Box Score Oneonta, N.Y. – The Hartwick University
football team scored 37 unanswered points to erase a 7-0 deficit en
route to a 37-14 victory over Norwich University Saturday, Sept. 17
in non-conference action at Wright Stadium.
Despite seeing its season record drop to 0-3, Norwich managed
277 yards of total offense against its host. A large share of the
attack came from the running game. Junior quarterback
Kris Sabourin
(Georgia, Vt.) topped the chart with 104 yards on 18 carries. The
Cadets' signal caller went to the air for the Maroon and
Gold's first score, though.
Closing a 64-yard scoring march, Sabourin hit sophomore wide
receiver
Derius Silas (Miami Gardens, Fla.) with a 39-yard
touchdown pass to stake the Cadets to the lead. From that point,
Hartwick (2-1) responded quickly, also marching the ball into the
end zone the first time they touched it. Quarterback Dan Brainard
threw a 12-yard fade to Jordan Wilkins to cap off a 12-play, nearly
six minute drive and knot the score at 7-7.
Following a Sabourin interception, Hartwick added the first of
three successful field goal attempts by Alex Tesoriero. He
connected from 30 yards out to put the Hawks up 10-7. The home
teams' special teams unit came up big on the team's
next score as well, when Harley Edwards returned a punt for 40
yards and a touchdown to stretch the lead to 17-7. Anthony Casimano
added a one-yard touchdown run to make it 24-7 going into the
half.
Casimano would strike again to start the third quarter when he
capped off a six-play, 62-yard drive with a three-yard scamper into
the end zone, running the Hawk advantage to 31-7. Tesorio rounded
out the Hartwick scoring for the day with back-to-back field goals
to increase the score to 37-7.
Norwich captured its second touchdown when senior runningback
Andrew Fulford (Gloucester, Mass.) ran it in from six yards out in
the closing stages. Fulford added 69 yards and a score on 15
carries to the rushing attack of Coach
Mark Murnyack's
squad. Sabourin went six-for-17 passing for 72 yards and a
touchdown through the air.
Sophomore linebacker
Stephen Gilmore (Norton, Mass.) had a
game-high 10 tackles for the defense including three for losses.
Sophomore linebacker Jimmy Labell (Stanhope, N.J.), senior
linebacker Joe Gumbrewicz (Oxford, Conn.) and junior defensive
lineman
Matt Simonelli (Sciutate, R.I.) each added seven stops for
NU.
The Cadets open Eastern Collegiate Football Conference play when
they host Becker College next weekend. Kickoff is set for 1:30 at
Sabine Field. The game highlights the campus' 2011
Parents Weekend celebration.
