Men's Soccer
After years of little success, Stony Brook turned around the program and won their first regular season championship in 2005 ending the regular season with a 11-4-3, 6-1-1 America East record en route to their first America East tournament championship. The team went on to the NCAA College Cup for the first time ever and defeated Yale by a 2-1 score at New Haven to advance to the second round. They would go on to face the Connecticut Huskies where they dropped a 2-0 decision. After four years of absence, the Seawolves returned the NCAA in 2009 but were ousted early in the first round. In 2010 they advanced to the America East semifinals but were defeated by eventual champions UMBC Retrievers by a score of 3-2.
Ryan Anatol who previously coached at South Florida was announced to assume the head coaching duties of the soccer program. In November 13, 2011 the #2 Seawolves clinched their third America East Championship and their second in the past three seasons at LaValle Stadium against the Hartford Hawks with a 4-2 victory. They faced Monmouth in the first round eventually falling in Penalty kicks to close their season.
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