Yellowjackets sting Seahawks in final minute, 17-10

NEWPORT, R.I. - The Salve Regina University football team outgained the visiting University of Rochester, 366 yards total offense to 290 yards, but the Yellowjackets followed a missed go-ahead field goal by the Seahawks with the game-winning drive culminating in a Trey Johnson 22 yard pass from Ryan Rose for a 17-10 final at Toppa Field on Saturday afternoon. Salve Regina (2-1) had leads of 3-0 and 10-7 before a last-second field goal by Jordan Laudani knotted the game at the half. A scoreless second half seemed destined for overtime at Toppa Field. After an Alex Wing punt pinned the Seahawks at their own 1-yard line, Jake Stack and Justan Luzzi collaborated on runs to reach the visitor's 26-yard line facing 4th-and-11. Stack hit John Hannon for a 13-yard play and a seven-yard pass to Josh Letellier put the Seahawks inside the 10. The longest drive of the game (8:19) came down to a 25-yard field goal attempt after a Rochester timeout with 1:21 left in the game.

A pass interference penalty followed by a Ryan Rose pass complete to Aidan Papantoni for 18 yards put the Yellowjackets on the Seahawk side of the field. After two incompletes, a screen pass to Aidan Papantoni resulted in a 25-yard gain to the Salve Regina 22-yard line. Johnson caught the Rose TD pass in the left corner of the endzone for the first score of the last 30 minutes.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Rochester 17, Salve Regina 10
Records: Salve Regina (2-1), Rochester (2-1)
All-Time Series: First-ever meeting in football between the Seahawks and the Yellowjackets. 

SUMMARY:

1st | 09:50 | SRU - Chris DiBella 36 yd field goal 7 plays, 37 yards, TOP 3:51 | Salve Regina 3, Rochester (N.Y.) 0
2nd | 06:23 | UR - Will Varney 8 yd run (Jordan Laudani kick ), 11 plays, 38 yards, TOP 4:46 | Rochester (N.Y.) 7, Salve Regina 3
2nd | 02:23 | SRU - Marcelino La Bella 14 yd pass from Jake Stack (Chris DiBella kick ) 8 plays, 58 yards, TOP 3:52 | Salve Regina 10, Rochester (N.Y.) 7
2nd | 00:00 | UR - Jordan Laudani 37 yd field goal 8 plays, 26 yards, TOP 2:22 | Salve Regina 10, Rochester (N.Y.) 10
4th | 00:21 | UR - Trey Johnson 22 yd pass from Ryan Rose (Jordan Laudani kick ) 5 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:55 | Rochester (N.Y.) 17, Salve Regina 10

NOTEWORTHY:

• Jake Stack completed 21-of-35 passes for 232 yards including a touchdown strike to Marcelino La Bella.
• Zachary Ludemann led all Seahawks with 10 tackles (six solo).
• Jonathan Melisi had four pass break ups.
• Dennis Duffy twice met a ball carrier in the backfield for a pair of tackles for loss yards (-3).
• Justan Luzzi had over 100 yards rushing (101) on 20 carries including a long gain of 30 yards.
• Marcelino La Bella and John Hannon both had six catches on the day.

POSTGAME THOUGHTS FROM COACH GILMARTIN

"Well, it's a tough game. I thought we should have had more points on the board, we left a lot of points off the board. A bunch of times we were in the red zone and if we execute on those we should get some touchdowns, but we had holding penalties push us back. We knew it was going to be a good game because they're a good team. Talking with the officials about the potential for overtime and taking into account the wind factor with today's weather. They (Rochester) wanted to slow it down and make it a low-scoring game; they were able to get the score at the end and we weren't able to finish." -- Seahawk head coach Kevin Gilmartin, during post game interview with Bobb Angel and Jim Ascoli on live stream and WADK

ON THE HORIZON:
The Seahawks play their first-ever NEWMAC contest on Saturday, September 23, at 12 p.m., against MIT at Steinbrenner Field.