Myrtle Beach, S.C. - Stony Brook University's
baseball team was eliminated from 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball
Championship on Sunday afternoon, falling to Coastal Carolina, 25-7, at
the Myrtle Beach Regional held at BB&T Coastal Field. Stony Brook,
which picked up its first NCAA Tournament win in its Division I history
on Saturday, finishes the season at 30-26.
Coastal recorded 25 hits and put the game away with a 10-run fourth.
Freshmen Tanner
Nivins (Kitchener, Ontario) and Maxx
Tissenbaum (Toronto, Ontario) led the Seawolves with two RBI each.
Senior Robert
Dyer (Selden, N.Y.) was the first batter from either team to reach
base, leading off the second with a single up the middle. But Coastal
starter Josh Conway did not allow Dyer to move past first as he retired
the next three hitters.
Stony Brook freshman right-hander Adam
Brown (Melville, N.Y.) retired the first seven batters of the game
before walking Adam Rice with one out in the third. Tucker Frawley
followed with an RBI double to left-center field to give the
Chanticleers a 1-0 lead.
Coastal then blew the game open with the 10 runs in the fourth. Tommy
La Stella drew a leadoff walk and then came home on a two-run home run
from Jose Iglesias. Chance Gilmore then doubled and came home on a
run-scoring single from Daniel Bowman. An Adam Rice sacrifice fly pushed
the Chanticleers lead to 5-0.
A Scott Woodward run-scoring triple made it 6-0 before Rico Noel
drove Brown from the game with a two-run home run. Gilmore made it 10-0
with a two-run double before Bowman capped the inning with an RBI
triple.
The Seawolves answered back with two runs in the bottom of the
fourth, loading the bases with one out. Freshman William
Carmona (Hempstead, N.Y.) then drew a walk to force in a run before
Dyer came home on an RBI groundout from Nivins to make it 11-2.
Coastal added a run in the fifth on a Frawley run-scoring groundout. The
Chanticleers scored two runs in the sixth to take a 14-2 lead but the
Seawolves responded with three in the bottom of the inning on a Nivins
RBI double and a two-run home run from Tissenbaum.
The Chanticleers built their lead to 17-5 in seventh on RBI singles
from La Stella and Rice as well as a sacrifice fly from Rich Witten.
Stony Brook scored a run in their half of the seventh as sophomore Pat
Cantwell (West Islip, N.Y.) was hit by the pitch before moving to
third on a single from junior Chad
Marshall (Paris, Ontario).
Junior Stephen
Marino (Lake Grove, N.Y.) then hit a hard line drive that was
snagged by Coastal pitcher Jackson Geary, who then tried to double
Marshall at first. But Geary threw the ball into the ground, allowing
Cantwell to come home and score.
Postgame quotes
Stony Brook Head Coach Matt
Senk
Opening Statement
"I want to
thank Coastal Carolina for the outstanding tournament they put on, they
are terrific hosts. As far as the game today, I am extremely
disappointed in my team, in myself, and in my coaching staff. Our
starting lineup had five hits today. Not to take away from Coastal. They
are a great team, but when you can't throw the ball over the plate, and
in the places it was with hitters like that, that's the results you are
going to get.
On next year
"We have 12 freshmen. Arguably the
guys that swung the bat the best for us this weekend were our freshmen.
We are very young and we will miss the seniors they have done a
tremendous job for us in their careers. We are very excited about the
class we have coming in and as far as the baseball program is concerned
when you take a step back we had a terrific year with very young players
and terrific ones coming in next year, that is what happening in our
University and its athletic department all around. We are looking
forward to the future based on what happened this year."