After winning a three-game series against the Stony Brook softball team on May 7 and 8, the UMBC Retrievers are the America East regular season champions.
Heading into the weekend, Stony Brook’s baseball team (29-14, 16-4 AE) had the opportunity to clinch the top seed in the upcoming America East tournament.
A go-ahead double by senior outfielder Shayla Giosia broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning to push the Stony Brook softball team to a 2-0 first-round win over Maine.
Stony Brook softball remained in first place of the America East conference after taking two of three games the Maine Black Bears, including a 2-1 nine-inning thriller.
The wins on Wednesday extended the Seawolves’ win streak to five games. Offensively, Stony Brook has been daunting during the streak, scoring 47 total runs.
Stony Brook continued to stay atop the America East standings this weekend as the bats exploded for 36 runs in a three-game series with the Hartford Hawks, which they swept.
Head coach Megan Bryant and her Stony Brook softball team inked five new players to their 2015 recruiting class, using both coasts to bring in a pitcher, two infielders and two outfielders.
The Stony Brook softball team’s starting pitching was once again dominant over the weekend, as the Seawolves swept Maine in a three-game set. The three victories extended the team’s winning streak to ten and helped SBU inch closer to clinching the top seed in the America East tournament.
