FAIRFIELD, Conn. – When a team is hot, everything seems to go their way. Well, the Fairfield University baseball team has now won 12 of their last 14 games and has been surprising everyone. The Stags rallied with seven runs in the sixth inning and would eventually win 14-9, to take down the reigning America East champions Stony Brook, a team that was ranked 26th in the country during the preseason. The victory snaps a seven game losing against the Seawolves, dating back to 2007.

The seven run inning came after Head Coach Bill Currier implored his team to be aggressive at the plate, as the Stags (21-18) tallied just three hits in the first five innings.

“I was tired of watching them take fastballs with men on base,” Coach Currier said. “We were sitting back, and I wanted them to be more aggressive.”

The squad answered their coach's challenge and erupted for seven runs on six hits, with all the runs scoring when there were two outs in the frame. Trailing 9-5 with two on and two out, Drew Arciuolo had the first big hit of the inning when he lined the ball the opposite way to plate two runs. After Brendan Tracy's walk forced in a run, Mac Crispino would drive in the tying and go-ahead runs with a single to right, giving Fairfield a 10-9 lead. The very next batter, Troy Scocca singled through the right side for the third two-run single of the inning, capping a frame where the Stags would lead 12-9.

Fairfield got insurance runs in the seventh with a Kevin Radziewicz RBI double and Scocca notched his fourth hit of the day with a run-scoring double in the eighth.

There were many bats that grabbed the attention during the final four innings, but no one really garnered more cheering from his teammates than freshman pitcher Patrick O'Leary. The freshman, who grew up mere miles away and attended Fairfield Ludlowe, made his home debut and would throw three hitless innings, grabbing his first collegiate save.

“It feels great to do it in Fairfield,” O'Leary said with a smile. “I was thinking our hitters got us a pretty big hit before I went out there. I was just thinking to throw strikes, stay in the zone, and let my infield do the work.”

Before O'Leary went on the mound, the Seawolves (17-19) had pounded 14 hits and tallied nine runs in the first six innings. O'Leary was the fourth freshman pitcher of the afternoon and would silence the Stony Brook bats through three innings. Those three innings actually doubled the output of his young career, as he tallied three frames in his previous two outings.

“He did a good job,” Currier said. “It's not a surprise because we know he's capable of it. That's why he is here. It's good to see him go out there and throw two pitches for strikes.”

Five Stags tallied multiple hits in the game, with Scocca's career-high four hits leading the squad. No hit was hit further than Jake Salpietro's two-run opposite field two-run shot that tied the game in the third. Radziewicz extended his hitting streak to nine-straight games with his two hits today.

Today was the 10th comeback win of the season for the Stags, three of those coming in their last four games. In total, the Stags have won five-straight and nine of their last 10.

The Stags will put all those winning streaks on the line, including their 10-straight MAAC winning streak, when they travel to Dutchess Stadium for a three-game series with Manhattan starting on Saturday at noon.