| Stony Brook Seawolves | |
| University | Stony Brook University |
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| Conference(s) | America East Big South (football only) |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletics director | James Fiore |
| Location | Stony Brook, NY |
| Varsity teams | 18 |
| Football stadium | Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Stony Brook University Arena |
| Baseball stadium | Joe Nathan Field |
| Other arenas | Pritchard Gymnasium |
| Mascot | Wolfie the Seawolf |
| Nickname | Seawolves |
| Fight song | |
| Colors | Red, Grey, and Blue
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| Homepage | Stony Brook Seawolves |
The Stony Brook Seawolves are the athletic teams of Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, NY, United States. The school is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and participates in the America East Conference for all sports except football in which they participate as an associate member of the Big South Conference. The rising sports at the university are Football, Lacrosse, Men’s Soccer (all played at the Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium), and Men’s Basketball (played at the Pritchard Gymnasium) while other sport also have a moderate following. The official colors of the Seawolves are Red, Grey, and Blue. The Seawolves currently field 18 varsity sports equally divided between men and women.
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| Sport | Regular Season Championships | Conference Tournament Championships |
|---|---|---|
| Baseball | 2011 | 2004, 2008, 2010 |
| Men's Basketball | 2009-10 | |
| Women's Basketball | ||
| Football | 2005°, 2009°, 2010°, 2011 | N/A |
| Men's Lacrosse | 2009, 2010, 2011 | 2002, 2010 |
| Women's Lacrosse | 2007 | |
| Men's Soccer | 2005 | 2005, 2009, 2011 |
| Softball | 2008 | |
| Women's Cross Country | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
° – Signifies Co-Champions
Early when the Stony Brook Campus was located in Oyster Bay, the team was known as the Soundmen or Baymen.[1] Throughout the 1960s when it moved to its present location, Stony Brook sport teams were known as the Stony Brook Patriots.[2] In 1994 as Stony Brook rose to Division I level in the NCAA the nickname of the team was changed to its present one today, the Seawolves. The Seawolf was said to be a mythical creature from the Tlingit tribe which brought good luck to those able to see it.[3] To the contrary of many other college teams, the Women sport teams are not known as “Lady Seawolves” as the term lacks popularity at the university and the more common Seawolves nickname is applied to all teams with disregard to gender.
The Stony Brook Seawolves mascot is known as “Wolfie” and has accompanied Stony Brook events since the new team nicknamed was introduced in the 1994 season, the entrance season of Stony Brook as a Division-I school.[4]
Stony Brook Seawolves teams participate in the non-football America East Conference in the Division I level of the NCAA. Stony Brook fields 9 sports for men and 9 Sports for women totaling 18 Division-I level teams. In 2008, Stony Brook joined the Big South Conference as an associate football-only member and after two successful seasons it signed an extension through the 2015 season.[5] Stony Brook also has a club hockey team that participates as part of the ECHA conference sanctioned by the American Collegiate Hockey Association independently of the NCAA.
The Stony Brook Seawolves facilities are all located on the west campus at Stony Brook, New York. Stony Brook is currently improving many of their facilities through funding by grants and donations of alumni to be completed in the upcoming years. The main facilities are:
| Sport | Coach | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Baseball | Matt Senk | Joe Nathan Field |
| Basketball (Men) | Steve Pikiell | Pritchard Gymnasium (2008–12) |
| Basketball (Women) | Beth O'Boyle | Pritchard Gymnasium (2008–12) |
| Cross Country (Men & Women) | Andy Ronan | - |
| Football | Chuck Priore | Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium |
| Lacrosse (Men) | Jim Nagle | Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium |
| Lacrosse (Women) | Joe Spallina | Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium |
| Soccer (Men) | Ryan Anatol | Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium |
| Soccer (Women) | Sue Ryan | Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium |
| Softball | Megan Bryant | Stony Brook Softball Field |
| Swimming & Diving (Men & Women) | David Alexander | Stony Brook University Swimming Pool |
| Tennis (Men & Women) | Gary Glassman | Stony Brook University Tennis Courts |
| Track & Field (Men & Women) | Andy Ronan | University Track |
| Volleyball (Women) | Deborah Matejka-Deslauriers | Pritchard Gymnasium |
From 1999 to 2006 Stony Brook made part of the D-I FCS Northeast Conference, winning a conference championship title in 2005, which it abandoned at the end of the 2006 season. While spending the 2007 season as D-I independent Stony Brook joined the Division I FCS Big South Conference for the 2008 season as a football-only associate member as the ACE doesn’t sponsor Football. In its first season as a Big South member Stony Brook finished with a record of 5-6, 3-2 with a remarkable season finale 40-26 over VMI and winning four of their last five outings of that season. The Seawolves came back in the 2009 season showing a much more improved program. A strong season led the Seawolves to their first conference championship in the Big South with an impressive last-minute final game win against Liberty, 36-33, which proved to be the most important game of the season. The Seawolves shared the conference championship with Liberty finishing with a record of 6-5, 5-1 in the Big South. While in the off-season coach Chuck Priore received a contract extension through 2013. The 2010 season started with a non-Conference lost at South Florida, 59-14, but Stony Brook quickly recovered to beat American International 31-14. The Seawolves later on posted wins at every single conference game against the Big South to become 6-4, 5-0 in the Big South as of November 18. In one of the biggest upsets of Seawolves football history, their automatic bid fades away as they fall to the Liberty Flames on November 20 in a 54-28 games creating a three-way tie for the FCS playoff and sending Coastal Carolina to the FCS Playoffs (Seawolves allowed 122 point against BSC, Liberty 110, and CC allowed 109 in tie-breaker) thus making the Seawolves Co-Champions of the Big South but eliminated from playoffs contention in the last day of the season. The Seawolves are 13-4 overall in Big South games since 2008.
After starting the 2011 season with heartbreaking losses against FBS UTEP Miners (24-31 OT), SUNY rivals Buffalo (7-35), and Brown(20-21) the team went on to win every following game of the season making program history as the Seawolves capped the regular season with a 41-31 victory against Big South Conference rivals, the Liberty Flames to clinch their third consecutive Big South Championship, first one outright and finished the season ranked #22/#24 in the Sports Network/Coaches Poll respectively. The Seawolves finished the season with a program record eight straight victories to advance Division I Football Championship Tournament for the first time after joining Division I football in 1999. With a soldout crowd at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium the Seawolves defeated SUNY rivals Albany by a score of 31-28 to advace to the second round. The team traveled to the Texas to face-off against top-seeded and undefeated Sam Houston State and tested the Bearkats leading for the entire first half, the second half proved to be more competitive and the Seawolves fell in a last minute drive to the Bearkats 27-34 to close their historic season 9-4.
Since its insertion into Division I play Stony Brook Basketball has slowly been improving and level of play has increased while attendance has slowly surged. After lacking success in its initial seven years of the program, being in the bottom positions of the standings from 2002 to 2007, Stony Brook men's basketball has improved under the reign of Steve Pikiell and after back to back winning seasons the program has been lifted. The 2008-09 season was the first season Stony Brook held a winning record in Division I ending 16-14 overall, 8-8 in the America East.
The 2009-2010 year in particular has been the most successful in Stony Brook Men's basketball to date and it was the first time the Men’s Basketball finished first in the AEC. The Seawolves were able to reach the top of the America East Conference standings in Men’s Basketball (#1 seed) finishing with a school record 13-3, 21-8 and later going on to participate in the AEC Tournament. Participation in the tournament led Stony Brook to win Albany 68-59 to advance to the Semifinals. The Semifinal game was a closed and intense game but resulting in a lost to Boston University, 70-63, falling short of reaching the NCAA tournament. Due to the recent success, Stony Brook was invited to participate in the NIT but fell in the first round to Illinois in a sellout crowd at the Stony Brook Sports Complex.
In 2010-2011 season the Men’s Basketball received the largest broadcasting package to date including two games in the ESPN network, and a series of games in the MSG+PLUS network televised in the tri-state area.[11] After a successful season, the seawolves will attempt to qualify for the first time into the NCAA tournament but an injury to forward Tommy Brenton has placed doubt in the ability for Stony Brook to qualify.[12] The Seawolves began their season on November 12 falling at UConn 79-52 but quickly recovered on November 14 to post an impressive 80-43 home-opener win against Mount Ida.[13][14] Two days later the Seawolves made part of the ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon beating Monmouth on a close 51-49 game.
Stony Brook closed the 2010-11 season with a 8-8, 13-16 overall record and entered the America East tournament seeded as #5 with a quarterfinal match up against #4 Albany. After two regular season losses at Albany the Seawolves were able to use strong defense and a stellar offense to drag a 67-61 win against Albany at Hartford. With Chris Martin(senior) and Leonard Hayes(sophomore) leading the way. The Semifinals were played the next day against #1 Vermont ending in a surprising offensive effort by Stony Brook, who led from the beginning the to end, to capture a 69-47 promising win against a Vermont team who also swept them in the regular season. For the first time in Stony Brook's Division I program history, the Seawolves were to participate in the America East Championship game. There next match up was announced to be the #2 Boston Terriers. On March 12 the Championship was hosted at Agganis Arena by America East Championship higher seed status. Again, Stony Brook with a strong first half offense and good defense led for almost the whole game by as much as 15 points. However, with less than a minute in the clock Boston ties the game for the first time, and then captures the win with a decisive foul on Stony Brook with 2 seconds of regulation left. Boston went on to win 56-54 to end the Seawolves hopes for their first-ever NCAA tournament bid. Senior Chris Martin is to graduate, and Tommy Brenton (injured Junior) is to return for the 2011-12 season. Their upcoming senior guard Bryan Dougher will have a new arsenal around his team in the recent addition of junior guard Ron Bracey. Bracey currently graduated from community college in Battle Creek Michigan. The 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) junior average 23.9 points per game, and was named Second team All National Junior College Athletic Association All American.
The 2011-12 season will see the return of Junior Tommy Brenton to the team after a medical injury. The seawolves will embark in a European tour consisting of five games in Dublin, London, and Paris from August 13-20 in preparation for the upcoming season [1]. The team is confirmed to face off against Indiana University in the regular season. The Seawolves will be participating in the Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival with a match up against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on December 17. Early in October 2011 the Seawolves were picked preseason #1 in the Conference by CBS sports, and other news outlets for the upcoming 2011-12 season.
Stony Brook first fielded a lacrosse program in 1983 and since then holds a overall record 214 wins and 178 losses. Lacrosse entered Division I in the mid 1990's and joined the America East Conference in 2002 season. That same year, Stony Brook finished the season with 10-7, 3-2 America East record and also were the Conference tournament winners with a 8-6 win over the Albany Great Danes sending the Seawolves to their first ever Men’s lacrosse NCAA Tournament in their initial year. After a successful 2002 season, the Seawolves went on to defend their conference title but loss to Albany 11-5 in the 2003 Semifinals. For the next five years the Seawolves fell out of the national spotlight not being able to be Regular season or tournament champions. However, in the 2007, the Seawolves were under their new head coach Rick Sowell who led them to winning seasons in 2007, 2008, and conference tournament runner-ups in 2009 being a win shy from their second NCAA tournament appearance.
In 2010, the Seawolves returned with a stronger team and build up on the successes of the 2009 season finishing the 2010 season with a 13-4, 5-0 America East record and for the first time being undefeated versus America East teams. Stony Brook continued its success in the America East tournament capturing wins against Vermont and then Albany to send them to NCAA tournament for their second time, this time, as the #8 seed. In the first round of the NCAA tournament, Stony Brook came out with a 9-7 victory against unseeded Denver advancing for the first time to the quarterfinals against #1 seeded Virginia in which they eventually loss by 10-9 score at LaValle Stadium, being one point shy of advancing to their first semifinals. Due to the success of the 2010 season, coach Sowell was given a contract extension through the 2015 season.
In the 2011 season Stony Brook returned 94 percent of its scoring offense from the previous year with a team that was ranked fourth in 2010 with 13.2 goals per game, and returned three all-American seniors Kevin Crowley, Tom Compitello, and Jordan McBride, Stony Brook was ranked #5(USILA Coaches Poll)/#8(Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll) in the preseason polls while Lacrosse Magazine ranked the team fourth in the nation for the 2011 season [2]. On February 8, 2011 it was announced that Stony Brook men's lacrosse was unanimously predicted that Stony Brook would be the regular season champion in the pre-season coaches poll [3].
The 2011 season began with a home opener against #1 Virginia with the Seawolves ranked #5 coming into the season. The game turned into an epic battle between the teams in which the Seawolves led early 3-1 but Virginia went ahead and tied the game at 3. For the rest of the game the Seawolves trailed Virginia by two or three goals. The game went on to the last minutes in which the Seawolves were trailing 10-8 and scored to consecutive goals to tie the game with less than ten seconds of regulation. In overtime, the Seawolves had many chances for a goal but weren't able to capitalize on the offense. A turnover, and then an defensive gap led Virginia to score the final goal of the game for a 11-10 win in front of a crowd of 4,312 at LaValle stadium [4]. It was the second lost to Virginia in the past nine months, both game being with one-goal differential. The #7 Seawolves returned into action at Marist coming back for a 13-7 win. On March 12, the #6 Seawolves captured the second straight win against Delaware in 14-9 victory in LaValle in front of 1,436 fans. The Seawolves continued their streak beating St. Johns in a 9-4 winat Queens [5]. #12 Seawolves went out to face Towson, MD ending with a tough 9-8 upset against unranked Towson University. The Seawolves returned home to face #10 Cornell but Cornell's offense was too much and resulted in a 17-9 loss for the Seawolves second straight loss. After the loss, the Seawolves switched gears and went ahead to and ended the regular season with a six game winning streak including wins over Bryant (13-6), UMBC (16-5), Hartford (10-8), Binghamton (13-6), Albany (23-11), and Vermont (12-9) and ending undefeated in AE play to earn the 1st seed in the tournament for the second straight year.[6] Jordan McBride and Rick Sowell were awarded the America East conference Player of the Year and Coach of the Year Respectively while Tom Compitello, senior Kevin Crowley, Timmy Trenkle, junior Kyle Moeller, junior Jared LeVerne, and Mcbride were awarded with first-team All-conference selectios [7]. After a 12-8 win against Binghamton at LaValle Stadium Stony Brook headed to the third straight America East Championship to be played on May 7 against Hartford. Stony Brook went on to loose against Hartford with a last second goal by Ryan Compitello (brother of Stony Brook Lacrosse Senior Tom Compitello) with a score of 11-10. It was Stony Brook first conference lost since the 2009 America East Championship Finals against UMBC. Stony Brook ended the season ranked #17 and did not qualify for an NCAA tournament at large bid.
The 2012 season will introduce Jim Nagle as Head Coach of the program and will include games against Townson, Delaware and Virginia.[15] Stony Brook lost NLL Top-Draftee Kevin Crowley and teammate Jordan McBride to graduation but will add more than ten recruits to the team including Jeff Tundo who transferred from Ohio State and High School All-American Matt Scalera, Connor Duddy, and Pat McGushin.
The Stony Brook men's soccer program has won a single regular season championship in the America East in the 2005 season and two Conference tournament championships in the 2005 and 2009 season. The team has had its up and down years since joining the America East having four winning seasons since 2001. The most memorable season would be the 2005 season in which the program achieved its first NCAA tournament victory beating Yale 2-1 at New Haven advancing to the second round to face the Uconn Huskies at Storrs where their season ended in a 2-0 defeat.
More recently the Seawolves achieved a 3-2-2 in AE, 10-7-3 record overall in the 2010 season advancing to the 2010 America East tournament semifinals to defend their previous title but were defeated by eventual champions UMBC Retrievers by a score of 3-2. Ryan Anatol who previously coached at South Florida was announced to assume the head coaching duties of the soccer program. In November 13, 2011 the #2 Seawolves clinched their third America East Championship and their second in the past three seasons at LaValle Stadium against the Hartford Hawks with a 4-2 victory.
Albany is Stony Brook's SUNY rival and has led to intense competition in sports like men's basketball and lacrosse. In men's Lacrosse, Stony Brook has met Albany in the America East Tournament eight straight years, until 2011 in which Albany didn't qualify. Three of these meets have been in the America East Championship game(2002, 2005, 2010) which Stony Brook has held in two out of those three occasions. Overall, Albany has a 5-3 record in the AE lacrosse Tournament against Stony Brook.
In Men's basketball, it has been a similar situation with Albany having more historical success overall but has lost two straight America East Tournament Quarterfinals (2010, 2011) against Stony Brook. Baseball has also seen some good moments as Albany eliminated Stony Brook in the 2011 AE tournament even though Stony Brook swept them in four straight games of the regular season. In 2010, Stony Brook faced off Albany in the America East Championship coming out victorious.
Liberty has a football-only rivalry against Stony Brook. The two teams have been co-champions for the past two seasons (2009, 2010) and were chosen to finish first and second in the conference again for 2011. Since 2009 the Liberty-Stony Brook game has been schedule as the last game of the season. That same year, the Big South Championship came down to the last game of the season with Stony Brook snapping Liberty's four game winning streak in the Big South with a 36-33 victory and sharing the Big South title with the Seawolves. In 2010, the Seawolves played Liberty and lost in the season-finale snapping Stony Brook perfect Big South record and eliminating the Seawolves from an FCS bid in a three-way tie for first place that was decide in points-against and thus given to Coastal Carolina. In 2011 both team entered the last game of the season undefeated in conference play. Stony Brook defeated Liberty 41-31 to advance to the playoff and snap liberty's winning streak and perfect record. Stony Brook finished the 2011 season 8-3, 6-0 while Liberty fell to 7-4, 5-1.
The Seawolves and the Hofstra Pride have a geographical rivalry, a battle for Long Island supremacy. Despite Hofstra largely dominating the Seawolves in most sports, the rivalry has always been intense. Due to a Hofstra decision, the rivalry was put on hold and since 2009 Hofstra quit playing any games against the Seawolves. Hofstra has cut FCS football since 2009, ending the cross-island match ups. Stony Brook never beat the Hofstra football team, but the last few years proved to be more competitive games.
Stony Brook University also participates in competitive athletics through various leagues, associations and Unions not associated with the NCAA. Although not affiliated with the Athletics Department, these clubs fall under the purview of Campus Recreation. With over 25 Men's, Women's and Co-Ed teams, the sport clubs have embraced the new RED HOT Seawolves mascot and represent Wolfie well in competition across the United States and around the world. The Stony Brook Men's Rugby team is the first recorded athletic team to represent the Seawolves overseas, playing some of the toughest European competition against various Irish teams.
Some of the larger and more well established programs are:
Stony Brook Ice Hockey: http://www.stonybrookhockey.com/
Stony Brook Crew Team: http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Clubs/usbcrew/
Stony Brook Men's Rugby: http://www.stonybrookrugby.org
Stony Brook University Soccer Club: http://sbusoccerclub.sunysb.net/
In addition to the opportunities that Sport Clubs provide, the success of the program depends heavily upon the student leaders of each individual club. These student leaders must have the initiative and drive to handle administrative decisions regarding their club, as well as motivate club members to take part in various activities.
For a complete list of sport clubs, please visit http://studentaffairs.stonybrook.edu/rec/directory.shtml
The Student Section at Stony Brook is known as the Red Zone. Red is the official color of Stony Brook Seawolves, and the fans at the section would be wearing red. The fans in the section known as the most spirited group of students in the University. They promote school spirit across the rest of the school. Students are admitted to games for free. More than a section, the Red Zone is also a undergraduate group devoted towards promoting school spirit and athletic events. They often participate in "dorm storming", increasing awareness of events by knocking on dorms across campus.
The following are the Alma Mater, fight song and the athletic chant of "Go...Fight...Win!" played at the athletic events by the The Spirit of Stony Brook Marching Band.[16]
Stony Brook’s Alma Mater, Sandy Shore, was adopted in 1985 after a composition contest. Dr. Peter Winkler, a professor in the Department of Music, in conjunction with lyricist Winston Clark, wrote the winning submission. Carol Marburger, wife of former University President John Marburger, is credited as the guiding spirit behind the song.[17]
Alma Mater:
Sandy shore
Meeting the Northern sea
Ancient ground where newborn dreams arise
Scarlet, gray
Under azure skies
The morning of a lifetime lies in Stony Brook
Raise a grateful cheer for Stony Brook!
Youthful joys
Youthful folly, too
Ancient wisdom seen through youthful eyes
Lifelong friends
Bound by youthful ties
The morning of a lifetime lies in Stony Brook
Raise a grateful cheer for Stony Brook!
Fight Song:
We're the red-hot Seawolves of SBU,
We never stop fighting until the battle's through.
Let's go Stony Brook,
Let's go team,
Don't let go until you hear them scream:
Seawolves Rock,
Seawolves Rule!
Let's go Stony Brook the number one school.
Go...Fight...Win...:
Go, Fight, Win!
Go, Fight, Win!
SBU!
S-B-U!
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