Box Score

STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The American International College football team dropped a 31-14 decision at NCAA Division I FCS Stony Brook University Saturday night on Long Island. Senior quarterback Rob Parent (West Warwick, R.I.) completed 17-of-33 passes for 196 yards and two TDs and now ranks second on AIC's career-passing yardage list.

The Sea Wolves improved to 1-1 with the victory, while the Yellow Jackets record fell to 0-2 for the season. It was just the fourth meeting between the two teams and the first since AIC posted a 35-7 win at Stony Brook November 7, 1998. The series is now tied at two wins each.

Parent now has 6,112 career passing yards in his four years at AIC. He moved past Rick Hebert, who passed for 5,990 yards from 1996-99.

Stony Brook opened the scoring with 35-yard scoring pass from junior Michael Coulter (Yorba Linda, Calif.) to classmate Matt Brevi (Tampa, Fla.) with 3:17 to go in the first quarter and went up 10-0 after a 20-yard field goal from sophomore Wesley Skiffington (Brandon, Fla.) with 6:13 left in the second quarter.

The Yellow Jackets got on the board on their next possession when Parent connected with sophomore Stephan Benjamin (Rosedale, N.Y.) on a six-yard score that pulled AIC within three with 4:56 left in the first half. That score was setup by a 61-yard reception for senior Davon LeGrier (Paterson, N.J.) on the second play of the drive.

The Sea Wolves answered right back on their next drive, which was capped by an 11-yard scoring run for junior Brock Jablonski (Shirley, N.Y.) with just 43 second left in the second half. He found the end zone again on a 17-yard carry with 6:12 to go in the third quarter and sophomore Miguel Maysonet (Riverhead, N.Y.) broke a 48-yard run to the house 50 seconds into the fourth quarter to make is a 31-7 Stony Brook lead.

AIC got back into the end zone with 3:47 to go in the game for the 31-14 final. Junior Andre Samuels (Linden, N.J.) capped off a 10-play, 77-yard drive with a 36-yard touchdown reception.

LeGrier pulled in five passes for 86 yards, while Samuels had four catches for 36 yards and a score. Sophomore Mike Mayo (Roosevelt, N.Y.) carried the ball 17 times for 72 yards.

Jablonski finished with 167 yards on 15 carries to go with his two TDs, while Maysonet took the ball 20 times for 158 yards and a score. Coulter finished the game 9-of-13 passing for 128 yards with one TD and one interception.

Sophomore Markell Rice (New Rochelle, N.Y.) had a game-high 10 tackles for the Yellow Jackets, while senior Terrence Holley (Bogota, N.J.) had seven tackles and one pick. Junior Wausa Onigbanjo (Paterson, N.J.) also had seven tackles.

AIC will look to get into the win column for the first time this season when it hosts Stonehill College September 18 at Ronald J. Abdow field in a 1 p.m. Northeast-10 contest.