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The Stony Brook softball team gathers in a circle during a Jan. 24 practice. The Seawolves won all four of their games this past weekend. BRITTNEY DIETZ/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook softball sweeps two doubleheaders to ascend over .500

Anthony DiCocco March 4, 2024

It was a bad weekend to be named George, as the Stony Brook softball team swept two different teams with the same first name to have its best weekend of the new season. The Seawolves (8-6) took...

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Head coach Ashley Langford (center) talks to her team during a practice on Sunday, Oct. 22. Langfords contract was recently extended as she enters her third year with Stony Brook. BRITTNEY DIETZ/THE STATESMAN

Ashley Langford has become Stony Brook royalty, and for good reason

Mike Anderson October 29, 2023
After an electric first two years at the helm, Stony Brook women’s basketball head coach Ashley Langford is officially here to stay for the long run. She has more than proved her worth since arriving on the scene in 2021, leading the Seawolves to 41 wins, votes in the national polls and the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).
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Point guard Gigi Gonzalez (foreground) surveys the court as she floor the ball down the court in practice on Sunday, Oct. 22. Gonzalez is entering her fifth and final season with Stony Brook. BRITTNEY DIETZ/THE STATESMAN

Gigi Gonzalez’s final year primed to be a big one

Kevin Yu October 29, 2023
When looking at the pieces of the Stony Brook women’s basketball team’s puzzle, point guard Gigi Gonzalez may very well be the biggest one.
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Midfielder Kyle Smith (right) passes the ball to forward Caleb Danquah (left) against Temple on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Smith scored his first career goal to win the match. GEORGE CARATZAS/THE STATESMAN

Smith’s first career goal wins midweek match for Stony Brook men’s soccer

Aidan Steng October 18, 2023

By putting up its highest shot total against an NCAA Division I team this year, the Stony Brook men’s soccer team was able to pull off a comeback. The Seawolves (6-3-4, 4-0-2 CAA) came from behind...

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Forward Olsen Aluc glides past an Iona defender on Aug. 28. Aluc scored in his third consecutive match on Tuesday. TIM GIORLANDO/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook men’s soccer loses in trip to D.C.

Nayden Villorente September 6, 2023
After allowing two goals in under half a minute, the Stony Brook men’s soccer team remains winless in nonconference games.
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Forward Moses Bakabulindi looks to make a play with the ball against Iona on Monday, Aug. 28. Bakabulindi scored his first goal of the 2023 season on Saturday versus Elon. TIM GIORLANDO/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook men’s soccer blows out Elon for first win of 2023

Alex D'Amaro September 2, 2023
The Seawolves trounced the defending regular-season champion Elon Phoenix on Saturday to wrap up their three-game homestand. Four different scorers combined to lead Stony Brook to a 4-0 win at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.
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Midfielder Charlotte Verhulst in a game against Drexel on Sunday, April 2. Verhulst scored twice in a loss to Rutgers on Wednesday. TIM GIORLANDO/THE STATESMAN

No. 6 Stony Brook women’s lacrosse suffers rare loss to unranked team

Alex Streinger April 13, 2023
In its final nonconference game of the season, the No. 6 Stony Brook women’s lacrosse team lost to an unranked team for the first time in four years.
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A headshot of Ashley Langford. PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES MADISON ATHLETICS

Press conference held to introduce Ashley Langford as Stony Brook’s new head coach

Jeremy Portnoy May 11, 2021
On Friday, May 7, Ashley Langford was introduced as the new head coach of the Stony Brook women’s basketball team in a press conference at Island Federal Arena.
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A headshot of Ashley Langford. PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES MADISON ATHLETICS

Ashley Langford hired as Stony Brook’s next women’s basketball head coach

Ethan Tam April 28, 2021
Stony Brook officially named James Madison associate head coach Ashley Langford as its new women’s basketball coach on Wednesday, April 28.
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Stony Brook womens basketball head coach, Caroline McCombs, at a practice in the fall of 2019. SARA RUBERG/STATESMAN FILE

Head coach Caroline McCombs departs SBU for position at George Washington

Jeremy Portnoy April 3, 2021
On April 2, Caroline McCombs announced her departure as head coach of the Stony Brook women’s basketball team, weeks after leading the program to its first America East finals win and first NCAA Tournament appearance.
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Senior forward Vince Erdei.  GARY GHAYRAT/THE STATESMAN

Erdei’s record-tying goal helps Seawolves draw 1-1

Gregory Zarb September 27, 2017
The Stony Brook men’s soccer team took on George Washington University for the first time in program history Tuesday evening.
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High school students from.... OWEN DREDGER/THE STATESMAN

Wang Center hosts Poetry Out Loud competition

Thomas James February 19, 2017
The Teachers and Writers Collaborative held one of the regional legs of their annual Poetry Out Loud competition at the Charles B. Wang Center Theater on Feb. 15.
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