Second-half surge helps Seahawks past Colonels

SEAHAWK FOOTBALL RESULTS

Salve Regina 31 , Curry 13
Middletown, R.I. – Gaudet Field
Saturday, October 3, 2015

Series and Streaks
Salve Regina and Curry entered the contest with the Seahawks owning a 14-8 advantage in the all-time series. The Seahawks now own a 15-8 advantage over the Colonels. Salve Regina has won 14 in a row at home over NEFC opponents dating back to 2011.

Three Stars of the Game
1 – Sam Pascale (Chesire, Conn.) tops 200 yards rushing for the third straight week. Rushing for 204 yards on 30 attempts and two touchdowns, including a 60 yarder to put the game away in the fourth quarter.
2 – Alex Hulme (Hopkinton, Mass.) caught five passes for 110 yards and a touchdown.
3 – Devin Williams (Gardner, Mass.) led all players with 12 tackles, 9 solo, and 1.5 tackles for loss.

Scoring Drives

CUR-1st-08:34-Marc Mrozek 33 yd field goal--8-49-4:31-3-0
CUR-2nd-13:33-Mike O'Hearn 5 yd run (Marc Mrozek kick)-5-22-2:11-10-0
SRU-2nd-10:24-Alex Hulme 15 yd pass from Brandan Basil (Andrew Verre kick failed)-7-62-3:00-10-6
CUR-2nd-01:45-Marc Mrozek 24 yd field goal--10-62-5:34-13-6
SRU-3rd-10:50-James Dawson 4 yd run (Brandan Basil pass failed)-5-19-1:39-13-12
SRU-4th-14:54-Mitch Graziano 8 yd pass from Brandan Basil (Brandan Basil pass failed)-8-80-2:50-13-18
SRU-4th-11:13-Sam Pascale 9 yd run (Brandan Basil pass failed)-3-38-0:57-13-24
SRU-4th-03:04-Sam Pascale 60 yd run (Andrew Verre kick)-4-69-1:43-13-31

Key Stat of the Game

The Colonels committed 14 penalties giving the Seahawks 138 free yards, and 6 first downs, while the Seahawks only committed 7 penalties, yiedling 79 yards to the visitors.

Turning Point

Salve Regina kicked off to begin the second-half trailing 13-6. After gaining a first down the Seahawks defense forced the Colonels to punt. On the kick the Seahawks applied heavy pressure forcing a bad punt that went for -17 net yards. The Seahawks took over deep in Curry territory and five plays later James Dawson (Oradell, N.J.) scored to draw the Seahawks within one and alter the momentum of the game.

Quick Hits

• The Seahawks have now won seven games in a row at Gaudet Field, and 14 straight at home against NEFC opponents.
• Junior quarterback Brandan Basil (Northford, Conn.) was 12-27 for 154 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
• The Colonels cycled through three different quarterbacks in the game. Mike O'Hearn (Billerica, Mass.) started, then was replaced by Spencer Tyler (Yarmouthport, Mass.) before being replaced himself by Alex Corvese (Cranston, R.I.).
• The Colonels out possessed the Seahawks 32:18 to 27:42.
• Anthony Nastasi (River Edge, N.J.) caught 11 passes for 72 yards, bringing his season total to 51 receptions.
• The Colonels held the Seahawks to 21 first downs and 371 total yards, both season lows for Salve Regina.

Quotes

"We love to play. We get into this business as coaches becuase we want to play the next game, and players want to play the next game." - head coach Kevin Gilmartin speaking about having a second bye week.

"We said at half-time that have to turn it up in the second half. I said to the team 'They'e excited becuause they're in the game with us, and we're flat. They're in the game because they're exicted, we got get excited and get it going.' We kicked off, got after their punter and set ourseves up with a short field for a score and that got things rolling." - head coach Keivn Gilmartin

Next up
Salve Regina (3-1, 1-1 NEFC) – Saturday, October 17 vs Endicott, 12 p.m.
Curry (1-4, 0-2 NEFC) – Saturday, October 17 vs Nichols, 1 p.m.