Final Stats

ORONO, Maine –WR Ray Bolden (Euless, Texas) pulled down a career-high nine catches and DB Trokon-Rahim Cassell (Lakewood, Calif.) recorded a career-best 10 tackles, but the Stony Brook football team fell to Maine 23-10 on Saturday afternoon at Alfond Stadium in a CAA Football game.

Bolden finished the game with 97 yards on those nine catches, while Cassell had five solo stops and five assisted tackles for the Seawolves (2-4, 1-4 CAA Football).

Scoring
- Maine (3-4, 3-1 CAA Football) struck first with a 43-yard field goal by Sean Decloux with 1:24 left in the opening quarter. The kick capped an 11-play, 66 yard drive.
- The Seawolves tied it up with a 27-yard field goal by Pryemyslaw Popek with 7:55 remaining in the second quarter. The kick capped an eight-play 53-yard drive.
- Stony Brook took the lead with a touchdown pass from QB Conor Bednarski to TE Cal Daniels on the left side of the end zone with 4:16 left in the half. The score capped a six-play, 28-yard drive that began with a fumble forced by the Seawolves defense.

- Maine tied the score back up with a two-yard run by Drew Belcher with 9:30 left in the third quarter. The PAT was good by Decloux. The drive was five plays for 31 yards.
- The Black Bears retook the lead on a 19-yard field goal by Decloux. The drive was nine plays and 35 yards.
- Maine increased the lead on a 34-yard fumble return by Trevor Bates. The PAT by Decloux was good.
- Maine tacked on a 36-yard field goal by Decloux with 5:30 left in the fourth quarter.

Quoting the Seawolves
Head coach Chuck Priore
“Congratulations to Maine and Coach Cosgrove. It was a well deserved win. We need to obviously right the ship on our end. I’m disappointed with the outcome. You want to win on Saturdays and certainly we did not represent ourselves at the end of the day with the ability to do that. Our kids played hard and played to the end. I was proud of that. We will move forward and get it done next week.”

Notes

- Senior QB Conor Bednarski tossed his fourth touchdown of the season in the second quarter when he found redshirt-freshman TE Cal Daniels in the end zone from two yards out.
- Redshirt-freshman TE Cal Daniels pulled down the first touchdown of his career in the second quarter on the pass from Bednarski.
- Stony Brook blocked a Maine field goal attempt and the end of the first half. The block (by DL Aaron Thompson) was the first by the Seawolves since Christian Ricard recorded a block at New Hampshire last season.
- LB Trokan-Rahim Cassell recorded a career-high 10 tackles on Saturday. His previous high was nine this season against both JMU and Towson.
- DE Victor Ochi recorded two sacks in today’s game at Maine to move his career total to 25.0, tying the senior for second on the Stony Brook career sacks list with Joseph Lawrence’s 25.0 collected between 1993-94.
- Ochi also recorded 2.5 tackles for a loss against Maine to move his career total to 40.0. He is now four away from the Seawolves’ all-time record of 44.0.
- WR Ray Bolden pulled down a career and season-high nine passes today. His previous best was seven receptions on three occasions.

Up Next
Stony Brook will return to Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium to host back-to-back games beginning with Elon on Halloween at 12 p.m. and then Howard on Nov. 7 at 1 p.m. For ticket information or to reserve your spot in Seawolves Town, call 631-632-WOLF.