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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Another all around team effort lifted the Stony Brook baseball team to an 11-2 victory over visiting Iona on Tuesday afternoon at Joe Nathan Field.

It was also a day of first for the Seawolves (6-8) as sophomore RHP Connor Doyle (Maspeth, N.Y.) earned his first collegiate victory and sophomore DH Andruw Gazzola (Coram, N.Y.) connected for his first career home run. Doyle picked up the victory after he tossed 3.0 scoreless innings and surrendered just two hits with five strikeouts. Gazzola homered over the right field fence in the bottom of the first inning with a runner on base.

A total of six pitchers were used in the Seawolves win and combined to allow six hits and register 11 strikeouts.

At the plate, four Stony Brook hitters collected multi-hit games, while senior 1B Johnny Caputo (Toronto, Ontario) added four RBI to his two-hit performance.  

Turning Point
It didn’t take long for the Seawolves to jump on the Gaels and set the tone for the game. Leadoff batter junior CF Toby Handley (Whitby, Ontario) tripled to left centerfield in the bottom of the first and scored on Andruw Gazzola’s first career home run that landed over the right field fence. All told, Stony Brook scored six runs on five hits in the bottom of the first. 

Quoting Head Coach Matt Senk
"It's always great to start a game with a big inning and we continued to play a solid overall game throughout for the win" 

Notes
- The Seawolves have now won 17 straight mid-week games dating back to April 22, 2014.

- Sophomore 1B Andruw Gazzola (Coram, N.Y.) homered in his first at-bat of the game to extend his hit streak to seven straight games.

- Gazzola’s home run was the first of his collegiate career.

- Junior CF Toby Handley (Whitby, Ontario) tripled to lead off the game and has now reached base safely in 16 straight games (All 13 this season and the final two of the 2015 season).

- Sophomore RHP Connor Doyle (Maspeth, N.Y.) earned his first collegiate victory on Tuesday.  

Up Next
The Seawolves travel to Maryland to opener America East Conference play with a three game series against UMBC that gets underway at noon on Saturday.