A year ago, the Stony Brook football team was coming off their second straight appearance in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs. Fast forward and they find themselves watching 24 other teams compete for a national title as they ponder a lost season.
Fans, students, alumni and families anxiously awaited the opening kickoff. The moment redshirt-senior kicker Nick Courtney’s cleat made contact with the ball, the Stony Brook football season began.
Following months of speculation and a well-publicized battle, Stony Brook Football Head Coach Chuck Priore announced today that junior Tyquell Fields will be the team’s starting quarterback for the upcoming season.
The cross was placed perfectly in front of him, only the goalkeeper standing in his way. A tap with the right foot, and the ball flew just past the goalkeeper’s outstretched hands into the right corner of the net.
Last week’s 38-0 loss to Air Force left the Seawolves stomaching the bitter taste of defeat, but yesterday’s 50-21 victory at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium refreshed them.
The Stony Brook baseball team hosted Bryant and UMass at Joe Nathan Field over the weekend in their final non-conference games of the regular season, taking both games against Bryant on Friday and Sunday, and dropping Saturday’s game against UMass.
Stony Brook’s win over Albany was its 26th straight in America East play and thirteenth straight overall. It improves the Seawolves’ overall record to 18-1 heading into the NCAA playoffs.
