Box Score MIDDLETOWN, R.I. – Freshman
Jarvis Harris (Houston, Texas) hauled in a 69-yard touchdown pass in Nichols College's 48-7 loss at Salve Regina University Saturday afternoon in New England Football Conference (NEFC) action at Gaudet Field.
Fellow freshman
Mike Abbruzzese (Natick, Mass.) and senior
Brett Franciosi (Leominster, Mass.) recorded 63 and 62 receiving yards, respectively, as the Bison slipped to 1-4 with the loss (0-2 NEFC). Junior
Andre Rickerson (Boston, Mass.) rushed for a team-high 45 yards while junior signal-caller
Quillian Respass (Huntington, N.Y.) threw for 194 yards and rushed for 23. He was also sacked six times.
Freshman
Brett McEvoy (Wrentham, Mass.) led all student-athletes with nine tackles (seven solo) while classmate
Matt McEvily (Clinton, Mass.) notched seven solo stops. The Seahawks (2-3, 1-1 NEFC) outgained the Bison 593-270 on the afternoon.
Salve Regina quarterback Steven Wilken (Ringwood, N.J.) completed 14-of-19 for 269 yards and five touchdowns – three of which went to junior Alex Hulme (Hopkinton, Mass.), who burned the Nichols secondary for eight catches and 196 yards.
Salve Regina scored on its first possession of the game, going 53 yards in four plays for the score, a 36-yard touchdown pass from Wilken to Hulme. Nichols answered with a six-play, 92-yard drive scoring capped when Respass lofted a pass over the secondary to Harris, who scampered the final 40+ yards for the score to knot the game at seven.
The Seahawks then ripped off 41 unanswered points. SRU took control of the game with a seven-play, 61-yard scoring drive that resulted in a 20-yard touchdown pass from Wilken to Michael Mahoney (Mahwah, N.J.) that made it 15-7 before a 60-yard interception return by Matt Conroy made it 21-7.
Salve Regina scored three times in the second quarter to take a 42-7 lead into halftime. Mitch Graziano (Kingston, Mass.) caught a 12-yard touchdown, followed by touchdown receptions of 62 and 26 yards by Hulme, respectively.
Dan Bunocore (Mahwah, N.J.) scampered 65 yards for a touchdown on the opening drive of the third quarter to increase the SRU led to 48-7. He finished the day with 186 yards on 15 carries. The reserves for both teams played the majority of the second half.
Respass was constantly under pressure from the Seahawks defensive line, notably Rory McEntee (Wakefield, R.I.), who tallied six tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss, and Hayden Stanton (Wallingford, Conn.), who made his return from injury by recording four tackles and two sacks for a loss of 16 yards.
Nichols plays at Endicott next Saturday at 1 p.m. Salve Regina heads to Springfield to face Western New England next Saturday at 1 p.m.
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