STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Junior LF
Dylan Resk (Ardsley, N.Y.) two-run, two-out double down the left field line in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the Stony Brook baseball team the lead in game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader and the Seawolves held on for the 9-8 victory to claim the America East Conference series against visiting UMass Lowell at Joe Nathan Field.
The Seawolves (15-10, 4-2 AE) dropped game one of the DH on Saturday 6-5 to the River Hawks (10-14, 3-3 AE).
Senior LHP
Cole Creighton (Levittown, Pa.) earned the victory in game 2 of the day with 2.0 hitless innings of work in relief.
Sophomore SS
Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.) collected a total of four hits in the two games on Saturday with two hits in each game. He extended his multi-hit game streak to seven in a row and is now hitting a team-high .388 for the season.
Game One Turning Point
Stony Brook jumped out to a 5-1 lead thanks to home runs by freshman C
John Tuccillo (Clinton Corners, N.Y.) and Grande, but UML clawed their way back into the game with four runs in the top of the sixth inning and plated a single run in the eighth inning to cap the comeback.
Game Two Turning Point
The Riverhawks took a 7-3 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning before the Seawolves tied the score with four runs on just two hits. UML retook the lead with a single run in the top of the sixth before Resk's two-run double in the eighth for Stony Brook.
Quoting Head Coach Matt Senk
"This was an incredibly hard fought series. I have to give a ton of credit to UMass Lowell. We just kept trading punches and I couldn't be more proud of our guys to be able come out and win this dogfight of a series."
Notes/Stats
- Stony Brook hit six doubles combined in the two games on Saturday to bring the season total to 61 and are among the NCAA leaders.
- Sophomore SS Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.) had two hits in each of the games on Saturday and now has 11 multi-hit games this season, including seven straight.
- Grande also homered in game one for his third home run of the season and fourth of his career.
- Freshman C John Tuccillo (Clinton Corners, N.Y.) belted a three-run home run in the fourth inning of game one for his first career homer.
- Senior LHP Cole Creighton (Levittown, Pa.) picked up the win in game two, his second of the season and his career.
- Junior LF Dylan Resk (Ardsley, N.Y.) had two hits in game two on Saturday and now has three multi-hit games this season.
- Senior 3B Bobby Honeyman (Massapequa, N.Y.) had two hits in game two on Saturday and now has nine multi-hit games this season.
On Deck
Stony Brook completes its 16-game homestand with when Iona visits Joe Nathan Field for a 3:30 p.m. start on Wednesday.
