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20052005 FOOTBALLFOOTBALLFOOTBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 200 Cottontail Lane, Vantage Court North, Somerset, NJ 08873 Football Contact: Bob Balut, Asst. Director of Communications Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744 • www.northeastconference.org E-Mail: [email protected] Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • St. Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Football Northeast Conference Football Facts & Figures (Week 7 - October 17, 2005) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral Saturday, October 15 1. Wagner 2-1 .667 5-2 .714 W1 2-1 3-1 0-0 Central Connecticut State 21, Robert Morris 14 Monmouth 2-1 .667 4-2 .667 L1 1-1 3-1 0-0 Stony Brook 47, St. Francis (PA), 47-29 Central Conn. St. 2-1 .667 4-3 .571 W1 3-1 1-2 0-0 Wagner 26, Monmouth 20 Stony Brook 2-1 .667 3-3 .500 W2 2-2 1-1 0-0 Albany 21, Sacred Heart 7 St. Francis (PA) 2-1 .667 2-4 .333 L1 1-1 1-3 0-0 6. Robert Morris 1-2 .333 2-4 .333 L1 2-1 0-3 0-0 Home team underlined Albany 1-2 .333 1-5 .167 W1 1-2 0-3 0-0 8. Sacred Heart 0-3 .000 1-5 .167 L3 0-2 1-3 0-0 This Week’s Schedule Saturday, October 22 Albany at St. Francis (PA), 1:00 pm NEC Offensive Player of the Week Stony Brook at Sacred Heart, 1:00 pm John Sciarra, Wagner Central Connecticut State at Wagner, 1:00 pm Sr., QB, 6-1, 195, La Canada, CA/St. Francis/UCLA Robert Morris at Monmouth, 1:00 pm On the road, Sciarra led the Seahawks to a 26-20, upset win at Monmouth, tossing 279 yards on a season-high 27 NEC Offensive Player of the Week completions and three touchdown passes. It marks the third game this season the senior signal caller posted Sep. 6 John Sciarra, WC Oct. 10 Miles Austin, MU three or more scores, connecting on strikes of two and 25 yards in the second quarter along with 31 yards in the Sep. 12 Rod Williams, SBU Oct. 17 John Sciarra, WC fourth quarter. The 31-yard connection with wide out Mike Malik proved to be the decisive score in the Seahawks’ Sep. 19 John Sciarra, WC victory. In the game, Sciarra, who earns his third NEC Offensive Player of the Week award this season, broke Jason Sep. 26 Luke Palko, SFPA Cue’s school record for passing yards and now has 4,686 in two seasons on Grymes Hill. Oct. 3 Anthony Doria, SFPA NEC Defensive Player of the Week NEC Defensive Player of the Week Sep. 6 Coree Tucker, CCSU Oct. 10 Jeff Rommes, RMU Sep. 12 Jason Butler, WC Oct. 17 Brian Becker, UA Brian Becker, Albany Sep. 19 Jon Corto, SHU Sr., LB, 5-11, 225, Gansevoort, NY/Saratoga Springs Sep. 26 Colin Disch, UA With Sacred Heart driving at Albany’s 42-yard line, Becker helped break a 7-7 tie in the fourth quarter by forcing Oct. 3 Anthony Addonizio, MU a fumble, which set up the go-ahead scoring march for the Great Danes. The senior linebacker then intercepted NEC Special Teams Player of the Week a pass near midfield and returned the ball 40 yards to the Pioneer five-yard line, setting up an insurance Sep. 6 Derek Pearson, CCSU Oct. 10 Fred Weingart, MU touchdown. The Gansevoort, NY product also made 11 tackles, recording double-figure stops for the third time Sep. 12 David Jiles, MU Oct. 17 Piotr Czech, WC this season and eighth time of his career. The Albany defense held the league’s top rusher, Ed Pricolo, to just 83 Sep. 19 Piotr Czech, WC yards on 26 attempts. Sep. 26 Piotr Czech, WC Oct. 3 Miles Austin, MU NEC Special Teams Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week Piotr Czech, Wagner Sep. 6 Anthony Wilson, CCSU Oct. 10 Jo Jo Freeman, CCSU Sep. 12 Matt Weeks, SBU Oct. 17 Blair Smart, CCSU So., K/P, 6-5, 210, Keyport, NJ/Keyport Sep. 19 Dario Charlton, WC Czech scored eight points in Wagner’s, 26-20 win at Monmouth on Saturday, including a pair of field goals from Sep. 26 Aubrey Norris, CCSU 26 and 18 yards out and two PATs. In a battle of field position, the sophomore and three-time NEC Special Team Oct. 3 Jo Jo Freeman, CCSU Player of the Week winner also punted nine times for 356 yards (39.6 avg.), downing five kicks inside Monmouth’s NEC Football On Television 20-yard line, including three inside the five-yard line. With Wagner leading 26-20 and 1:30 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Keyport, NJ native pinned the Hawks at the two-yard line with no timeouts remaining. Only one FOX SPORTS PITTSBURGH of Czech’s nine punts was returnable for a total of three yards. Robert Morris def. Butler, 49-13 (Sept. 17) St. Francis (PA) def. Robert Morris, 35-28 (Oct. 1) NEC Rookie of the Week FOX SPORTS NEW YORK Blair Smart, Central Connecticut State Central Conn. St. def. Albany, 14-13 (Sept. 24) Fr., LB, 5-11, 225, Stamford, CT/Stamford NEC Preseason Coaches Poll Smart collected a team-high 12 tackles (2 solo) and helped guide Central Connecticut State to its third straight win at home and eighth in nine tries under Head Coach Tom Masella with a 21-14 triumph over Robert Morris on 1. Monmouth (4) 6. Wagner Saturday. Led by the impressive play by Smart, the Blue Devils held the Colonials to minus-19 yards rushing on 26 2. CCSU (1) 7. Stony Brook attempts and recorded four sacks on the day. Robert Morris (2) 8. St. Francis (PA) 4. Albany (1) www.northeastconference.org 5. Sacred Heart First place votes in parentheses. N E C FO OTBALL ON L I N E 2005 NEC Football Schedule/Results Albany Central Connecticut State Monmouth Robert Morris Sacred Heart (1-5, 1-2 NEC) (4-3, 2-1 NEC) (4-2, 2-1 NEC) (2-4, 1-2 NEC) (1-5, 0-3 NEC) Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time 9/10 Hofstra L, 7-36 9/3 at Colgate W, 24-22 9/3 at Lehigh L 26-54 9/3 at Duquesne L 12-23 9/3 at Holy Cross L 21-56 9/17 at Massachusetts L, 0-40 9/10 Rhode Island L, 10-56 9/10 at La Salle W, 65-27 9/17 Butler W, 49-13 9/10 Marist L, 20-22 9/24 at Central Conn. St. L, 13-14 9/17 at Marist L, 21-33 9/17 California (PA) W, 16-15 9/24 at Rowan L, 28-35 (OT) 9/17 at Iona W, 38-14 10/1 at Maine L, 7-31 9/24 Albany W, 14-13 10/1 St. Francis (PA) L, 28-35 10/1 at Stony Brook W, 36-7 10/1 at Wagner L, 21-26 10/8 Stony Brook L, 3-7 10/1 St. Peter’s W, 56-20 10/8 at Sacred Heart W, 45-14 10/8 Wagner W, 38-30 10/8 Monmouth L, 14-45 10/15 Sacred Heart W, 21-7 10/8 at St. Francis (PA) L, 28-31 10/15 Wagner L, 20-26 10/15 at Central Conn. St. L, 14-21 10/15 at Albany L, 7-21 10/22 at St. Francis (PA) 1:00 pm 10/15 Robert Morris W, 21-14 10/22 Robert Morris 1:00 pm 10/22 at Monmouth 1:00 pm 10/22 Stony Brook 1:00 pm 10/29 at Wagner 1:00 pm 10/22 at Wagner 1:00 pm 10/29 at Central Conn. St. 1:00 pm 10/29 Stony Brook 1:00 pm 10/29 St. Francis (PA) 12:30 pm 11/5 Robert Morris 4:00 pm 10/29 Monmouth 1:00 pm 11/5 at St. Francis (PA) 1:00 pm 11/5 at Albany 4:00 pm 11/5 Central Conn. St. 12:30 pm 11/12 at Monmouth 1:00 pm 11/5 at Sacred Heart 12:30 pm 11/12 Albany 1:00 pm 11/12 Sacred Heart 1:00 pm 11/19 at Fordham 1:00 pm 11/12 at Stony Brook 1:00 pm 11/12 at Robert Morris 1:00 pm NEC Games in Bold NEC Games in Bold NEC Games in Bold NEC Games in Bold NEC Games in Bold St. Francis (PA) Stony Brook Wagner (2-4, 2-1 NEC) (3-3, 2-1 NEC) (5-2-, 2-1 NEC) Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time 9/3 Morehead State L 25-26 9/10 Bucknell W, 21-18 9/3 La Salle W 41-27 9/10 at St. Peter’s L, 22-25 9/17 at Hofstra L, 0-55 9/10 at Iona W, 14-0 9/24 at La Salle L, 27-29 9/24 Georgetown L, 7-10 9/15 at St. Peter’s W, 52-25 10/1 at Robert Morris W, 35-28 10/1 Monmouth L, 7-36 9/24 Marist L, 21-38 10/8 Central Conn. St. W, 31-28 10/8 at Albany W, 7-3 10/1 Sacred Heart W, 26-21 10/15 at Stony Brook L, 29-47 10/15 St.