11/23/09

NEWSLETTER 23nov09

Lots of sports news coming from campus these days.

-SB Men's Soccer won the AE and received a bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Brown in 2xOT. You may have heard about the footage on ESPN (PTI) of the cartwheeling goalkeeper- and the cartwheeling penalty kicker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X7WIB1z038




-SB Football (6-5; 5-1) won a share of the Big South Conference by defeating Liberty in a come from behind game- in the last 30 seconds. By 2010, the winner of this conference receives an auto-bid to the NCAA FCS Tournament. http://goseawolves.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/112109aaa.html On September 4, 2010, SB Football opens the season with a road game in Tampa against the University of South Florida, a member of the Big East.

-SB Basketball (3-0) takes on St. John's University in Jamaica, NY on Wednesday, December 2. An alumni pregame reception will be held at 5pm at the Sly Fox. You can sign up for the event here (which includes admission, food, and refreshments for $25): http://www.alumniconnections.com/links/link.cgi?l=942551&h=1318308&e=STO-20091123155348

-Greg Giampaolo '82 is organizing an indoor league in Suffolk County- for those over 30 that wish to play, please contact Greg at Lax07@att.net.

-Jordan McBride '11 and Rhys Duch '08 have been named to the Canadian National Team. For a breakdown, read here: http://www.nllinsider.com/2009/10/23/worlds-2010-team-canada-30-man-roster-breakdown/

11/10/09

NEWSLETTER 10nov09

-The SB Football helmet makes an appearance on ESPN during a SportsCenter commercial with Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv9fII74BSA





-Harold McVey, father of Kurt McVey '05, will be named to the Lacrosse Hall of Fame early next year in February. Congrats to the McVey Family.


-The University has announced it will be constructing a new 135 room hotel on the east side campus:
http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/New_Hotel_Planned_for_Stony_Brook_University_Campus_printer.shtml


-Stay tuned for news on the Laxbacker Dinner, which will be held in February.