October 27, 2007
BRYANT FOOTBALL DROPS FIRST GAME OF THE YEAR, 30-0 AT
STONY BROOK
Bulldogs Return to NE-10 Action Friday at Southern
Connecticut (7 pm)
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| Senior Chris Wohlheter (above) made 13 tackles in Saturday's
game at Stony Brook. The Bulldogs travel to Southern
Connecticut Friday night (7 pm). http://www.dspics.com/
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BOX SCORE
STONY BROOK, NY - The dreams of an undefeated season came to an
end Saturday as the Bryant University football team dropped a 30-0
non-conference decision at Division I Stony Brook University
Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs allowed 458 yards of offense
in the game and managed just nine first downs in falling for the
first time after opening the season with a school record seven
consecutive wins.
Bryant (7-1) will return to Northeast-10 Conference action this
Friday evening when the Bulldogs travel to New Haven, Conn. to face
Southern Connecticut State. The Bulldogs have clinched at least a
share of the NE-10 Conference title for the second straight season
and need only one win in their the last two regular season games to
earn the school's first out-right conference championship.
The Bulldogs will host Bentley in Smithfield, RI on November 10 to
wrap up the regular season.
Saturday, in the first all-time meeting between the two schools
and Bryant's third all-time against a Division I foe (Sacred Heart
and Rhode Island the others), quarterback Charlie Granatell
completed nine of 19 passes for 144 yards and was intercepted once
in the game. The lone mistake of the afternoon proved costly
for the Bulldogs on the team's first possession of the
game.
Granatell hooked up with senior Sean Bergin for a 75 yard pass
play down to the Stony Brook 4 yard line on the team's third play
to open the game. After a rush by tailback Chris Peaks down
to the Seawolves 2 yard line on first and goal, Granatell was
picked off in the end zone ending a golden chance to strike
first.
Stony Brook (5-4) would capitalize on the Bulldogs' mistake,
marching the length of the field down to the Bryant 10 yard line
where quarterback Josh Dudash hit Melaquan Saffold for a 10 yard
touchdown pass to put the hosts up 7-0 early. The Seawolves
led 14-0 at the break and added 16 second half points to round out
the scoring.
Bergin led the Bulldogs with three catches for 107 yards while
freshman Anthony DiNaso also had three receptions for 23 yards in
the game. Lindsey Gamble rushed for 59 yards on 15
carries. Chris Wohlheter led the defensive effort with 13
tackles while Marcus Lindsey and Paul Polomski added 7 and 6
tackles respectively.
The shutout is the first since a 42-0 defeat at Bentley in coach
Marty Fine's first season back in 2004. The loss is the first
regular season defeat for Bryant in eleven regular season games
since October 7 of last year when the Bulldogs fell to C.W. Post at
home.
Next week's game at Southern Connecticut kicks off at 7 pm
Friday night at Jess Dow Field. The game will be carried live
by the Bulldog Radio network with John McCarthy calling the live
action on http://www.bryantbulldogs.com/.
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