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 3 - September 20, 2004) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Thursday, September 16 1. Monmouth 1-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 W3 1-0 2-0 Central Connecticut St. 30, St. Peter’s 15 Wagner 1-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 W3 1-0 2-0 Central Connecticut State 1-0 1.000 2-1 .667 W1 1-0 1-1 Saturday, September 18 St. Francis (PA) 1-0 1.000 2-1 .667 W2 2-0 0-1 Brown 35, Albany 7 5. Albany 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 L3 0-1 0-2 Wagner 21, Stony Brook 13 Robert Morris 0-1 .000 2-1 .667 L1 2-1 0-0 St. Francis (PA) 17, Valparaiso 13 Stony Brook 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 L2 0-0 0-2 Monmouth 29, Robert Morris 27 Sacred Heart 0-2 .000 1-2 .333 W1 1-0 0-2 Sunday, September 19 NEC Offensive Player of the Week Sacred Heart 48, Iona 7 Anthony Doria, St. Francis (PA) Home team underlined So., QB, 6-1, 205, Pittsburgh, PA/Seton La Salle Doria finished the afternoon 26-for-50 for 255 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions in St. Francis (PA)’s, 17-13, come- This Week’s Schedule from-behind victory over Valparaiso on Saturday. With the victory, St. Francis (PA) has won back-to-back games for the first time since 1994. Trailing 13-3 in the fourth quarter, Doria marched the Red Flash offense 85 yards on seven plays, hitting senior tight end Kevin Saturday, September 25 McCray (Jacksonville, FL/Stanton College Prep) with a 26-yard touchdown pass to cut the deficit to 13-10 with 6:26 remain- Stony Brook at Monmouth, 1:00 pm ing. After a Valpo punt in its next possession, SFPA had the ball at its own 22-yard line with 4:35 on the clock. Doria drove his team 78 Albany at Sacred Heart, 1:00 pm Robert Morris at St. Francis (PA), 1:00 pm yards on 16 plays before the Pittsburgh, PA native connected with wideout Luke Palko (Imperial, PA/West Allegheny) from Wagner at Central Conn. St., 6:00 pm one-yard out for the game-winning touchdown. Doria becomes just the third St. Francis player ever to be named NEC Offensive Player of the Week, joining former Red Flash standouts Michael Hall and Joe Ranft. NEC Teams in Bold NEC Defensive Player of the Week NEC Offensive Player of the Week Keith Hinton, Wagner Sep. 7 Cory Harge, CCSU So., DB, 5-11, 190, Miami, FL/American Senior/Western Michigan Sep. 13 Drew Geyer, RMU Hinton had the best game of his career on Saturday, collecting 14 tackles, a pass breakup and returning an interception 44 yards for Sep. 20 Anthony Doria, SFPA a touchdown late in the third quarter in Wagner’s 21-13 NEC victory over Stony Brook. After an eight tackle first half, and with the Seahawks clinging to a narrow 14-13 lead in the third quarter, Hinton jumped in front of a Stony Brook pass in the flat and raced NEC Defensive Player of the Week untouched into the endzone for his first career pick-off and score. Hinton now leads Wagner and ranks fourth in the NEC in tackles Sep. 7 Brian Sullivan, CCSU (27). Sep. 13 Jonathan LeDonne, RMU Sep. 20 Keith Hinton, WC NEC Special Teams Player of the Week Miles Austin, Monmouth NEC Special Teams Player of the Week Jr., WR, 6-3, 220, Garfield, NJ/Garfield Sep. 7 Derek Pearson, CCSU Austin found numerous ways to score and contribute this week in Monmouth’s thrilling, 29-27 win over conference rival Robert Sep. 13 Adam Sciulli, SFPA Morris. The junior wide receiver was the catalyst, accounting for 144 of Monmouth’s 307 total yards and three of the Hawks’ four Sep. 20 Miles Austin, MU touchdowns. Austin grabbed five passes for 144 yards and two touchdowns on offense, including a 69-yard strike from quarterback Brian Boland (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) late in the first quarter. On the punt return unit, the Garfield, NJ product found another way to cross the goal line after blocking a Robert Morris punt early in the second half and returning the loose ball five yards NEC Rookie of the Week for the score, to give the Hawks a six-point lead. Currently, Austin leads the NEC with six touchdowns this season. Sep. 7 Joey Henley, SHU Sep. 13 Colin Disch, UA Sep. 20 Mike Castellano, MU NEC Rookie of the Week Mike Castellano, Monmouth So., 6-2, 235, Freehold, NJ/Freehold Castellano logged nine tackles (6 solo) as Monmouth’s middle linebacker, including three tackles for loss and two quarterback NEC Preseason Coaches Poll sacks, in the Hawks’ 29-27 win over arch-rival Robert Morris on Saturday. The sophomore, who transferred from Villanova after not dressing his first year with the Wildcats in 2002, ranks second on MU with 19 total tackles this season and leads the NEC with 6.0 tackles 1. Albany (5) 6. Wagner for loss. 2. Stony Brook (2) 7. Sacred Heart Monmouth (1) 8. St. Francis (PA) 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 (0-3 0-0 NEC) (2-1, 1-0 NEC) (3-0, 1-0 NEC) (2-1, 0-1 NEC) (1-2, 0-2 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 1:00 pm 9/25 Wagner 6:00 pm 9/25 Stony Brook 1:00 pm 9/25 at St. Francis (PA) 1:00 pm 9/25 Albany 1:00 pm 10/2 at Lehigh 1:00 pm 10/2 at Iona 1:00 pm 10/2 Marist 6:00 pm 10/2 at Stony Brook 12:30 pm 10/2 Wagner 1:00 pm 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 (2-1, 1-0 NEC) (0-2, 0-1 NEC) (3-0, 1-0 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 1:00 pm 9/18 Stony Brook W, 21-13 9/25 Robert Morris 1:00 pm 10/2 Robert Morris 2:00 pm 9/25 at Central CT St. 6:00 pm 10/2 La Salle 1:00 pm 10/9 Hofstra 6:00 pm 10/2 at Sacred Heart 1:00 pm 10/9 at Albany 1:00 pm 10/16 at St. Francis (PA) 1:00 pm 10/9 Monmouth 1:00 pm 10/16 Stony Brook 1:00 pm 10/16 Iona 1:00 pm 10/23 Albany 10/23 at Central CT St.