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SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY SEAHAWKS
Posted: Oct 30, 2019

Preview Game No. 8: Salve Regina hosts University of New England

Defense and offense come together to celebrate - seniors Nicholas Poillucci (#5) and Michael Nestor (#22) get excited after an early turnover puts the Seahawks in prime scoring position on Sept. 21 against Endicott.
Defense and offense come together to celebrate - seniors Nicholas Poillucci (#5) and Michael Nestor (#22) get excited after an early turnover puts the Seahawks in prime scoring position on Sept. 21 against Endicott.
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Game Leaders
Salve Regina
Pa: Tyler McGovern - 205
Ru: Joey Mauriello - 193
Rec: Mike Nestor - 78
U. of New England
Pa: Brian Peters - 140
Ru: Jack Mahoney - 55
Rec: Cobey Johnson - 61
Team Stats
MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY
NOVEMBER 2 | 12 p.m.
TOPPA FIELD • NEWPORT, R.I.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND NOR'EASTERS
(3-4, 1-3 CCC)

 SALVE REGINA
SEAHAWKS
(2-5, 1-3 CCC)

SERIES
Seahawks lead 1-0
LIVE STATS
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NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University football welcomes Commonwealth Coast Football Conference member University of New England to Newport, R.I., for the first time.

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LAST TIME OUT
 The Seahawks earned their secondvictory of the season in dominant fashion, defeating Becker College 45-0 on the road.

MORE READING: Mauriello runs Seahawks past Hawks, 45-0

SEAHAWKS NOTES FROM THE NEST

  • Joey Mauriello out-gained Becker College by rushing for 202 yards and five touchdowns for Salve Regina football team in a 45-0 victory.
  • The Seahawks totaled 482 yards of total offense while holding the Hawks to just 164 yards.
  • Mauriello leads all league rushers with 154.9 yards per game average and 17 touchdowns.
  • His 1,084 rushing yards on the season surpasses last year's total (1,080 in 11 games) in four fewer games.
  • He is only the third player in team history with more than one 1,000-yard rushing season (Sam Pascale, Jim Callahan). He is one touchdown shy of the school single-season record (18 by Pascale in 2016).
  • A trio of Seahawks - Drew Balestrieri, Nicholas Poillucci, Michael Saunders - will lead the 2019 squad as captains.
  • The Seahawks play their fourth of five games at Toppa Field in 2019.
  • Last season, Salve Regina went 3-2 at home and averaged 28.0 points per game on the renovated turf.
  • Salve Regina won 31 of its first 33 games at Toppa.
  • The Seahawks are averaging 18.0 points per game on the Toppa turf this year, and seek their first home win of the season

NOR'EASTER NEWS 

  • The Nor'easters are visiting Newport for the first time ever.
  • Since becoming a varsity program in 2018, UNE has posted five wins; both victories last year were at home while two of their first three triumphs in 2019 have come away from Biddeford.
  • The Nor'easters scored a program-record 48 points last week, but it was also their first experience with overtime - four OTs to be exact.
  • Since a season-opening 27-17 loss to Coast Guard, UNE has scored at least 31 points in each of the last six games.
  • In a 51-48 four-overtime loss, Brian Peters was 34-of-50 on the day for 343 yards and four TDs.
  • Cam Mann had nine carries for 72 yards and a score. Jack Mahoney added 62 yards and a TD for UNE who finished with a season-high 193 rushing yards.
  • Ryan Gaboury hauled in 13 catches for 161 yards and a TD. Cobey Johnson finished with seven catches for 92 yards and score.
  • The teams combined for 1,001 total yards of offense, led by UNE with 536 yards on 97 plays, its third 500-plus-yard performance of the season.
  • Defensively, Joe Cox finished with 11 tackles (six solo) and one for a loss. He also batted down a pass.

INSIDE THE SERIES
 The Seahawks won the first-ever meeting with the Nor'easters, 33-10, in a Nor'easter on October 29, 2018. The Nor'easters held Salve Regina to three-and-out on the first three drives of the game. The Seahawks scored a touchdown just as time expired in the first quarter as Ronnie Martin rushed in for his first of three scores. Martin extended the lead to 14-6 with 9:03 to play in the second with a five-yard touchdown. UNE used the ground game to get deep in Salve Regina territory next time out, but were stalled on fourth down. Joey Mauriello took the next play in from 77 yards out for the Seahawks as the visitors went into the half ahead 21-6. Martin took the opening play of the second half in for a 60-yard touchdown, but Salve Regina missed the extra point. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
 Salve Regina travels to Bangor, Maine to face Husson College nex Saturday.