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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Junior John Moscatel (Lexington, Mass.) totaled a career-high 355 all-purpose yards, including 175 on the ground, but the Southern Connecticut State University football team dropped a 40-21 decision to the University of New Haven on Friday evening.

The Owls are now 3-5 overall and 3-4 in Northeast-10 play. The Chargers moved to 6-2, 6-1 in league action.

Moscatel totaled a career-high 175 yards on the ground on 23 carries. He also had nine returns (eight kickoff, one punt) for 171 yards and two catches for nine yards.

Quarterback Brandon Basil (Northford, Conn.) completed 14-of-26 passes for 150 yards in the contest. Wide receiver Vito Fornarelli (Colchester, Conn.) had a team-high four catches for 45 yards along with three rushes for 24 yards, along with a touchdown. Brian Wilcox (Jericho, Vt.) led the defense with 12 tackles.

The Chargers scored the first 30 points of the game. They started the contest with a 10-play, 65-yard drive that was closed by a 31-yard field goal from Brian Roberts. Later in the quarter, Ronnie Nelson hit Ty Headen on a 75-yard touchdown pass down the center of the field that extended the lead to 9-0 after a missed PAT.

SCSU was stopped on its next drive and its ensuing punt by blocked and returned for a 30-yard touchdown by DeeJay White. The final points of the first quarter came via a three-yard touchdown pass from Nelson to Brandon Ruberti.

The only scoring of the second quarter was the result of another blocked punt that was returned for a touchdown, this one a 40-yard return from Anthony Tillman.

The Owls took the opening kickoff of the second half and put together a six-play, 61-yard drive. Fornarelli concluded the drive with a two-yard touchdown run. Devin Silverman (Berlin, Conn.) followed with the PAT to make it 30-7.

UNH countered with a 10-play, 40-yard drive that was capped by a one-yard run from Nelson to push the score to 37-7 after three quarters.

Southern Connecticut assembled a 10-play, 65-yard drive that carried over into the final frame. Vaughn Magee (Mastic Beach, N.Y.) ended the series with a two-yard touchdown run, and Silverman followed with the PAT.



Roberts' second field goal of the night on the next UNH drive put the Chargers ahead, 40-14. SCSU closed the scoring in the final minute when Michael Johnson (Enfield, Conn.) finished a 10-play, 80-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run. Silverman's PAT made it a 40-21 final.



The Owls are back in action on Nov. 2 for a road game at Bentley.