STONY BROOK, N.Y. - The No. 6/7 Stony Brook women's lacrosse team plays its first home game of 2017 when the Seawolves host Bryant Saturday afternoon at LaValle Stadium.
Game 2 // Bryant (0-0) at No. 6/7 Stony Brook (1-0)
Date & Time Saturday, Feb. 18 // Noon
Location Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium // Stony Brook, N.Y.
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Scouting the Bulldogs
Saturday will be Bryant's 2017 season opener, as the Bulldogs are coming off a 13-5 2016 campaign in which they were upset in the NEC title game. Bryant was picked to win the league again in 2017 by the conference's head coaches.
Mount Sinai native Jess DeMeo led the Bulldogs with 34 goals a year ago as a freshman. Catlin Brown (31 goals, 14 assists) also returns for Bryant. The Bulldogs have been NEC regular-season champions in each of the last three seasons.
Series History vs. Bryant
The Seawolves and Bulldogs met for the first time in Stony Brook's 2016 season opener, as the Seawolves won 18-4 in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Kylie Ohlmiller had five goals and two assists in the victory.
Last Time Out: Stony Brook 10, Towson 9
Junior Kylie Ohlmiller scored with four seconds remaining to lift the Seawolves to a 10-9 win at No. 19 Towson Feb. 4. The victory was the 12th over a ranked opponent in program history and 11th since the start of 2014.
This Day in Seawolves History: February 18
Stony Brook is 0-3 all-time in Feb. 18, but has not played on the date since 2010. The Seawolves lost to Colgate in 2006, Loyola in 2009 and Denver in 2010.
Ohlmiller Earns National Player of the Week Honor
Junior Kylie Ohlmiller was tabbed as National Player of the Week by the Baltimore Sun Feb. 8 after scoring the game-winning goal and adding three assists in the win at No. 19 Towson.
Seawolves Sweep America East Honors
Stony Brook took home all three conference weekly awards for the first weekend of the season, as junior Kylie Ohlmiller was named Offensive Player of the Week, sophomore Anna Tesoriero was tabbed as Defensive Player of the Week and freshman Ally Kennedy was chosen as Rookie of the Week.
Kennedy's Debut a Memorable One
Freshman Ally Kennedy made an impact in her first game in a Stony Brook uniform. Kennedy scored two goals in the Feb. 4 win at Towson, with the first coming on a play in which she caused a turnover by the goalie, picked up the ground ball and scored on an open net.
Starting off on the Right Foot
The Seawolves are 6-0 in season openers under Coach Spallina after the Feb. 4 win at Towson. Stony Brook is 13-2 in the month of February since Coach Spallina took over in 2012.
Core Returns for Seawolves
According to US Lacrosse Magazine, Stony Brook and Towson are the only preseason top-20 teams that return over 90% of their scoring from a year ago
Murphy Rewriting Record Book
Courtney Murphy enters Saturday 57 goals away from breaking Gail Cummings' NCAA career goals record. Cummings scored 289 goals for Temple from 1985-88. Murphy is the active career leader in goals with 233, a margin of 49 over Notre Dame's Courtney Fortunato.
Murphy is in sole possession of 19th place in NCAA history with 233, one back of Johns Hopkins' Mary Key, who scored 234 goals from 2004-07.
Seawolves vs. the NEC
Stony Brook has faced seven of the eight current NEC members in women's lacrosse, holding a 20-4 record against the conference. The Seawolves also went 3-0 against Monmouth when the Hawks were in the NEC.
Wily Kylie
Kylie Ohlmiller leads all active Division I players with 4.31 points/game, while Courtney Murphy is second (4.14).
Next Up: Marist
The Seawolves will head to Poughkeepsie to face Marist Tuesday at 4 p.m.
