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Playing against the some of the best competition in the nation is nothing new for the Stony Brook baseball team. Just ask the six Seawolves who suited up for Cape Cod League teams last summer. So when the Miami Hurricanes sit in the opposing dugout on Friday down in South Beach, you can bet intimidation will be no issue.

That, according to a piece in Newsday today, is one reason to not count Stony Brook out despite playing as the No. 4 seed in the Coral Gables regional matched up against a program that has made 40 straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

“We were facing the best players in the nation day in and day out,” Travis Jankowski told Newsday about his time on the Cape. “When we go to a regional and we're playing the best 64 teams in college baseball, we kind of know we can compete with these guys at a high level.”

In fact, Jeremy Mills of ESPN considers the Seawolves to be the toughest No. 4 seed and Miami has one of the most difficult roads to a Super Regional.

Ranked in the top-10 nationally in three statistical categories as a team, including second in team batting average, Stony Brook leads the country in winning percentage and boasts an explosive lineup. Willie Carmona is one of multiple Stony Brook bats that can erupt at any given moment. Newsday has more on Carmona.

You can read more on Stony Brook’s regional appearance, here.

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