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200920082008 FOOTBALLFOOTBALLFOOTBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 399 Campus Drive, First Floor, Somerset, NJ 08873 Football Contact: Ralph Ventre, Asst. Director of Communications Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744 • www.northeastconference.org E-Mail: [email protected] Albany • Central Connecticut State • Monmouth • Robert Morris Sacred Heart • Saint Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Football Northeast Conference Football Facts & Figures (Week 2 - September 14, 2009) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral Thursday, September 10 1. Bryant 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 L1 1-1 0-0 0-0 WAGNER 41, SUNY Maritime 10 Central Conn. St. 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 L1 0-0 1-1 0-0 Duquesne 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 L1 1-0 0-1 0-0 Saturday, September 12 Saint Francis (PA) 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 W1 1-0 0-1 0-0 No. 17 Massachusetts 44, ALBANY 7 Wagner 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 W1 0-1 1-0 0-0 Hofstra 40, BRYANT 24 Albany 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 L2 0-0 0-2 0-0 No. 8 William & Mary 33, CENTRAL CONN. ST. 14 Nicholls State 14, DUQUESNE 7 Monmouth 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 L2 0-0 0-2 0-0 Coastal Carolina 24, MONMOUTH 17 Robert Morris 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 L2 0-0 0-2 0-0 Bucknell 26, ROBERT MORRIS 23 Sacred Heart 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 L2 0-1 0-1 0-0 Holy Cross 52, SACRED HEART 21 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 31, Morehead State 0 NEC Football Co-Offensive Player of the Week Larry McCoy, Duquesne Upcoming Schedule Fr., RB, 5-11, 215, Wytheville, VA/George Lythe Saturday, September 19 McCoy amassed the highest rushing total the Northeast Conference has seen thus far this season. The rookie running back DUQUESNE at MONMOUTH (NEC-TV) 1:00 pm carried 34 times for 195 yards, more than any Duke since 2003, in a 14-7 setback at Nicholls State. Eight of McCoy’s rushes went Maine at ALBANY 4:00 pm for at least 10 yards. The 5-foot-11 freshman totaled 76 yards on seven attempts in the fourth quarter, nearly carrying Duquesne Dayton at ROBERT MORRIS 12:00 pm to a road victory before Nicholls’ fake-punt touchdown did in the Dukes. SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Northern Iowa 5:05 pm WAGNER at North Dakota State 7:00 pm NEC Football Co-Offensive Player of the Week NEC team in CAPS. Home Team underlined in results. John Kelly, Saint Francis (PA) Fr., QB, 6-1, 203, Tuscarora, MD/Tuscarora Kelly was responsible for three of Saint Francis’ four touchdowns during the skid-snapping 31-0 shutout of Morehead State. The freshman signal caller threw two touchdown passes within a 1:49 span to put the Red Flash ahead 14-0 early in the second quarter. Kelly’s third score came on the ground. Two plays after completing a third-down pass that set up first-and-goal at the one-yard line, Kelly plunged forward for the touchdown. The rookie quarterback efficiently managed the Red Flahs offense to the tune of 10-of-17 passing for 138 yards. NEC Offensive Player of the Week Sep. 8 James Mallory (CC) & Dave Williams (DUQ) Sep. 14 Larry McCoy (DUQ) & John Kelly (SFPA) NEC Football Defensive Player of the Week Willie Milhouse, Duquesne NEC Defensive Player of the Week Jr., DB, 6-1, 220, Waldorf, MD/Thomas Stone Sep. 8 Alex DiMichele, Robert Morris Milhouse was the standout performer on a pass defense that limited Nicholls State to 10 yards through the air. Duquesne’s junior Sep. 14 Willie Milhouse, Duquesne defensive back made two interceptions in the Dukes’ half of the field. Turning in an all-around effort, Milhouse made three tackles NEC Special Teams Player of the Week (2 solo), including one for a loss, and forced a fumble. After making a second-quarter interception that gave Duquesne the ball at its own 42, Milhouse struck again on the first play from scrimmage of the second half. The third-year Duke negated NSU’s prime Sep. 8 Frantz Placide, Wagner Sep. 14 Joshua Bentley, Saint Francis (PA) field position (own 48) by picking off a pass at Duquesne’s 30. NEC Rookie of the Week NEC Football Special Teams Player of the Week Sep. 8 Andrew Smith, Albany Joshua Bentley, Saint Francis (PA) Sep. 14 Larry McCoy (DUQ) & John Kelly (SFPA) Sr., DB, 6-3, 195, Pittsburgh, PA/Schenley Bentley, a defensive back, became the second Saint Francis (PA) player to score a special teams touchdown this season when he recovered a blocked field goal and took it 56 yards across the goal line. Bentley’s big play extended the Red Flash’s lead over Morehead State to 21-0 only 5:07 into the second quarter of an eventual 31-0 shutout. A big reason why Saint Francis snapped its 12-game losing streak, the senior’s special teams score came fewer than four minutes after his interception set up the Flash’s second touchdown. NEC Football Co-Rookies of the Week Larry McCoy, Duquesne Fr., RB, 5-11, 215, Wytheville, VA/George Lythe -and- Scores, Statistics, Standings, Notes John Kelly, Saint Francis (PA) www.northeastconference.org Fr., QB, 6-1, 203, Tuscarora, MD/Tuscarora NEC Football Notes: NEC Football Week Two Saint Francis Snaps Shutout Slide The Red Flash’s 31-0 victory over Morehead State Quick Look Back was something that had not been seen in Loretto for Saint Francis (PA) 31, Morehead State 0 quite some time. In addition to snapping its 12- The Red Flash snapped their 12-game losing streak by shutting out game losing streak, Saint Francis shut out its Morehead State, 31-0, in their home opener at DeGol Field. Freshman opponent for the first time in 14 seasons. Prior to quarterback John Kelly was responsible for three touchdowns (two pass, Saturday’s triumph, the Red Flash last won on Nov. one rush) while going 10-of-17 passing for 138 yards. Saint Francis was 17, 2007 when they dominated La Salle, 51-10. As able to build a second-quarter cushion thanks to two key plays from Joshua Bentley. The defensive back made an interception which led to far as blanking opponents, Saint Francis recorded its first shutout since 1996, the a touchdown and, moments later, he scooped up a blocked field goal first season of NEC football, when it defeated Bethany, 21-0, in the season finale. and took it in for a score. The Flash recorded a shutout on opening day that season as well, downing Waynesburg, 27-0. No. 17 Massachusetts 44, Albany 7 Facing No. 17 Massachusetts in what was its second consecutive tough road test proved to be too much for UAlbany. The host Minutemen took Bye, Bye, Bye a 10-0 first-quarter advantage and never looked back in a 44-7 win over All nine Northeast Conference teams were in action for the first two weeks of the the Great Danes. Albany, which was plagued by three turnovers in the Division I FCS schedule, but Week Three is when three NEC programs enjoy byes. first half, received its lone touchdown of the game courtesy of reigning This week’s schedule (Sept. 19) contains five games, including the conference NEC Rookie of the Week Andrew Smith on a three-yard second-quarter opener (Duquesne at Monmouth) on NEC-TV. Bryant, Central Connecticut State, plunge. and Sacred Heart are all idle. No. 7 William & Mary 33, Central Connecticut State 14 Running back James Mallory, the reigning NEC Co-Offensive Player of Duquesne Visits Monmouth in NEC-TV Opener the Week, scored a pair of second-quarter touchdowns to pull Central Duquesne travels east to the Jersey Shore where Monmouth awaits for the first Connecticut State within nine points, 23-14, of No. 7 William & Mary, but Northeast Conference battle of the 2009 season. The NEC contest is the first of four the Blue Devils would get no closer. The host Tribe took advantage of to be played in September before the league schedule moves into full swing come two costly CCSU turnovers on their way to a 33-14 victory. October 3. Saturday’s game between the Dukes and Hawks, which will kick off at Coastal Carolina 24, Monmouth 17 12:00 pm, can be seen live on NEC-TV. MSG-Plus will carry the live broadcast on Coastal Carolina held on for a 24-17 victory over visiting Monmouth. The September 19 while Fox Sports Net-Pittsburgh will air the game via tape delay Hawks jumped out to a 7-0 first-quarter advantage on a one-yard TD (Sept. 20 @ 1:00 pm). plunge from David Sinisi, but Coastal Carolina scored the next 17 points to take control. Sinisi, a Walter Payton Award hopeful, carried 21 times for 84 yards and caught one pass for 22 yards in defeat. Coles Making Good on Preseason Prognostication Sacred Heart sophomore Garry Coles (Southington, CT/Southington) is proving Bucknell 26, Robert Morris 23 he was voted the preseason all-NEC return specialist for a reason. The second-year Bucknell returned a pair of second-half interceptions to jump in front of speedster used his return abilities to put Sacred Heart on the scoreboard against Robert Morris in an eventual 26-23 victory. Trailing 24-10 following the two costly turnovers, the Colonials clawed their way back within one Patriot League preseason favorite Holy Cross. Coles returned a kickoff 99 yards, with 5:16 remaining.