With the America East Women’s Lacrosse Championship on the line, freshman midfielder Kasey Mitchell had a free-position chance to win the game at the buzzer.
On Stony Brook Women’s Lacrosse’s Senior Night, as she has done time after time this season, it was junior attacker Courtney Murphy that stole the show.
Junior attacker Courtney Murphy entered Wednesday night’s game against Binghamton needing just three goals to become the first player in SBU history to reach 200 career goals.
Junior midfielder Dorrien Van Dyke’s final goal of the night, netted off a free-position try with 11:37 left in the second half, marked the 100th goal of her career.
“Oh it went in, and then it went out,” Van Dyke said. “I think that was a little disappointing, but next time I’ll shoot it in a different place and hopefully it stays in.”
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.
On Sunday afternoon at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, the Seawolves took home their third-consecutive America East Women’s Lacrosse championship in a 11-8 defeat of rival Albany.
Stony Brook women’s lacrosse demonstrated its prowess and pulled away from the visiting UMBC Retrievers, winning 16-5 on a Friday evening conference semifinal game.
Sophomores Courtney Murphy and Dorrien Van Dyke led the way for the No. 6/5 Stony Brook Seawolves in their 12-8 romp of the Hofstra Pride Tuesday night in Hempstead.
