Seahawks welcome Engineers to Gaudet

• LAST TIME OUT FOR SRU: Senior quarterback Brandan Basil completed 10-20 passes for 282 yards and five touchdowns, matching his career game high and program record, in a 52-14 victory over Nichols College.  

The Bison walked away empty handed on a missed field goal after a 16-play 67 yard drive to open the game. The Seahawks only needed one play to find the endzone when Basil hit senior Chris Caron over the middle for a 71 yard touchdown on a catch and run. The Bison would tie the game 7-7 but again the Seahawks only took two plays to go 75 yards. This time David Mavilia scampered 54 yards to the endzone to put the Seahawks up 14-7, setting the tone for the day that the Bison would control time of possession, but could not keep up with the Seahawks big plays.

• THE SERIES: This will be the 23rd meeting between Salve Regina and MIT. The Seahawks own a 16-6 record in the all-time series. The Seahawks are 5-2 in the last seven meetings, including a 56-27 victory in Boston, Mass. last season.

• KEY PLAYER TO WATCH FOR SRU: Freshman running back Brendan Nunes has scored in consecutive games, hauling in three passes for 74 yards and two touchdowns in a breakout game for the Seahawks passing attack last week. Nunes has also racked up 189 yards of kick returns as well as a kick return for a touchdown.

• LAST TIME OUT FOR MIT: MIT fell to Western New England University by a 37-0 final in New England Football Conference play. The Golden Bears built to a 20-0 lead at the half as Kevin Patterson began the scoring with a 31-yard field goal and closed the first-half scoring with a 32-yard score. Overall for the game, Patterson finished 3-for-3 in field goals for WNE as he also hit a 33-yard attempt. WNE also added three rushing touchdowns for the game.

MIT sophomore Eddy Garcia-Montes was the team's leading receiver with four receptions, while senior Anthony Emberley and junior Mitch Turley each finished with a team-best 12 total tackles. Emberley led the team with seven solo stops, while Turley added a pass breakup and both players had 1.5 tackles for loss.

• KEY PLAYER TO WATCH FOR MIT: Sophomore wideout Eddy Garcia-Montes has caught 32 passes for 524 yards and 3 touchdowns. He is averaging 104.8 yards per game receiving and 14.6 per catch. 

• HOME COOKING: The Seahawks have won 18 in a row over NEFC opponents at home and have won their last eleven home games overall, and 24 of their last 26 in Middletown, R.I. The final game of 2013 (a 48-35 loss to Western Conn. St. in ECAC Bowl Championship) and the first game of 2014 (a 7-6 setback to Montclair St.) were the last two defeats for Salve Regina at home. 

• NATIONAL RANKINGS: The Seahawks rank 4th in Rushing Offense (329.6 yards per game); 8th in Scoring (47 points per game); 3rd in Rushing Defense (41 yards per game rushing allowed); 10th in Scoring Defense (12 points per game allowed) in all of Division III Football.