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 10 - November 8, 2004) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Saturday, November 6 1. Monmouth 5-1 .833 9-1 .900 W6 4-1 5-0 Wagner 17, St. Francis (PA) 14 Central Connecticut State 5-1 .833 7-2 .778 W1 5-0 2-2 Central Conn. St. 38, Stony Brook 28 3. Albany 4-2 .667 4-6 .400 L1 2-2 2-4 Monmouth 28, Sacred Heart 10 Robert Morris 34, Albany 7 4. Robert Morris 3-3 .500 6-4 .600 W2 4-3 2-1 5. Wagner 3-4 .429 6-4 .600 W1 3-1 3-3 Home team underlined 6. Sacred Heart 2-4 .333 5-4 .556 L1 3-1 2-3 7. Stony Brook 2-5 .286 2-7 .222 L3 0-4 2-3 This Week’s Schedule 8. St. Francis (PA) 1-5 .167 3-7 .300 L5 3-3 0-4 Saturday, November 13 Wagner at San Diego, 1:00 pm NEC Offensive Player of the Week Central Conn. St. at Albany, 1:00 pm Cory Harge, Central Connecticut State St. Francis (PA) at Monmouth, 1:00 pm Robert Morris at Sacred Heart, 1:00 pm So., RB, 5-11, 170, Amherst, NY/Sweet Home Iona at Stony Brook, 4:00 pm Harge rushed for two NEC single-game records on Saturday with 331 yards and five touchdowns in Central Connecticut State’s, 38-28 win over Stony Brook. He carried the ball a school-record 43 times on the afternoon, NEC Teams in Bold including touchdown runs of 68, six, 27, 34 and 27 yards. The yardage total is the most by any I-AA runner this season and is Harge’s third straight 100-plus yard game. The Amherst, NY native, who missed almost four full games this season, now has 885 yards, 10 touchdowns and is averaging 6.4 yards per carry this year. The tailback NEC Offensive Player of the Week is now second among active NEC ground gainers with 1,967 career yards in 17 games. In two career games versus Sep. 7 Cory Harge, CCSU Oct. 25 Nicholas Bazan, UA Stony Brook, Harge has carried the ball 67 times for 573 yards and seven touchdowns. Sep. 13 Drew Geyer, RMU Nov. 1 Nicholas Bazan, UA Sep. 20 Anthony Doria, SFPA Nov. 8 Cory Harge, CCSU NEC Defensive Player of the Week Sep. 27 Scott Dolch, CCSU Brian Giroux, Wagner Oct. 4 Ed Pricolo, SHU Oct. 11 Scott Dolch, CCSU Sr., LB, 6-0, 220, Ventura, CA/Ventura JC Oct. 18 Todd Harris, SFPA Giroux set a personal season high with 14 tackles, including 12 solo, and recorded his first interception of the season in Wagner’s, 17-14 victory over St. Francis (PA) on Saturday. The senior collected three tackles in the first NEC Defensive Player of the Week quarter and intercepted a St. Francis (PA) pass on the Red Flash’s first possession, a turnover that Wagner Sep. 7 Brian Sullivan, CCSU Oct. 25 Craig Romano, WC converted into a field goal. The Ventura, CA product also had four tackles in the third quarter and seven in the Sep. 13 Jon LeDonne, RMU Nov. 1 Rob Lomoriello, MU Sep. 20 Keith Hinton, WC Nov. 8 Brian Giroux, WC fourth. One of his fourth quarter solo stops came when the Flash had a third down and three with just over three Sep. 27 Colin Disch, UA minutes to play and Wagner trailing 14-10. Giroux made a tackle, forcing a Red Flash punt, which was returned Oct. 4 Coree Tucker, CCSU 84 yards by Al Phillips for the eventual game-winning touchdown. On the season, Giroux ranks second on Wagner Oct. 11 Chris Blackshear, CCSU with 86 total tackles. Oct. 18 Tony Smith, WC NEC Special Teams Player of the Week NEC Special Teams Player of the Week Sep. 7 Derek Pearson, CCSU Oct. 25 Derek DePascale, SHU Al Phillips, Wagner Sep. 13 Adam Sciulli, SFPA Nov. 1 Steve Andriola, MU Fr., DB/PR, 5-11, 175, Hialeah, FL/American Sep. 20 Miles Austin, MU Nov. 8 Al Phillips, WC Phillips had a huge afternoon in the Seahawks’ win over St. Francis (PA). Along with five tackles (4 solo) and Sep. 27 Sean Forman, CCSU an interception on defense, the freshman all but sealed the victory for Wagner with an 84-yard punt return for a Oct. 4 Mike McClelland, MU touchdown with 3:08 remaining in regulation, to give his team a 17-14 advantage. The punt return in the longest Oct. 11 Dustin Wilson, UA Oct. 18 Steve Andriola, MU by any player in the conference this season. Standing at his own 16 yard line, Phillips took the punt off one bounce, took two steps to his right, cut left and raced 84 yards down the Wagner sideline for the score. It gave the Hialeah, NEC Rookie of the Week FL native his second touchdown of the season off a punt return, following a 48-yarder versus Iona on Oct. 16. On Sep. 7 Joey Henley, SHU Oct. 25 Andre Smith, CCSU defense this season, the freshman defensive back has 34 tackles and two tackles for loss. Sep. 13 Colin Disch, UA Nov. 1 Colin Disch, UA Sep. 20 Mike Castellano, MU Nov. 8 Colin Disch, UA NEC Rookie of the Week Sep. 27 Andre Smith, CCSU Oct. 4 Andre Smith, CCSU Colin Disch, Albany Oct. 11 Colin Disch, UA R-Fr., LB, 6-1, 208, North Plainfield, NJ/North Plainfield Oct. 18 Mike Castellano, MU Disch takes home his fifth NEC weekly honor this season, including his fourth rookie award, with a career-high 16 tackles, including 10 unassisted, and two for losses, in the Great Danes’, 34-7 defeat to Robert Morris. The NEC Preseason Coaches Poll redshirt freshman also added his fifth sack of the season, dropping Robert Morris quarterback Drew Geyer four yards behind the line of scrimmage. Disch has recorded double-figure tackles in all 10 games this season and 1. Albany (5) 6. Wagner continues to lead the NEC with 118 takedowns. His stop total ties the 11th best single-season mark in Albany 2. Stony Brook (2) 7. Sacred Heart history and establishes a UA freshman record. Monmouth (1) 8. St. Francis (PA) 4. Robert Morris www.northeastconference.org 5. Central Conn. St. First place votes in parentheses. N E C FO OTBALL ON L I N E 2004 NEC Football Schedule/Results Albany Central Connecticut State Monmouth Robert Morris Sacred Heart (4-6, 4-2 NEC) (7-2, 5-1 NEC) (9-1, 5-1 NEC) (6-4, 3-3 NEC) (5-4, 2-4 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) W, 38-0 10/9 at Wagner W, 14-7 10/9 at Robert Morris W, 34-21 10/9 Central CT St. L, 21-34 10/16 at Marist W, 38-10 10/16 Monmouth L, 24-25 10/16 at Albany W, 25-24 10/16 Dayton L, 12-29 10/23 St. Francis (PA) W, 35-14 10/23 St. Peter’s W, 48-14 10/23 at Stony Brook W, 27-22 10/23 Georgetown W, 27-10 10/23 at Wagner L, 17-20 10/30 at Monmouth L, 6-9 10/30 at Stony Brook W, 38-35 10/30 Wagner W, 35-,27 10/30 Central CT St. W, 9-6 10/30 St. Peter’s W, 23-12 11/6 Stony Brook W, 38-28 11/6 at Monmouth L, 10-28 11/6 at Robert Morris L, 7-34 11/6 Sacred Heart W, 28-10 11/6 Albany W, 34-7 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.