin and sophomore guard Leonard Hayes were both named to the America East Championship All-Tournament team for their fantastic efforts in leading the Seawolves to the finals.
• Stony Brook won eight America East games this season and now has the third-most conference wins among the nine members over the last three seasons (29-19), behind only Vermont and Boston University.
• Stony Brook held Hartford to only 35 points on Jan. 29, the lowest point total allowed in the program’s 12-year Division I history and the lowest overall since Nov. 30, 1992.
• Junior forward Dallis Joyner led America East in offensive rebounding by averaging 3.3 per game. He was also 43^rd in the nation in offensive rebounding percentage after 14.1 percent of the available offensive rebounds while on the floor.
• Stony Brook appeared on television a school-record 11 times, including four national broadcasts on the ESPN family of networks. The Seawolves played 2011 NCAA Men’s Basketball champion Connecticut on the regional SNY network; they defeated Monmouth on ESPN as part of the network’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon; they played at BIG EAST semifinalist Notre Dame on ESPNU; they topped Maine in front of a sold-out Stony Brook Arena crowd of 4,423 live on ESPNU; and they played Boston University on ESPN2 for the America East Championship.
• Stony Brook sold out six of its 14 home games, including five at Pritchard Gymnasium and its one game at Stony Brook Arena. Despite having the smallest home court in America East, the Seawolves finished fifth in the conference in average attendance.

• All of the above accomplishments happened despite the team losing 55 player games due to injury, including junior All-Conference forward Tommy Brenton, who missed the entire season.