Game 2: Stony Brook (0-1, 0-0 AE) at Brown (1-0, 0-0 Ivy League)
LOCATION	Stevenson-Pincince Field | Providence, R.I.
DATE | TIME	Saturday, Feb. 23  |  1 p.m.
RANKINGS	Stony Brook: UR | Brown: RV USILA
COVERAGE	Live Stats  |  ESPN+
GAME NOTES	Stony Brook | Brown

PROVIDENCE - The Stony Brook men's lacrosse team looks to bounce back after last week's season-opening loss to now second-ranked Penn State when they hit the road to face Brown on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Stevenson-Pincince Field.

The Seawolves (0-1) fell to Penn State in the home opener last Saturday, while Brown (1-0) upended visiting Quinnapiac to open the 2019 campaign.

SEAWOLVES NOTES
• Stony Brook, the co-regular season America East Conference champions in 2018, were slated second in the preseason conference poll selected by the coaches. The Seawolves received three first-place votes and 32 points to fall just behind UAlbany's 33 points and three first-place votes.
• Stony Brook returns the top 10 goal scorers from last year's squad that includes junior Tom Haun who posted 22 goals in 2018 and junior Chris Pickel Jr.'s 21 goals from a year ago.
• The Seawolves also return the top 12 players that dished out assists in 2018 led by sophomore Jack Walsh's 25.
 
LAST TIME OUT
• Stony Brook dropped the season and home opener 17-4 to No. 4 Penn State last Saturday at LaValle Stadium. Four different Seawolves scored a goal in the opener. Mike McCannell, Tom Haun, Devin O'Leary and Cory VanGinhoven all netted a goal. 

SCOUTING BROWN
• The Bears opened the season last weekend with a 20-7 win over Quinnipiac in Providence.
• Nine different players scored goals in the opener for Brown led by Darian Cook, George Grell and Luke McCaleb with three each.  
• Brown is receiving votes in this week's USILA Coaches Poll.
 
SERIES INFO
• This will mark just the fourth meeting between Stony Brook and Brown in lacrosse.
• Brown owns a 2-1 series lead.
• The schools have played in each of the past three seasons starting the series in Stony Brook on Feb. 27, 2016.
• Stony Brook won the only meeting played at Brown, 25-17, back on Feb. 25, 2017.

LAST TIME VS. BROWN
• Brown claimed a 18-11 victory over Stony Brook in LaValle Stadium on Feb. 24, 2018.
• Stony Brook scored first, but Brown rebounded with six straight goals and held a 7-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.
• Chris Pickel Jr. , Jack Walsh, Cory VanGinhoven and Patrick Kaschalk all netted two goals each against the Bears.

FIRST TIMERS
A total of five Seawolves saw their first action at Stony Brook in Saturday's game: Freshman midfielder David Estrella (North Babylon, N.Y.), junior attacker Jack Hannigan (East Islip, N.Y.), freshman midfielder Layton Harrell (Newtown, Conn.), freshman attacker Matt Anderson (Burlington, Ontario) and freshman midfielder Caleb Pearson (Langley, B.C.).

ON DECK
Stony Brook will travel west on 495 to visit Hoftra on Tuesday for a 7 p.m. tilt at James M. Shuart Stadium.