201020102010 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 6 - October 11, 2010) Week Five Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral Saturday, October 9 1. Robert Morris 4-0 1.000 5-1 .833 W5 2-0 3-1 0-0 CENTRAL CONN. ST. 31, DUQUESNE 29 Central Conn. St. 3-0 1.000 4-2 .667 W3 3-0 1-2 0-0 ROBERT MORRIS 17, MONMOUTH 16 3. Albany 1-1 .500 3-2 .600 W2 1-0 2-2 0-0 ALBANY 48, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 0 Wagner 1-1 .500 3-2 .600 W2 2-1 1-1 0-0 BRYANT 25, SACRED HEART 24 Monmouth 1-1 .500 1-4 .200 L1 0-2 1-2 0-0 WAGNER 22, Georgetown 16 (2OT) 6. Bryant 1-2 .333 4-2 .667 W1 4-0 0-2 0-0 Duquesne 1-2 .333 3-3 .500 L2 3-1 0-2 0-0 Open Date: None Saint Francis (PA) 1-2 .333 1-4 .200 L2 1-1 0-3 0-0 9. Sacred Heart 0-4 .000 1-5 .167 L5 0-2 1-3 0-0 NEC team in CAPS. Home Team underlined in results. NEC Football Offensive Player of the Week Week Seven Schedule Larry McCoy, Duquesne Saturday, October 16 So., RB, 5-11, 215, Wytheville, VA/George Wythe BRYANT at MONMOUTH* 12:00 pm McCoy made for a career day at defending Northeast Conference champion Central Connecticut State. ALBANY at ROBERT MORRIS 12:00 pm The sophomore running back averaged 10.2 yards per carry on the way to the best single-game rushing SACRED HEART at DUQUESNE 12:00 pm total (246) the NEC has seen since 2008. The second-year Duke carried 24 times for a career-high 246 WAGNER at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 2:00 pm yards in the 31-29 setback and added 10 yards on one reception. His 48-yard touchdown burst opened the second half scoring and cut Duquesne’s deficit to 17-13 with 13:36 to go in the third. His 51-yard rush down to Central’s 14-yard line set up a second-quarter field goal and his 46-yard scamper returned Open Date: Central Conn. St. Duquesne to the red zone in the waning minutes of the third quarter. McCoy’s prior career-best effort was * - NEC-TV broadcast (FCS, Cox, ESPN3) a 195-yard day at Nicholls State in 2009. NEC Football Defensive Player of the Week NEC Offensive Player of the Week Stefen Gage, Wagner Sep. 7 Andrew Smith, Albany Sr., S, 6-0, 185, Syracuse, NY/Henninger Sep. 13 Sean Patterson, Duquesne Gage produced a number of key plays in Wagner’s 22-16 double-overtime win at Georgetown. In the Sep. 20 Myles Russ, Robert Morris Sep. 27 Everette Benjamin, Central Connecticut State fourth quarter alone, Gage forced two fumbles and picked off a pass. The senior safety totaled a season- Oct. 4 Nick Doscher, Wagner high 11 tackles to lead a defensive effort that limited the host Hoyas to 208 yards of offense. His game- Oct. 10 Larry McCoy, Duquesne high 3.5 tackles-for-loss were also a season best. With Wagner down 13-10 in the game’s waning NEC Defensive Player of the Week minutes, Gage gave his offense one more chance. He dropped Georgetown’s quarterback for a loss of Sep. 7 Nathan Totino, Duquesne three yards on 2nd down before intercepting the passer on the next play, all with fewer than 2:00 left. Sep. 13 Elias Navarro (RMU) & Samad Wagstaff (BRY) Sep. 20 Matthew Parker, Saint Francis (PA) NEC Football Special Teams Player of the Week Sep. 27 Michael Landers (RMU) & Serge Kona (DUQ) David Lopez, Wagner Oct. 4 Alex DiMichele, Robert Morris So., K, 6-0, 180, Plantation, FL/American Heritage Oct. 10 Stefen Gage, Wagner Lopez became only the second kicker in Northeast Conference history to connect on a field goal of at NEC Special Teams Player of the Week least 54 yards, and did so with six seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of Wagner’s 22-16 win at Sep. 7 Jordan Brown, Bryant Georgetown. He made all three of his field goal attempts, two of which came in high-pressure situations. Sep. 13 Kyle Harbridge, Saint Francis (PA) Sep. 20 Nick Schirtzinger, Robert Morris His 54-yard boot, the NEC’s longest since 2007, tied the game at 13-13 and forced overtime. Lopez later Sep. 27 Joe Izzo, Central Connecticut State gave Wagner a 16-13 lead with a 24-yarder in the first overtime. His 34-yard kick put Wagner on the Oct. 4 Justinian Mason, Albany Oct. 10 David Lopez, Wagner scoreboard with 4:25 left in the third quarter. Lopez also made his lone PAT attempt to total 10 points. NEC Football Rookie of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week Dillon Romain, Albany Sep. 7 Jordan Harris (BRY) & Gregory Ibe (SHU) Fr., TB, 5-10, 210, Vernon, NJ/Don Bosco Prep Sep. 13 Chris Linares, Central Connecticut State Sep. 20 Jakob DeMedal, Saint Francis (PA) Romain rushed for two touchdowns in Albany’s 48-0 shutout of NEC foe Saint Francis (PA). In what was Sep. 27 Steve Tellefsen, Sacred Heart the Great Danes’ first home game this season, Romain ran 15 times for 58 yards and also made one Oct. 4 Eric Spillane, Monmouth Oct. 10 Dillon Romain, Albany reception. The rookie tailback had five carries for 20 yards on a first-quarter touchdown drive that he capped with a two-yard burst. Becoming only the second true freshman in UAlbany’s Division I history to rush for two scores in the same game, Romain’s one-yard plunge extended the Danes’ lead to 38-0 Scores, Statistics, Standings, Notes with 2:22 to go in the third quarter. The former New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year at Don Bosco www.northeastconference.org Prep (2008) has logged more than 50 rushing yards in each of his last two outings. NEC Football Notes: NEC Football Recap - Week Six LIVE from the Jersey Shore Following a two-week hiatus, the Northeast Conference TV schedule starts back up this Saturday Wagner 22, Georgetown 16 (2OT) with a stop at the Jersey Shore. Kicking off three consecutive weeks of NEC football on television, Wagner completed a come-from-behind win over Monmouth hosts Bryant at Kessler Field in West Long Branch, NJ. The host Hawks are coming off Georgetown when Keith Davis return an interception 80 a one-point NEC setback at Robert Morris, while the Bulldogs enter after escaping with a 25-24 yards for a touchdown in the second overtime of Saturday’s non-conference contest in the nation’s capital. The home win over Sacred Heart. The Hawks were triumphant in their last appearance on NEC-TV, Seahawks (3-2) trailed 13-3 with fewer than 3:00 remain- downing Duquesne, 17-10, on Sept. 19, 2009. Saturday's broadcast begins at 12:00 pm EST and will ing, but Nick Doscher’s 15-yard touchdown pass and a 54- air live on Fox College Sports (FCS), Cox Cable, and ESPN3. Long-time NEC on-air personality Paul yard field goal from David Lopez sent the game into over- Dottino will deliver the play-by-play and former Cal quarterback Steve Levy, a first-year member of time. Wagner’s defense limited Georgetown (3-3) to 208 the NEC-TV team, will provide color commentary. In the following weeks, the NEC-TV crew visits total yards and secured the NEC’s third win over a Patriot Albany on Friday, Oct. 22 for a primetime clash against Central Connecticut before heading to League member this season. Robert Morris for the annual Steel City Showdown against Duquesne on Saturday, Oct. 30. Bryant 25, Sacred Heart 24 NEC Football: A Hot Ticket Bryant erased a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit and re- There were few empty seats at Northeast Conference football venues this past Saturday. UAlbany mained perfect at home with a 25-24 NEC victory over finally opened its home schedule, doing so in front of its largest home crowd (6,624) since Nov. 6, Sacred Heart. Sophomore running back Jordan Brown 1978. Central Connecticut State welcomed its largest crowd of the season to Arute Field. There scored on a two-yard run and a 73-yard punt return with a were nearly 4,000 (3,957) in attendance for the Blue Devils' Homecoming Game against Duquesne. span of 1:58 to give Bryant (4-2, 1-2) its first lead of the Bryant also played in front of a near-capacity crowd at Bulldog Stadium as 3,303 fans were on hand game, 25-24, with 5:03 left in regulation. Brown finished in a facility that maxes out at 3,400. with 215 all-purpose yards, 130 of which came on the ground. Sacred Heart (1-5, 0-4), which held a 10-0 half- time edge, pushed its lead to 24-7 on Marcel Archer’s Home Field Upheld in NEC Play second touchdown of the day with 12:22 remaining in the The tide turned in the favor of home teams this week in Northeast Conference play.