Isabella Caporuscio finished with a career-high six goals, two assists, six draw controls, four caused turnovers, and four ground balls in the victory, leading the Seawolves in all categories.
Defensively, the squad totaled 21 caused turnovers and 18 ground balls. Along with Caporsucio, Alexa Constant led the Seawolves with four caused turnovers and four ground balls. Natalia Altebrando got her first start for Stony Brook, collecting a career-high three saves while Fracnesca Viteritti split time and made a career-high four saves.
For Bryant, Emily DeGeorge scored six times, while Riley O’Mara added three tallies and one for Amelia Piercy, Peyton Bosshardt, and Ashling Marshall each. Goalkeeper Sam Centofante made nine saves in net on a .321 save percentage.
HOW IT HAPPENEDAfter a Bryant tally to start the game, Caporuscio netted a pair to put the Seawolves ahead. The Bulldogs responded with a free position goal to tie it up as Maclay gave Stony Brook a 3-2 lead after the first quarter.
The Seawolves dominated through the second, scoring six of the eight goals total as Stony Brook put up 16 shots on goal in the first half compared to Bryant’s seven.
Stony Brook came out of the gate strong in the second half, scoring three straight goals for a 12-4 lead. The Bulldogs pieced together some offense to score four of their own ending the third with the Seawolves up 13-8.
The Stony Brook squad would outscore Bryant, 4-3, through the fourth quarter to secure the 16-12 victory in their season opener.
“Happy for our team to be 1-0, we went up by eight and let our foot off the gas and the game finished closer than it should of. That is something that we will learn from and get better. Took a little time for us to adjust playing on the smaller field and with the lighting but our offense performed at a high level. We expect our defense to be better than we were today and that will be a point of emphasis this week. Overall, 1-0 and onto the next one,” head coach Joe Spallina said postgame.
The team continues their road slate on February 19 at Villanova with first draw set for 1 p.m. on FloCollege. The Seawolves are 2-0 against the Wildcats all-time, defeating them at LaValle Stadium in both 2015 and 2024.