STONY BROOK, N.Y. - The three-time reigning America East champion Stony Brook Seawolves had their season come to an end on Sunday afternoon, falling to Princeton, 8-4, in the NCAA second round at LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, N.Y.
The Seawolves ended the year with an 18-2 record while becoming the first team in America East history to earn a bye to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Seawolves were only the third program in conference history to be seeded in the NCAA Championship and had five wins over top-20 programs.
The four Stony Brook goals were scored by four different players including Dorrien Van Dyke, Kylie Ohlmiller, Courtney Murphy and Kristin Yevoli. Murphy and Van Dyke also had three ground balls apiece to lead the Seawolves, with Murphy adding a pair of caused turnovers.
Princeton was led by Abby Finkleston's four goals, but it was the defense that did the job for the Tigers as Ellie DeGarmo made six saves to lead the effort.
After falling behind, 2-0, early, Stony Brook battled back in front of their home crowd with three-straight. Van Dyke started the run with Stony Brook's first goal at the 16:16 mark of the first half. Murphy followed with the game-tying goal four minutes later, followed by Ohlmiller who gave the Seawolves their first and only lead with eight and a half minutes to play in the first half.
Finkleston got her first goal of the game at the 3:10 mark as the teams went into halftime knotted at three.
Stony Brook had an early opportunity to take the lead in the second half, but it was DeGarmo coming up huge with a stop on Ohlmiller on the doorstep to keep the sides even.
Princeton scored the next three goals to take a 6-3 lead with 13:20 to play in the contest.
Yevoli cut the deficit to two, driving hard on the right side and firing a low shot to make it 6-4 with 12:33 to go.
Princeton was able to kill much of the clock after that giving Stony Brook few opportunities with the ball to mount a comeback. The Tigers did not score another goal until finishing an empty-netter with 22 seconds left and another with eight seconds put the final at, 8-4.