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Southern Connecticut stops Greyhounds football despite Chris Martino 99-yard interception return
November 1, 2008
Southern Connecticut 28, Assumption 12
NEW HAVEN, Conn. --- Senior quarterback CHRIS ROBERTS (New Britain, CT/New Britain) completed 22-of-38 passes for 244 yards and three touchdown as Southern Connecticut defeated Assumption College, 28-12, in a Northeast-10 Conference football game here SATURDAY at Dow Field.
Defensively, however, the game belonged to the Greyhounds' senior safety CHRIS MARTINO (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) who made a career-high 9-10--19 tackles and had two interceptions, one for a team-record 99-yard return and a touchdown. In the process, he became the eighth Greyhound player to record 140-160--300 career tackles.
The game also featured the performance of Owls' senior wide receiver CHRIS BERGESKI (Mountainside, NJ/Governor Livingston), who caught nine passes for 143 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and the punting of Hounds' freshman GREG NOWAK (West Palm Beach, FL/Wellington)---the Northeast-10 Conference leader---who punted six times for a 44.7 average including a 64-yarder.
The Greyhounds took the opening kickoff and marched downfield, driving 60 yards in 16 plays and chewing 7:32 off the clock. A 25-yard pass from sophomore quarterback ANDY KUPEC (Wyckhoff, NJ/Indian Hills) to senior wide receiver JOEY FABIANO (Westwood, MA/Westwood) highlighted the march, which ended with freshman placekicker ZACK OKOLOWITCZ (Cranston, RI/Cranston West) missing wide right on a 23-yard field goal attempt.
On their second possession, the Owls moved in for a quick touchdown marching 66 yards in just five plays. Roberts found senior wide receiver JONATHAN LEE (Norwalk, CT/McMahon) for 10 yards, sophomore running back JOHN WIECHMANN (Buxton, ME/Bonny Eagle) rambled for 12 yards and, finally, Roberts connected with Bergeski for 30 yards and for 15 yards and the score with 1:51 left in the first period. Freshman placekicker CHRIS HAZELTON (Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern) kicked the conversion for a 7-0 advantage.
In the waning minutes of the half, the Greyhounds finally struck paydirt as sophomore quarterback JOSH RATACIK (Manchester, NH/Central) found Fabiano on a 13-yard touchdown strike on a crossing pattern. The conversion attempt failed leaving the Owls up by a point 6:49 left in the half.
On the ensuing series, the Owls scored again as Roberts and Bergeski hooked up on a 26-yard scoring play on a post pattern. Hazelton's conversion gave Southern a 14-6 halftime lead.
The second half began with the Owls driving toward an insurance score. Junior return man RAMON JOHNSON (Orange, NJ/Ferris) returned the kickoff 28 yards to the 37 knocked out of bounds by Okolowitcz. Roberts then found senior wide receiver TY MARSHALL (College Park, GA/Kennedy) on back-to-back plays for 12 and five yards and then Weichman rushed for eight and six yards to the Greyhounds' six-yard line. Roberts' next pass however was picked off by Martino and returned 99 yards for a touchdown. The two-point attempt by the Greyhounds failed leaving the score, 14-12, with 2:21 left in the third period. The interception extended Martino's career varsity record to 11.
On the next possession however the Owls put it away with methodical 11-play, 70-yard march capped by a junior tailback JEROM FREEMAN (Peekskill, NY/Peekskill) three-yard burst up-the-middle. Freeman rushed six times for 40 yards in the march and Roberts completed four-of-five passes for 30 yards. Hazelton's conversion made it an nine-point game, 21 12.
Roberts tossed a five-yard scoring pass to Wiechman with 3:10 remaining to account for the final.
NEXT WEEK: the Greyhounds host Merrimack College in a non-conference game at 1 p.m. in the Multi-Sport Stadium Saturday (November 8, 2008). Southern Connecticut is at undefeated American International College in a game that will ultimately decide the seedings for the region in the N.C.A.A. Division II playoffs. A.I.C. won the previous meeting 13-12 in the rain on September 12.
GREYHOUNDS NOTES: sophomore quarterback JOSH RATACIK (Manchester, NH/Central) completed 14-of-21 passes for 152 yards and a touchdown . . . his season numbers are now 147 for-247 (.595) and 1,464 yards and eight touchdowns . . . senior wide receiver JOEY FABIANO (Westwood, MA/Westwood) caught five passes for 73 yards . . . he now has 51 catches for 497 yards and seven touchdowns this season . . . and, in his career 112 receptions (third career) for 1,242 yards (fifth career) . . . freshman wide receiver BRANDON BISHOP (Mendon, MA/Nipmuc) caught four passes for 77 yards . . . defensive back RYAN CROWLEY (Norfolk, MA/Xaverian) had a season- and career-best 6-6--12 tackles . . . junior middle linebacker DUSTIN ZITZMANN (Pinellas Park, FL/Dixie Hollins) finished with 3-7--10 tackles . . . Zitzmann is also within range of 300 career tackles with 106-189--295 . . . senior safety CHRIS MARTINO (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) now has 50-50--100 tackles this season . . .
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