STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Junior Kylie Ohlmiller (Islip, N.Y.) scored the first three goals of the game, as the No. 4 Stony Brook women's lacrosse team jumped out to a 6-0 lead and held off Albany to clinch its fifth-consecutive America East Championship with a 14-12 victory over the Great Danes Sunday at LaValle Stadium. With the victory – Stony Brook's 13th-straight win – the Seawolves improve to 18-1, while the Great Danes fall to 12-5.
 
Coach Spallina's Take
"There is a lot of familiarity between two teams who play each other twice for six years. They knew a lot of our tendencies, we knew a lot of theirs. Nothing is going to come easy when you're trying to win a championship game and for us, I'm proud of them."
 
By the Numbers
- Junior Kylie Ohlmiller (Islip, N.Y.) recorded six goals and one assist to give her a nation-leading 145 points on the season. Ohlmiller has 70 goals and 75 assists through Friday and will enter the NCAA Tournament three points back of Jen Adams' Division I single-season record of 148 set in 2001.
- Sophomore Keri McCarthy (Hauppauge, N.Y.) tallied 10 draw controls, her highest total since she corralled a career-high 12 against Marist on February 21.
- Freshman Taryn Ohlmiller (Islip, N.Y.) scored three goals to cement her fourth-consecutive hat trick and now has 16 over her last four games.
- Senior Dorrien Van Dyke (Northport, N.Y.) recorded two goals, two ground balls and five draw controls.
- Kylie Ohlmiller, Taryn Ohlmiller, senior Ashley Gomes (Freeport, N.Y.) and junior Carolyn Carrera (Riverhead, N.Y.) were named to the All-Championship Team, with Kylie Ohlmiller taking home Most Outstanding Player honors with a tournament-record 15 points.
 
Notes
- Kylie Ohlmiller's 75 assists on the season passed Denver's Jill Remenapp for second in a single season in NCAA history. Ohlmiller is eight assists shy of the Division I single-season record of 83 set by Northwestern's Hannah Nielsen in 2009 and is the first player in Division I history with 70 goals and 70 assists in a single season.
- Kylie Ohlmiller stands at 322 career points through Friday, up to 21st in Division I history.
- Stony Brook has now defeated Albany five straight times in the conference title game and has won 10 straight overall against the Great Danes.
- The Seawolves improve to 11-4 all-time in the America East tournament.
- Stony Brook has won 26 straight games against America East competition.
- The Seawolves improve to 57-5 (.919) at LaValle Stadium under Coach Spallina.
 
Up Next
The Seawolves clinched the automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament by winning Sunday, and will learn their first tournament opponent from the NCAA Selection Show Sunday at 9 p.m.