Salve Regina, Husson kickoff ECAC Division III Championships on Friday

Summary: Salve Regina University football travels to New Britain, Conn., to play Husson University in the first of six Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III bowl championships at Arute Field on the campus of Central Connecticut State University.

Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (7-2; 5-2 NEFC) v. Husson Eagles (7-2; 6-1 ECFC), Clayton Chapman Bowl Championship

Game date, time and site: Fri., Nov. 20, 2015; 4 p.m. at Arute Field (New Britain, Conn.)

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Ticket Info: $10 [Can be purchased on campus through the football office or at the gate on Friday. If you have questions call Salve Regina athletics at 401-341-2269]

Game notes: Download a PDF version of the game notes here

NEFC statistical leaders: http://www.newenglandfootballconference.com/seasons/2015/leaders

Series history: Salve Regina has won the only prior meeting in football between the two schools, 35-28 on September 4, 2004, at Toppa Field in Newport, R.I. ... current Eagles head coach Gabby Price was in his second season at the helm ...

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SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY (7-2) | SCHEDULE | STATISTICS
Salve Regina (7-2) finshed as the runner-up in the New England Football Conference to Western New England University. The Seahawks are led on the offensive side of ball by junior quarterback Brandan Basil (155-of-266 for 2,115 yards and 27 touchdowns), junior running back Sam Pascale (229 rushes, 1,448 yards and 12 touchdowns) and senior wide reciever Alex Hulme (62 receptions, 1,018 yards and 13 touchdowns). On the defensive side of the ball the Seahawks are led by senior linebacker Danny Ives (75 total tackles, 2.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss). Senior defensive lineman Joe Cuccia leads the team with 5.5 sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss while junior defensive back Joey Farrar has record a team high 4 interceptions.

Salve Regina averages 469.1 yards of total offense (226.8 rush, 242.3 pass) and 36.1 points per game, while only allowing 282.1 yards (112.6 rush, 169.6 pass) and 19.1 points per game on defense.

HUSSON UNIVERSITY (7-2) | SCHEDULE | STATISTICS
The Eagles (7-2) are led by their four captains seniors Matt Archer and Josiah Hartley and juniors Ellis Throckmorton and Rick Orio. On the offensive side of the ball, senior quarterback Joe Seccareccia leads the team in passing yards (1,447), completions (108), attempts (188), completion percentage (57.4), passing touchdowns (19) and touchdowns responsible for (21, 19 pass, 3 rush). On the ground, sophomore running back, John Smith leads the league in attempts (262), yards (1,457), yards per game (161.9), avg (5.6) and touchdowns (17). Deon Wiggins and Robenson Saintard have been Seccareccia main targets this season. Wiggins has caught 23 passes for 375 yards with 8 touchdowns. Saintard has caught 33 passes for 290 yards with 6 touchdowns.

On the defensive side of the ball the fifth-ranked Eagle defensive has been led all season by Throckmorton and Bryant Wade. Throckmorton has record a team high 67 tackles (32 solo, 35 assisted), 1.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss and has forced 2 fumbles on the season, while Wade has piled up 60 total tackles (22 solo, 38 assisted), 0.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, forced 2 fumbles and has recovered a team high 3 fumbles. Tarik Smith leads the team in sacks with three. Luke Washburn has record a team high 9.5 tackles for loss, while Kenny Sweet leads the team with three interceptions.

Husson averages 417 yards of total offense (226.9 rush, 190.1 pass) and 37.2 points per game, while only allowing 200.7 yards (63.3 rush, 137.3) and 14.9 points per game on defense.

Last Meeting (Sep. 4, 2004 - Newport, R.I.)
Salve Regina relied on a relentless running attack highlighted by Sean Peters' 131 yards for two touchdowns and Carl Frye's 83 rushing yards to pull out a 35-28 victory over Husson ... Dan Demars and Antonio Guzzo also notched touchdown scores for the Seahawks ... the team formerly known as the Braves struck early in the contest when quarterback David Chase found James Dobson deep on just the second play of the game ... Salve Regina countered with a long run from Peters and a 25-yard reverse score from Guzzo to take the lead ... Husson moved the ball on the ground as well, getting two scores from Mike Prentiss in the second quarter ... scored was tied 21-21 at intermission ...

Playing For The Title
Husson has won back-to-back regular season titles in the ECFC, and advanced to the NCAA Division III Football Championships in 2014 ... this is the seventh appearance in an ECAC Bowl Championship for Salve Regina, and the fourth since 2011 ... the Seahawks, 3-3 in such games, have alternated loss-win since their first appearance in 1996 ... last year in Nortfield, Vt., the Seahawks climaxed their season with a 48-21 victory over Norwich in the ECAC Northeast Championship ...

Record Breakers
Sam Pascale needs just 14 more rushing yards to set a new single-season record for Salve Regina (Mark DeBiasio - 1,461 yards in 1998) ... Pascale became just the sixth player in school history to eclipse 2,000 career rushing yards (2,145) ... Pascale's 160.9 rushing yards per game ranks first all-time in program history (nine games) ... in 2015, quarterback Brandan Basil has produced a program-high 153.3 pass efficiency mark ... Basil's 235.0 passing yards per game is best all-time for any Seahawk quarterback ... Alex Hulme passed Matthew Traynor's receiving yardage mark of 944, set in 2013, and becomes the first 1,000-yard receiver (1,018) ... Pascale (171.4) and Hulme (162.7) have the top two marks in program history for all-purpose yards per game in a season ...

2015 Salve Regina weekly award winners
Brandan Basil - NEFC Offensive POW - Sep. 5
Danny Ives - NEFC Defensive POW - Sep. 5
Danny Ives - ECAC Corvias Defensive POW - Sep. 8
Sam Pascale - NEFC Offensive POW - Sep. 19
Sam Pascale - NEFC Offensive POW - Oct. 3
Alex Hulme - NEFC Offensive POW - Oct. 17
Alex Hulme - ECAC Corvias Offensive POW - Oct. 19
Alex Hulme - D3football.com Team of the Week - Oct. 19
Sam Pascale - NEFC Offensive POW - Oct. 24
Sam Pascale - ECAC Corvias Offensive POW - Oct. 26
Brandan Basil - NEFC Offensive POW - Oct. 31
Ethan Gambale - NEFC Defensive POW - Nov. 14
Ethan Gambale - ECAC Corvias Defensive POW - Nov. 14

Coaches' Corner
Kevin Gilmartin has won at least seven games in each season as a head coach (21-10; .677) ... Seahawks have reached postseason in each of his three seasons ... five players from last season are now assistant coaches with the Seahawks - Benjamin Barrett, Dan Buonocore, Frank Musco, Hayden Stanton, and Matthew Traynor join former Seahawks Dan Kehew and Floyd Shaffer on the coaching staff ... Gabby Price is in his second stint and ninth season as head coach of Husson (2003 - 2008, 2013 - ) ...

Other Salve Regina appearances in ECAC Bowl Games: