The team plays its home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, located on the university's campus in Stony Brook, New York.

Stony Brook has appeared in 11 consecutive NCAA Tournaments since 2013, advancing to the quarterfinals four times.

[3] Under head coach Joe Spallina, Stony Brook has built an identity of a national powerhouse constructed out of overlooked Long Island recruits.

[4][5] Kylie Ohlmiller, who played for Stony Brook from 2015 to 2018, holds both the NCAA career and single season records for points and assists.

[6] Courtney Murphy, who played for Stony Brook from 2014 to 2018, broke the NCAA career and single season records for goals.

[7] Stony Brook University formed their women's lacrosse team in 2001 with Danie Caro as their first head coach, with the announcement that the program would begin play during the 2003 season.

[8] In the team's first season, the Seawolves finished in third place in the conference but advanced to the semifinals in the America East playoffs, losing 15–4 to Boston University.

[9] Caro left the program in 2005 and was replaced by former Maryland player and four-time national champion Allison Comito.

[10] Comito resigned following the 2011 season, amassing a 42–54 record in her six-year tenure as head coach.

[11] Joe Spallina, who had won three straight Division II titles as the coach at Adelphi University, succeeded Comito.

Stony Brook defeated UMBC 9–7 in the America East semifinals before losing to Albany in the conference finals, falling one game short of their first NCAA Tournament.

Stony Brook had their most successful season yet in 2013, going undefeated in conference play for the first time, winning their second regular season conference championship and beating Vermont 18–4 and Albany 14–3 in the America East playoffs to win their first America East Tournament and advance to their first NCAA Tournament.

[15][16] Still, the team's final 17–3 record bore the program the most single-season wins to date, beginning the first of six consecutive conference championships.

For the first time in team history, Stony Brook was ranked Top 10 in a major national poll.

[17] Also on March 9, 2013 against Longwood, Claire Petersen set the NCAA single-game assist record with 11.

[20] In 2015, the first season which Kylie Ohlmiller and Courtney Murphy played together, Stony Brook finished with an 18–2 record.

[23] After disposing of UMBC and Albany in the America East Tournament, Stony Brook earned the No.

[26] Stony Brook beat Boston College 11–9 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before losing 7–6 to No.

[30] Murphy tore her ACL four games into her senior season, but earned an extra year of eligibility.

[31] Sweeping the America East for the third consecutive year, Stony Brook beat ranked opponents such as No.

4 Colorado before taking down New Hampshire and Albany in the America East playoffs to win their fifth straight conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance.

Stony Brook was seeded eighth in a controversial move that was later attributed to New York governor Andrew Cuomo's state-sanctioned travel ban to the state of North Carolina due to the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act.

[35] With 164 points and 86 assists, Kylie Ohlmiller broke the previous NCAA single-season records in both statistics.

[37] Stony Brook ended the regular season undefeated at 17–0 and beat New Hampshire and Albany in the America East Playoffs to win their sixth straight conference title.

[40] In the quarterfinals, Stony Brook battled fourth-seeded Boston College to double overtime before losing 12–11 on a last-second goal.

[47] In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Stony Brook upset defending champions James Madison 10–9 in overtime.

[70] In Stony Brook's first year as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association, the 2023 Seawolves began 4–0 with ranked wins over No.

[71][72][73][74][75] On April 12, Stony Brook lost 12–7 at Rutgers, the program's first loss to an unranked team since 2019.

[77][78] Stony Brook broke the record for most goals scored and margin of victory in a CAA title game.

5 Syracuse 13–12 in overtime at the JMA Wireless Dome, the program's fifth-ever win against a top-five opponent.