After an electric first two years at the helm, Stony Brook women’s basketball head coach Ashley Langford is officially here to stay for the long run. She has more than proved her worth since arriving on the scene in 2021, leading the Seawolves to 41 wins, votes in the national polls and the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).
It’s not quite the environment of a team coming off its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth and second-straight America East championship, but that’s the point. The Stony Brook women’s basketball team doesn’t need to be reminded of the expectations on their shoulders this year, because they hold themselves to a higher standard than anyone else.
After turning heads with her decision to put her name in the transfer portal, the reigning America East Sixth Player of the Year is back with the Stony Brook women’s basketball team.
The Stony Brook women’s basketball team was predicted to win the America East in the conference’s annual preseason poll of head coaches, the league announced on Oct. 20.
On Friday, May 7, Ashley Langford was introduced as the new head coach of the Stony Brook women’s basketball team in a press conference at Island Federal Arena.
On April 2, Caroline McCombs announced her departure as head coach of the Stony Brook women’s basketball team, weeks after leading the program to its first America East finals win and first NCAA Tournament appearance.
The Stony Brook women’s basketball team, who clinched the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance with an upset of Maine in the America East finals, drew a No. 14 seed when the bracket was unveiled on ESPN on Monday, March 15.
The Stony Brook women’s basketball team mounted an 11-point comeback to upset the top-seeded Maine Black Bears 64-60 in the America East Championship, clinching the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament berth.
The second-seeded Seawolves earned the chance to play No. 1 seed Maine in the America East finals with a 75-55 throttling of the UMass Lowell River Hawks this Sunday.
The Stony Brook women’s basketball team took down the Hartford Hawks in a season sweep on Jan. 30 and 31, helping the Seawolves improve their overall record to 10-4 with an 8-2 conference record.
