Sometimes, one extra point can make all of the difference.
On Saturday, this was the case for the Stony Brook Seawolves (1-2), who lost in double-overtime to the Brown University Bears (1-0) in Providence, R.I., 33-30.
After securing a 20-10 lead midway into the third quarter on a 16-yard touchdown run from sophomore running back Miguel Maysonet (Riverhead, N.Y.), sophomore kicker Wesley Skiffington (Brandon, Fla.) missed the extra point. Stony Brook would not score again in regulation time, and Brown was able to tie the game at 20 to send the game to overtime.
“We had a number of chances in the fourth quarter that we needed to convert,” head coach Chuck Priore said.
Stony Brook either got points quickly on their drives or didn’t get points at all. The first two touchdowns for the Seawolves both came on the initial play of their respective drives.
The first was a 67-yard bomb to Matt Brevi (Tampa, Fla.), and the second was a 47-yard run from Brock Jackolski (Shirley, N.Y.).
Jackolski had a team-high 139 yards rushing and two touchdowns, and Brevi lead all Seawolf receivers with 157 yards as a result of nine catches.
Maysonet’s touchdown came on the second play of that series.
Junior cornerback Cedrick Moore (Lakewood, Calif.) had a big day defensively for the Seawolves, recording three interceptions–a mark that ties the Stony Brook single-game record.
Following Maysonet’s touchdown to put Stony Brook up by 10, Brown’s Mark Kachmer returned the kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown, cutting the deficit to three after the extra point.
That was it for scoring until 9:55 left the fourth quarter, when the Bears tied the score at 20 with a 30-yard field goal.
Neither team could scrape a point for the rest of the quarter.
Quarterback Michael Coulter (Yorba Linda, Calif.) threw two interceptions in the fourth, and Stony Brook’s final drive concluded with a 49-yard field goal attempt with nine seconds remaining.
With the game riding on the kicker’s foot, the kick veered to the left while it clearly had the distance to cross the uprights. The game went to overtime.
Brown easily scored the first touchdown of overtime, but Jackolski responded, running in for his second touchdown of the day to keep Stony Brook in the game.
The Seawolves recorded a field goal with the first series of double-overtime, but Brown won the game with a one-yard touchdown run.
Stony Brook plays UMass at home on Sept. 25 at 6 p.m.
