THIBODAUX, LA. – Senior 3B Bobby Honeyman's (Massapequa, N.Y.) three RBIs and senior LHP Cole Creighton's (Levittown, Pa.) first career victory on the mound led the Stony Brook baseball team to a season-opening 6-5 win over Nicholls State on Friday at Didier Field.
 
Honeyman had a two-run single in the fourth inning that gave the Seawolves (1-0) the lead and then doubled in the tying run in the sixth inning and came around to score the go-ahead run later in the inning.
 
Creighton tossed 3.0 scoreless innings in relief of sophomore starting pitcher Greg Marino (Lake Grove, N.Y.), who went 4.0 innings and allowed just one earned run. Senior RHP Aaron Pinto (West Covina, Calif.) threw 1.1 scoreless innings to close the game and earn his fourth career save.

Turning Point 
Stony Brook entered the sixth inning trailing Nicholls State 4-3, but Honeyman, sophomore SS Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.) and junior 1B Brandon Alamo (Artesia, Calif.) each drove in runs that gave the Seawolves the lead.
 
Quoting head coach Matt Senk
"Despite our best efforts to try and beat ourselves early in the game we persevered, played hard and came up with a hard fought victory to start the season on a high note."
 
Notes

• Junior 1B Brandon Alamo belted his first Stony Brook home run in the 6^th inning.
• Senior LHP Cole Creighton picked up his first career victory in his 35^th appearance, going 3.0 innings of scoreless baseball in relief.
• Senior RHP Aaron Pinto earned his fourth career save with 1.2 innings of work.
• Senior 3B Bobby Honeyman recorded a pair of his and drove in three runs.
• Junior 2B Brandon Janofsky (Jackson, N.J.) collected two hits on Friday night.
• Senior LHP Teddy Rodliff (Quincy, Ma.) made his 60^th career appearance on the mound, the 6^th most in Stony Brook history.

 
On Deck
Stony Brook and Nicholls continue the series with three more games, including Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, Sunday at 7 p.m. ET and Monday at 7 p.m. ET.