Box Score

SALISBURY, MD -- Tommy Kowalick booted a 22 yard field goal with 4:24 remaining to lift Salisbury University to a 19-16 non-league football win over Union at Sea Gull Stadium Saturday afternoon. The Sea Gulls improved to 4-3 overall while the Dutchmen fell to 5-2 overall. Union had fought back from a 16-0 first half deficit to tie the game in the third quarter.

Kowalick's field goal capped a drive that consumed 7:08 and took 14 plays and 73 yards. Union started a drive from its own 18 with 4:17 left and on nine plays got to the Salisbury 38. But on a second and five from the 38 with 1:37 left in regulation, Brandon Hudson sealed the host win with an interception at the Sea Gull 22.

Union was paced by junior linebacker AJ Rocchio, who had a game high 14 tackles. He posted 12 solo hits, while senior linebacker John Peters recorded 11 tackles. Union RB Chris Coney was held to a season low 54 rushing yards on 20 carries. QB Andrew Connolly was 16 for 34 with 144 yards and a touchdown along with two interceptions.

Salisbury's Paul Cynewski had 10 tackles, including four for losses, a sack and a pass deflection. A total of 305 of the Sea Gulls' 355 yards in offense came on the ground, featuring RB Sean Kelly, who had 119 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries. Hudson had two interceptions for Salisbury.

The Sea Gulls opened the scoring with a safety with 5:28 remaining in the first quarter. On a fourth and seven from the Union-8, a snap for a punt was recovered by the Dutchmen in their own endzone.  Hudson intercepted a pass at the Union 40 and returned it 21 yards to the Union 19 with 3:11 left in the first. Five plays later, Kelly ran in from seven yards for the 9-0 Sea Gull lead.

The Dutchmen later trailed 16-0 when Kelly ran in from seven yards out with two minutes remaining in the first half. The scoring drive was three plays and 28 yadrs in 1:14 and strarted when Salisbury's D.J. Nelson recovered a Union fumble at the Dutchmen-28.

Union's Mike Concannon caught a 20 yard pass from Connolly with 9:59 left in the third and Connolly hit Joe Grassia with a pass for the two point conversion to make it 16-6. The Dutchmen tied it with 1:30 left in the third quarter. Coney ran in from two yards out and completed a 14 play, 70 yard drive that consumed 5:42. He then ran in the two point conversion to knot the game at 16-16. 

Union, the only undefeated team in the Liberty League, returns home on Saturday, October 31 to host rival RPI at 1 p.m. at Frank Bailey Field. This game will mark the 107th meeting in the series that is New York State's oldest collegiate rivalry. It will also mark the 60th meeting for "The Dutchman Shoes Trophy."