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200920092008 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 • Bryant • Central Connecticut State • Monmouth •Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • Saint Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Football Northeast Conference Football Facts & Figures (Week 10 - November 9, 2009) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral Saturday, November 7 1. Central Conn. St. 5-1 .833 7-2 .778 L1 3-0 4-2 0-0 ROBERT MORRIS 13, ALBANY 10 Wagner 5-1 .833 6-3 .667 W4 3-1 3-2 0-0 SACRED HEART 24, BRYANT 14 3. Albany 5-2 .714 6-4 .600 L2 4-1 2-3 0-0 WAGNER 32, CENTRAL CONN. ST. 27 4. Monmouth 4-2 .667 5-4 .556 W2 2-2 3-2 0-0 MONMOUTH 24, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 10 5. Robert Morris 3-3 .500 3-6 .333 W3 2-2 1-4 0-0 6. Bryant 2-4 .333 3-6 .333 L5 2-2 1-4 0-0 Open Date: Duquesne 7. Sacred Heart 2-5 .286 2-7 .222 W1 2-2 0-5 0-0 Upcoming Schedule 8. Duquesne 1-5 .167 2-7 .222 L4 2-2 0-5 0-0 Saturday, November 14 St. Francis (PA) 1-5 .167 2-7 .222 L1 2-2 0-5 0- SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at BRYANT 12:00 pm MONMOUTH at CENTRAL CONN. ST. 12:00 pm NEC Football Offensive Player of the Week DUQUESNE at SACRED HEART 12:00 pm Nick Doscher, Wagner WAGNER at ROBERT MORRIS 12:00 pm Fr., QB, 6-1, 220, Staten Island, NY/Moore Catholic Doscher produced more than 300 yards of total offense for the third time in four weeks to power Wagner past Central Connecticut Open Date: Albany State. The freshman quarterback was responsible for all five of Wagner’s touchdowns in a 32-27 comeback victory that extended the Seahawks’ win streak to four and lifted them into a first-place tie in the NEC standings. After the Blue Devils scored twice to NEC team in CAPS. Home Team underlined in results. claim a 27-20 lead in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, Doscher answered back by engineering a pair of touchdown drives within the final 10:15. First, he capped a six-play, 53-yard drive by rushing into the end zone from two yards out to cut NEC Offensive Player of the Week the deficit to one. The rookie signal caller fumbled the snap on the ensuing extra point, but would do his best to make up for it. Sept. 8 James Mallory (CC) & Dave Williams (DUQ) With 1:35 remaining on the clock and the ball at Wagner’s 37-yard line, Doscher rushed for 24 yards and passed for another Sept. 14 Larry McCoy (DUQ) & John Kelly (SFPA) Sept. 21 David McCarty, Albany 39 in guiding his Seahawks to the game-winning score. Doscher, who finished 11-of-16 passing for 174 yards and three TDs, Sept. 28 David Sinisi, Monmouth completed the comeback with a 15-yard scoring strike to Lon Woods. He added another 130 yards and two scores on 15 rushes. Oct. 5 David McCarty (UA) & Jerell Smith (BRY) Oct. 12 Brian Fowler, CCSU Oct. 19 Vinny Esposito (UA) & Hunter Wanket (CC) NEC Football Co-Defensive Player of the Week Oct. 26 Jude Yearwood, Saint Francis (PA) Elias Navarro, Robert Morris Nov. 2 James Mallory, Central Connecticut State Jr., LB, 6-0, 210, Fort Lauderdale, FL/South Plantation NEC Defensive Player of the Week Navarro was at the forefront of a defensive effort that held Albany to its lowest offensive output (217 total yards) since the 2006 Sept. 8 Alex DiMichele, Robert Morris Sept. 14 Willie Milhouse, Duquesne regular season finale. Robert Morris’ junior linebacker totaled seven tackles (2 solo), a sack, a pass break-up, and a key Sept. 21 Kendall Haley (MU) & Chris Simpson (UA) interception in the 13-10 road win. The 210-pound defender made six of his tackles along with two big plays after halftime. With Sept. 28 Dave Nicomini, Albany the Great Danes threatening in the red zone on the opening drive of the second half, Navarro intercepted a pass and returned Oct. 5 Marcus Dorsey, Central Connecticut State Oct. 12 Jose Gumbs, Monmouth it 47 yards to tilt the field position battle in RMU”s favor. Navarro ended another Albany drive by sacking the quarterback during Oct. 19 Rolf Bathold, Robert Morris a 3rd-and-9 situation on the final play of the third quarter. Oct. 26 Chaz Legette (WC) & Lawton Arnold (CC) Nov. 2 Dominique Rose, Central Connecticut State NEC Football Co-Defensive Player of the Week NEC Special Teams Player of the Week Michael Zambarano, Sacred Heart Sept. 8 Frantz Placide, Wagner So., LB, 5-11, 215, Natick, MA/Natick Sept. 14 Joshua Bentley, Saint Francis (PA) Zambarano’s first start this season resulted in a strong defensive effort worthy of weekly honors. The sophomore linebacker Sept. 21 Bobby Giles, Monmouth accounted for a career-high 11 tackles (10 solo), three tackles for loss, and a pass break-up in Sacred Heart’s 24-14 NEC win Sept. 28 Roberto Rodriguez (CC) & Frantz Placide (WC) Oct. 5 Kyle Harbridge, Saint Francis (PA) over Bryant. Zambarano made two huge hits on back-to-back plays with SHU clinging to a 17-14 lead in the third quarter. Forcing Oct. 12 James Mallory (CC) & Justin Gannon (UA) Bryant to punt on its opening drive of the second half, Zambarano stuffed the Bulldogs’ ball carrier for no gain before sacking Oct. 19 London Lomax, Central Connecticut State the quarterback for a 10-yard loss on the next play. Oct. 26 Frantz Placide, Wagner Nov. 2 Garrett Clawson, Robert Morris NEC Football Special Teams Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week Garrett Clawson, Robert Morris Sept. 8 Andrew Smith, Albany Jr., PK, 5-11, 175, Duncansville, PA/Hollidaysburg Sept. 14 Larry McCoy (DUQ) & John Kelly (SFPA) Clawson claims NEC Special Teams honors for the second consecutive week after his 20-yard field goal dealt Albany a 13-10 loss Sept. 21 Dominique Williams, Wagner Sept. 28 Nick Doscher, Wagner as time expired. The junior placekicker has hit five field goal attempts during Robert Morris’ current three-game win streak. Oct. 5 Larry McCoy, Duquesne Clawson’s 39-yard field goal in the closing seconds of the first half extended the Colonials’ lead over the two-time defending NEC Oct. 12 Nick Doscher, Wagner champion Great Danes to 10-3. The only miss in his past six attempts was a 46-yard try in the third quarter against Albany. It would Oct. 19 Kyle Frazier, Monmouth Oct. 26 Nick Doscher, Wagner have been the second-longest in the NEC this season. Nov. 2 Nick Doscher, Wagner NEC Football Rookie of the Week Nick Doscher, Wagner Scores, Statistics, Standings, Notes Fr., QB, 6-1, 220, Staten Island, NY/Moore Catholic www.northeastconference.org See write-up above. NEC Football Notes: NEC Football Week Ten Hameline's Seahawks Defying Preseason Prognostication Wagner and Walt Hameline have made an unexpected surge up the Northeast Confer- Quick Look Back ence standings and can lock up their first-ever NEC crown by winning their last two Wagner 32, Central Connecticut State 27 games. Following a 1-6 conference record in 2008, the Seahawks were picked eighth Wagner freshman quarterback Nick Doscher accounted for five touch- in the 2009 NEC Preseason Coaches Poll. Riding a four-game NEC win streak for the downs and 304 yards of total offense in powering the Seahawks past first time since the conference formed in 1996, Hameline's team owns a 5-1 league Central Connecticut State, 32-27. Doscher hit senior receiver Lon record and sits tied atop the standings with Central Connecticut State. Wagner's 32- Woods on a 15-yard game-winning touchdown pass with 00:26 re- 27 win gives it the head-to-head tiebreaker over CCSU, but the Seahawks still have two maining in the fourth quarter. The rookie signal caller’s huge perfor- tough tasks remaining. In order to break the single-season program record for NEC mance drowned out a great effort from CCSU running back James wins (6), Wagner must defeat red-hot Robert Morris on the road as well as NEC Mallory. The NEC’s second-leading rusher (120.9 ypg) totaled 180 preseason favorite Albany (5-2) in the regular season finale on Staten Island. yards and three touchdowns on the ground. Wagner (5-1) and CCSU (5-1) now sit tied atop the NEC standings. Colonials Cruising After Slow Start Robert Morris has responded remarkably after accounting for the worst season start Robert Morris 13, Albany 10 in program history. The Colonials have won three in a row following the six straight Robert Morris junior kicker Garrett Clawson, the reigning NEC Special losses that opened the 16th season of RMU Football. The team's latest win dealt a Teams Player of the Week, kicked a 20-yard field goal as time expired serious blow to Albany's hope for a third consecutive Northeast Conference crown. to stun Albany, 13-10, on the road at University Field. Colonials’ senior Playing on the road at University Field, a place where they had not won since 2001, the quarterback Camdin Crouse, subbing for freshman starter Jeff Sinclair, Colonials used a last-second field goal to defeat the Great Danes for the first time in engineered the winning drive that went 79 yards on 14 plays and five years.