Coming on the heels of their home opener loss to Fordham, the Seawolves were tasked with taking down a talented Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team highlighted by the feel-good story of returning Orange redshirt-senior point guard Tiana Mangakahia.
While the Big 10 and Pac-12 conferences recently postponed their seasons, the remaining Power Five conferences are intending to play college football this fall. While many professional athletes can opt-out of playing, college athletes cannot do so.
With Stony Brook falling in the America East championship in 2013 and then being upset in the first round of 2014, the Seawolves have a lot to play for.
The rocky start to Stony Brook’s non-conference schedule continued Friday afternoon, as the Seawolves fell in straight sets to the Boston College Eagles.
After a pair of ugly sets early on, the Stony Brook Seawolves were unable to fully recover, losing 25-12, 25-19, 23-25, 27-25 to the Manhattan Jaspers.
SBU Athletic Director Shawn Heilbron, along with the rest of Stony Brook Athletics, unveiled their “Together We Transform” plan to further develop the athletics department.
The Stony Brook Seawolves softball team lost its first games in around a month, dropping a pair to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights Wednesday afternoon at University Field.
Catcher Kevin Krause and pitcher Brandon McNitt were picked in the 2014 MLB Draft over this past weekend, with Krause going to the Pittsburgh Pirates and McNitt getting selected by the Houston Astros.
This Sunday afternoon, the Stony Brook Seawolves Men’s Basketball team hosted the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers in a clash of two Long Island colleges. The Seawolves, 5-2 on the season, looked to extend their 13 game home winning streak. St. Francis threatened to be a formidable foe, with a 4-3 season including wins against last year’s ACC champion Miami Hurricanes.
After their first tournament at Holy Cross last week, the Stony Brook Seawolves women’s volleyball team travelled to Syracuse for the Syracuse Candlewood Suites Invitational opposing them against four challenging teams including the school of Colorado, Rutgers and Okland Universities.
