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The Stony Brook womens lacrosse team celebrates during a game against Drexel on May 13. The Seawolves advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament by beating Rutgers 11-7 on Sunday. ETHAN TAM/THE STATESMAN

No. 8 Stony Brook women’s lacrosse beats Rutgers, advances to Elite Eight of NCAA Tournament

Jeremy Portnoy May 15, 2022
With her team trailing 7-6 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Charlie Campbell made six saves in six minutes to single-handedly shut down Rutgers’ offense.
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Stony Brook students march in support of abortion rights

Stony Brook students march in support of abortion rights

Jeremy Portnoy and Karaline Talty May 6, 2022
A group of roughly 100 abortion rights advocates marched around the Stony Brook University campus and gave speeches on May 5 in protest of the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that could overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Sabella and Zapolski in the game against UMBC on April 23. KAT PROCACCI/THE STATESMAN

No. 6 Stony Brook women’s lacrosse avoids upset at No. 24 Yale

Jeremy Portnoy April 26, 2022

For a moment, it looked as if the No. 6 Stony Brook women’s lacrosse team’s 10-game win streak was coming to an end. The Seawolves (13-2), who had not trailed at halftime since March 10, ended...

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Outfielder Alicia Orosco getting ready to step up to bat in the Sacred Heart game on March 31. CAMRON WANG/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook softball sweeps longtime rivals

Jeremy Portnoy April 18, 2022
The Stony Brook softball team reasserted its dominance over Binghamton in the teams’ final America East series against each other by winning both games of a Sunday doubleheader. 
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A headshot of Dennis Sullivan. PHOTO PROVIDED BY DENNIS SULLIVAN

Stony Brook professor named Abel laureate

Jeremy Portnoy April 18, 2022
Professor Dennis Sullivan, 71, has been named the Abel Prize's 25th laureate, commonly regarded as the mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize. He has worked at ten universities over the course of six decades.
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The official banner for The State University of New York (SUNY). Jim Malatras was appointed as the fourteenth chancellor of the SUNY system on Aug. 21. PUBLIC DOMAIN

SUNY begins search for new chancellor

Jeremy Portnoy April 13, 2022
The State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees announced on April 8 a 19-member committee that will lead the search for the next chancellor of the SUNY system, which includes multiple representatives with ties to Stony Brook University.
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Attackman Dylan Pallonetti in the game against Syracuse on March 19. ETHAN TAM/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook men’s lacrosse pours on offense to blast NJIT

Jeremy Portnoy April 10, 2022
“We were unselfish today,” head coach Anthony Gilardi said. “If you look at the box score a lot of guys got involved. Just like our last game against Dartmouth, the more guys we have on the scoresheet the better offense we are playing.”
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The student section at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium minutes before the start of the football game against Delaware on Oct. 16, 2021. ETHAN TAM/THE STATESMAN

Empty bleachers: exploring Stony Brook students’ disinterest in sports

Jeremy Portnoy and Ethan Tam April 3, 2022
It should not be hard to regularly fill Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium’s 12,300 seats or Island Federal Arena’s 4,000 seats for sports games. Yet Stony Brook’s attendance numbers have remained low throughout the years.
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Taylor Hawkins at Lollapalooza in Berlin, 2017. RAPHAEL POUR-HASHEMI/CC BY 2.0

“Cold Day In the Sun”: Remembering Taylor Hawkins

Jeremy Portnoy and Skylar Sena April 3, 2022
Taylor Hawkins’ death on March 25, while heartbreaking for grunge lovers around the world, is yet another mourning period they are all too familiar with.
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Midfielder Ellie Massera with the ball in the game against Arizona State on April 1. The Seawolves won 8-3 against Arizona. AMAYA MCDONALD/THE STATESMAN

Masera’s youth belies her importance to Stony Brook women’s lacrosse

Jeremy Portnoy April 3, 2022
High-profile players graduate from the Stony Brook women’s lacrosse team seemingly every year, usually with their successors firmly installed to continue the program’s success. It took Ellie Masera just half a season to claim their abdicated throne.
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Catcher Corinne Badger running bases in the Sacred Heart game on March 31. CAMRON WANG/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook softball sweeps Sacred Heart home opener

Jeremy Portnoy April 1, 2022
Returning for the Stony Brook softball team’s home opener doubleheader after 23 straight road games, Alyssa Costello turned in 3-for-4 and 2-for-4 performances with three RBIs in a sweep of Sacred Heart on Thursday.
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Pitcher Dawn Bodrug on the mound during the game against Hofstra on April 6th 2021. Bodrug struck out 13 batters and only allowed 2 hits in five innings during the game against Fairfield on March 26th 2022. STEPHANIE MACH

Stony Brook softball explodes for 13 runs in comeback victory

Jeremy Portnoy March 27, 2022
A hailstorm spoiled the second game of the Stony Brook softball team’s doubleheader with Fairfield on Saturday, but the Seawolves produced more than enough offensive fireworks in game one to tide them over until next time.
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