June 11, 2012
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In the News...
• Stony Who? NY team heads to College World Series (Associated Press)
• Nathan's Rangers teammates pull for Stony Brook (Associated Press via Wall Street Journal)
• Series-bound Stony Brook proves it's the real deal (Associated Press via South Bend Tribune)
• Joe Nathan a big Stony Brook fan (ESPN)
• Stony Brook, the Underdog of Underdogs in College World Series (New York Times)
• Heroes' welcome after a big Stony Brook win (Wall Street Journal)
• Seawolves writing terrific tale (New York Post)
• Rolling Stony heads to College World Series (New York Daily News)
• Families greet Stony Brook baseball team (Newsday)
• Stony Brook Seawolves headed to first College World Series (Long Island Press)
• Stony Brook won't be a surprise to UCLA at College World Series (Los Angeles Times)
• Stony Brook Seawolves in the College World Series? Just what the sports world needs (Syracuse.com)
• Stony Brook just didn't want to go home (Shreveport Times)
• Stony Brook shocks the world of baseball (College News)
Stony Brook, N.Y. - The Stony Brook baseball team returned to campus on Monday after a historic win over LSU in the NCAA Super Regionals and was welcomed home by screaming fans, media cameras and faculty and staff members. The Seawolves will be heading to Omaha, Neb. this week for their first-ever College World Series appearance.
The team exited the bus to a raucous ovation, before being honored by Congressman Tim Bishop and Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., who congratulated and thanked the players for their terrific performance.
After winning the Coral Gables Regional, the Seawolves traveled to Baton Rouge, La. to face SEC powerhouse LSU in the NCAA Super Regionals. The six-time national champion Tigers held off Stony Brook, 5-4, in game one, forcing the Seawolves to win two straight games at hostile Alex Box Stadium to clinch an improbable bid in the College World Series. Stony Brook proceeded to shock the world by winning game two, 3-1, and the deciding game three, 7-2, to clinch its first-ever College World Series appearance.
Stony Brook, which has won 28 of its last 31 games, is just the second No. 4 seed to reach the College World Series since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1999. The Seawolves are also the first America East team to reach the College World Series.
The College World Series takes place June 14-26 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb.
Congratulatory Quotes from around New York State for Stony Brook Baseball
making the College World Series
"On behalf of all of SUNY, it is a great pleasure to extend my deepest congratulations to the Seawolves on advancing to the NCAA Division I College World Series - a first not just for the college but for all of SUNY. I wish the team, coach Matt Senk, and his staff the best of luck as they represent SUNY and Stony Brook University with distinction, sportsmanship, and excellence on the national stage."
- SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher
"This is a proud moment for the Stony Brook Baseball program, the entire campus community, and all of us on Long Island and around the country who support the Seawolves. I'm proud to represent this group of talented and dedicated student-athletes, and I wish them continued success at the College World Series in Omaha."
- Congressman Tim Bishop
"The Seawolves baseball team has performed outstandingly in getting to the College World Series. The team has done a tremendous job representing themselves and has elevated the University to a greater stature. All New Yorkers and, indeed, all in the northeast are incredibly proud of the team's achievements. Go Seawolves!"
- NY State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle
"I am pleased to welcome home the Stony Brook Seawolves, and to congratulate them on their extraordinary victory over LSU. Under the leadership of Coach Senk, the Seawolves have defied the odds and are on the verge of national prominence in college baseball--it is a well-deserved honor. On behalf of the New York State Senate, I applaud the fine athletes on the Seawolves team, and wish them the best of luck in the College World Series."
- NY State Senator John Flanagan
"The Seawolves baseball team has put Stony Brook, New York on the map as they make their way to Omaha as the first New York team in 30 years to reach the College World Series. Congratulations to the team for living up to the Stony Brook University tradition of taking only a few short years to ramp up into world class players."
- NY State Assemblyman Steve Englebright
“I offer congratulations to the Stony Brook Seawolves. For the first time in 31 years New York is participating in the College World Series and I am proud to have the Stony Brook Seawolves representing Suffolk County. Congratulations to the team, the coaches the administration and the Stony Brook student body for their support of the Seawolves and I look forward to their win in Omaha.”
- Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone
"I congratulate the Stony Brook Seawolves and Coach Senk on their amazing climb to the top. The Town of Brookhaven will be rooting for them as they move on to their first-ever College World Series in Omaha. Go Seawolves!"
- Brookhaven Town Supervisor Mark Lesko
