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Erik Paulsen racked up four hits, and Matthew Jackson tallied three hits with five RBI to help power the Stony Brook Seawolves over the Niagara Purple Eagles, 15-7, on March 7 in their home opener.

George Adams (2-1) earned the win out of the bullpen for Stony Brook (5-6). The left-hander delivered 3.2 shutout innings, allowing just three hits, walking one, and striking out six.
Paulsen led the Seawolves’ offensive surge with four hits, including a double and two RBI. Jackson had a standout day at the plate as well, going 3-for-4 with a home run, a walk, and five RBI. Junior Chanz Doughtyalso contributed with two hits in three at-bats, adding a double, a walk, and three RBI.

Stony Brook jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning. Paulsen doubled to right field and scored on a single from Johnny Pilla. Doughty later brought home Pilla on a sacrifice fly.Niagara responded in the top of the second with a six-run inning, highlighted by a grand slam.

The Seawolves began to chip away in the bottom half of the second when Chris Carson reached on a walk, stole second, advanced to third on a sac fly, and scored on a wild pitch, cutting the deficit to 6-2.

Right-hander Eddie Smink settled in over the next three innings, holding Niagara hitless and preventing any runners from reaching second base in the third, fourth, and fifth frames.

Paulsen sparked a rally in the fifth with a leadoff single. After Nico Azpilcueta moved him to third with a base hit, Doughty drove in Paulsen with an RBI single. Jackson followed with a towering three-run homer to right field, giving Stony Brook a 7-6 lead.

After Niagara tied the game in the sixth, the Seawolves answered with a five-run inning. Doughty drew an RBI walk, Jackson brought home Pilla with an RBI single, and a Niagara error allowed two more runs to score. Paulsen was then hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, capping off the big inning and giving Stony Brook a 12-7 lead.

Adams took the mound and stranded a runner at second in his first full inning of work in the seventh.

The Seawolves kept the momentum going in the bottom of the seventh. Doughty laced a one-out double and scored on an RBI single from Jackson. Jackson then came home on a wild pitch, extending the lead to 14-7.

Adams delivered in the eighth, striking out three straight batters to escape a jam with runners on the corners.

Paulsen added the finishing touch in the bottom of the eighth, driving in Evan Goforth with an RBI single after Goforth led off with a double.

Adams sealed the win by retiring the final three batters in order in the ninth, securing the 15-7 victory at Joe Nathan Field.

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Stony Brook men’s lacrosse fell to Binghamton, 12-10, on March 8 at LaValle Stadium. Jamison MacLachlan made a season-high 18 saves in the contest and Collin Williamsonpaced the offense with four points.

Binghamton scored the first four goals of the contest and led 5-1 after the first 15 minutes of action on Long Island.

The Seawolves scored a pair of man-up goals to begin the second quarter, cutting into Binghamton’s lead.

After the two sides traded goals, Liam Ferris scored at the 7:13 mark to make it a three-goal game. Stony Brook did not score over the final nine-plus minutes of the half, heading into the break trailing 7-4.

Stony Brook shortened the deficit to two goals, 9-7, late in the third quarter and opened the scoring in the fourth frame to make it a one-goal game.

Binghamton extended its lead back to three goals, 12-9, and held the Seawolves to just one goal over the final eight-plus minutes of action to close out the victory.

“We were not ready to play with the level of focus, urgency and energy. I have to do a better job of getting the message across that we have to earn every single thing in every game,” head coach Anthony Gilardi said. “We need to learn from this and get ready for a rivalry game to start CAA play next weekend.”

Up next, the team opens CAA play next Saturday, March 15 at Hofstra. The Seawolves and Pride are set for a 7 pm start in Hempstead with the contest streaming on LacrosseTV.

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The 13th seeded Stony Brook men’s basketball team erased a 16-point, second-half deficit but could not overcome No. 12 Delaware in the first round of the 2025 CAA Championship in Washington, D.C. on March 7. CJ Luster II scored a game-high 31 points, while Collin O’Connor contributed 18 points and four assists.

Delaware started strong, seeing four scorers contribute to the construction of an early 16-11 lead.

A basket inside by Andre Snoddy, followed by a trifecta from Leon Nahar evened the contest at 16-all.

Stony Brook could not grab hold of the lead however. The Blue Hens continued their hot shooting from beyond the arc, opening up a double-digit lead with less than five minutes to play in the first half.

The Seawolves’ deficit grew as large as 16 points, a disadvantage they carried into the intermission.

Stony Brook came out firing on all cylinders to start the second half, making its first seven shots of the second half to trim the deficit to eight points, 59-51, with more than 15 minutes to play.

The Seawolves began outworking the Blue Hens, imposing their will inside, drawing fouls and creating second-chance opportunities. A free throw by Luster and a basket inside by O’Connor made it a one-possession game, 65-62, a little more than halfway through the second stanza.

Stony Brook continued to stay within a possession of Delaware down the stretch, trailing 69-68 coming out of the final media timeout with 3:51 to play.

Snoddy free throws made it all even for the first time since the 11:40 mark of the first half.

Five free throws by the Blue Hens made it 75-70, but Luster brought it back to a one-possession game again as the clock ticked under a minute to play.

Trailing 79-76 with 19 seconds left, Luster fouled John Camden, who sank one of two free throws. Stony Brook’s final possession came up empty, sealing the Seawolves fate despite a valiant come-from-behind effort.

Quotes from Coach Geno Ford here.

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Stony Brook men’s basketball closed out the regular season with a victory on senior night, March 1, defeating Elon, 71-66, on national television. Andre Snoddy eclipsed 1,000 career points in the win, which was sealed by Collin O’Connor’s block in the final seconds.

Stony Brook started the contest with five straight points, building a six-point lead early on after back-to-back Nick Woodard baskets. The Seawolves extended their first-half lead to double-digits, 24-14, on a CJ Luster II jumper at the 9:43 mark. Stony Brook’s lead grew to 11 points, the largest of the first half, on a Snoddy basket with 6:21 to play in the first half. Earlier in the half, Snoddy drove to the hoop and finished, eclipsing 1,000 career collegiate points.

The Seawolves took a 38-29 into the half and built onto it, pushing the advantage to 15 points less than three minutes into the second half. Stony Brook led by as many as 18 points, but Elon began slowly chipping away and clawing back into the contest.

The Phoenix rose late, turning a 14-point deficit into a one-possession game in the final minute of play after a 14-2 run that spanned more than five minutes. Elon had one final chance at a game-tying shot, but O’Connor came up clutch defensively, blocking Simpkins’ three-point attempt in the final seconds and hitting two free throws on the other end to ice the game.

“It was great to go out and earn a win on senior night in front of a great crowd. I thought Dre was awesome and I’m happy he got his 1,000th point with his family there watching,” head coach Geno Ford said postgame. “Ben had a great night too and it’s unfortunate that our other seniors couldn’t suit up, but I’m happy we were able to get the win for that group.”

Up next, the team enters the CAA Championship as the No. 13 seed and will face No. 12 Delaware on March 7 at 2 p.m. from CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C., with the contest streaming live on FloCollege.

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No. 14 Stony Brook women’s lacrosse took a five-goal lead into the fourth quarter, before Johns Hopkins erupted offensively for six goals through the final 15 minutes. The Seawolves fell short, 14-13, on March 1 at LaValle Stadium.

The Seawolves drop to 3-1 on the season as the Blue Jays won their third straight to improve to 4-2.

Stony Brook was led by Charlotte Wilmoth who netted four goals, as Isabella Caporuscio added a hat trick and both Riley McDonald and Courtney Maclay scored a pair. Casey Colbert tallied three points on one goal and two assists.

Defensively, Julia Fusco led the squad with three caused turnovers as Caporuscio and Allie Masera each tallied two. Caporuscio collected a game-high six ground balls while notching two draw controls, along with A. Fusco, Maclay, and Gianna Forte.

Johns Hopkins was led by Ava Angello who tallied six points on three goals and three assists. Ashley Mackin added four goals, while Lacey Downey notched three goals and one assist. Laurel Gonzalez had a game-high 13 draw controls for the Blue Jays.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Johns Hopkins’ Taylor Hoss scored the first goal of the game after a 5:57 scoreless stretch. Stony Brook scored twice with goals from A. Fusco and Wilmoth to take a 2-1 lead before a 3-2 lead courtesy of Caporuscio to finish the first quarter.

Three straight from the Seawolves (Maclay, McDonald, Colbert) started the second as the Blue Jays responded with four of their own amongst goals from Maclay and Wilmoth. Johns Hopkins would cut their deficit within two but still trail at halftime to Stony Brook, 8-6.

It would become a back-and-forth affair through the third quarter as the Seawolves and Blue Jays traded goals before a Stony Brook three goal run to take a 13-8 lead into the fourth quarter.

Five Johns Hopkins goals later, with only one minute remaining, Angello was able to net the game winner for the Blue Jays on a woman-up position. Stony Brook won the following draw, but a turnover ultimately gave Johns Hopkins the opportunity to run out the clock and take a victory back to Baltimore.

Up next, the team will hit the road once again to take on another Big Ten opponent in Rutgers on March 5 at 6 p.m. The Seawolves and Scarlet Knights will faceoff for the fifth straight season, with Stony Brook holding a 5-1 edge in all-time meetings.

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The Stony Brook baseball team surrendered six runs in the first four innings, falling to No. 5 North Carolina in the second of three games in their weekend series on March 1 at Chapel Hill.

Erik Paulsen got the Seawolves’ offense rolling early, knocking their first hit of the game in the top of the first. Chanz Doughty followed with a walk, putting two runners on with two outs, but UNC escaped the inning unscathed.After the Tar Heels struck first in the bottom of the frame, Nico Azpilcueta kept the pressure on with a single in the second. However, North Carolina shut the door, retiring the next three batters to maintain their 1-0 lead.

UNC tacked on another run in the second and added two more in the third off Stony Brook’s starter, left-hander Nicholas Rizzo.

The Seawolves responded in the fourth, cutting into the deficit. Making his first start of the season, Matthew Jackson sparked the rally with a leadoff double to left-center and later came around to score on a wild pitch, making it 4-1.

North Carolina answered right back in the bottom half, launching a two-run homer off reliever George Adams to extend their lead to 6-1.

Paulsen opened the fifth with a base hit, but Stony Brook couldn’t capitalize. Adams settled in on the mound, retiring the Tar Heels in order in the fifth and stranding a runner at second in the sixth to keep it a five-run game.

The Seawolves had limited chances down the stretch. Jackson ripped another double in the eighth, and Azpilcueta drew a walk, but UNC kept them off the board. Adams finished strong out of the bullpen, retiring six of the final seven batters he faced over the seventh and eighth innings.

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Stony Brook men’s lacrosse defeated Manhattan, 12-7, on March 1 in Riverdale to pick up its second straight win. Freshman Brendan Marino scored four goals and Justin Bonacci tallied a career-high seven points (three goals, four assists) in the road victory over the Jaspers.

Stony Brook started fast on the strength of its freshmen class. Caleb Yeung broke the ice and Marino added a pair to put the Seawolves ahead 3-0. Bonacci assisted on all three of Stony Brook’s goals to begin the afternoon.

After a pair of tallies from Manhattan in response, Richie DeChiaro and Marino found the back of the net to push the lead back to three goals.

After completing a first-half hat trick, Marino netted a fourth goal, but it would be Stony Brook’s lone tally of the second quarter.

The Jaspers scored twice to make it a one-goal game heading into the half and found the equalizing goal to open the scoring in the second half.

With the score level at 6-all, Stony Brook’s defense locked Manhattan down. MacLachlan and his defensive unit shut out the Jaspers in the third and Stony Brook scored thrice in the frame to go ahead 9-6.

Bonacci added two goals to start the fourth, completing his own hat trick and capping a stretch of five straight Seawolf scores.

Manhattan managed just one goal in the second half and Stony Brook pulled away to close out the 12-7 road victory in the Bronx.

“Proud of the guys on earning a tough, gritty win on the road. I thought we played great team lacrosse. I’m excited to keep seeing these guys work hard and improve,” head coach Anthony Gilardi said postgame.

Up next, the team returns to Long Island to host Binghamton on March 8. The Seawolves and their former conference counterparts do battle at noon from LaValle Stadium, with the contest streaming live on FloCollege.

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The Stony Brook baseball team opened its weekend series in Chapel Hill, N.C. against No. 5 North Carolina, falling 16-2 in the opener on Feb. 28 at Boshamer Stadium.

After Stony Brook went down in order to start the game, Eddie Smink took the mound for his third start of the season. UNC struck first with an RBI single in the opening inning, taking a 1-0 lead.

Niko Azpilcueta recorded the Seawolves’ first hit of the game in the second inning but was left stranded at first to end the frame.

The Tar Heels extended their lead to 3-0 in the second, adding two runs on a solo home run and an RBI double.

With two outs in the third, Stony Brook threatened when Erik Paulsen was hit by a pitch and Evan Goforthfollowed with a base hit. However, UNC escaped the jam with a strikeout to maintain its 3-0 advantage.

Smink allowed a leadoff double in the bottom of the third but kept the runner from scoring, retiring the next three batters on a lineout and back-to-back flyouts.

Matt Sgambati entered the game in the fourth with one out but surrendered four runs before Alex Jankowskitook over to finish the inning. Jankowski retired the final batter on a flyout, sending the game to the fifth with Stony Brook trailing 8-0.

Alex Jankowski struck out the first batter in the bottom of the fifth, but three consecutive UNC hitters reached base, loading the bases with one out. Ty Panariello relieved Jankowski and induced an inning-ending double play to keep the score at 8-0.

Panariello continued his strong outing in the sixth, working around a one-out single by forcing another groundball double play.

Stony Brook broke through in the seventh. Chanz Doughty led off with a base hit, and Matt Jackson followed with a double, putting runners in scoring position. Nick Zampieron then drove in the Seawolves’ first run with an RBI groundout, cutting the deficit to 8-1. Panariello returned for the bottom half and held the Tar Heels scoreless.

UNC erupted for eight runs in the eighth inning. Stony Brook responded with a run in the ninth when Kincaid Bergthold doubled to bring home Brett Davino, but the Tar Heels secured the 16-2 victory.

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The Stony Brook women’s basketball team fell to Monmouth, 63-56, on March 2 at home. Breauna Ware notched a game-high 23 points and team-best eight rebounds for the Seawolves.

Along with a dominant performance from Ware, Zaida Gonzalez added 16 points and three steals as Shamarla King helped out with nine points and six rebounds.

The Stony Brook defense caused its share of mistakes in Sunday’s game, forcing 13 Monmouth turnovers. On the glass, the squad pulled down 29 rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Stony Brook kept it close in the first quarter, only trailing by one through the opening frame.

The Seawolves then outscored the Hawks 15-14 in the second quarter, to bring the game even at 25. Ware, Gonzalez, and King accounted for Stony Brook’s buckets.

The contest remained level after halftime before Stony Brook went on a last second 6-0 run with a pair of treys from King and Ware. Stony Brook knocked down six three-pointers in the quarter to score 18 of its 22 total points to take a 47-41 lead into the fourth.

Monmouth then erased the lead, outscoring the Seawolves 22 to 9 for a 63-56 comeback win as Stony Brook lost their fifth straight.

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Next up, the team will head to Hofstra for the Battle of Long Island on March 6. This will be the 17th all-time meeting between the Seawolves and Pride in program history, the second time this season. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. with coverage available on MSG Networks and FloCollege.

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Stony Brook men’s basketball defeated Hofstra, 59-56, on Feb. 27 at Stony Brook Arena. The Seawolves ended the game on an 8-0 run, capped off by an Andre Snoddy dunk and block on the opposite end to seal a regular-season sweep of their Long Island rivals.

Stony Brook started strong offensively, with Luster paving the way for the Seawolves to build an early double-digit lead, 21-11, at the 7:42 mark of the first half.

Hofstra could not cut into Stony Brook’s lead much and the Seawolves extended the advantage to 11 points, 27-16, on a Quin Gorman triple with less than four minutes to play.

The Pride battled back and scored twice in the final minute to make it a five-point game heading into the locker room.

Trailing 31-26 coming out of the break, Hofstra evened the contest at 38 all and took its first lead since the opening minute of action on an Aranguren basket that bookended an 8-0 Pride run.

The lead began to change hands after baskets back and forth down the stretch.After the Seawolves grabbed a five-point lead on a Collin O’Connor trifecta, Hofstra scored eight straight to go back in front, 51-48, on a Davis basket that led to a Stony Brook timeout with 5:34 to play.

Ben Wight connected on a triple, just his second of the season and eighth of his career, to even the score again.

Hofstra grabbed a five-point advantage again, but Stony Brook fought to make it a one-point game in the final minute. The Seawolves had possession out of a timeout with 31 seconds to play. Wight found a cutting Snoddy for a dunk inside with 13 seconds remaining to give Stony Brook a 57-56 lead.

Snoddy made the decisive play on the opposite end of the court, blocking Aranguren’s driving layup and corralling the rebound in the final seconds.

Snoddy made two free throws with 1.5 seconds left.

See comments from Coach Geno Ford postgame here.

The team stays home, celebrating senior day festivities against Elon on Saturday, March 1. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Stony Brook Arena, with the contest airing nationally on CBS Sports Network.

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