BALTIMORE – The Stony Brook women's lacrosse team got back in the win column on Wednesday night, downing America East opponent UMBC at UMBC Stadium by a score of 16-5.
 
This marks the eighth-straight year that the Seawolves have won its conference opener.

QUOTING HEAD COACH Joe Spallina
"Great to get off to a 1-0 start in conference. This team is buying in practicing hard and making great progress. I'm happy for them that they were rewarded today! It was great to see some young players stepping up and contributing on both sides of the ball. All of our attention turns to Cornell on Saturday."
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Ally Kennedy (North Babylon, N.Y.)and Siobhan Rafferty (Long Beach, N.Y.) shined for Stony Brook, combining for 11 of the team's 16 goals.
• Both earned career highs with Kennedy scoring six while Rafferty laid claim to five.
• The Seawolves scored the first four goals of the evening as Kennedy, Jesse Arline (Wading River, N.Y.) and Rafferty (2) all got on the board.
• UMBC put in the game's next two tallies, but Stony Brook notched three unanswered to pull out a 7-3 lead at the half.
• It was all Stony Brook in the second as the Seawolves outscored the Retrievers, 9-2.
• Kennedy converted back-to-back tries from the free position one minute apart from each other and Rafferty scored her fifth of the night to make it a 10-goal advantage.
• Rayna Sabella (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) put the cherry on top with five minutes remaining to round out the Seawolves' scoring.
• Anna Tesoriero (Huntington, N.Y.) made eight saves in goal and picked up two ground balls.

NOTES

• Goals also came from Taryn Ohlmiller (Islip, N.Y.)and Nicole Barretta (Exton, Pa.) (2).
• Ohlmiller and Kennedy have scored in all six games so far.
• Kennedy also paced Stony Brook in draw controls with eight.
• Carlee Janelli (Glen Head, N.Y.), Sabella, Barretta and Rafferty each had two caused turnovers.
• Stony Brook outshot UMBC by a 37-15 margin and forced the Retrievers to turn the ball over 18 total times.
• The home team held a 14-10 advantage in ground balls, but the Seawolves had the edge in draw controls, 13-10.
• The squad's 11-goal decision is its biggest margin of victory this season.
• Head coach Joe Spallina is just one win shy of hitting 200 victories as a head coach.

NEXT UP
The team hits the road for the second time this week, taking on Cornell this Saturday at 1 p.m. in Ithaca, N.Y.