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Center Khari Clark puts up a layup against Towson on Friday, Feb. 9. Clark led the Stony Brook womens basketball team with 15 points and nine rebounds on Sunday. MACKENZIE YADDAW/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook women’s basketball pummels Northeastern behind historic defense

Kenny Spurrell February 12, 2024

After putting in its worst defensive performance of the season, the Stony Brook women’s basketball team played its best defense in over eight years. The Seawolves (19-3, 9-2 CAA) were shipped...

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Protesters at the game against UMass Lowell. ETHAN TAM/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook student-athletes protest America East postseason ban

Ethan Tam February 11, 2022
The America East’s decision to rule Stony Brook ineligible for postseason contention in all sports as the program moves to the Colonial Athletic Association in July has drawn outrage extending all the way out to national basketball reporters.
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Pitcher Turcotte in a game against ETHAN TAM/THE STATESMAN

Baseball’s 10-game win streak snapped in series victory over UMass Lowell

Matt Lindsay April 11, 2021
Stony Brook’s baseball team is no longer undefeated against America East opponents. The Seawolves blew an early lead against the UMass Lowell Riverhawks on Saturday, April 10, but still won three out of four games in the series.
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Stony Brook women’s volleyball ends season with split at winless Binghamton

Ethan Tam March 31, 2021
The Stony Brook volleyball team needed to be perfect on Sunday, March 28 against the Binghamton Bearcats while also requiring some help if they wanted to clinch a spot in the conference playoffs.
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Tykei Greene in a game against Hartford on Jan. 30. SARA RUBERG/THE STATESMAN

Shorthanded Stony Brook splits at Albany to end regular season

Ethan Tam February 22, 2021
The Stony Brook men’s basketball team was going to enter the America East Tournament. Although success from beyond the arc in a first game win offered hope that the team was turning a corner, the Seawolves could not carry it over to the second game.
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Geno Ford during the Stony Brook mens basketball home opener against Yale  on Nov. 5, 2019. EMMA HARRIS/STATESMAN FILE

Ford prepares for a different look in year two as head coach

Ryan Pavich November 21, 2020
If last season was a transition year for head coach Geno Ford, this season looks to be a complete re-tooling. Stony Brook not only saw Olaniyi transfer out, but three other starters walked out alongside him — as well as some key bench players.
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The home of the Stony Brook University basketball teams, Island Federal Arena. SARA RUBERG/STATESMAN FILE

NJIT joins as the 10th member of the America East, effective July 1

Ethan Tam June 14, 2020
The America East Board of Presidents elected the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Highlanders as the 10th member of the conference on Friday, June 12, with their membership effective July 1.
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Manner kicks the ball during a game against Hofstra on Sunday, Sept. 9. EMMA HARRIS/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook clinches regular season title with Hartford draw

Ryan Magill November 3, 2019
The Stony Brook women’s soccer team were the big winners of the night despite their tie with the Hartford Hawks on Thursday, Oct. 31.
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Head Coach Geno Ford at a Stony Brook University Mens Basketball game.  COURTESY OF STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

Men’s Basketball picked to finish third in Ford’s first year

Ethan Tam October 20, 2019
A year after finishing 24-7 in the regular season, the Stony Brook men’s basketball team was picked to finish third in the America East on Thursday, Oct. 17 in the conference’s annual preseason poll.
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Stony Brook women’s soccer jumps back into first after defeating Albany

Ethan Tam October 19, 2019
"UAlbany was a very well-coached team and they are a handful offensively,” head coach Tobias Bischof said in a press release. “We thought we had a good game plan and we did a good job of following it, taking advantage of the chances we had. We work on set pieces a lot in practice so it was nice to see us take advantage tonight.”
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Jaron Cornish in a game against Hofstra last January. In a game against UMass-Lowell, Cornish dropped his career-high 30 points. ARACELY JIMENEZ/STATESMAN FILE

Cornish drops career-high 30 points, defeats UMass-Lowell

Ryan Magill February 10, 2019
In a key conference matchup at home on Saturday, senior guard Jaron Cornish helped Stony Brook Men’s Basketball bounce back from a first-half slump to beat UMass-Lowell by a final score of 76-65. Cornish dropped his career-high 30 points against the River Hawks.
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Mens tennis falls at St. Johns, 5-2

Men’s tennis falls at St. John’s, 5-2

Gregory Zarb April 7, 2016
On a cold, windy Wednesday, the Stony Brook Men’s Tennis team took its talents inside to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to face off against No. 61 St. John’s.
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