STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Taryn Ohlmiller made Stony Brook women's lacrosse's history on Sunday.

With one more victory, the program will make history as well.

The Seawolves advanced to their third Elite Eight in the past four NCAA tournaments with a 20-8 victory against Rutgers on Sunday at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.

Ohlmiller followed up her seven-point performance in the opening round against Towson with four goals and eight assists against the Scarlet Knights — eclipsing Courtney Murphy's nine points against Penn in 2018 for the program record for an NCAA Tournament game.

Ohlmiller became the third player in NCAA Tournament history with at least 12 points in a game — and came within one of Katie Rowan's total for Syracuse against Towson in 2008 for the NCAA Tournament record.

Ohlmiller's eight assists tied Rowan for the tourney record.

Now with 408, Ohlmiller passed Murphy (406) for second in program history in points. Only sister Kylie, who was handling the ESPN3 color commentary of the game on Sunday, amassed more points during her Stony Brook career (498).

"That's really cool. That's something I wasn't expecting at all," said Ohlmiller, who was playing in her final game at LaValle Stadium. "I didn't know about that. It's really special with me and Kylie up there. I definitely won't catch up to her career points, but it's really awesome."

Said Kaeli Huff: "Her vision is unbelievable. Sometimes you cut and you don't even think that you're open. But she knows you have that extra step. So sometimes you're not even expecting it, but she's such a good feeder and has such a quick stick."

Once Ohlmiller passed Murphy's career point total, coach Joe Spallina called timeout to allow the crowd to salute her. 

Huff established a career high with six goals, while Ally Kennedy added four goal against Rutgers. Huff eclipsed her previous best: five as a freshman with USC against Fresno State on April 2, 2017. The six goals also were the second-most in an NCAA Tournament game in program history.

Rutgers transfer Kameron Halsall had seven saves against her former teammates.

Bridget Considine had five assists, which would have been the program's NCAA tourney record if not for Ohlmiller's eight in the same game.

Spallina labeled Sunday's win the most complete by the team in the past three seasons.

Stony Brook (16-2) now has a challenging task to earn the program's first-ever Final Four appearance.

The Seawolves will travel to Chapel Hill for a quarterfinal matchup against top-seeded North Carolina on Saturday.

The teams opened the season against each other on Feb. 14 in Chapel Hill. That game had been scheduled only a couple of days earlier, after both had opponents cancel due to COVID-19 issues. Stony Brook played the Tar Heels tight in the first half, but ultimately lost, 14-7.

That was the first of UNC's 19 victories against no defeats this season. The Tar Heels defeated James Madison, 14-9, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.

"It feels like years ago. It feels like a completely different team," said Huff, contrasting the Seawolves now with the opening-game matchup against the Tar Heels. "Lately, just going into the postseason, the energy has been absolutely incredible. I think that's something maybe we didn't have early in the season. Obviously UNC is an incredible team and absolutely stacked. I think our energy lately has been great, and we're just going to keep rolling with that."

Said Spallina: "There's no other team I'd rather have in the country at this point. We're playing our best lacrosse. We're healthy. And we're one win away from doing something no one wants us to do."

Turning his focus to UNC, Spallina added: "They're arguably the best college lacrosse roster of all time, with their fifth-year grads, All-American and Team USA players transferring in. I have a great relationship with their head coach. She and I coach together with Team USA. I coach her son in club ball. He plays with my son. There's familiarity there. I have a ton of respect for North Carolina. But this isn't about them. This is about us. This is about us going in there and fighting our rear ends off. We're 60 minutes away. We don't have to be better 18 times. We don't have to be better for three hours. We have to be better for 60 minutes of lacrosse."