Stony Brook fast facts

2009 RECORD: 9-6, Tied

for first with UMBC in

America East.

LAST NCAA APPEARANCE: 2002, lost to Cornell.

COACH: Rick Sowell, fourth season (63-73).

PRESEASON POLL: Co-favorite with UMBC in America East.

PLAYERS TO WATCH: A Jordan McBride (42 goals, 8 assists); M Kevin Crowley (28, 23); MF Tom Compitello (25, 38); M Robbie Campbell (21, 12); A Kyle Belton (18, 4), M Adam Rand (led nation in face-off percentage with .638); M Timmy Trenkle (16, 6); D Steven Waldeck, G Charlie Paar (G).

TOP FROSH: M Joseph Laforet, who scored 14 goals and 33 assists for his junior lacrosse team in London, Ontario. He also won 152 faceoffs.

KEY STATISTIC: McBride, a junior, could set school record for career goals. With 86, he is 47 shy of Kevin Pall's 133. Pall also holds the single-season record of 50, set in 2001.

GAMES TO WATCH: Saturday at No. 3 Virginia; March 23 vs. No. 6 Cornell.

PREDICTION: Stony Brook sweeps through America East and into the NCAA Tournament.