*Stony Brook’s season ended with a 13-4 mark, setting a school record for number of wins in a season. The team also captured its first America East regular-season and tournament championships and advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time in the program’s history. But it was difficult for coach Rick Sowell to put that all in perspective after Sunday’s heart-breaking loss. "We all will have to re-live the game and certain periods of the game, and we’ll probably drive ourselves nuts with the would’ves, could’ves and should’ves," he said. "But I want to avoid that because for me, as I told the guys, the fun’s over. I’m more bummed out by that than the result of the game. The finality of it is there’s no practice tomorrow, there’s no weightlift, there’s no going to the training room. That’s the bummer for me. This team’s gone, and there will be a new team next season."

*But cupboard isn’t exactly bare with the Seawolves, who will return their entire starting attack and midfield units. The biggest losses will occur on the defensive side of the field where close defensemen Chris Gignilliat and Michael Sopko, goalkeeper Charlie Paar and long-stick midfielder Steve Waldeck will bid farewell. Still, Sowell said the bar has been set. "We don’t want it to be one-and-done," he said. "That’s not what we want. We’re not happy just to be here. We’re going to try to get back here as often as we can."

*One of the funniest comments from Sunday’s postgame conference came from junior midfielder Shamel Bratton, who returned to Long Island where he had played for nearby Huntington High School in Huntington Station, N.Y. Asked what he thought about returning to the area, Bratton said, "Actually, I was expecting a little more love from the crowd. There weren’t that many people rooting for me over the age of 12."