"Football is an interesting game," head coach Chuck Priore said. "Last week I was watching UMass at Michigan Stadium, and tonight we're leading them in the fourth quarter. I'm proud of the effort, but not of the result."
Junior Edwin Gowins (Bellport, N.Y.) rushed for a touchdown, tying him with Oliver Bridges '91 for second all-time in school history with 23. Sophomore Miguel Maysonet (Riverhead, N.Y.) also had a touchdown for the third straight game.
Junior Al-Majid Hutchins (East Orange, N.J.) and senior captain Arin West (Toms River, N.J.) each intercepted UMass quarterback Kyle Havens. Havens entered tonight's game with one interception in three contests.
After Caleb Violette's 25-yard field goal gave UMass a 20-14 lead with 8:17 left in the third quarter, junior quarterback Michael Coulter (Yorba Linda, Calif.), who threw just five first-half passes, hit junior Matt Brevi (Tampa, Fla.) for 51 yards on the second play of the drive. On third-and-two from the four, Coulter bootlegged to his right and found sophomore Jordan Gush (Richardson, Texas) on a crossing route for the TD.
Brevi finished with four catches for 87 yards. Gush had three receptions for 30 yards.
On the game-winning drive, UMass went 80 yards on 12 plays. It also was 2-for-2 on third down opportunities.
Stony Brook started its final drive of the game on its own 20 with 1:56 remaining. Three pass plays advanced the ball to the SBU 48. After Coulter spiked the ball to stop the clock, he saw redshirt freshman Chris McMillan (New York, N.Y.), but as McMillan caught the ball, Tyler Holmes hit him in the back, forcing the ball in the air before coming down with the interception.
Down 7-0, Hutchins, who missed the last three games with an injury, stopped Massachusetts on its second drive, intercepting Havens at the SBU 43. Following a 15-yard penalty, Gowins, who also played for the first time in three games, rushed for 29 yards before Brevi caught a 19-yard pass, setting Stony Brook up in prime territory.
Maysonet had an eight-yad run on third-and-five from the UMass 19. Two plays later, Gowins scored on an eight-yard run.
UMass drove all the way down to the Stony Brook 17 on its next possession, but West picked Havens off in the end zone.
The Seawolves went for first downs on all three plays to start their third drive, including a 21-yard run by Maysonet to the UMass 31. Back-to-back runs of 17 and 11 yards gave SBU first-and-goal from the three. Two plays later, Maysonet`s two-yard touchdown, with sophomore Wesley Skiffington's (Brandon, Fla.) extra point, put Stony Brook up, 14-7.
Massachusetts went 63 yards on 13 plays on its next drive, capped by Jonathan Hernandez's 14-yard run to tie the game at 14. Hernandez scored both of the Minutemen's first-half touchdowns. A 30-yard field goal from Caleb Violette made it 17-14 going after 30 minutes.
Stony Brook will enjoy a bye this week before opening up Big South play against VMI on October 9 at 3:30 pm. For tickets and information on all Stony Brook Athletics, visit GoSeawolves.org.
