STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Behind a fast start at the plate and steady pitching, Stony Brook rolled to a 12-1 victory over Manhattan in seven innings on Tuesday afternoon.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Freshman Dylan Henshaw made the start for the Seawolves this afternoon. After getting the first batter of the game to line out, the right-hander worked out of early trouble, stranding a runner on second with a strikeout to end the top of the first.
Nick Zampieron led off the bottom half with an eight-pitch walk, then immediately stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Nicholas Dromboski followed with a walk and moved into scoring position on a stolen base before Chanz Doughty drew another walk to load the bases with no outs.
Manhattan turned to the bullpen, but Stony Brook capitalized. Chris Carson brought home Zamperion with a groundout, and Luke Szepek followed with an RBI single to score Dromboski. Doughty later came around on an error, giving the Seawolves a quick 3-0 lead after one inning.
Manhattan got one back in the second on a sacrifice fly, but the Seawolves limited the damage. Szepek cut down a runner attempting to steal, and Henshaw induced a popout to leave another runner stranded at third.
Stony Brook responded immediately in the bottom of the second. A wild pitch allowed Mike Cervoni to score, and Zamperion added a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 5-1. Later in the inning, Doughty broke it open with a two-run shot to left, pushing the advantage to 7-1.
Henshaw continued to settle in, stranding another runner at third with a strikeout in the third inning.
With two outs in the bottom half, Cervoni delivered again, launching his first career home run over the left field fence to make it 8-1.
Ty Panariello took over on the mound in the fourth and worked efficiently. After allowing a one-out single, he induced a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
The Seawolves added another run in the fourth, as Szepek lifted a sacrifice fly to bring in Doughty and stretch the lead to 9-1.
Panariello kept Manhattan off the board in the fifth, stranding a runner on second to end the threat. Stony Brook broke things open even further in the bottom half, extending the lead to 12-1. Zamperion drove in two with an RBI triple, and Dromboski followed with a ground-rule double to plate another run.
In the sixth, Panariello worked around a leadoff single by inducing a 4-6-3 double play before getting a groundout to end the inning.
After a scoreless bottom of the sixth, Evan Kay came out of the bullpen and closed the door, securing the 12-1 run-rule victory for Stony Brook in seven innings.
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— Stony Brook Baseball (@StonyBrookBASE) April 14, 2026
STATS AND NOTES
Stony Brook moves to 11-4 all-time against Manhattan.
Mike Cervoni hit his first career homer this afternoon.
Ty Panariello earned his first victory of the season and his sixth of his career.
The Seawolves have scored a combined 24 runs in the last two games.
Schaffer and Zampieron both recorded two hits in the victory.
Chanz Doughty launched his third homer of the year.
UP NEXT
The Seawolves return to action Friday, hosting Monmouth for a three-game series this weekend. First pitch is set for 2:00 p.m. and will be streamed live on FloCollege.
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