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20042004 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 5 - October 4, 2004) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Saturday, October 2 1. Central Connecticut State 2-0 1.000 4-1 .800 W3 3-0 1-1 Monmouth 40, Iona 14 Albany 1-0 1.000 1-4 .200 L1 0-1 1-3 Lehigh 44, Albany 14 3. Robert Morris 2-1 .667 4-1 .800 W2 2-1 2-0 St. Francis (PA) 45, La Salle 42 4. Monmouth 1-1 .500 4-1 .800 W1 1-1 3-0 Sacred Heart 30, Wagner 24 (2 OT) Robert Morris 31, Stony Brook 24 St. Francis (PA) 1-1 .500 3-2 .600 W1 3-1 0-1 Central Connecticut State 28, Marist 13 6. Wagner 1-2 .333 3-2 .600 L2 1-0 2-2 Stony Brook 1-2 .333 1-3 .250 L1 0-1 1-2 Home team underlined 8. Sacred Heart 1-3 .250 2-3 .400 W1 2-1 0-2 This Week’s Schedule NEC Offensive Player of the Week Saturday, October 9 Ed Pricolo, Sacred Heart Monmouth at Wagner, 1:00 pm Jr., RB, 5-10, 210, Johnston, RI/La Salle Academy St. Francis (PA) at Albany, 1:00 pm Pricolo, the nation’s fourth-leading ground gainer, ran for a career-high 238 yards on 31 carries and added two touchdowns in Central Conn. St. at Robert Morris, 1:30 pm Sacred Heart’s 30-24, overtime victory against Wagner. The junior’s rushing total was just four yards shy of the NEC record of 242 Hofstra at Stony Brook, 6:00 pm yards held by Central Connecticut State’s Corey Harge and Albany’s Gary Jones. Pricolo had a 40-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, tying the score at 7-7, and ran for a 31-yarder in the next quarter to give the Pioneers a seven-point advantage at halftime. NEC Teams in Bold Pricolo averaged 7.7 yards per carry in the game and is averaging 6.7 yards per carry this season. The Johnston, RI product set a school-record with his fifth consecutive 100-yard rushing game and now needs 240 yards to break the Sacred Heart single- season rushing record of 1,066 yards established by Marvin Royal in 2000. NEC Offensive Player of the Week Sep. 7 Cory Harge, CCSU Sep. 13 Drew Geyer, RMU NEC Defensive Player of the Week Sep. 20 Anthony Doria, SFPA Coree Tucker, Central Connecticut State Sep. 27 Scott Dolch, CCSU Jr., LB, 6-0, 210, Warren, OH/Harding Oct. 4 Ed Pricolo, SHU Tucker had the game of his career in Central Connecticut State’s third win in a row and 28-13 triumph over Marist on Saturday NEC Defensive Player of the Week night. The junior posted a game-high 12 tackles, including three for a loss, two sacks, and a game-clinching 40-yard interception Sep. 7 Brian Sullivan, CCSU return for a touchdown. Tucker, the team’s leading tackler this year, assisted the Blue Devil defense in holding the Red Foxes to just Sep. 13 Jonathan LeDonne, RMU 32 rushing yards on 38 carries. Tucker’s interception return in the fourth quarter gave the Blue Devils a 28-13 lead with 3:36 Sep. 20 Keith Hinton, WC remaining in the game. The Warren, OH native’s second sack of the game came on a key third down and eight plays after CCSU had Sep. 27 Colin Disch, UA taken a 14-13 lead early in the fourth quarter, forcing a Red Fox punt. Oct. 4 Coree Tucker, CCSU NEC Special Teams Player of the Week NEC Special Teams Player of the Week Sep. 7 Derek Pearson, CCSU Mike McClelland, Monmouth Sep. 13 Adam Sciulli, SFPA Jr., WR, 6-1, 205, Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South Sep. 20 Miles Austin, MU Sep. 27 Sean Forman, CCSU For the second time this season, a Monmouth receiver caught two passes for touchdowns and blocked a punt and returned it for Oct. 4 Mike McClelland, MU a touchdown in the Hawks 40-14 win over Iona. Miles Austin did the same versus Robert Morris two weeks ago. McClelland put Monmouth up with a 15-yard touchdown reception with 4:09 left in the first quarter, and less than two minutes later, blocked an NEC Rookie of the Week Iona punt, his second of the season, and returned it four yards for a touchdown, to give the Hawks a 21-0 lead. In the second Sep. 7 Joey Henley, SHU quarter, McClelland added his second touchdown reception of the afternoon, on a 25-yard strike late in the second quarter. For Sep. 13 Colin Disch, UA the season, the Lincroft, NJ product has five receptions for three touchdowns. Sep. 20 Mike Castellano, MU Sep. 27 Andre Smith, CCSU Oct. 4 Andre Smith, CCSU NEC Rookie of the Week Andre Smith, Central Connecticut State Jr., 5-9, 185, Cambridge, MA/Cambridge Rindge & Latin Wide receiver Andre Smith adds back-to-back Rookie of the Week honors after providing a highlight-reel, 65-yard touchdown NEC Preseason Coaches Poll run on a reverse in the fourth quarter to put the Blue Devils ahead for good in a 28-13 win over Marist. Trailing 13-7, Smith took the ball around the left side and broke two tackles downfield to provide the momentum shifting score, his sixth touchdown of the 1. Albany (5) 6. Wagner season. A junior academically, playing in his first-ever season of collegiate football, Smith also caught four passes for 60 yards for 2. Stony Brook (2) 7. Sacred Heart Monmouth (1) 8. St. Francis (PA) a total of 125 yards on the day and has 19 receptions for 270 yards this season. 4. Robert Morris 5. Central Conn. St. First place votes in parentheses. www.northeastconference.org N E C FO OTBALL ON L I N E 2004 NEC Football Schedule/Results Albany Central Connecticut State Monmouth Robert Morris Sacred Heart (1-4 1-0 NEC) (4-1, 2-0 NEC) (4-1, 1-1 NEC) (4-1, 2-1 NEC) (2-3, 1-3 NEC) Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time 9/2 at Hofstra L, 0-45 9/4 at Sacred Heart W, 27-6 9/4 at St. Peter’s W 44-3 9/4 Buffalo State W 47-10 9/4 Central CT St. L 6-27 9/11 Fordham L, 0-14 9/11 at Rhode Island L, 7-39 9/11 La Salle W, 34-15 9/11 Duquesne W, 34-14 9/11 at St. Francis (PA) L, 28-35 9/18 at Brown L, 7-35 9/16 at St. Peter’s W, 30-15 9/18 at Robert Morris W, 29-27 9/18 Monmouth L, 27-29 9/19 Iona W, 48-7 9/25 at Sacred Heart W, 23-6 9/25 Stony Brook L, 0-27 9/25 at St. Francis (PA) W, 28-10 9/25 Wagner W, 28-10 (OT) 9/25 Albany L, 6-23 10/2 at Lehigh L, 14-44 10/2 at Iona W, 40-14 10/2 at Stony Brook W, 31-24 10/2 Marist W, 28-13 10/2 Wagner W, 30-24 (2OT) 10/9 St. Francis (PA) 1:00 pm 10/9 at Wagner 1:00 pm 10/9 at Robert Morris 1:30 pm 10/9 Central CT St. 1:30 pm 10/16 at Marist 7:00 pm 10/16 Monmouth 1:00 pm 10/16 at Albany 1:00 pm 10/16 Dayton 1:30 pm 10/23 St. Francis (PA) 1:00 pm 10/23 St. Peter’s 1:00 pm 10/23 at Stony Brook 6:00 pm 10/23 Georgetown 1:00 pm 10/23 at Wagner 1:00 pm 10/30 at Monmouth 1:00 pm 10/30 at Stony Brook 6:00 pm 10/30 Wagner 1:00 pm 10/30 Central CT St. 1:00 pm 10/30 St. Peter’s 1:30 pm 11/6 Stony Brook 1:00 pm 11/6 at Monmouth 1:00 pm 11/6 at Robert Morris 1:30 pm 11/6 Sacred Heart 1:00 pm 11/6 Albany 1:30 pm 11/13 Central CT St. 1:00 pm 11/13 at Albany 1:00 pm 11/13 Robert Morris 1:00 pm 11/13 St. Francis (PA) 1:00 pm 11/13 at Sacred Heart 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 (3-2, 1-1 NEC) (1-3, 1-2 NEC) (3-2, 1-2 NEC) Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time 9/4 at Georgetown L 7-36 9/4 at Lehigh L 2-25 9/4 at La Salle W 35-28 9/11 Sacred Heart W, 35-28 9/18 at Wagner L, 13-21 9/11 at Marist W, 28-13 9/18 Valparaiso W, 17-13 9/25 at Monmouth W, 27-0 9/18 Stony Brook W, 21-13 9/25 Robert Morris L, 10-28 10/2 Robert Morris L, 24-31 9/25 at Central CT St.