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Stony Brook defense dominates

Villanova quarterback John Robertson is about to be

Photo credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke

For the first round of the FCS playoffs anyway, it didn’t matter that Stony Brook didn’t have injured starting quarterback Kyle Essington. It didn’t matter because a Villanova offense averaging 31.2 points per game couldn’t sustain much of any offense in a 20-10 loss Saturday afternoon at LaValle Stadium.

The Wildcats’ offensive problems were two-pronged – first, the Seawolves’ offense had...

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