STONY BROOK, N.Y. – No. 1 Stony Brook women's lacrosse kicked off the 2018 postseason in impressive fashion on Friday night at LaValle Stadium, defeating New Hampshire, 19-5, in the semifinal round of the 2018 America East Women's Lacrosse Championships.
 
With the win, the Seawolves (18-0, 7-0 AE) will advance to the 2018 America East Women's Lacrosse Championship contest for the seventh-straight season. Stony Brook has won five-straight conference postseason titles under Head Coach Joe Spallina, and will look to make it six on Sunday, May 6 at LaValle Stadium vs. Albany (ESPN+).
 
QUOTING HEAD COACH Joe Spallina
"We're 1-0 in the new season. I liked our approach, and I thought we did a nice job jumping on them early – sharing the ball and doing the things that we do well. We had some good stops on defense that turned into quick goals on the other side. Now we have an opportunity to secure our second goal on Sunday, which is to win the conference and get the automatic qualifier in the NCAA Tournament."

HIGHLIGHTS

• Kylie Ohlmiller (Islip, N.Y.) recorded four goals and five assists for nine total points to lead the way once again for the Seawolves' offense. She now has an NCAA-best 137 points in 2018.
• Courtney Murphy (Shirley, N.Y.) added five goals and two helpers for seven points, and Taryn Ohlmiller (Islip, N.Y.) had three goals and three assists for six points.
• Tiffany Zullo (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) added two goals and one assist for three points, while Ally Kennedy (North Babylon, N.Y.) and Samantha DiSalvo (Lynbrook, N.Y) each added one goal and one assist.
• DiSalvo led the way with four draw controls on the night, and Keri McCarthy (Hauppauge, N.Y.) added three.
• Anna Tesoriero (Huntington, N.Y.) made eight saves, allowing just four goals in 51:38 of action to improve to 18-0 so far in 2018.

NOTES

• The Seawolves held a shots advantage over New Hampshire 30-20, and won 13 of 25 draw controls.
• Stony Brook assisted on 13 of 19 goals, tallying double-digit assists in 13 contests now so far in 2018.
• Stony Brook has now won 18-straght contests, the longest winning streak in program history. The Seawolves have also won 31-straight contests at LaValle Stadium.

NEXT UP: AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP vs. ALBANY

• The Seawolves are back in action on Sunday, May 6, hosting Albany in the title contest of the 2018 America East Championships at 12 p.m. from LaValle Stadium. 
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