Eisele field goal propels Greyhound football past Pace, 10-7; Woodard rushes for 152 yards

November 10, 2007

ASSUMPTION 10, PACE 7

PLEASANTVILLE, NY --- For the second time in three weeks senior placekicker JON EISELE (Lower Gwynedd, PA/Vermont Academy) kicked the game-deciding field goal in the late stages of the fourth period as Assumption College defeated Pace University, 10-7, in a Northeast-10 Conference game here SATURDAY.

For the first time in Greyhounds varsity history they have won their last three games in a season . . . beating LaSalle (10-7), L.I.U.-C.W. Post (31-24) and Pace (10-7). In the 1975 club season the Greyhounds won their final five games including the postseason Heritage Bowl over Niagara (27-7). Eisele kicked the game-winning 49-yard field goal against LaSalle.

Freshman running back HERB WOODARD (Salem, NJ/Salem) scored on a four-yard run in the second period to tie the game and rushed 30 times for 152 yards. He finished the season with 179 rushes for 966 yards rushing and 1,016 yards of all purpose offense.

Also, sophomore wide receiver DAVID CANNEY (Templeton, MA/Narragansett) (4 rec., 24 yards) became the first Hound with 60 receptions in a single season and finished with a team-record 870 yards--eclipsing the team record, set during thet club years, by John McKeon in 1976 (854). In addition, senior wide receiver JAKE BEERS (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury) (2 rec., 50 yards) became the second with two 50-reception seasons and the first with back-to-back seasons with 50.

Defensively, sophomore linebacker DUSTIN ZITZMANN (Pinellas Park, FL/Dixie Hollins) who became the first Greyhound with over 200 tackles (81-136 217) and the first with 100 or more as both a freshman (104) and a sophomore (113). Junior safety CHRIS MARTINO (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) had five tackles and now has exactly 100 initial contacts and 100 assists for 200 tackles and senior/captain defensive end JARED KELLY (Canton, MA/Xaverian) ended with 5-5 -10 tackles and 92-113--205 for his career.

Pace opened the scoring in the first period driving 54 yards in seven plays following a fumble recovery by senior tackle DANIEL WARD (North Babylon, NY/North Baylon). Senior running back RUBEN PAGAN (Bellport, NY/Bellport) rushed three times for 13 yards and senior quarterback ADAM HEADLEY (Shelton, CT/Shelton) completed passes for 14 yards to sophomore tight end ADAM KULAK (Wolcott, CT/Wolcott) and 13 yards to freshman wide receiver MARCUS HAAS (Montpelier, VT/U-32) for the score. Sophomore placekicker JOSH TRUMPER (Pine Grove, NY/Toms River South) added the conversion for a 7-0 lead.

The Greyhounds would then drive on the next possession 51 yards in 11 plays for the halftime equalizer.

After Canney returned the kickoff to near midfield Woodard did the bulk of the work in moving the ball downfield---rushing six times for 29 yards including the last four off-tackle for the score on the final play of the half. A 12-yard pass from junior quarterback TAYLOR HUMPHREY (Lafayette, CA/Miramonte) to Beers picked up a crucial first down on a fourth-and-seven play. Eisele's conversion tied it 7-7.

In the waning moments of the third period and early fourth period the Greyhounds drove 60 yards in 12 plays to set up the game-deciding field goal. Again Woodard was a workhorse with six carries for 44 yards and three first downs.

Pace had two more opportunities . . . the first snuffed as Martino deflected a pass from Headley to Haas inside the five-yard line as senior end JOSH KELLY (Canton, MA/Xaverian) and Zitzmann applied pressure to the quarterback and the second as sophomore cornerback BERNARD SCOTT (St. Petersburg, FL/Admiral Farragut) interrupted another Headley to Haas aerial.

GREYHOUND NOTES: the Greyhounds held the Setters to 182 yards of total offense . . . just 61 yards rushing . . . Defensively two Greyhounds reached double-figures in tackles: sophomore middle linebacker DUSTIN ZITZMANN (Pinellas Park, FL/Dixie Hollins) (5-7--12) (his seventh double-figure game this year!) and senior end JARED KELLY (Canton, MA/Xaverian) (5-5--10) . . .

Senior wide receiver JAKE BEERS (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury) and sophomore wide receiver DAVID CANNEY (Templeton, MA/Narragansett) are the prolific duo in a single season in Hounds' history with 112 receptions for 1,529 yards breaking the old mark of 93 set by Billy DeMalia (43) and Eric Mauer (50) in 2000 . . . Beers with 159 receptions for 1,950 is second only to Eric Mauer '01, who finished with 2,166 . . . Canney is at 1,440 yards (sixth in Hound annals) . . . for his career he is at 2,241, seventh Greyhound over 2,000 yards . . . his 523 yards in kickoff returns is fourth-best and his 1,030 career yards is third-best . . .

Junior quarterback TAYLOR HUMPHREY (Lafayette, CA/Miramonte) has completed a record 170 passes in 320 attempts (second most to Chad Carges' 305 in 2000) for 2,204 yards as the first Greyhound to pass for over 2,000 yards in a season . . . his .531 completion percentage is the third best in Hounds' history . . . he is also the first with over 2,000 yards of total offense (2,256) yards . . .

Freshman running back HERB WOODARD (Salem, NJ/Salem) scored 60 points the seventh highest total in Hounds' history . . . he has 10 rushing touchdowns (fourth best in a single season) and ended with 966 yards . . . senior placekicker JON EISELE (Lower Gwynedd, PA/Vermont Academy) now holds the record for points in a season for a placekicker (45)

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