Stony Brook baseball shocked the world once when it went to the 2012 College World Series. With one player left from that team, the Seawolves are looking to do it again.
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The baseball team has turned from one with an offense that would have to secure every victory to one that is balanced and determined to make some noise.
Stony Brook’s baseball schedule was released earlier this week. The Seawolves went 35-18 and were America East champs in 2014, but lost to Binghamton in the America East Conference Tournament finals.
Nick Tropeano was playing his final year of baseball in Stony Brook University red in 2011. The team’s run to the College World Series was still a year away, leaving the team in relative irrelevancy.
Catcher Kevin Krause and pitcher Brandon McNitt were picked in the 2014 MLB Draft over this past weekend, with Krause going to the Pittsburgh Pirates and McNitt getting selected by the Houston Astros.
The Stony Brook baseball team set itself up in the drivers’ seat of the 2014 America East Baseball Championship by winning its first two matchups, defeating No. 4 Maine and No. 2 Hartford.