Senior QB Joe Correia (248 yards) leads Hounds past Stonehill, 16-3

September 8, 2006

EASTON, Mass.-- Senior quarterback JOE CORREIA (Melrose, MA/St. John's Prep) completed 18-of-34 passes for a career-high 238 yards and one touchdown to lead Assumption College past Stonehill College, 16-3, in a Northeast-10 Conference game FRIDAY night at W.B. Mason Stadium.

Senior running back KEVIN L'ECUYER (Leominster, MA/Leominster) added a career-best 99 rushing yards on 24 carries including a 24-yard scoring scamper with 2:26 left in the first half which gave the Greyhounds the lead for good.

Freshman linebacker DUSTIN ZITZMANN (Pinellas Park, FL/Dixie Hollins) PICTURED RIGHT paced a stellar defensive effort with 7-3--10 tackles, two breakups and a half a sack. The Greyhounds stopped the Skyhawks with 151 yards total offense . . . 13-for-37 passing for just 92 yards and 31 carries for 59 yards on the ground.

The Hounds had the best chance in the first period driving 56 yards in 13 plays only to have a 41-yard field goal attempt by senior MIKE TOBIN (Woburn, MA/Woburn) blocked by the Skyhawks JABARI PRINCE (Mendon, MA/Milford). Prince finished with 11 tackles and also forced a fumble.

Two series later the Skyhawks got on the board as junior SEAN DONAHUE (Plymouth, NH/Plymouth) kicked a career-best 40-yard field goal.

In the final minutes of the half the Hounds drove for the go-ahead score. A 15-yard return of a Donahue punt by sophomore JOEY FABIANO (Westwood, MA/Westwood) set the Hounds ip at their own 46. Correia found freshman wide out DAVID CANNEY (Templeton, MA/Narragansett) for 12 yards. L'Ecuyer then rambled for seven yards before scampering the final 24 to the endzone. Tobin's kick made it 7-3 at halftime.

Tobin missed a 31-yard field goal midway through the third period however Correia and junior JAKE BEERS (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury) connected on a 70-yard touchdown strike with 6:51 left in the third period---the play included a key block by Fabiano at the five yard line. Tobin's conversion made it 14-3.

Freshman JORDAN BELLIVEAU (Millbury, MA/Millbury) tackled punter Donahue in the endzone after a high snap giving the Hounds a safety and a 16-3 final.

The Greyhounds (now 1-1, 1-1) host Northeast-10 Conference rival Saint Anselm College FRIDAY (September 8) at 7 p.m. Stonehill (0-2, 0-2) plays at conference rival Pace University at 1.

GREYHOUND NOTES: the Hounds had 347 total yards compared to Stonehill's 151 . . . sophomore wide out JOEY FABIANO (Westwood, MA/Westwood) finished with a career-high seven catches for 55 yards . . . he now has 13 receptions for 114 yards in two games . . . junior tight end JAKE LONGENECKER (Fernandino, FL/Manchester, NH West) ended with five receptions for 71 yards and has 11 for 132 yards in two games . . . junior wide out JAKE BEERS (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury) had 3 catches for 100 yards---his first-career 100 yard game . . . his previous high was 5 receptions for 97 yards vs. Iona (10/23/04) . . . senior defensive end JOSH KELLY (Canton, MA/Xaverian) had two sacks for nine yards and added two pressures . . . sophomore tackle TERRY STANFORD (Ridgefield Park, NJ/Ridgefield Park) had a sack and junior end JARED KELLY (Canton, MA/Xaverian) had one . . . junior linebacker TONY SAVARESE (Simsbury, CT/Simsbury) and freshman linebacker DUSTIN ZITZMANN (Pinellas Park, FL/Dixie Hollins) combined on the Hounds' fifth sack . . . freshman corner BERNARD SCOTT (St. Petersburg, FL/Admiral Farragut) ended with 3-1--4 tackles and two breakups . . .

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