STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook University softball team fell to Elon, 9-7, on Saturday afternoon at University Field. The Seawolves saw their 18-game winning streak, the longest in the NCAA entering play on Saturday, come to an end at the hands of the Phoenix.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Stony Brook found itself in a 4-0 hole after the top of the first. Elon blasted a three-run homer in the opening frame.
• Trailing by four runs, the Seawolves answered in the first inning. Julianna Sanzone plated the first run with a single and Naiah Ackerman hit a sacrifice fly to cut the deficit in half.
• The Seawolves' deficit expanded to 6-2 in the second inning. Jordyn Fray entered in relief of Gabrielle Maday, securing the final out of the frame.
• Stony Brook scored three times in the home half of the second, pulling within one run of the Phoenix. Catherine Anne Kupinski plated a pair with a single, prompting Elon to make an early pitching change.
• Elon built the lead to 9-5 before the Stony Brook offense responded to cut the Phoenix lead to three runs in the fifth. Alicia Orosco recorded an infield single with two outs to push a run across, but Stony Brook left a pair of runners on to end the fifth.
• Stony Brook scored once more in the sixth, but again left a pair of runners on base to end the frame. The Seawolves went down in order in the seventh, falling 9-7 to the Phoenix.

• The loss snapped Stony Brook's 18-game win streak, which stood as the longest active streak in all of Division I.
• The Seawolves' streak of 13 straight wins against a conference opponent also came to an end.
• Kyra McFarland finished her day 1-4 at the plate, extending her hit streak to a team-leading 21 straight games.
• Kupinski and Orosco registered multiple hits in the contest.
• Sanzone extended her reached-base streak to 18 straight games, the second longest streak on the squad currently.
• Ashton Melaas threw 3.2 scoreless innings out of the bullpen. She walked two, allowed one hit and struck out two hitters.

QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"It was a really tough ballgame today, both teams were fighting," head coach Megan T. Bryant said. "I thought we did a good job of staying in it when we got down early, answering and responding. We made great plays on defense. I thought [Jordyn] Fray and Ashton [Melaas] did a nice job in relief. We just needed to be a little more opportunistic with runners in scoring position."

NEXT UP
Stony Brook and Elon wrap up the series tomorrow, with first pitch scheduled for a noon on FloSoftball from University Field. The Seawolves will honor their senior class prior to the start of tomorrow's game.

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