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Football Back In Action At Pace On Friday, Sept. 13

Southern Connecticut State University Owls (0-1)
at Pace University Setters (0-1)
Date: Friday, Sept. 13, 2019
Time: 7 PM
Location: Pace Stadium (Pleasantville, N.Y.)
Live Video | Live Stats

The Southern Connecticut State University football team will travel to Pleasantville, N.Y. to take on Pace University in a non-conference match up for Week 2 of the regular season. Both teams will be in the hunt for their first win of the 2019 season after Southern opened with a 14-7 loss to Gannon last week while Pace dropped a 21-20 decision to Millersville.

MULTIMEDIA
Live video and live stats will be available for Friday night's game, courtesy of Pace Athletic Communications.

FOLLOW THE OWLS
For the latest news, scores and highlights as well as up-to-the-minute schedule changes or announcements, visit SouthernCTOwls.com/SCSUFB. In addition, in-game highlights will be available on the Official Twitter Account of SCSU Football, @SCSUFB. 

ALL-TIME AGAINST PACE
  • Friday night's game between SCSU and Pace will be the 26th meeting all-time.
  • The Owls own a 23-2 record all-time against the Setters, including wins in the first 20 meetings before Pace picked up a 10-7 win in their second meeting of the 2014 season.
  • Pace won the last meeting between the two teams last season when the Setters took a 14-7 victory on their home turf on Oct. 27, 2018.

1981 Pace  W 31-0
1982 Pace  W 47-7
1997 Pace* W 39-20
1998 Pace*  W 26-3
1999 Pace* W 42-14
2000 Pace* W 28-21
2001 Pace* W 53-21
2002 Pace* W 46-14
2003 Pace* W 49-7
2004 Pace* W 36-6
2005 Pace* W 59-17
2006 Pace* W 28-0
2007 Pace* W 49-0
2008 Pace* W 40-17
2009 Pace* W 27-10
2010 Pace* W 55-12
2011 Pace* W 61-0
2012 Pace* W 47-26
2013 Pace* W 47-18
2014 Pace* W 32-10
2014 Pace L 7-10
2015 Pace* W 21-7
2016 Pace* W 35-16
2017 Pace* W 34-0
2018 Pace* L 7-14

THE OWLS' LAST TIME OUT
  • Southern saw a late comeback fall short in a 14-7 loss to Gannon in the Owls' season-opener at Jess Dow Field on Thursday, Sept. 5.
  • Redshirt freshman Jonmichael Bivona (Stamford, Conn.) rushed for a game-high 86 yards on 19 carries for a 4.5 yard-per-carry average. Bivona also had a team-best run of 21 yards in the fourth quarter.
  • Sophomore Izaiah Sanders (Stamford, Conn.) led all receivers with 93 yards on seven receptions, catching almost half of quarterback Matt Sanzaro's (Wethersfield, Conn.) completed passes.
  • Sanzaro was 16-for-36 for 156 yards with another 39 yards on the ground including a 1-yard scamper for the Owls lone touchdown of the day. 
  • Southern's elite defense dominated play as the Owls held Gannon to less than 200 yards (198) for the day. 
  • Bivona paced the Owls' offense as he garnered a majority of the carries as Southern racked up 166 yards on the ground.
  • Kevin Momnohin (Orange, N.J.) rushed for 49 yards on 13 carries for a 3.8 per-yard clip. 
  • Defensively, JayChar Howell (Yonkers, N.Y.) had a team-leading nine tackles, including seven solo tackdowns as well as one pass break-up. 
  • Rich Souffrant (Stratford, Conn.) had six tackles, including two for a loss with 1 1/2 sacks for a net loss of 20 yards for the game. He also recorded one pass break-up.
  • Souffrant is currently tied for the NE10 lead in sacks.



 
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Players Mentioned

Jonmichael Bivona

#25 Jonmichael Bivona

RB
5' 8"
Sophomore
JayChar Howell

#4 JayChar Howell

FS
5' 9"
Redshirt Junior
Izaiah Sanders

#9 Izaiah Sanders

WR
6' 3"
Redshirt Sophomore
Matt Sanzaro

#6 Matt Sanzaro

QB
6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
Rich Souffrant

#8 Rich Souffrant

LB
5' 10"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jonmichael Bivona

#25 Jonmichael Bivona

5' 8"
Sophomore
RB
JayChar Howell

#4 JayChar Howell

5' 9"
Redshirt Junior
FS
Izaiah Sanders

#9 Izaiah Sanders

6' 3"
Redshirt Sophomore
WR
Matt Sanzaro

#6 Matt Sanzaro

6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
QB
Rich Souffrant

#8 Rich Souffrant

5' 10"
Sophomore
LB