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A strong start fizzled out as Stony Brook football dropped its season opener in Tampa against the South Florida Bulls by a score of 59-14.

An explosive trio of running backs looks to lead the Seawolves into postseason play for the first time in program history. To live up to the heightened expectations the Seawolves are going to rely on its stable of Hansen Award winners - running backs Brock Jackolski, Miguel Maysonet, and Eddie Gowins, along with quarterback JeVahn Cruz - to carry an offense that is losing all-time leading rusher Conte Cuttino.

Men's basketball will return to the floor to begin the 2010-11 season when they travel up to Connecticut to take on perennial power UConn November 12. The Seawolves kick off the home schedule with a 2:00pm game against Mount Ida on November 14.

The Men's Lacrosse team came up short against the Virginia Cavaliers in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament at LaValle Stadium, falling by a score of 10-9. Stony Brook wrapped up its most successful season in program history in front of a sold out crowd against the best team in the country.

Rob Pannell and Ryan Hurley led the Cornell Big Red's potent offense to a 14-5 victory over the surprising Army Black Knights.

The No. 1 ranked Virginia Cavaliers are coming to LaValle Stadium to battle the Seawolves for a spot in the men's lacrosse Final Four in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.

Men's Lacrosse advances to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the first time in program history with a 9-7 win over the Denver Pioneers. America East Player of the Year Kevin Crowley led the way for Stony Brook, scoring three goals.

The Seawolves men’s lacrosse team defeated the Albany Great Danes on Saturday afternoon to win the 2010 America East Championship and secure an automatic bid in the NCAA tournament.

For this week's question, some of the Independent's savviest baseball minds answer which team -- the Mets or Red Sox -- is more likely to make the playoffs. While they differ in their answers, they all seem to agree on one thing- this is only a hypothetical, and neither of these teams will be playing in October.

The Seawolves defeated the Catamounts 10-6 in a slow paced and sometimes sloppy game to advance to the finals of the conference tournament, which is to be played Saturday afternoon. This was the second matchup between the two teams in four days, with Stony Brook taking the first game, 16-10.

The Seawolves drop the Catamounts 16-10 en route to their first ever America East regular season title. Kevin Crowley led the way for Stony Brook with a career-high five goals.

During the Independent's inaugural "Question of the Week" column, we play a little over/under and debate our whether or not Roy Halladay's move to the National League will result in more or less than 23.5 wins.

The Seawolves baseball team continues their winning ways at home with a win over the Fairfield Stags on Wednesday. Junior Stephen Marino went 3-for-4 in the game with 5 RBI, including a go-ahead, two out single in the eighth to put the Seawolves on top for good.

After Albany knocked Stony Brook out in the semi-finals of the America East Conference tournament last year, you can bet that the Seawolves marked an asterisk on their schedule next to their home series with their upstate rivals. The Seawolves split their doubleheader with Albany, winning the first game, 1-0, and dropping the second game, 9-1.

Seawolves baseball wins both games of a doubleheader on Saturday behind two consecutive shutout performance from Nick Tropeano and Tyler Johnson. Maxx Tissenbaum went a combined 4-for-6 in the afternoon to help the Seawolves most into a tie for first place in the America East.