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Midfielder Ellie Massera running with the ball in the UNH game on April 9. The Seawolves dominated the game against UNH with a score of KAT PROCACCI/THE STATESMAN

No. 5 Stony Brook women’s lacrosse decimates UNH

Paul McDonough April 10, 2022
In the final seconds of a conference matchup on Saturday, April 9, the Seawolves secured a dominant 20-6 victory over New Hampshire at LaValle Stadium.
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The women's volleyball team in a game against Yale on Sept. 12.   MARCUS DIA / THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook women’s volleyball blown out by UMBC on Senior Day

Matt Lindsay November 14, 2021
Senior Day was spoiled as the Stony Brook volleyball team fell two spots in the America East standings after losing in straight sets to the first-place UMBC Retrievers on Friday, Nov. 12 at Pritchard Gymnasium.
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Redshirt freshman linebacker Tyler King makes a tackle in a game against New Hampshire on Sept. 2.  TIM GIORLANDO/THE STATESMAN

Football preview: Stony Brook looks to continue non-conference success against Colgate

Ethan Tam September 10, 2021
The Seawolves will travel upstate to face the Colgate Raiders on Saturday, Sept. 11 at Andy Kerr Stadium, looking to rebound from last Thursday's painful season-opening loss to New Hampshire. It will be the first meeting between these two schools since 2013, with Stony Brook leading the all-time series 3-1.
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Footballs with the Stony Brook Seawolves logo.BRIDGET DOWNES/ STATESMAN FILE

Football preview: Stony Brook looks to make statement in opener vs. New Hampshire

Matt Lindsay September 1, 2021
Stony Brook Football will open its season against the New Hampshire Wildcats on Thursday, Sept. 2 at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium. For the Seawolves, it is a chance to erase the spring from recent memory and prove the doubters wrong with an emphatic victory. 
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Huff in a game against USC on Feb. 23, 2021. SARA RUBERG/THE STATESMAN

No. 6 Stony Brook women’s lacrosse obliterates New Hampshire for 8th straight America East regular season title

Ryan Magill April 29, 2021
In its 51st straight America East win, the Stony Brook women’s lacrosse team secured its eighth consecutive regular season championship and a spot in the America East playoffs with a 22-4 knockout over New Hampshire in Durham on Wednesday, April 28.
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The Stony Brook football team in a game against Villanova on March 7. The team lost 16-13. KATHERINE PROCACCI/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook’s Spring 2021 football season ends as opponents opt out

Ethan Tam April 8, 2021
The Seawolves’ scheduled six-game campaign will end prematurely due to COVID-19 outbreaks among their final two opponents.
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Miles Latimer in the opening game this season against Yale. EMMA HARRIS/THE STATESMAN

Numerous players explore departure from Stony Brook

Ethan Tam April 1, 2020
Sophomore guard Miles Latimer entered the NCAA transfer portal on March 20. On March 30, he officially announced that he would be transferring to the Bucknell Bison of the Patriot League.
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McKenzie Bushee in a home game last spring. Senior forwards McKenzie Bushee and Leighah-Amori Wool, as well as junior guard Anastasia Warren, scored 10 points in a game against NJIT. ROYA MEHRBAKHSH/STATESMAN FILE

Women’s Basketball loses massive stunner against winless Hartford

Ross O'Keefe February 27, 2020
Despite two straight losses, Stony Brook remains the number one seed.
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Graduate Cheyenne Clark in a game on Jan. 29 against Yale.

Women’s Basketball’s 22-game unbeaten streak snapped by Maine in OT

Ross O'Keefe February 23, 2020
There was a shot to win in regulation — a few shots, to be exact. They couldn’t be converted however, and the Stony Brook women’s basketball team wouldn’t find another in overtime.
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Gueye with the ball during the Stony Brook mens basketball team's home game against Vermont on Thursday. DESHAUN ROBINSON/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook falters late in ESPNU battle with Vermont

Ethan Tam February 22, 2020
When Vermont redshirt-senior guard Everett Duncan hit a trifecta of 3-pointers over a two and a half minute span to put his team up by 12 points with under two minutes remaining in the game, he made sure to glare at the same people who had harassed him for hours — this time, with a smirk on his face.
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The top three candidates at the Iowa caucus. PUBLIC DOMAIN

Iowa caucus results plagued by new technology application

Anya Marquardt February 9, 2020
The Iowa caucuses took place last Monday — the first caucuses to take place in the 2020 election season. The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg, won by a slim margin.
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Maria Poole hits the ball over the net during a game against Hofstra on Sept. 3. EMMA HARRIS/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook women’s volleyball clinches playoff berth despite dropping two

Ethan Tam November 12, 2019
The Seawolves lost in four sets to the UMBC Retrievers on Friday, Nov. 8 before traveling upstate to face the Albany Great Danes on Sunday, Nov. 10, where they achieved the same result. Despite the two-game losing streak, Stony Brook was still able to clinch a spot in the America East playoffs.
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