RICHMOND, VA. – Junior QB Joe Carbone (Wethersfield, Conn.) and senior WR Ray Bolden (Euless, Texas) connected for two touchdowns to lead the 22^nd-ranked Stony Brook football team to a 27-24 victory over No. 17 Richmond on Saturday afternoon in a CAA Football battle at Robins Stadium.
 
Bolden collected a career-best 13 receptions and had 118 yards to go with his two scores, while Carbone finished with 19 completions for 161 yards for the Seawolves (6-2, 5-1 CAA Football).
 
Stony Brook took the lead for good over the Spiders (4-4, 2-3 CAA Football) on the first play of the second quarter when junior PK Nick Courtney (East Meadow, N.Y.) hit a 33-yard field goal, hi first of two on the afternoon.
 
Scoring

• Stony Brook got on the board first when QB Joe Carbone hit WR Ray Bolden in the end zone from 10-yards away with 11:54 left in the first quarter. PK Nick Courtney's PAT was good. The drive was two plays for 12 yards and was set up after muffed punt recovered by DB Darin Peart.
• Richmond answered on the ensuing drive with a touchdown pass from QB Kyle Lauletta to WR Dejon Brissett from 14 yards away. The PAT by Griffin Trau was good. The drive was 12 plays for 77 yards.
• The Seawolves retook the lead when PK Nick Courtney drilled a 33-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter. The drive was 15 plays for 60 yards.
• Stony Brook added to the lead when RB Donald Liotine scored from three yards away with 10:48 left in the second quarter. The PAT by PK Nick Courtney was good. The drive was seven plays for 52 yards.
• The Spiders tacked on a field goal with 8:07 left in the second quarter. PK Griffin Trau hit a 22-yard kick. The drive was nine plays for 45 yards.
• PK Nick Courtney added to Stony Brook's lead with a 22-yard field goal with 7:26 left in the third quarter. The kick capped a 11-play, 53-yard drive.
• Richmond edged closer with a five-yard touchdown pass from QB Kyle Lauletta to WR Dejon Brissett with 0:30 left in the third quarter. The PAT by PK Grffin Trau was good. The drive was seven plays for 37 yards.
• The Seawolves regained a 10-point lead when QB Joe Carbone found WR Ray Bolden in the end zone with a 22-yard pass with 12:23 left in the fourth quarter. PK Nick Courtney's PAT was good. The drive was eight plays for 73 yards.
• The Spiders tacked on a late touchdown when QB Kyle Lauletta found WR Cortelle Simpson from 20-yards away. The PAT by Griffin Trau was good. The drive was 12 plays for 90 yards.

The Numbers

• Stony Brook gained 271 yards of total offense on 69 plays. Richmond had 363 yards of total offense on 70 plays.
• The Seawolves had the ball for 32:14 minutes of the game.
• PASSING: Stony Brook 19-29-0 for 161 yards, 2 touchdowns. Richmond: 34-53-0 for 316 yards, 3 touchdowns.
• RUSHING: Stony Brook: 40 carries for 110 yards, 1 touchdown. Richmond 17 carries for 47 yards, 0 touchdowns.
• Stony Brook QB Joe Carbone was 19-29-0 passing for 161 yards and two touchdowns.
• WR Ray Bolden had 13 receptions for 118 yards and two touchdowns.
• RB Stacey Bedell gained 69 yards on 16 carries.  
• DB Augie Contressa and LB Shayne Lawless each recorded seven total tackles. 

Quoting the Seawolves
Head Coach Chuck Priore
"This was a quality football game and the fans got their money's worth. We played well throughout the game and stayed away from penalties and stayed away from turnovers. I'm proud of our team. It is a long season and every CAA game is a championship game and certainly today was championship football by both teams."
 
Notes

• Stony Brook's six wins marks the most in a regular season since the 2012 team claimed nine victories.
• The fifth CAA Football win marks the most for the Seawolves since joining the league in 2013.
• Stony Brook earned its ninth victory over an FCS ranked opponent with the win over No. 17 Richmond. 
• QB Joe Carbone tossed his 13^th and 14^th touchdown of the season and 18^th and 19^th of his career with a pair of TD passes to WR Ray Bolden. 
• QB Joe Carbone tossed a pair of touchdowns on Saturday, marking the eighth time the junior tossed at least two scores in a game for his career and the sixth time this season.
• WR Ray Bolden pulled down his eighth and ninth receiving touchdown of the season and 14^th and 15^th of his career. This is the
• WR Ray Bolden pulled in 13 catches, marking his second-10-plus reception game of the season (10 catches at Rhode Island) and the third of his career. His 13 receptions is also his career-high, besting the 11 against UAlbany in 2015.
• WR Ray Bolden collected 118 Receiving yards for his fourth 100-plus yard game of this season and the seventh of his career.
• WR Ray Bolden's two TD receptions on Saturday marked the fifth time the senior pulled down two touchdowns in a game in his career and the third time this season.
• PK Nick Courtney improved to perfect three-for-three in field goal attempts this season with a 33-yard kick in the second quarter and a 22-yarder in the third quarter.
• RB Donald Liotine scored his 12^th career rushing touchdown and fifth of the season with a three-yard run in the second quarter.
• DB Augie Contressa recorded a career-best and team-high seven tackles.
• LT Timon Parris extended his consecutive start streaks to 41 games (every game of his career).
• DB Darin Peart extended his consecutive starts streak to 29 straight games.
• DB Tyrice Beverette has now started 19 straight games, while OL Jackson Miller and LBs Shayne Lawless and Noah McGinty extended their start streak to 18.
• Captains for today's game were RB Stacey Bedell, DB Tyrice Beverette, TE Dennis Lestrange and WR Ray Bolden. 

Up Next
The Seawolves return to Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium for the final two home games of the season when they welcome rival UAlbany next Saturday in the Empire Clash at 1 p.m. ET and then host non-conference foe Wagner on Nov. 11 at 1 p.m. ET.