STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- The Stony Brook men's soccer team picked up a win in its America East conference opener, 2-1, over Albany on Friday night at Casey Stadium. 

With the win, the Seawolves are now 4-3-1 (1-0-0 AE) on the season. Albany moves to 3-5-0 (0-1-0 AE).

Quoting Head Coach Ryan Anatol
"Great game tonight. Both teams battled extremely hard as expected to start off conference play," said Anatol. "Credit to our guys who responded really well after the early mistake. We wanted to be positive and proactive and we carried the game for large periods. I thought we deserved the three points tonight."

Highlights

• Senior Martieon Watson (Vessigny, Trinidad) took the first shot of the night just 14 seconds in, but was denied by Albany keeper Danny Vitiello.
• Albany got on the board in the 6th minute when Nico Solabarrieta chipped a shot into the net to give the Great Danes a 1-0 lead.
• In the 31st minute, freshman Jack Valderrabano (New York, N.Y.) took a shot on goal but was unable to get it past the keeper.
• Just 45 seconds before halftime, redshirt sophomore Gabriel Fernandes (North Babylon, N.Y.) scored on a through ball from junior Mark Irvine (Southampton, England) to knot the game at one.
• The Seawolves and Great Danes exchanged shots for much of the second half until senior Serge Gamwanya (Trondheim, Norway) drilled a penalty kick into the goal to give Stony Brook a 2-1 lead.
• Albany's Daniel Krutzen got a shot off in the 88th minute but missed wide.
• Stony Brook outshot the Great Danes, 9-8 in the victory.

Up Next
The Seawolves remain on the road as they head to Sacred Heart on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 3:00 p.m.