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Over the past few years, the Stony Brook softball team has accomplished nearly everything there is to accomplish broken records, deep playoff runs, individual accolades but the one thing that has eluded them since 2013 is a championship ring. With a core group of players that ranks among the program’s best ever set to depart after this season, there’s some added pressure to win a title this year.
Fittingly, the Seawolves are early favorites to earn the ring. In an America East preseason poll, five out of six rival coaches predicted the Seawolves would win the conference. But head coach Megan Bryant isn’t scared of the hype.