Stony Brook Seawolves women's lacrosse

Stony Brook Seawolves women's lacrosse
Founded 2003
University Stony Brook University
Head coach Joe Spallina (since 2012 season)
Stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (capacity: 8136)
Location Stony Brook, New York
Conference America East Conference
Nickname Seawolves
Colors Red, Blue, and Gray[1]
              
NCAA Tournament appearances
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Conference Tournament championships
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Conference regular season championships
2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

The Stony Brook Seawolves women's lacrosse team is a NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing Stony Brook University as part of the America East Conference. They play their home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York.

Head coach

Stony Brook is coached by Joe Spallina, who took over in 2012. Spallina was a 1996 graduate of Adelphi University, where he helped the Panthers win Division II national championships in 1993 and 1995. He then earned his Master of Arts in Health Studies from Stony Brook University in 2004. He has coached at his former high school, undergraduate college, and graduate school. Starting at his old high school, Rocky Point High School, he led the girls lacrosse team to an 87–9 record from 2003–07 and three consecutive Suffolk County titles. Moving on to Adelphi in 2008, Spallina compiled an 87–2 record during his four seasons there, including three consecutive Division II titles from 2009–11. The roster was largely homegrown, as 89% of Adelphi's squad hailed from Long Island by 2011. Named the Stony Brook head coach on June 15, 2011, Spallina boosted the Seawolves' win total from 4 in 2011 to 14 the next year. The Seawolves were conference runners-up in 2012, but improved the next year to win both regular-season and tournament championships, advancing to the NCAA Tournament. There they defeated Towson University 8–6 in the first round for the program's first NCAA Tournament victory. This was the start of five straight conference regular season and tournament titles in the America East Conference. In 2014 Spallina became the program's winningest coach after just 2 1/2 seasons with his 43rd win April 12th against Albany. Under Spallina, Stony Brook has produced 12 IWLCA All-Americans, 7 Tewaaraton award nominees, one Tewaaraton finalist (Kylie Ohlmiller in 2017), 5 NCAA Tournament bids and 5 wins, a 101–20 overall record, and a 33–2 mark in conference play. The Seawolves' Courtney Murphy set an NCAA goals record with 100 tallies in the 2016 season. 2017 saw the program achieve new highs including a 20–2 record, six wins over ranked opponents, a nation-leading 10.1 assists per game, and an NCAA quarterfinal appearance. In addition, junior Kylie Ohlmiller broke the NCAA assist record with 86 and the points record with 164. The Seawolves lost a 13–12 heartbreaker to Maryland in the NCAA quarterfinal, the closest any team got to defeating the eventual 23–0 national champions.[2]

Individual career records

Reference:[3]

Record Amount Player Years
Goals246Courtney Murphy2014-p
Assists177Kylie Ohlmiller2015-p
Points341Kylie Ohlmiller2015-p
Ground balls189Kaitlin Leggio2006–09
Draw controls238Michelle Rubino2012–15
Caused turnovers125Danielle Werner2003–06

Individual single-season records

Record Amount Player Year
Goals100Courtney Murphy2016
Assists86Kylie Ohlmiller2017
Points164Kylie Ohlmiller2017
Ground balls73Beth Arikian2003
Draw controls106Keri McCarthy2017
Caused turnovers55Brooke Gubitosi2017

Seasons

Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
NCAA Division I (America East Conference) (2003–present)
2003 Danie Caro 7–102–3T-3rd
2004 6–92–45th
2005 8–72–45th
2006 Allison Comito 9–94–2T-3rd
2007 13–45–1T-1st
2008 9–62–4T-4th
2009 4–121–56th
2010 3–121–5T-5th
2011 4–111–5T-6th
2012 Joe Spallina 14–55–12nd
2013 17–36–01stNCAA Second Round
2014 17–44–1T-1stNCAA Second Round
2015 18–26–01stNCAA Second Round
2016 17–46–01stNCAA Second Round
2017 20–26–01stNCAA Quarterfinal
Total:166–100 (.624)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Postseason Results

The Seawolves have appeared in 5 NCAA tournaments. Their postseason record is 5–5.[4]

Year Seed Round Opponent Score
2013–First Round
Second Round		Towson
#1 Maryland		W, 8–6
L, 3–11
2014–First Round
Second Round		Towson
#2 Syracuse		W, 10–8
L, 6–13
2015#6Second RoundPrincetonL, 4–8
2016–First Round
Second Round		Boston College
#4 Syracuse		W, 11–9
L, 6–7
2017#8First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinal		Bryant
Northwestern
#1 Maryland		W, 21–6
W, 13–9
L, 12–13

References

  1. ↑ "Stony Brook University Brand". Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Joe Spallina – Staff Directory". Stony Brook Athletics. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Stony Brook Women's Lacrosse Record Book" (PDF). Stony Brook Athletics. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championships Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
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