Box Score

NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Endicott College limited the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s football team to three yards rushing and 105 yards of net offense en route to a 34-0 victory in a New England Football Conference Boyd Division game at Cressy Field Saturday afternoon. The Gulls racked up 339 yards in total offense and sacked UMass Dartmouth freshman quarterback Brendan McNeish (Springfield, Mass.) eight times.

Endicott took the early lead, driving 62 yards in 10 plays on its first possession and scoring on a one-yard run by senior running back \#Tyler Felix\# (Foxboro, Mass.). Sophomore defensive back Luke Poirier (Marshfield, Mass.) blocked the extra point, and it was 6-0. Endicott drove 49 yards on its next possession, scoring on a 27-yard run by sophomore running back \#Mike Lane\# (Medfield, Mass.). Sophomore \#Carlos O’Donnell\#’s (Salem, Mass.) extra point made it 13-0 with 6:03 remaining in the first quarter.

Freshman wide receiver Joe Luiz (New Bedford, Mass.) returned the ensuing kickoff to the Endicott 48-yard line. The Corsairs were held, but senior George Vasiliadis (Worcester, Mass.) pinned the Gulls at their own eight-yard line with a 46 yard punt. EC got out of trouble with a 15-yard run by senior running back \#Colby Hawkins\# (Scituate, Mass.) and drove to the Corsair 42, but senior linebacker John Kelly (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and freshman linebacker Jack Brown (Milton, Mass.) combined to stop Gull sophomore quarterback \#Phil Konopka\# (Shelton, Conn.) on a fourth down sneak at the UMD 43 and the Corsairs took over.

After another exchange of punts, UMass Dartmouth drove deep into Endicott territory. McNeish hit Vasiliadis with an 11-yard pass to the EC 19. After a loss and a sack, McNeish hit Luiz for 15 yards to the Gull 15, but on fourth and six, freshman kicker Edgar Osols’ (Summit, N.J.) 32-yard field goal attempt missed.

An Endicott punt gave the Corsairs the ball at their 16, and they drove to their 48 before stalling on fourth and six. Junior defensive back \#Mike Dillon\# (Cheshire, Conn.) blocked Vasiliadis’ punt, and sophomore defensive back \#Bill Hickey\# (Walpole, Mass.) picked it up and raced 48 yards for a touchdown with 27 seconds left in the first half.

Endicott added a pair of touchdowns in the second half, driving 57 yards in eight plays to score on a 15-yard pass from Konopka to sophomore receiver \#Ryan Carino\# (Stratford, Conn.) with 1:39 left in the third quarter, and driving 42 yards to score on Hawkins’ nine-yard run with 13:07 remaining.

Senior running back James Moore (Wakefield, Mass.) led the Corsairs with 22 yards on the ground, while McNeish completed 14 of 24 passes for 102 yards, including 11 in a row in the first half. Senior wide receiver Marc Fiore (Wakefield, Mass.) caught four passes for 43 yards.

Hawkins and Lane each gained 84 yards on the ground for Endicott; Konopka completed 10 of 17 passes for 104 yards, three going to Carino for 70 yards.

Defensively, Kelly had nine tackles and Brown eight for UMD, and each shared a tackle for lost yardage.

For Endicott, junior defensive back \#PJ Bay\# (Darien, Conn.) had nine tackles, while senior defensive lineman \#Jason Devonshuk\# (Oakland, N.J.) had seven tackles, including four for lost yardage and three and a half sacks.

The Corsairs fall to 0-9 and 0-6 in the NEFC Boyd Division with the defeat, while the Gulls improve to 4-5 and 2-4 with the victory. UMD will conclude their season next Saturday at Curry, while Endicott will host MIT Saturday in its final game of the season.

                              Release courtesy of UMass-Dartmouth Sports Information