| Stony Brook's Pat Cantwell is congratulated by teammates after scoring a run against LSU in the fourth inning of Game 3. (Crystal Logiudice-US PRESSWIRE / June 10, 2012) |
10:39 p.m. CDT, June 10, 2012
Score a stunning blow for Northeast college baseball.Stony Brook became the first America East Conference program to qualify for the College World Series, quieting an LSU-record crowd of nearly 12,000 at Alex Box Stadium with a dominant 7-2 win Sunday night to capture a super regional series, two games to one.
The Seawolves are just the third No. 4 seed to ever reach Omaha, but this was no fluke. They had seven players selected in this week's Major League Baseball draft, or two more than LSU, and they played like the better team throughout this series.
Stony Brook outhit the Tigers 15-3 -- leadoff man Travis Jankowski went 4-for-6 with two runs -- and roared out to a 6-1 fourth inning lead. Maxx Tissenbaum drove in three runs, two coming on a fourth-inning double, while Kevin Krause added two RBI.
Sophomore Frankie Vanderka, who took the loss in Saturday's weather-delayed series opener, tossed a complete-game three-hitter Sunday. He induced 17 flyouts and finished in style with a game-ending strikeout of Alex Edward, sending the Seawolves toward the mound for a wild, celebratory dog-pile.
Mason Katz homered in the first inning for LSU, but all that did was tie the game at 1. Stony Brook scored three runs in the third and never looked back.
The Seawolves will meet UCLA in their improbable College World Series opener Friday or Saturday.
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