Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball

The Stony Brook Seawolves women’s basketball team is the college basketball program representing Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. The Seawolves currently participate as part of the NCAA Division I basketball, and compete on the Colonial Athletic Association.[2] The Seawolves currently play their home games in the Island Federal Credit Union Arena.

Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball
2022-23 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team
UniversityStony Brook University
Head coachAshley Langford (1st season)
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
LocationStony Brook, New York
ArenaIsland Federal Credit Union Arena
(Capacity: 4,160)
NicknameSeawolves
ColorsRed, blue, and gray[1]
     
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament appearances
2021
Conference tournament champions
2020, 2021
Conference regular season champions
2020

Stony Brook reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in 2021, a year after the team's 28–3 season ended prematurely with the cancelation of the America East Championship and NCAA Tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

History

Stony Brook began play in the 1969–70 season at the Division III level. The program advanced to Division II beginning in the 1995–96 year, and fully transitioned to Division I in 1999 with Trish Roberts as head coach.

Stony Brook played as a Division I independent for its first two seasons before joining the America East in 2001. In Stony Brook's first season in the America East, the Seawolves finished in seventh place but earned two upsets in the tournament to advance to the finals. Stony Brook almost reached the NCAA Tournament in its first season in the America East but fell to Hartford 50–47.[3]

Roberts failed to reach double-digit victories in her next two seasons and resigned on August 25, 2004 to tend to family issues.[4] Sacramento Monarchs assistant Maura McHugh was named interim head coach on September 10 and promoted to full-time head coach on April 26, 2005 after an 8–20 season.[5][6]

In McHugh's second season, Stony Brook won 20 games for the first time in program history and finished a program-best second place in the regular season. On December 2, 2005, Stony Brook played No. 19 Temple, its first ranked opponent in program history, and pulled the 58–56 upset.[7] The Seawolves lost in the conference semifinals but qualified for the WNIT, where they lost to Hofstra in the program's first-ever postseason appearance.[8][9][10] After another second-place finish in the conference regular season in 2006–07 at 14–2, the Seawolves were upset by UMBC in the quarterfinals and McHugh resigned three months later.[11]

McHugh's assistant Michele Cherry was named her successor, but Cherry suffered three straight 20-loss seasons and was on course for a fourth before she resigned in the middle of the 2010–11 campaign, leading assistant Evelyn Thompson to handle head coaching duties for the remainder of the season.[12]

On April 7, 2011, Canisius associate head coach Beth O'Boyle was named Stony Brook's fourth Division I head coach.[13] O'Boyle posted a dismal 4–26 record in her first season but saw a 10-win improvement the next year and another 10-win improvement the year after. The 2013–14 season saw O'Boyle and the Seawolves break the program record for most single-season Division I wins with 24.[14] Stony Brook returned to the America East Championship for the first time since 2002, but were blown out 70–46 by Albany.[15] Stony Brook qualified for the 2014 WNIT and lost to Michigan 86–48 in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines' head coach was former Stony Brook player Kim Barnes Arico.[16] On April 28, 2014, O'Boyle resigned to accept the head coaching position at VCU.[17][18]

On June 15, 2014, Auburn assistant head coach Caroline McCombs was named as O'Boyle's successor.[19] In McCombs' first two seasons, Stony Brook finished with 17 wins and in third place in the America East, earning bids to the WBI both times, losing to Siena in 2015 and Youngstown State in 2016.[20][21] McCombs became the program's all-time winningest head coach on November 21, 2018 with her 67th win, surpassing Roberts.[22] Stony Brook won its first game against a Power Five school by defeating Penn State 81–70 on November 25, 2018.[23] Her first 20-win season came in 2018–19 but ended in the America East semifinals with a loss to Hartford.[24] McCombs reached 100 career victories on January 2, 2020.[25]

The 2019–20 season saw Stony Brook shatter program records, at one point owning a 22-game winning streak, the longest in the nation.[26] Stony Brook defeated Pittsburgh in December for its second program Power Five victory.[27] The Seawolves won their first America East regular season title after defeating Vermont to improve to 25–1 and 13–0 in conference.[28] As the top seed, Stony Brook advanced to the America East Championship with a 28–3 record, set to face Maine at home, but the game was canceled a day before as the COVID-19 pandemic began to sweep through the United States. The Seawolves still earned the America East title as the highest seed remaining.[29]

Stony Brook earned its redemption in the 2020–21 season. The Seawolves, as the second seed in the America East Tournament, earned a bye to the semifinals, routing UMass Lowell to set up a championship rematch with top-seeded Maine.[30] On the road, Stony Brook came back from an 11-point deficit to upset Maine 64–60 and clinch its first trip to the NCAA Tournament in program history.[31] Stony Brook lost 79–44 to Arizona in the first round.[32] McCombs announced on April 2, 2021 that she would be leaving Stony Brook after seven years to be George Washington's new head coach.[33]

On April 28, 2021, James Madison assistant Ashley Langford was hired to replace McCombs.[34]

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Seawolves have appeared in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament one time. Their overall combined record is 0–1.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2021 #14First Round#3 ArizonaL 44−79

WNIT results

The Seawolves achieved their first Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) appearance in 2006. Their overall combined WNIT record is 0–3.

Year Round Opponent Result
2006 First Round Hofstra L 65–92
2014 First Round Michigan L 48–86
2022 First Round VCU L 48–56

WBI results

The Seawolves have appeared in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) two times. Their overall combined WBI record is 0–2.

Year Round Opponent Result
2015 First Round Siena L 46–53
2016 First Round Youngstown State L 60–67

Season-by-season results
Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Trish Roberts (Independent / America East) (1999–2004)
1999–00 Trish Roberts 18–10
2000–01 Trish Roberts 16–12
2001–02 Trish Roberts 16–147–97th
2002–03 Trish Roberts 9–197–9T–4th
2003–04 Trish Roberts 7–216–12T–8th
Maura McHugh (America East) (2004–2007)
2004–05 Maura McHugh 8–206–129th
2005–06 Maura McHugh 20–1012–42ndWNIT First Round
2006–07 Maura McHugh 18–1114–22nd
Michele Cherry (America East) (2007–2011)
2007–08 Michele Cherry 8–232–149th
2008–09 Michele Cherry 6–234–127th
2009–10 Michele Cherry 10–207–9T–4th
2010–11 Michele Cherry
Evelyn Thompson 		7–233–138th
Beth O'Boyle (America East) (2011–2014)
2011–12 Beth O'Boyle 4–261–159th
2012–13 Beth O'Boyle 14–166–10T–4th
2013–14 Beth O'Boyle 24–913–32ndWNIT First Round
Caroline McCombs (America East) (2014–2021)
2014–15 Caroline McCombs 17–1410–63rdWBI First Round
2015–16 Caroline McCombs 17–158–8T–3rdWBI First Round
2016–17 Caroline McCombs 12–185–118th
2017–18 Caroline McCombs 18–1210–6T–3rd
2018–19 Caroline McCombs 23–811–53rd
2019–20 Caroline McCombs 28–314–21stPostseason canceled due to COVID-19[35]
2020–21 Caroline McCombs 15–611–32ndNCAA first round
Ashley Langford (America East) (2021–present)
2021–22 Ashley Langford 23–614–42nd
Total:287–329 (.466)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Awards

America East Coach of the Year

  • Caroline McCombs – 2020

America East Player of the Year

  • Mykeema Ford – 2007

America East Defensive Player of the Year

  • Dana Ferraro – 2006
  • Chikilra Goodman – 2014

America East Rookie of the Year

  • Jessica Smith – 2004
  • Ogechi Anyagaligbo – 2016

America East Sixth Player of the Year

  • McKenzie Bushee – 2021

America East All-Conference First Team

  • Sherry Jordan – 2002, 2003
  • Mykeema Ford – 2006, 2007
  • Jessica Smith – 2007
  • Chikilra Goodman – 2014
  • Sabre Proctor – 2014, 2015
  • Shania Johnson – 2018, 2019
  • Jerell Matthews – 2019
  • India Pagan – 2020

America East All-Conference Defensive Team

  • Dana Ferraro – 2006, 2008
  • Jessica Smith – 2007
  • Kirsten Jeter – 2011
  • Chikilra Goodman – 2014
  • Jessica Ogunnorin – 2015
  • Christina Scognamiglio – 2017
  • Cheyenne Clark – 2020
  • Hailey Zeise – 2021

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