Seahawks set to take on Engineers in Cambridge

Summary: The Salve Regina University football team faces Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (1-2) versus MIT Engineers(2-0).

Game date, time and site: Sat., Sep. 27, 2014; 1 p.m. @ Cambridge, Mass.

Live stats: http://web.mit.edu/athletics/www/livestats/football/xlive.htm

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Series edge: This is the 21st meeting between Salve Regina and MIT with the Seahawks owning a 15-5 edge in the all-time series.

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• The Seahawks last played the Engineers on September 28, 2013. The Seahawks won that game 29-21 in Middletown. 
• The Seahawks have won four of the last five matches against the Engineers. 
• Salve Regina started 8-0 against MIT, and has gone 7-5 since.

• This is the first NEFC game for both teams.
• Dan Buonocore (Mahwah, N.J.) leads the Seahawks in rushing yardage with 271, while quarterback Steven Wilken (Ringwood, N.J.) leads the team with three rushing touchdowns.
• Wilken also has thrown for 738 yards on 65-116 passing with six touchdowns and four interceptions.
• Five of Wilken's six touchdowns have gone to senior Matthew Traynor (Secaucus, N.J.).
• Salve Regina has played two other games on September 27 going 1-1 on this day.
• The Seahawks dropped a matchup at against Nichols 34-27 in 2003 and most recently defeated Endicott College 20-17 in 2008.

• Seniors Dan Buonocore, Frank Musco (Montvale, N.J.), and Hayden Stanton (Wallingford, Conn.) will share captains duties for the 2014 season.

TEAM - POINTS 

1. Endicott College   12 points  
2. Salve Regina University   16 points
3. Western New England   30 points
4. MIT   32 points
5. Curry College   40 points
6. U.S. coast Guard Academy   42 points 
7. Maine Maritime Academy   55 points
8. Nichols College   61 points 

*Points are awarded based on positions selected in the poll. A first place vote is awarded one point, a second place vote two points, etc…

• Salve Regina returns home to play Nichols College as part of Fall Fastival Weekend on October 4, 2014.

• Kevin Gilmartin enters his second season as the head coach.
• Gilmartin welcomes three new assistants to his coaching staff this season - former Seahawk player Josh Burnett, along with Brandon Cuevas and Derek Grinkin.