41-10

With the sweep of this weekend over Albany we extended our winning streak to 11 and finished the regular season with the record of 41-10. We opened up Joe Nathan Field and got a great turnout for both Friday and Saturday. With the first win on Friday we earned the right to host the conference tournament at home and our second win earned us the regular season title outright. Our focus is now on winning the tournament and getting to the Regional for the second straight year. We our playing our best baseball right now and will carry that into the post season. Be sure to come down to the tournament this week from May 25 - May 28 here at Joe Nathan Field. Game one for us is the second game on Wednesday and we will take on Albany.

Game Results:
Friday     -- Game 1: Stony Brook 6 - Albany 1 (Box Score)
                   Game 2: Stony Brook 6 - Albany 0 (Box Score)
Saturday -- Game 1 Stony Brook 13 - Albany 4 (Box Score)
                   Game 2 Stony Brook 4 - Albany 3 (Box Score)

First Home Game at JNF

Tomorrow will be the first ever game played at Joe Nathan Field. We will be taking on Albany, and with a win we will clinch first place and will host the conference tournament. Come down and enjoy the new field and some great baseball. This is the final regular season weekend of the year and Saturday will be senior day/ Alumni day and BBQ. So make sure to tell your friends and family to come down and support us in what should be a great weekend.

Game Dates/Times:
Friday May 20th: Game 1 - 12pm
                           Game 2 - 3pm
Saturday May 21st: Game 1 - 12pm
                               Game 2 - 3pm

Sweep at Binghamton

Over this past weekend we took the sweep from Binghamton at their place. With the sweep we moved our record to 37-10 and 18-2 in conference to continue adding to the best record in Stony Brook history. This brought our win streak up to 7 games and we have won 18 of our last 19. We came out and played solid baseball for the whole weekend getting big contributions on the mound, in the field and at the plate. Senior SS Chad Marshall had a stellar weekend in which he broke the all time hits record at Stony Brook. Nick Tropeano also earned his 10th win so far this season which ties him for most in a single season with teammate Tyler Johnson who did so last year.

Video of Chads record breaking hit:

 I will upload the youtube version of better quality when it is ready.

Results:
Friday Game 1 -- Stony Brook 17 - Binghamton 7 (Box Score)
Saturday Game 2 --Stony Brook 4- Binghamton 1 (Box Score)
Saturday Game 3-- Stony Brook 8 - Binghamton 3 (Box Score)

Sunday we had our annual end of the year athletics awards banquet back at school. We had nominees for rookie of the year in Brandon McNitt and Kevin Courtney. Pat Cantwell was awarded the Athletic Directors Award because he embodies all of the characteristics of a leader, and rightfully so. Finally Nick Tropeano won Male Athlete of the Year with his dominance of the year so far. He has thrown great for us all year and will continue to do so for the rest of the season deep into the playoffs. All the honors were well deserved and I would like to congratulate all of my teammates who were honored on the night. 

Pat- Athletic Directors Award

Nick- Male Athlete of the Year

Some pics and video from past few weeks

Over the last two weekends we took on conference opponents Binghamton and Hartford. Over the Binghamton series we took two of three and won the weekend. Against Hartford we swept a four game set from them at their place. Headed into this weekend we are looking to do more of the same as we go to Binghamton to finish up the season series. As always solid defense, pitching and some timely hitting allowed us the victories. Below I put in some pictures and videos from the games over the past few weekends and some side fun you'll just have to watch from the UMBC series.

Conference Weekend: Binghamton

Weekend Preview: Binghamton

Coming off of a season sweep of UMBC over the past two weekends and going 9-0 over that span, we take on conference rival Binghamton this weekend. The defending regular season champion Bearcats typically play us very tough and we look for another weekend of solid competition. They are coming off of a sweep of Hartford last weekend and have won 12 of their last 15 games. Led by pitcher Mike Augliera who is 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA over 24 innings in conference play as well as by hitter Dave Ciocchi who is hitting .358 with 4 HR and 26 RBI.
Games this weekend will be played at Dowling College due to continued construction on Joe Nathan Field.
Probable Starters and Game times:
Sat 4/30/11- Game 1 - Stony Brook vs. Binghamton @ 1pm
                                 - Nick Tropeano (8-1) vs. James Giulieetti (3-4)
                  -Game 2- Stony Brook vs. Binghamton @ 3pm
                                 -Tyler Johnson (6-2) vs. Mike Augliera (5-2)
Sun 5/1/11 - Game 3- Stony Brook vs. Binghamton
                                - Brandon McNitt (5-1) vs Jay Lynch (3-4)


Come down and enjoy the game and projected nice weather. You can also watch all games live on the gametracker via the Official Website (www.GoSeaWolves.org)

Seawolves Sweep Conference Awards

Quick shout-out to Trop, Tanner, and Kevin on taking all three baseball awards this weekend. We swept UMBC with the help of those three and hope to do the same this upcoming weekend when we travel down to Maryland to play the Golden Retrievers again. Check out http://www.goseawolves.org/ to see the official release. The Brook is hot right now, lets keep it going!

Recap of the Weekend

Pat Cantwell catching on his Birthday

Coming out of any weekend 3-1 is a good weekend, especially in conference. Playing against a conference rival in Maine was not going to be the easiest weekend and we knew that going in. Without a true home field we split the weekend at Dowling on Saturday and Adelphi on Sunday. We came out of the gates with another great performance by Nick Tropeano and a win in game one on Saturday (8-1). Game 2 came down to extra innings and was eventually called tied at 7 entering the 11th due to darkness. So Sunday we had to finish up that game and then play the regularly scheduled double header. Brandon McNitt was on the hill to finish up the game and threw 2 scoreless innings to earn the win, his first of 2 on the day. The win came on a walk-off suicide squeeze by Maxx Tissenbaum (Video Below). Game one of the regular double header was a matter of them getting key hits and us being shut down by their starting pitching, we took the loss (7-3). Game 2 however there was no dwelling on the previous game as we came out with a vengeance. Led by Brandon McNitt again, who tossed 7 shutout innings, and some solid offensive production, including a home run by Steve Marino,  we pulled out the victory (7-0). Overall the weekend was a positive as we took 2 of 3 from one of the tougher conference opponents.



Game Scores and Results:
Saturday:
Game 1- Stony Brook 8 - Maine 1 (Box Score)
Game 2- Stony Brook 8 - Maine 7 12inn (Box Score)
Sunday:
Game 1- Stony Brook 3 - Maine 7 (Box Score)
Game 2- Stony Brook 7 - Maine 0 (Box Score)

McNitt pitching