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Seven standout Seawolves were enshrined in the Stony Brook Rita & Kurt Eppenstein Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 21. The Hall of Fame ceremony honored the induction class of 2023 inside Island Federal Arena, as the inductees were celebrated for their outstanding contributions to Stony Brook Athletics.

The 2023 Hall of Fame class is comprised of Dr. Leah Fiorentino (Holland) ’76 (Swimming & Diving), Brock Jackolski ’12 (Football), Nini Lagvilava ’13 (Women’s Tennis), Courtney Lawless (Murphy) ’17, ’18 (Women’s Lacrosse), Kylie Ohlmiller ’18 (Women’s Lacrosse), Carson Puriefoy ’16 (Men’s Basketball), and Steve Waldeck ’10 (Men’s Lacrosse).

The Athletics Hall of Fame began in 1991 with the induction of its first members. On October 20, 2007, the Hall of Fame was dedicated as the Rita & Kurt Eppenstein Athletics Hall of Fame to honor the memory of Rita and Kurt Eppenstein, two quintessential New Yorkers whose lives serve as a higher lesson in ethics, character, and perseverance, and who sacrificed much to enable their son to graduate from college and law school and to enjoy the opportunities and experiences that flowed from their own American dream. Their son, Ted Eppenstein ’68, was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in the fourth class to be inducted in 1994.

Dr. Leah Fiorentino (Holland) ’76, Swimming & Diving
Fiorentino was a trailblazer for Stony Brook athletics, becoming the first woman on a Stony Brook swimming & diving team. In addition, Fiorentino was the first woman to medal at the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Swimming Association Championships. In 1973, she won the 1,000m freestyle against a field of all men. In 1974, she was on the school record 800 free relay team as she swam alongside male teammates John Brisson, Phil LeNoach, and Erik Leiber.

Brock Jackolski ’12, Football
A dynamic running back, kick returner, and defensive back, Jackolski enters the hall as one of the greatest to ever play football at Stony Brook. He starred on Stony Brook’s first national playoff team in 2011 earning All-American honors as a kick returner and was tabbed to the All-Conference First Team in the Big South as a running back. Jackolski rushed for over 1,000 yards in each of his two seasons at Stony Brook and totaled 32 career touchdowns (25 rushing, five receiving, two kick returns). In addition, Jackolski holds the Stony Brook single season-record for all-purpose yards with 2,441 in 2011.

Nini Lagvilava ’13, Tennis
Lagvilava enters the hall as the greatest player in the history of Stony Brook tennis. She graduated with a singles record of 78-22, a doubles record of 36-13 for a total record of 114-35. She is Stony Brook’s all-time leader in singles wins and played #1 singles for virtually her entire career. In addition, she became the first Stony Brook player to be nationally ranked in ITA singles and is the only player in Stony Brook and America East history to qualify for the NCAA singles championship. Lagvilava won America East Rookie of the Year as a freshman in 2009. She followed that up with First Team All-Conference honors in 2010. In 2011, she was named America East Player of the Year and led the team to its first-ever America East title and NCAA Tournament berth. As a senior in 2012, she won America East Player of the Year for the second-straight season and was named Most Outstanding Player at the America East Championship leading the Seawolves to a second consecutive NCAA Tournament.

Courtney Lawless (Murphy) ’17, ’18, Women’s Lacrosse
One of the greatest players in Stony Brook history, Murphy starred on some of the best lacrosse teams the school has ever fielded. Her decorated career boasts 92 wins, two All-American honors, two Tewaaraton Award nominations, five conference titles, and five NCAA Tournament berths. In 2018, Murphy set the NCAA’s all-time scoring record with 341 goals, a mark that stands as the second-most in NCAA women’s lacrosse lore today. Murphy set the Stony Brook freshman scoring record with 61 goals during her rookie year in 2014. In 2016, she broke the NCAA single-season scoring record with a remarkable 100 goals and led the country with 116 points. After tearing her ACL as a senior, Murphy came back in 2018 and helped lead Stony Brook to one of its best seasons in school history as the Seawolves earned their first-ever No. 1 national ranking in program history.

Kylie Ohlmiller ’18, Women’s Lacrosse
The NCAA’s all-time leader in assists (246) and points (498), Ohlmiller’s illustrious career helped spearhead the Stony Brook women’s lacrosse program to national prominence. She was a three-time All-American, two-time Teawaraaton Award Finalist, two-time America East Player of the Year, and four-time First Team All-America East selection. In 2017, Ohlmiller delivered her best season yet as she was named a Tewaraaton Award Finalist – becoming the first player in Stony Brook and America East history to earn such recognition. In addition, she set the NCAA single-season record for points with 164. In 2018, Ohlmiller led the nation with 157 points, charging Stony Brook to its first-ever No. 1 national ranking and an undefeated regular season.

Carson Puriefoy ’16, Men’s Basketball
A two-time First Team All-Conference selection and three-time All-Championship team pick, Puriefoy was the point guard for Stony Brook’s first-ever NCAA Tournament team in 2016. He ranks second all-time at Stony Brook with 132 games played, third in both three-pointers and free-throws made, fifth in free-throws attempted, sixth in steals and assists, and seventh in scoring. After three consecutive appearances in the America East conference title game, Puriefoy helped the Seawolves over the hump winning their first conference tournament championship in 2016. He played all 40 minutes in the conference title game against Vermont scoring 23 points en route to the school’s first NCAA Tournament berth.

Steve Waldeck ’10, Men’s Lacrosse
Waldeck was a three-time First Team All-Conference selection and a key member on Stony Brook’s 2010 NCAA Tournament team. A two-time team captain, he helped Stony Brook win its first ever NCAA Tournament game with a 9-7 first round victory over Denver in 2010. Following his senior year, Waldeck earned honorable mention All-American honors and was selected to the USILA North/South All-Star Game. He started every game over his four years at Stony Brook and became the first player in school history to be drafted in the MLL after being selected 17th overall by the Toronto Nationals in the 2010 Major League Lacrosse (MLL) Draft.

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Stony Brook football got a pair of 100-yard receiving performances, but dropped a 45-14 decision to New Hampshire in its annual homecoming game at LaValle Stadium on Oct. 21.

Graduate student Casey Case finished 18-for-29 in the passing game for 255 yards and a touchdown, doing so without an interception. Redshirt freshman Jayce Freeman grabbed two catches for 115 yards and a touchdown, while classmate Anthony Johnson added nine grabs for 101 yards to lead the way in the pass-catching department for Stony Brook.

Redshirt junior Jadon Turner paced the Seawolves rushing attack with 32 yards on five carries, averaging 6.4 yards per carry. Redshirt junior Roland Dempster added 24 yards and one touchdown on the afternoon.

On defense, redshirt senior De’Aundre Cruz led Stony Brook with 10 tackles, including nine solo stops. Redshirt freshman Willensky Nicolas added eight tackles, including seven solo stops, while graduate student Aidan Kaler also totaled eight tackles. Redshirt sophomore Rodney Faulk picked up 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack, totaling three tackles.

For New Hampshire, Max Brosmer completed 28-of-40 passes for 335 yards and four touchdowns, each to different receivers. Dylan Laube led UNH with 42 rushing yards, and totaled 149 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns on the game. Laube, Caleb Burke, Joey Corcoran, and Colby Ramshaw all caught a touchdown pass, with Corcoran leading the way with 76 receiving yards.

All told, New Hampshire held the total offense advantage, 470-363.

The team will head on the road to face Villanova on Oct. 28, with kickoff slated for 2 p.m. on FloSports. 

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Goalie Edmund Kaiser makes a save during last Friday's game. Photo from Stony Brook Athletics

Stony Brook men’s soccer fell, 2-0, to Monmouth University on a rain-soaked Friday afternoon, Oct. 20, at LaValle Stadium. The loss moved the Seawolves into a tie for first place in the CAA with the Hawks entering the final week of the regular season.

Stony Brook kept Monmouth off the scoreboard in the first half before giving up two second-half goals. The Hawks enjoyed the majority of scoring chances in the first 45 minutes, finishing the first half with a 10-4 edge in shots and forcing Edmond Kaiser to turn away four potential scoring chances. The Hawks also saw a shot in the final minute of the half ring off the crossbar.

Monmouth broke through early on in the second half, converting on a set piece. Olle Brorsson headed home the first goal of the match after two of his teammates connected to head passes his way at the near post.

After Kaiser made a spectacular save on a would-be goal by Zakowski, it was again Brorsson who got the best of Kaiser. This time it was on a corner fed in by Erik Reis that found Brorsson’s head and eventually the back of the net to double the Hawks’ lead in the 55th minute.

The Seawolves totaled 12 shots in the loss, with three of them on goal. Despite ending the second half with an 8-5 edge in shots, Stony Brook was ultimately outshot 15-12 and 7-3 in shots on goal. 

“I thought it was a competitive game; these games at the end of the season, there’s a lot on the line. Ultimately, it came down to set pieces,” head coach Ryan Anatol noted postgame. “I don’t think we did a good enough job of defending them. We’ve got to do a little bit better to get the result.”

The team closed out its non-conference slate with its home finale on October 24 against the Lafayette Leopords. It was also the Seawolves’ senior night where graduating seniors Olsen Aluc, Iker Alvarado, Bas Beckhoven, Wilber Gomez, Trevor Harrison, Selcuk Kahveci, Sean Towey, Johan Velez and Carlos Zabarburu were honored. Results of the game were not available as of press time.

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The Stony Brook women’s soccer team celebrated senior day with a pair of goals from Luciana Setteducate in the 4-2 win over Elon at LaValle Stadium on Oct. 15. Before the match, the squad honored their decorated senior class who have made lasting impacts on the women’s soccer program. 

The Stony Brook offense was sizzling all afternoon, tallying 21 shots, the second-most the squad has recorded this season (27 against Hampton on Sept. 10). After Linn Beck tallied the first shot of the match in the third minute, Gabrielle Cote followed with a shot of her own in the seventh minute that Setteducate rebounded into the back of the net for her first goal of the season.

Nearly 20 minutes later, the Seawolves increased their lead to 2-0 with a goal from Ashley Bell — her second of the season — in the 27th minute, that was assisted by Beck. Beck sent a ball up the right sideline and Bell used her speed to get past the Phoenix defender and collect the goal.

Nicolette Pasquarella would tally three of her four first-half saves over the final 18 minutes of action to maintain the 2-0 lead heading into the half.

After Elon got on the board to make it a 2-1 match on Lydia Totten’s 53rd-minute goal, the Seawolves answered right back in the 67th minute to take a 3-1 lead. It was Setteducate again tallying the goal following a pass into the box from Catharina von Drigalski that Setteducate headed home.

Stony Brook took a 4-1 lead on Kerry Pearson’s goal via a von Drigalski’s corner kick in the 68th minute, Pearson’s third of the season. The Phoenix narrowed the score to 4-2 thanks to a 76th-minute goal from Ashlee Brehio, but Ava King would notch two more saves in the final 15 minutes of play to secure the victory.

The team will return to the pitch on Oct. 19 for their regular-season finale when they head to Boston to battle Northeastern at 6 p.m. 

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Stony Brook tennis finished up its fall season at the Hofstra Invite from Oct. 13 to 15, highlighting its weekend by winning 6-of-8 singles matches on the final day to complete its weekend at the Hofstra University Tennis Courts.

The Seawolves finished 10-5 overall in singles play while also winning three doubles matches during the weekend. Freshman Mia Palladino and sophomore Debby Mastrodima each won both of their singles matches, while the duo of Chandrika Joshi and Darian Perfiliev combined to win both of its doubles matches for the weekend. 

All nine players that competed this past weekend picked up at least one win, with seven doing so in singles. Palladino finished with seven singles wins for the fall season for SBU, winning at least one in each competition. 

“We fought hard, but missed some opportunities in both doubles and singles on day one. However, on the second day of the event, we stepped up and were able to collect some good wins in doubles and carry on the momentum into singles,” said head coach Thiago Dualiby.

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The Stony Brook University men’s soccer team took down the Charleston Cougars, 1-0, on the road on Oct. 7. Jonas Bickus tallied the lone goal of the contest, his team-leading sixth of the season, and Edmond Kaiser registered a second consecutive shutout, stopping all four shots he faced.

It was a quiet start to a physical contest in South Carolina, though Stony Brook had multiple opportunities offensively early on. Three consecutive corner kicks in the opening 10 minutes did not lead to a shot by the Seawolves, but later tries from Caleb Danquah and Bickus missed the mark. It was a chance in transition that would lead to the game’s lone goal.

Following a red card issued to a Charleston player, who took down a Stony Brook attacker just outside the box as he got behind the defense, the Seawolves opened the scoring. Lorenzo Selini rolled a short pass to Bickus, who blasted a right-footed shot off the fingertips of the keeper and into the right side of the net to put the Seawolves on top 1-0. The Cougars would take the ensuing kickoff down a man and at a disadvantage in the scoring column as well.

The score held heading into the second half and it would hold for the remainder of the match. Stony Brook continued to move forward in the second half, even as time dwindled. Offensively, the Seawolves had multiple scoring chances to put the game away, but could not convert. Defensively, Stony Brook held strong and did not allow Charleston to possess much or create many chances in the offensive third. 

The team returned home to host Le Moyne on Oct. 11. The score was not available as of press time.

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The team celebrates their victory after Sunday's game. Photo fron SBU Athletics

The Stony Brook volleyball team grabbed its sixth win in a row after defeating the Hampton Lady Pirates in straight sets (25-18, 25-12, 25-12) on Oct. 8 at Holland Hall, Hampton University in Hampton, VA.

The Seawolves’ offense was paced by Kali Moore, who finished with a team-high 12 kills on the day while accumulating a hitting percentage of .385, and by Abby Stanwood, who had 10 kills while hitting .563. Defensively, the squad had two players reach double figures in digs as Leoni Kunz had 13 and Julia Patsos tallied 12. 

SET 1: The Seawolves won the first point and never trailed to win the first set 25-18. Stony Brook led by as many as nine points at 18-9 after a kill by Moore before ultimately finishing off the set. 

SET 2: After their win in the first set, Stony Brook put itself on the cusp of a sweep with a dominating 25-12 victory in set number two. The Seawolves took control of the set lead early on at 2-1 following a kill by Lauren Schmitz, and went on to score 10 of the first 12 points as five different-student athletes recorded a kill. To finish the set, Stony Brook opened its biggest lead of the stanza, 13 points, totaling 20 kills in the process.

SET 3: Stony Brook then ended the match with a victory in set number three to secure the sweep. The Seawolves led from the opening point on in the set to earn a 25-12 victory. The squad ended on a high note following the kill by Katie Hickey, claiming its biggest lead, 13 points, to close out the set. The Stony Brook offense also got a boost from three aces in the stanza, including two from Patsos. 

“I thought we came out a little slow today but picked up our aggressiveness on offense, especially in transition to earn our points. I’m proud of our group for coming in focused this week. We have an important stretch coming up and I’m excited to continue to get better with this team,” said head coach Kristin Belzung. 

The team returns to the court next weekend when they host Delaware University at Pritchard Gymnasium for a matchup on Saturday at 11 a.m., and Sunday beginning at 1 p.m.

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#16 Graceann Murphy and #21 Gabrielle Côté at Sunday's game. Photo fron SBU Athletics

Stony Brook held William & Mary scoreless and cruised to a 4-0 shutout victory on Oct. 1 at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium to hand the Tribe their first loss of the season.

The Seawolves and Tribe were trading shots back and forth early, as Nicolette Pasquarella made two crucial saves in the 16th and 35th minute to keep William & Mary off the scoreboard. Stony Brook then grabbed a 1-0 lead when Graceann Murphy used her fancy footwork to score her second goal of the season in the 39th minute, assisted by Luciana Setteducate.

Right before the break, the Seawolves grabbed a 2-0 advantage on a penalty-kick goal from Reilly Rich — her sixth goal of the season — in the 45th minute. The squad was in total control of the match in the second half by tallying two more goals and just allowing three shots by the Tribe. 

Stony Brook went up 3-0 following Gabrielle Côté’s fourth goal of the season, a 75th-minute tally that was assisted by Murphy.

The Seawolves would go ahead 4-0 with an 84th-minute goal from Sammy Hannwacker, her first goal of the season, to secure the victory over the unbeaten William & Mary women’s soccer team. The victory boosted Stony Brook’s record to 4-4-4 overall and 2-3-2 in CAA play. 

The team will return to the pitch on Oct 5 when they head to Wilmington to battle UNCW.

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#14 Johan Velez during Saturday's game. Photo from Stony Brook Athletics

The Stony Brook men’s soccer team got a pair of goals from Jonas Bickus in a 3-1 win against University of North Carolina Wilmington on Sept. 30 at LaValle Stadium.

Stony Brook broke the scoreless tie when Bickus netted his fifth goal of the season after Alex Fleury sent a ball into the box from nearly 20 yards, which Bickus finished with a fancy touch.

The Seawolves scored again on a goal from Caleb Danquah just one minute later, his first goal of his Stony Brook career. Again, it was assisted by Fleury after Lorenzo Selini sent him over a pass that Danquah redirected into the back of the net for the 2-0 advantage.

The squad would build its lead to 3-0 on Bickus’ 27th-minute goal, his second brace of the 2023 season. This time it was assisted by Olsen Aluc; after a missed shot, Bickus was in the right place at the right time to head it home and give Stony Brook the three-goal advantage.

The Seahawks tallied a goal in the 37th minute on a corner kick to cut the deficit to 3-1, which held heading into the intermission. However, Edmond Kasier kept the Seahawks at ease in the second half, making five saves to secure the 3-1 victory.

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Kali Moore and Leoni Kunz both registered double-doubles to help propel the Stony Brook volleyball team to a 3-0 victory (25-23, 25-23, 25-16) against the College of Charleston Cougars on Sept. 24 at the TD Arena.

The Seawolves were led by the double-doubles from Kunz, who had 11 kills and 15 digs, and Moore, who had 14 kills and 15 digs. Abby Campbell added 10 kills to help the attack. On the defensive end, Julia Patsos chipped in for 16 digs to go with seven blocks from Campbell. 

Stony Brook opened up an early one set to none lead, taking a nail-biter first set 25-23. The squad grabbed the advantage for good at 24-23 in a set that showcased three lead changes before the Seawolves took over in the second half of the stanza. The Seawolves had a terrific defensive performance from a front row that blocked five Charleston (SC) attacks in the stanza. Campbell tallied two of the final three points for the team after blocking two balls from the Cougars to secure the opening set. 

The Seawolves persevered in a back-and-forth second set to win in the stanza that featured four lead changes and was tied nine times. Neither team led by more than four points along the way. After Charleston cut the deficit to 21-20, Moore tallied two kills and a service-ace to ultimately lead Stony Brook to the third-set victory 25-23.

In the third set, the Seawolves took control of the set early when the score was 4-3 and never looked back to win 25-16. Stony Brook led by as many as 10 points at 22-12 after Ayanna Pierre Louis tallied the ace. The team had a hitting perctange of 0.333 and captured 16 kills to secure the sweep. 

“It feels great to be heading home with this win and even more so because of the way our team responded from yesterdays loss. I thought we came focused and competed as a team. We executed the game plan defensively and that gave us better opportunities to score. Excited to be back home in Pritchard next weekend,” said head coach Kristin Belzung. 

The team returns to the court next weekend when they host North Carolina A&T on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. inside Pritchard Gymnasium. 

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