#OPINION The COVID-19 pandemic led to the untimely end of the Stony Brook baseball team’s 2020 season. Now, a widely criticized decision by the America East Conference has prematurely ended Stony Brook’s 2021 season.
Due to inclement weather conditions, the Seawolves’ championship round game was suspended and eventually canceled, sending SBU home empty-handed as NJIT was controversially crowned champion by the America East as the only unbeaten team in the event.
The Stony Brook baseball team clinched the America East regular season title and home field advantage during playoffs after winning two of three games against the UMBC Retrievers over the weekend.
The Stony Brook baseball team is now 5-7 in its last 12 games after splitting its last regular season four-game home series against the NJIT Highlanders at Joe Nathan Field on Saturday, May 8 and Sunday, May 9.
The Stony Brook baseball team has gone consecutive weeks without a series win after splitting a four-game series against Binghamton Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2. Still, there was more to like about the Seawolves’ performance this weekend.
For the first time this season, Stony Brook’s baseball team lost a series against an America East opponent. The Seawolves were swept at home and split a road doubleheader against the NJIT Highlanders on Saturday, April 24 and Sunday, April 25.
The Stony Brook baseball team moved to 15-1 against America East opponents with a four-game sweep of the UMBC Retrievers at Joe Nathan Field on Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18.
The Stony Brook baseball team swept a four-game series against the Hartford Hawks at Joe Nathan Field on Friday, April 2 and Saturday, April 3 to move to 8-0 against America East opponents and extend their win streak to eight games.
Fueled by the offense’s 48 runs in 30 innings, Stony Brook’s baseball team swept a four-game series against its first America East opponent, the Albany Great Danes from Friday, March 26 to Sunday, March 28.
After facing multiple schedule changes, Stony Brook’s baseball team was swept in a two-game series against the Villanova Wildcats on Saturday, March 20 and Sunday, March 21.
