2-0, 0-0 Liberty League) September 15, 2012 Charles A

Utica College Pioneers (2-0, 0-0 Empire 8) vs. #14 Hobart College Statesmen (2-0, 0-0 Liberty League) September 15, 2012 Charles A. Gaetano Stadium Live radio broadcast on ESPN Radio WTLB 99.1 FM/1310 AM & WPNR 90.7 FM Live video and stats provided by Utica College Athletics at www.ucpioneers.com

BROADCAST INFO: All Utica College games will be The Pioneer defense came to play once again as it 102.0 yards in penalties per game. broadcast on the radio at WTLB 99.1 FM/1310 AM held the Dutchmen to just 17 points and less than YOU HAVE TO SCORE TO WIN: UC has scored 12 (ESPN Radio) by play-by-play man Dave Peroni and 400 yards of total offense … Junior transfer Joe touchdowns through two games compared to their color analyst Fred Miller … Links for live stats and Giametta racked up a game-high 16 tackles, while opponents’ (St. Lawrence, Union) three touchdowns. video for Saturday’s contest are available at www. senior captain Luke Manolescu accompanied with IRONMAN: Senior quarterback Andrew Benkwitt ucpioneers.com … Live streaming audio can also 12 tackles of his own. is making his 33rd consecutive start, marking the be accessed on WTLB’s website, www.espnur.com MEIER MAKES HISTORY: UC’s Jeremy Meier caught longest active streak … Benkwitt did not miss a start … WPNR 90.7 FM will broadcast every UC football two touchdown passes on Saturday and became in each of his first three seasons. home contest this season and live streaming audio the program’s all-time leader with 116 career points D3FOOTBALL.COM FEATURE: Benkwitt was recently of the contest can be accessed at www.utica.edu/ scored, surpassing former Pioneer kicker Casey Mc- highlighted in a feature article by D3football.com wpnr. Nulty ‘09 (109 career points) … Meier has 19 career contributing writer Andre Lovell … To find the ar- FIRST MEETING: Today’s contest between Utica and touchdowns. ticle go to D3football.com, select the tab COLUMNS, Hobart marks the first time these two teams have GIAMETTA HONORED: Junior Joe Giametta was select AROUND THE REGION and check out the East met in the regular season … Today’s meeting is also named the Empire 8 Conference Defensive Player of Region section. the final non-conference game of the season for the the Week for the first time in his career on Monday HUGE PLAY HANSEN: Junior linebacker Ryan Pioneers before opening up Empire 8 Conference … Giametta made 16 stops in the Pioneers’ 45-17 Hansen has found himself in the right place at the play at Ithaca on Sept. 29th. win over Union on Saturday … The junior transfer right time on more than one occasion this season LIBERTY LEAGUE OPPONENTS: The Pioneers are from C.W. Post has helped transform a Pioneer … Hanson has one interception, which he returned headed into their third consecutive game against defense that allowed 38 points per game last year … 32 yards, two sacks for a loss of 16 yards and three a Liberty League opponent … They topped St. He currently ranks sixth in the nation with an aver- tackles for a loss. Lawrence (40-7) and Union (45-17) in weeks one and age of 15 tackles per game … He also forced one SCOUTING THE STATESMEN: Following Saturday’s two … Utica has seven consecutive victories against fumble, recovered a fumble and tallied a tackle for 28-7 win over Geneva College, the Hobart College Liberty League opponents … The last time UC lost a loss on Saturday night … Originally from Seaford, football team climbed up four spots to No. 14 in the to a Liberty League opponent was back on Sept. 19, NY, the 5-foot-9 215 pound outside linebacker latest D3football.com poll … Sophomore linebacker 2009 when RPI upended Utica 17-14. recorded 14 tackles in the Pioneers’ 40-7 win over St. Nolan Toran and first-year running back Conner Har- TALE OF THE TAPE: Utica has scored 85 points this Lawrence in week one. He has 30 total tackles this tigan were named the Liberty League Special Teams year compared to Hobart’s 59 … The Pioneers have year (11 solo). Performer of the Week and Liberty League Rookie 51 first downs compared to the Statesmen’s’ 42 … GROUND AND POUND: Junior running back Jesse of the Week, respectively, by the conference office Hobart has an edge in rushing yards 409-374 … The Baldassare controlled the workload in the back field for their roles in the win over the Golden Tornadoes Pioneers have a strong lead in passing yards 627-299 rushing for a career-high 141 yards on 25 carries and … Toran was a key member of Hobart’s punt return … UC has a 64% (16-of-25) 3rd down conversion rate a score, while tallying four catches for 33 yards, in unit. In the first quarter, he recovered a blocked compared to Hobart’s 42% (14-of-33) … Hobart has last week’s win over Union. punt at the Geneva 1 to set up the first Statesmen allowed just one touchdown all year compared to FAGGIANO ETCHES HIS NAME IN HISTORY: Head touchdown … In the second quarter, Toran blocked the Pioneers’ three. Coach Blaise Faggiano became the program’s all- a punt and recovered it, again at the Geneva 1, to set BYE WEEK COMING UP: The Pioneers have next time leader in wins two weekends ago … Faggiano, up a second TD … Hartigan rushed for more yards weekend off before entering Empire 8 Conference who is in the midst of his fifth season at the helm, (66) on just seven carries than Geneva managed in play … The Pioneers have traditionally struggled the now has 19 career victories, eclipsing the previous the entire game (31 carries, 55 yds) … He averaged week before a bye, going 1-9 all-time in the week record set by the program’s founding head coach a robust 9.4 yards per carry, thanks in large part to a prior to a bye …. The only time the Pioneers won Mike Kemp, who tallied 17 wins in just under six full 40-yard run, Hobart’s longest play of the season … a game headed into a bye week was back in 2004 seasons … The UC football program began varsity In addition to Toran and Hartigan, junior linebacker when UC knocked off RPI, 9-7. competition in 2001 … Faggiano has progressively Devin Worthington was named to the Liberty TOUGH TO BEAT IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY: The improved with each season as the Pioneers’ head League’s Weekly Honor Roll … He had a team-high Pioneers are 14-1 in their last 15 non-conference coach … He posted a 3-7 overall mark in his first sea- seven tackles and broke the Hobart game record for contests … Utica has 24 non-conference victories son, a 4-6 record in his second year, and a 5-5 record tackles for a loss. (Courtesy of Hobart Sports Info.) in the program’s 12 year history … The Pioneers are in each of the following seasons. 2012 Schedule 24-27 all-time in non-conference contests … Head DEFENSE IS THE NAME OF THE GAME: After allow- Sept. 1 St. Lawrence%...... W, 40-7 Coach Blaise Faggiano is 15-3 all-time in non-confer- ing an average of 38 points per game last season, the Pioneer defense has stepped it up over the course Sept. 8 @ Union...... W, 45-17 ence games. Sept. 15 Hobart ...... 7 p.m. NIGHT CRAWLERS: The Pioneers open up their of the first two weeks allowing an average of just 12 2012 season with three consecutive night games points … The secondary has held opposing quar- Sept. 22 BYE WEEK (7 p.m. start) ... Tonight is just the 4th night game terbacks to an average of 216 yards passing … The Sept. 29 @ Ithaca* ...... 1 p.m. in program-history … UC has participated in seven defense has also shown they can close out games, Oct. 6 @ Buffalo State*...... 12 p.m. night games (four home/three away) all-time. allowing zero points in the fourth quarter and just Oct. 13 Frostburg*^...... 2 p.m. GAETANO RECOGNITION: Utica College President seven points in the second half all season. Oct. 20 @ Hartwick*...... 2 p.m. Todd Hutton and Athletic Director David Fontaine SHUT DOWN THIRD DOWN: The Pioneers have held Oct. 27 Alfred*...... 2 p.m. ’89 are hosting a recognition ceremony to honor the their opponents to just nine third down conversions in 25 attempts for a conversion rate of 36%. Nov. 3 @ Salisbury*...... 1 p.m. Gaetano Family prior to Saturday night’s contest … Nov. 10 St. John Fisher*&...... 1 p.m. The recognition will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the plaza OFFENSE IS HOT IN 2ND QUARTER: The second located in front of Charles A. Gaetano Stadium. quarter of play has been nice to the Pioneers this ^ Homecoming LAST WEEK: Senior quarterback Andrew Benkwitt year as they have scored 48 of their 85 total points in * Empire 8 tied a school-record after he tossed five touchdowns the 15 minutes prior to halftime … UC would like to & Senior Day to lead the Utica College football team to a 45-17 see more offensive production in the fourth quarter % Televised on TWCS road win over Union College Saturday night at Frank as they have only scored three fourth quarter points - All games brodcast live on WTLB 1310 AM Bailey Field … The Pioneers improved to 2-0, while in two games. - Home games streamed on empire8.tv the Dutchmen fell to 0-2 on the season … Utica has DISCIPLINE, DISCIPLINE, DISCIPLINE: The Pioneers - Live stats for all home games available at now topped Union in two consecutive seasons … have only given up an average of 53.5 yards in penalties per game this year compared to their opponents www.ucpioneers.com www.ucpioneers.com Utica vs. Hobart College - Sept. 15, 2012 - Game Three

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Benkwitt is the only quarterback in program-history to attempt 1,000 or more passes in a Utica College Pronunciations EUGENIO, Alvarez...... (U-JEN-e-o) career … Benkwitt needs 13 completions to eclipse 700 Jesse BALDASSARE...... (Ball-DA-sar-E) for his career … His efforts last weekend pushed him over Andrew, BENKWITT...... (BEN-witt) Connor BUTKIEWICZ...... (Butt-KA-witz) 8,000 yards passing for his career (8,062) … His 65 career Alex CASTILLA...... (Cass-tea-yah) touchdown passes is a school-record … Jeremy Meier JERROD CLOWES...... (Jared Klows) Mike COTTLE...... (Cot-TELL) became the College’s all-time leading scorer last week DANA CHRISTOFFERSON...... (Dayna Chris-TOFF-er-son) and he now has 116 career points … Meier needs 69 yards Joseph GERBINO...... (Jur-bean-O) receiving to maove into fourth on the College’s all-time list Jon, HEISLER...... (Highs-ler) Tyler KALLASY...... (KA-lay-SEE) … Meier and Matt Dunn currently rank fifth and sixth on Adam, LUCZAK...... (Lou-ZACK) the College’s all-time receiving yards list … Meier has 1,461 Ian LOTZ...... (LUTS) Matt, MALUNAT...... (Male-you-NAT) career receiving yards and Dunn recently broke the 1,000 Luke, MANOLESCU...... (Man-o-less-que) yard barrier, he now has 1,095 … Dunn needs 11 catches to Jeremy, MEIER...... (Meyer) Alex, RUKAVENA...... (ROO-ka-VEEna) reach the 100 catch mark for his career … Dunn needs one Alex RUTA...... (Root-A) touchdown catch to tie for third on the College’s all-time GENARO, Scampone...... (Jen-are-o) Richie CHUTE ...... (Shoot) receiving touchdowns list – He currently has 11 touchdown Josh VISALLI...... (Va-SALLEY) catches … Benkwitt completed 74.1% of his passes last Michael, VITACOLONNA...... (Vita-KA-lona) week which ranks sixth all-time on the College’s single- Josh SOMMERS...... (SO-mers) CAPRI Corn ...... (KA-pre) game list … Benkwitt tied his own school-record with five James LENAHAN ...... (Len-A-Han) touchdown throws last week … Benkwitt’s 216.1 passing Zach HUNNEWELL ...... (Honeywell) Tom DYER ...... (DIE-er) efficiency rating last week ranks third all-time on the Col- Kyle KUHNS...... (COONS) lege’s single game list. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED … (As of 9/14/2012) TEAM Rushed for 300+ yards ……………………………...... ….....…... 358 vs. Castleton on Sept. 12, 2009 Rushed for 400+ yards ……………………...... ………………. 473 vs. Hartwick on Nov. 12, 2005 Passed for 400+ yards ……………………………...... ….....….... 414 vs. Castleton on Sept. 11, 2010 Total offense of 500+ yards ………………………...... 508 vs. St. Lawrence on Sept. 1, 2012 Total offense of 600+ yards . ……………………………...... ….. 667 vs. Castleton on Sept. 11, 2010 Shut out opponent ……………………………...... …...... 36-0 vs. Husson on Oct. 4, 2003 Scored 40+ points ...... 45-17 Win over Union on Sept. 8, 2012 INDIVIDUAL RUSHING 30-or-more carries ……………………………...... Tyrell Robinson (39 carries) vs. RPI on Sept. 18 2004 200 yards … ……………………………...... ….....…...Mike Capra (235 yards) vs. vs. Hartwick on Nov. 12, 2005 Three or more rushing TD’s ……………………………...... Jake Larson (3 TD’s) vs. Ithaca on Oct. 22, 2011 INDIVIDUAL PASSING 30-or-more completions .....………………………...... Andrew Benkwitt (30 completions) vs. Hartwick on Oct. 15, 2011 40-or-more attempts ……………………………...... Andrew Benkwitt (42 attempts) vs. Ithaca on Oct. 22, 2011 300 yard passing game …...………………………...... Andrew Benkwitt (355 yards passing) vs. St. Lawrence on Sept. 1, 2012 400 yard passing game . ……………………………...... Nick Martin (408 yards passing) vs. Husson on Sept. 12, 2004 Five-or-more touchdown passes ……………………………...... Andrew Benkwitt (5 TD’s) vs. Union on Sept. 8, 2012 Five-or-more Interceptions………....…………………...... Andrew Benkwitt (5 INT’s) vs. St. John Fisher on Oct. 17, 2009 INDIVIDUAL SCORING Kickoff returned for a TD …………………...... Jesse Baldassare (84 yards) vs. St. Lawrence on Sept. 3, 2011 TD run of 70+ yards ……………………………...... Brian Jones (71 yards) vs. Norwich on Nov. 3, 2007 TD pass of 70+ yards ……………………………...... Andrew Benkwitt to Anthony Acevedo (74 yards) vs. RPI on Sept. 18, 2010 Individual scored 3+ TD’s……………………………...... Jake Larson (3 TD’s) vs. Ithaca on Oct. 22, 2011 Kicker made 8-or-more extra points ……………………………...... Casey McNulty (8 XP’s) vs. Castleton on Sept. 12, 2009 Kicker made 3-or-more field goals ……………………………...... Seth Mitchell (3 FG’s) vs. Union on Sept. 10, 2011 Field goal of 50-or-more yards ……………………………...... Denis Avdic (50 yards) vs. Anna Maria on Oct. 10, 2009 Punt return of 70-or-more yards ……………………………...... Chris Sargis (73 yards) vs. Alfred on Oct. 18, 2003 Interception return of 80-or-more yards ……………………………...... Bryan Johnson (91 yards) vs. Mount Ida on Oct. 6, 2007 INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING 200-or-more receiving yards ……………………………...... Anthony Acevedo (205 yard) vs. Castleton on Sept. 11, 2010 10-or-more catches ……………………………...... Anthony Acevedo (10 catches) vs. Hartwick on Nov. 6, 2010 3-or-more receiving TD’s ……………………………...... James Proniewych (3 TD’s) vs. Husson on Sept. 12, 2004 INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE 3-or-more interceptions ……………………………...... Jon Klosner (3 INT’s) vs, Mount Ida on Oct. 12, 2002 20-or-more-tackles ……………………………...... Anthony Venturino (23 tackles) vs. Springfield on Oct. 2, 2004 3-or-more sacks ……………………………...... Zachary Jensen (3 sacks) vs. Ithaca on Oct. 22, 2011 2-or-more forced fumbles ……………………………...... Adam Keller (3 FF’s) vs. Hartwick on Oct. 31, 2009 3-or-more pass break-ups ……………………………...... Peter Vano (3 PB’s) vs. Hartwick on Oct. 31, 2009

www.ucpioneers.com Utica 2-Deep vs. Hobart College - Sept. 15, 2012 - Game Three

#2 Jamie Murphy #24 James Lenahan 5-9, 165, JR WR CB #23 Shawn Mitchell S 6-0, 165, SO Marcus Whitman/Canandaigua, NY 6-4, 215, SO Mahopac/Mahopac, NY #10 Paul Smith Indian River/Philadelphia, NY #22 Mike Johnston #14 Jeremy Meier 6-0, 195, SR #17 Alan Richards 5-10, 205, SO 6-2, 215, SR WR Niagara-Wheatfield/Niagara Falls, NY 6-0, 185, FR Gloversville/Gloversville, NY Rome Free Academy/Rome, N.Y. Triton Regional/Laurel Springs, NJ #19 Alex DeRusso 6-3, 180, FR #69 Zack Hunnewell Shenendehowa/Clifton Park, NY 6-4, 280, SO LT #41 Michael Herberger Nashua North/Nashua, NH DE 6-2, 245, SR #58 Mike Ruth Williamsville North/Amherst, NY 6-3, 290, FR #48 Josh Visalli LB #26 Genaro Scampone Wayne Valley/Wayne, NJ 5-11, 240, JR 5-9, 200, SR, Captain Whitesboro/Deerfield, NY Proctor/Utica, NY #66 Tom Owens LG #44 Ryan Hansen 6-1, 265, SR #90 Kyle Taft 6-2, 225, JR Msgr. Farrell/Staten Island, NY NG 6-0, 260, SR Pascack Hills/Woodcliff Lake, NJ #77 Shane Duncan F.D. Roosevelt/Salt Point, NY 5-11, 280, JR #91 Kyle Khuns Southington/Southington, CT 5-10, 270, SO Arlington/Hopewell Junction, NY #5 Andrew Benkwitt #64 Matt Malunat #50 Dana Christopherson 6-2, 200, SR, Captain QB 6-0, 285, JR C LB 5-10, 205, JR Mamaroneck/Mamaroneck, NY Slate Hill/Minisink Valley, NY #93 Adam Luczak Dryden/Richford, NY #11 Connor Butkiewicz #71 Tom Dyer DT 6-3, 275, SR #36 Chris Adams 6-0, 175, SO 6-2, 290, SR Silver Springs/Letchworth, NY 5-11, 210, JR Southington/Southington, CT Greece Olympia/Rochester, NY #37 Jerrod Clowes Ballston Spa/Ballston Spa, NY 6-2, 275, SR #62 Mike Vitacolonna Irondequoit/Rochester, NY 5-10, 260, JR RG Camden Catholic/Bellmawr, NJ #20 Jesse Baldassare #73 Kevin Butler DE#55 Anthony Cipoletti 5-8, 180, JR RB 6-0, 250, SO 5-10, 220, JR LB #9 Joe Giametta Mt. Sinai/Mt. Sinai, NY Macarthur/Wantagh, NY Half Hollow Hills/Dix Hills, NY 5-9, 205, JR #30 Dakota Peel #42 Alex Rukavena MacArthur/Seaford, NY 6-0. 190, SO #72 Tyler Zeller 6-2, 215, JR #37 Jon Treen Alded/Alden, NY 6-1, 270, SO RT Whitesboro/Whitesboro, NY 5-10, 195, SO Webster Thomas/Webster, NY Ilion/Ilion, NY #56 Alex Castilla 6-2, 260, JR #88 Sean Jones Notre Dame/Utica, NY #18 Xavier Richardson 5-10, 195, JR WR 5-8, 170, JR Whitesboro/Whitesboro, NY #32 Matt Dunn CB CNS/Clay, NY #29 Luke Manolescu #81 Joe Gerbino 6-2, 225, SR, Captain TE #35 Brandon Ducey S 6-3, 210, SR, Captain 5-10, 190, JR Miller Place/Miller Place, NY 5-9, 175, SO Notre Dame/New York Mills, NY Mahwah/Mahwah, NJ #89 Lucas Harder Spaulding/Barre, VT #3 Cedric Hairston 6-1, 215, SO 6-1, 195, SO Lafayette/Fabius, NY Corning/Corning, NY

SPECIALISTS

#1 Josh Sommers #42 Alex Rukavena #88 Sean Jones 6-2, 215, JR 5-10, 195, JR 601, 170, SO Guilderland/Slingerlands, NY Whitesboro/Whitesboro,LS NY Whitesboro/Whitesboro, NY KR/ #30 Dakota Peel #49 Sean Hulser #6 Capri Corn 6-0. 190, SO K/P 6-2, 220, JR 5-9, 180, SO Alded/Alden, NY Notre Dame/Vernon, NY New Rochelle/ New Rochelle, NY PR

www.ucpioneers.com Utica Game Day Roster vs. Hobart - Sept. 15, 2012 - Game Three No. Name POS YR HT WT High School/Hometown 1 Josh Sommers K So. 6-0 175 Guilderland/Slingerlands, NY 2 Jamie Murphy WR Jr. 5-10 170 Marcus Whitman/Canandaigua, NY 3 Cedric Hairston S So. 6-0 205 Corning/Corning, NY 4 Mike Cottle RB So. 6-0 220 South Windsor/Windsor, CT 5 Andrew Benkwitt QB Sr. 6-3 195 Mamaroneck/Mamaroneck, NY 6 Capri Corn RB So. 5-9 175 New Rochelle/New Rochelle, NY 7 Richie Chute QB So. 6-1 185 Victor/Victor, NY 8 Willie Simmons CB Jr. 5-10 165 Cleve Hill/Cheektowaga, NY 9 Joe Giametta LB Jr. 5-9 215 MacArthur/Seaford, NY 10 Paul Smith WR Sr. 6-0 195 Niagara-Wheatfield/Niagara Falls, NY 11 Connor Butkiewicz QB So. 6-0 165 Southington/Southington, CT 12 Logan Jandrew TE Jr. 6-2 220 Wills Point/Wills Point, TX 13 Teddy VanGalen QB Fr. 6-0 200 Shenendehowa/Clifton Park, NY 14 Jeremy Meier WR Sr. 6-3 216 Rome Free Academy/Rome, NY 15 Chris Williams WR Fr. 6-0 225 Lake Braddock/Fairfax Station, VA 16 Chris Adams LB Jr. 6-0 200 Ballston Spa/Ballston Spa, NY 17 Alan Richards CB Fr. 5-9 170 Triton Regional/Laurel Springs, NJ 18 Xavier Richardson CB Jr. 5-8 175 CNS/Clay, NY 19 Alex DeRusso WR Fr. 6-1 170 Shenendehowa/Clifton Park, NY 20 Jesse Baldassare RB Jr. 5-7 175 Mt. Sinai/Mt. Sinai, NY 21 Jason Smith CB So. 5-8 170 Corning/Beaverdams, NY 22 Mike Johnston S So. 5-9 215 Gloversville/Gloversville, NY 23 Shawn Mitchell CB So. 6-3 200 Indian River/Philadelphia, NY 24 James Lenahan S So. 6-0 165 Mahopac/Mahopac, NY 25 Brandon Burnham S So. 5-10 170 Mexico/Fulton, NY 26 Genaro Scampone LB Sr. 5-8 185 Proctor/Utica, NY 27 Louis Jackson CB Fr. 5-9 170 East/Rochester, NY 28 Daniel Donato DE Sr. 5-11 225 Delmar/Bethlehem, NY 29 Luke Manolescu S Sr. 6-3 215 Notre Dame/New York Mills, NY 30 Dakota Peel RB/P So. 5-11 185 Alden/Alden, NY 31 Eugenio Alvarez DB Sr. 5-7 187 Larchmont/Mamaroneck, NY 32 Matt Dunn TE Sr. 6-2 230 Miller Place/Miller Place, NY 33 Iquan Ward RB Fr. 5-7 190 LaSalle/Latham, NY 34 Alexander Ruta FB Jr. 5-9 235 Hilton/Hilton, NY 35 Brandon Ducey WR So. 5-10 180 Spaulding/Barre, VT 36 Justin Courtade K Sr. 5-10 200 St. Francis/Lakeview, NY 37 Jon Treen LB So. 5-9 195 Ilion/Ilion, NY 38 Thomas Woodburn K Fr. 5-8 150 West Islip/West Islip, NY 39 Tyler Kallasy DE So. 6-0 235 New Hartford/New Hartford, NY 40 Ryan Sosnowski LB Fr. 5-10 224 Alden/Alden, NY 41 Michael Herberger DE Sr. 6-3 255 Williamsville North/Amherst, NY 42 Alex Rukavena LB Jr. 6-1 230 Whitesboro/Utica, NY 43 Josh O’Hearn S Fr. 6-2 185 General Brown/Brownville, NY 44 Ryan Hansen LB Jr. 6-0 206 Pascack Hills/Woodcliff Lake, NJ 45 Jimmy McLaughlin DE Fr. 5-9 205 Guilderland/Schenectady, NY 46 Mike Russo TE So. 6-0 205 Holy Trinity/Hicksville, NY 47 Vincent Provenzano S Fr. 6-0 170 Sachem North/Lake Ronkonkoma, NY 48 Josh Visalli DE Jr. 5-10 235 Whitesboro/Deerfield, NY 49 Dave VanAuker LB Fr. 6-0 175 Greece Arcadia/Rochester, NY 50 Dana Christofferson LB Jr. 6-0 220 Dryden/Richford, NY www.ucpioneers.com Utica Game Day Roster vs. Hobart - Sept. 15, 2012 - Game Three No. Name POS YR HT WT High School/Hometown 51 Alex Castilla OL Sr. 6-3 270 Notre Dame/Utica, NY 52 Jon Heisler DE Sr. 6-2 240 Cheektowaga/Maryvale, NY 53 Ian Lotz LB So. 6-0 210 West Scranton/Scranton, PA 54 Pat Carroll DT Fr. 6-3 290 Liverpool/Liverpool, NY 55 Anthony Cipoletti DE Jr. 5-10 235 Half Hollow Hills West/Dix Hills, NY 56 Sean Hulser LB So. 6-0 210 Notre Dame/Vernon, NY 57 Keenan Jones LB Fr. 6-0 205 Poughkeepsie/Poughkeepsie, NY 58 Michael Ruth OL Fr. 6-1 263 Wayne Valley/Wayne, NJ 60 Spencer Lasker OL Fr. 6-0 320 Commack/Commack, NY 61 Tyler Zeller OL So. 6-0 260 Webster Thomas/Webster 62 Michael Vitacolonna OL Jr. 5-10 290 Camden Catholic/Bellmawr, NJ 63 Michael Grider OL Fr. 6-1 275 Rome Free Academy/Rome, NY 64 Matt Malunat OL Jr. 6-0 280 Slate Hill/Minisink Valley, NY 65 Zach Handy OL Fr. 6-1 260 Gloversville/Gloversville, NY 66 Thomas Owens OL Sr. 6-1 270 Msgr. Farrell/Staten Island, NY 67 Josh Blair OL Fr. 6-1 265 Rome Catholic/Rome, NY 68 Andrew Calabrese OL Sr. 6-3 295 Pittsford/Pittsford, NY 69 Zach Hunnewell OL So. 6-3 275 Nashua North/Nashua, NH 71 Tom Dyer OL Sr. 6-2 295 Greece Olympia/Rochester, NY 73 Franco DiMarco OL Sr. 5-10 250 Rome Free Academy/Rome, NY 74 Kevin Butler OL So. 6-0 250 MacArthur/Wantagh, NY 76 Logan Placey OL Jr. 6-2 315 Merrimack/Merrimack, NY 77 Shane Duncan DT Jr. 5-11 295 Southington/Southington, CT 80 Siddique Haddad Adams WR Fr. 5-10 165 Poughkeepsie /Poughkeepsie, NY 81 Joseph Gerbino WR Jr. 6-0 185 Mahwah/Mahwah, NJ 82 Noah Thomas TE So. 6-0 225 Troy/Wynantskill, NY 83 Matt Dibble WR So. 5-10 190 Webster Thomas/Webster, NY 84 Jerrod Clowes DT Sr. 6-1 265 Irondequoit/Rochester, NY 85 Christopher Winch WR Sr. 6-0 175 Spencer-Van Etten/Spencer, NY 86 Gregory Palmer WR Fr. 6-1 175 APW/Richland, NY 87 Skylar Wheeler WR Fr. 5-8 170 APW/Williamston, NY 88 Sean Jones WR Jr. 5-11 180 Whitesboro/Whitesboro, NY 89 Lucas Harder TE Jr. 6-0 250 Lafayette/Fabius, NY 90 Kyle Taft DL Sr. 6-0 265 F.D. Roosevelt/Salt Point, NY 91 Kyle Khuns DT So. 5-10 265 Arlington/Hopewell Junction, NY 92 Mike Kata DT Fr. 5-10 265 West Babylon/West Babylon, NY 93 Adam Luczak DE Sr. 6-3 255 Silver Springs/Letchworth, NY 94 Nicholas Allen OL Fr. 5-11 275 Notre Dame/Mohawk, NY 95 Nick Woodman DE Fr. 6-5 210 Proctor/Utica, NY 96 Quincy Mack DE So. 6-1 200 Glens Falls/Glens Falls, NY

Head Coach: Blaise Faggiano Assistant Coaches: George Penree, Curt Fitzpatrick, Will Pluff, Lazarus Morgan, Walter Burks, Ben Atwood, Marcus Gurdineer, Seth Williams, Riley Hill , Mike Zegarelli, Jake DerCola, Keith Scranton, Bob Jones, Mark Mattice, Feddie Sarus, Jared Keyte Student Assistants/Managers: Eric Rindo, Jake Larson, Scott Williams, Zak Lake, Brittany Baudanza, Zach Jones, Sam Lima, John Verra, Nate Stewart, Mike Hall, Tracy Branch, Racquel Baudanza www.ucpioneers.com Utica College - 2012 Results & Statistics

The Automated ScoreBook Utica College Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 14, 2012) All games

TEAM STATISTICS UTICA OPP ------SCORING...... 85 24 Points Per Game...... 42.5 12.0 FIRST DOWNS...... 51 29 Rushing...... 21 11 Passing...... 27 16 Penalty...... 3 2 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 374 239 Yards gained rushing...... 410 316 Yards lost rushing...... 36 77 Rushing Attempts...... 76 78 Average Per Rush...... 4.9 3.1 Average Per Game...... 187.0 119.5 TDs Rushing...... 4 1 PASSING YARDAGE...... 627 432 Att-Comp-Int...... 64-41-1 46-25-4 Average Per Pass...... 9.8 9.4 Average Per Catch...... 15.3 17.3 Average Per Game...... 313.5 216.0 TDs Passing...... 8 2 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 1001 671 Total Plays...... 140 124 Average Per Play...... 7.2 5.4 Average Per Game...... 500.5 335.5 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 5-135 15-195 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 5-19 3-10 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 4-66 1-15 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 27.0 13.0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 3.8 3.3 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 16.5 15.0 FUMBLES-LOST...... 3-3 2-2 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 15-107 21-204 Average Per Game...... 53.5 102.0 PUNTS-YARDS...... 5-205 10-352 Average Per Punt...... 41.0 35.2 Net punt average...... 39.0 33.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME...... 27:16 31:25 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 16/25 9/25 3rd-Down Pct...... 64% 36% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 1/2 2/5 4th-Down Pct...... 50% 40% SACKS BY-YARDS...... 8-48 4-26 MISC YARDS...... 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 12 3 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 1-1 1-1 PAT-ATTEMPTS...... 10-12 3-3 ATTENDANCE...... 2653 635 Games/Avg Per Game...... 1/2653 1/635 Neutral Site Games...... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------Utica College...... 14 48 20 3 - 85 Opponents...... 7 10 7 0 - 24 Utica College - 2012 Statistics The Automated ScoreBook Utica College Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 14, 2012) All games

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------J. Baldassare 1 24 141 0 141 5.9 1 40 141.0 Jamie Murphy 3 -2 -0.7 0 0 Mike Cottle 2 16 112 0 112 7.0 0 15 56.0 Sean Jones 2 21 10.5 0 17 Andrew Benkwitt 2 15 87 19 68 4.5 1 20 34.0 Total...... 5 19 3.8 0 17 Dakota Peel 2 15 67 4 63 4.2 2 19 31.5 Opponents...... 3 10 3.3 0 5 Capri Corn 2 2 3 0 3 1.5 0 3 1.5 TEAM 1 3 0 6 -6 -2.0 0 0 -6.0 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long C. Butkiewicz 1 1 0 7 -7 -7.0 0 0 -7.0 ------Total...... 2 76 410 36 374 4.9 4 40 187.0 James Lenahan 2 32 16.0 0 24 Opponents...... 2 78 316 77 239 3.1 1 46 119.5 Ryan Hansen 1 32 32.0 0 32 X. Richardson 1 2 2.0 0 2 PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Total...... 4 66 16.5 0 32 ------Opponents...... 1 15 15.0 0 15 Andrew Benkwitt 2 184.22 63-40-1 63.5 615 8 58 307.5 C. Butkiewicz 1 200.80 1-1-0 100.0 12 0 12 12.0 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total...... 2 184.48 64-41-1 64.1 627 8 58 313.5 ------Opponents...... 2 130.19 46-25-4 54.3 432 2 70 216.0 Capri Corn 4 115 28.8 0 40 Sean Jones 1 20 20.0 0 20 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Total...... 5 135 27.0 0 40 ------Opponents...... 15 195 13.0 0 25 Jeremy Meier 2 10 196 19.6 2 58 98.0 Matt Dunn 2 8 138 17.2 3 36 69.0 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Paul Smith 2 6 103 17.2 1 36 51.5 ------Jamie Murphy 2 4 53 13.2 1 22 26.5 Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 J. Baldassare 1 4 33 8.2 0 23 33.0 Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Sean Jones 2 3 36 12.0 0 21 18.0 Dakota Peel 2 2 43 21.5 0 30 21.5 Mike Cottle 2 2 12 6.0 0 9 6.0 Lucas Harder 2 1 12 12.0 0 12 6.0 Logan Jandrew 1 1 1 1.0 1 1 1.0 Total...... 2 41 627 15.3 8 58 313.5 Opponents...... 2 25 432 17.3 2 70 216.0 The Automated ScoreBook Utica College Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 14, 2012) All games

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------9 Joe Giametta 2 11 19 30 2-7 . . . . 1-0 1 . . 29 Luke Manolescu 2 7 8 15 2-9 0.5-3 ...... 50 Christofferson 2 3 7 10 1-4 0.5-4 ...... 48 Josh Visalli 2 3 7 10 2-6 0.5-5 ...... 24 James Lenahan 2 4 5 9 1-2 . 2-32 . . 1-0 . . . 44 Ryan Hansen 2 4 5 9 3-16 2.0-16 1-32 ...... 26 Genaro Scampone 2 5 3 8 ...... 41 M. Herberger 2 4 4 8 2-5 1.0-4 ...... 55 A. Cipoletti 2 2 5 7 2-9 1.0-9 ...... 90 Kyle Taft 2 4 3 7 2-8 1.0-2 ...... 84 Jerrod Clowes 2 1 6 7 2-2 0.5-1 ...... 37 Jon Treen 2 3 2 5 ...... 23 Shawn Mitchell 2 3 2 5 ...... 93 Adam Luczak 2 . 5 5 1-2 0.5-2 ...... 18 X. Richardson 2 3 1 4 . . 1-2 ...... 81 Joseph Gerbino 2 1 3 4 ...... 3 Cedric Hairston 2 . 3 3 ...... 56 Sean Hulser 2 . 2 2 ...... 52 Jon Heisler 1 1 1 2 ...... 42 Alex Rukavena 2 1 1 2 ...... 54 Pat Carroll 1 . 1 1 ...... 16 Chris Adams 1 . 1 1 1-2 0.5-2 ...... 45 J. McLaughlin 1 1 . 1 ...... 53 Ian Lotz 1 1 . 1 ...... 25 Brandon Burnham 1 . 1 1 ...... 88 Sean Jones 2 1 . 1 ...... 31 Eugenio Alvarez 2 . 1 1 ...... 35 Brandon Ducey 1 1 . 1 ...... 83 Matt Dibble 1 1 . 1 ...... Total...... 2 65 96 161 21-72 8-48 4-66 . . 2-0 1 . . Opponents...... 2 - - - - 4-26 1-15 2 . 3-0 2 . .