STONY BROOK, N.Y. – In front of the largest crowd in newly expanded Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, the Stony Brook football team upended 12-ranked and CAA Football rival New Hampshire 38-24 on Homecoming Saturday night.
 
The crowd of 12,311 witnessed the Seawolves (5-2, 4-1 CAA Football) shutout the Wildcats (4-2, 2-1 CAA Football) in the second half, while posting 22 points of their own to overcome an eight-point halftime deficit.
 
Junior RB Donald Liotine (Medford, N.Y.) scored a pair of rushing touchdowns, while senior RB Stacey Bedell (Mastic Beach, N.Y.) tallied 157 yards on the ground, including a 63-yard touchdown run.
 
Stony Brook's defense, that forced three turnovers and held UNH to negative 10 rushing yards, was led by DB Gavin Heslop (Yonkers, N.Y.) with a career-best nine tackles, including his first career sack and forced fumble.
 
Scoring

• UNH got on the scoreboard first on their opening drive with a 41-yard field goal by Max Pedinoff. The drive was nine plays for 29 yards.
• Stony Brook answered on the ensuing drive with a 34-yard field goal by PK Alex Lucansky with 9:08 left in the opening quarter. The drive was six plays for 33 yards and started with a 42-yard kickoff return by RB Donald Liotine.
• The Wildcats added another field goal, this time from 39 yards out off the leg of Morgan Ellman, with 3:01 left in the first quarter. The drive was 15 plays for 48 yards.
• RB Stacey Bedell gave the Seawolves the lead when he took off on the first play from scrimmage of the ensuing drive and galloped 63 yards for the touchdown. The PAT kick was no good.
• UNH retook the lead when RB Evan Grey scored from two-yards out early in the second quarter. QB Trevor Knight added a 2-point conversion with a rush to make it 14-9. The drive was 10 plays for 75 yards.
• The Wildcats added to the lead with 3-yard field goal by Max Pedinoff with 11:45 left in the second quarter.  The drive was five plays for 38 yards.
• The Seawolves climbed closer with a 28-yard strike from QB Joe Carbone to WR Harrison Jackson in the left corner of the end zone with 3:38 left in the second quarter. PK Nick Courtney's PAT was good. The drive was five plays for 52 yards.
• UNH marched right back down the field to build the lead back up when QB Trevor Knight found WR Nick Lorden in the end zone from 16 yards away. The PAT by Morgan Ellman was good. The drive was five plays for 75 yards.
• Stony Brook cut the deficit to two when RB Donald Liotine scored from one-yard out. The two-point conversion attempt to tie the score was not successful.
• QB Joe Carbone hit WR Ray Bolden in the right corner of the end zone on a two-yard pass with 13:37 left in the fourth quarter to give the Seawolves the lead. The two-point conversion was not successful.  The drive was three plays for two yards after Stony Brook recovered a UNH fumble.
• RB Donald Liotine extended Stony Brook's lead with an eight-yard touchdown run with 8:24 left in the fourth quarter. The PAT by PK Nick Courtney was good. The drive was six plays for 78 yards.
• The Seawolves put a cap on the scoring when PK Nick Courtney nailed a 29-yard field goal with 3:18 left in the fourth quarter. The Drive was four plays for negative one yard. 

The Numbers

• Stony Brook gained 369 yards of total offense on 70 plays. UNH had 363 yards of total offense on 86 plays.
• The Seawolves had the ball for 28:42 minutes of the game.
• PASSING: Stony Brook 15-31-1 for 157 yards, 2 touchdowns. UNH: 37-58-1 for 373 yards, 1 touchdown.
• RUSHING: Stony Brook: 39 carries for 212 yards, 3 touchdowns. UNH 28 carries for -10 yards, 1 touchdown.
• Stony Brook QB Joe Carbone was 23-36-0 passing for 272 yards and two touchdowns.
• WR Ray Bolden had five receptions for 71 yards and one touchdown.
• RB Stacey Bedell gained 157 yards on 19 carries with one touchdown. RB Donald Liotine added 63 yards on 18 carries and pair of touchdowns.  
• DB Chris Cooper and DB Tyrice Beverette each recorded 10 total tackles.

Quoting the Seawolves
Head Coach Chuck Priore
"I'm really proud of this team. At halftime we didn't say much and made our adjustments. The kids sat there and knew they would play well. We've been on the other side and supposedly we can't finish games and we finished it tonight."
 
"Our guys took this personal and showed it tonight. They did a tremendous job. Each and every one of them – our coaching staff and the players – for what they did."
 
Notes

• Stony Brook improved to 10-2 in Homecoming games under Chuck Priore.
• The win over No. 12 UNH marked the second–highest ranked win in Division I program history. It also marked the overall win over a ranked opponent.
• Tonight's attendance of 12,311 was the largest crowd to witness a Stony Brook football game in Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, surpassing last year's homecoming game vs. Rhode Island when the attendance was 12,221.
• RB Stacey Bedell scored the 29^th touchdown of his career tonight when the senior scored on a 63-yard run in the first quarter. The score was his sixth of this season.
• RB Stacey Bedell gained 157 yards rushing for his 14^th 100-plus yard game of his career and the second this season.
• QB Joe Carbone tossed his 11^th and 12^th touchdowns of the season and 16^th and 17^th of his career with passes to WR Harrison Jackson (2^nd quarter) and WR Ray Bolden (4^th quarter).
• QB Joe Carbone tossed a pair of touchdowns on Saturday night, marking the seventh time the junior tossed at least two scores in a game for his career and the fifth time this season.
• QB Joe Carbone went 134 straight pass attempts without an interception until his bobbled interception in the second quarter tonight.
• WR Ray Bolden pulled down his seventh receiving touchdown of the season and 13^th of his career with a fourth quarter grab from QB Joe Carbone.
• RB Donald Liotine scored his 10^th and 11^th career rushing touchdown in the tonight's game. It marked his second career multi-rushing touchdown game.
• DB Chris Cooper recorded a career-best 10 total tackles in the victory.
• DB Travon Reid-Segure pulled in his fourth interception of the season and seventh of his career.
• DB Gavin Heslop collected a career-best nine tackles, including his first career sack and forced fumble to go with 2.5 tackles for a loss.
• LT Timon Parris extended his consecutive start streaks to 40 games (every game of his career).
• DB Darin Peart extended his consecutive starts streak to 28 straight games.
• DB Tyrice Beverette has now started 18 straight games, while OL Jackson Miller and LBs Shayne Lawless and Noah McGinty extended their start streak to 17.
• PK Nick Courtney made his first appearance in a game of his career. The junior kicked a pair of PATs. He also nailed his first career field goal, a 29-yarder in the fourth quarter.
• Captains for tonight's game were RB Stacey Bedell, DB Tyrice Beverette, TE Dennis Lestrange and WR Ray Bolden. Tonight's honorary captain was former Seawolves WR Mike Cosentino (2003-06).   

Up Next
The Seawolves enters the bye week and then travels to the Commonwealth of Virginia to face CAA Football opponent Richmond on Oct. 28. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. ET.