Sept. 20, 2008

Final Stats

MERCYHURST HANDS CLARION 41-7 DEFEAT

(Erie, PA.): Mercyhurst qb Garrett Kensy passed for 3 td's and running back Ben Jennings rushed for 137 yards and 1 td as the Lakers defeated Clarion 41-7 on Saturday afternoon in the PSAC-West opener for both schools.

Played at Mercyhurst's Tullio Field, the Lakers move to 2-2 overall and 1-0 in the PSAC-West, while Clarion drops to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the PSAC-West.

Mercyhurst scored on its opening drive of the game going 51yards in only there plays. The td was scored by Ben Jennings on a 31-yard run at 11:05 of the first quarter.

Clarion took the ensuing kickoff and moved from its own 49 to the Mercyhurst 36, but running back Eddie Emmanuel fumbled the ball at the Laker 32 and MC's Adam Brown recovered ending the Eagle scoring threat.

The game remained 7-0 Lakers until late in the second quarter when the Lakers broke the game open. First it was Kensy hitting Davew Stallard on an 8-yard scoring pass with only 4:04 remaining before intermission. The PAT was blocked by Clarion's Ben Maund, but the Lakers led 13-0.

Mercyhurst got the ball back at its own 20, and on second down Richard Stokes broke several tackles, reversed his field and ran 36-yards to the Clarion 41. The Lakers capped the drive with a 20-yard td pass from Kensy to Kirk Campbell and Mercyhurst led 20-0 at halftime.

Kensy threw his third td pass, a 4-yard strike to Josh Szeluga at 11:29 of the third and the Lakers were on their way to their second win of the year.

Clarion scored its lone td on a 67-yard fourth quarter drive. The drive culminated on a 28-yard td pass from Tyler Huether to Alfonso Hoggard with 2:16 remaining.

Clarion had 168 yards of total offense including only 25 rushing yards and 143 passing yards.

Gino Rometo completed 11 of 19 passes for 100 yards, while Huether connected on 2 of 4 for 43 yards and 1 td.

Matt Foradora caught 4 passes for 47 yards and Jaques Robinson had 4 grabs for 25 yards. Hoggard meanwhile had 3 catches for 58 yards and 1 td, returned 6 kickoffs for 150 yards and rushed 4 times for 9 yards - giving him 217 all-purpose yards.

Mercyhurst had 418 yards of offense including 268 rushing and 150 passing.

Jennings ran for 137 yards and 1 td on 23 carries, while Richard Stokes had 81 yards on 14 tries.

Kensy completed 10 of 17 aerials for 138 yards and 3 td's, while Josh Szeluga grabbed 5 passes for 81 yards and 1 td.

Clarion travels to Gannon next Saturday for a 7pm game, MErcyhurst hosts Slippery Rock next Saturday 1pm.

Box Score (Final)

Clarion University vs Mercyhurst (Sep 20, 2008 at Erie, Pa.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score

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Clarion University.. 0 0 0 7 - 7 Record: (1-3,0-1)

Mercyhurst.......... 7 13 7 14 - 41 Record: (2-2,1-0)

Scoring Summary:

1st 11:05 MC - Ben Jennings 31 yd run (Chris Ryan kick), 3-52 1:43, CLAR 0 - MC 7

2nd 04:04 MC - Dave Stallard 8 yd pass from Garrett Kensy (Chris Ryan kick blockd), 11-85 6:24, CLAR 0 - MC 13

00:37 MC - Kirk Campbell 20 yd pass from Garrett Kensy (Chris Ryan kick), 7-80 2:21, CLAR 0 - MC 20

3rd 11:29 MC - Josh Szeluga 4 yd pass from Garrett Kensy (Chris Ryan kick), 9-54 3:23, CLAR 0 - MC 27

4th 14:17 MC - Charlie Gallop 0 yd fumble recovery (Chris Ryan kick), , CLAR 0 - MC 34

05:11 MC - Gerald Anderson 3 yd run (Chris Ryan kick), 7-30 3:55, CLAR 0 - MC 41

02:16 CLAR - Alfonso Hoggard 28 yd pass from Tyler Huether (Robert Mamula kick), 7-67 2:47, CLAR 7 - MC 41

CLAR MC

FIRST DOWNS................... 9 25

RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 28-25 55-268

PASSING YDS (NET)............. 143 150

Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 23-13-0 18-11-1

TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 51-168 73-418

Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0

Punt Returns-Yards............ 0-0 4-58

Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 6-150 2-57

Interception Returns-Yards.... 1-0 0-0

Punts (Number-Avg)............ 7-39.3 2-46.5

Fumbles-Lost.................. 2-2 2-1

Penalties-Yards............... 7-55 8-59

Possession Time............... 21:06 38:54

Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 11 9 of 14

Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 2 0 of 1

Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 0-0 4-5

Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 6-33

RUSHING: Clarion University-Nick Sipes 6-27; Eddie Emmanuel 6-17; Alfonso Hoggard 4-9; Tyler Huether 4-minus 5; Gino Rometo 8-minus 23. Mercyhurst-Ben Jennings 23-137; Richard Stokes 14-81; Gerald Anderson 6-21; Garrett Kensy 4-19; Carnell Evans 7-10; Travis Rearick 1-0.

PASSING: Clarion University-Gino Rometo 11-19-0-100; Tyler Huether 2-4-0-43. Mercyhurst-Garrett Kensy 10-17-1-138; Cody Ladutko 1-1-0-12.

RECEIVING: Clarion University-Matt Foradora 4-47; Jaques Robinson 4-25; Alfonso Hoggard 3-58; Eddie Emmanuel 1-9; Tyler Huether 1-4. Mercyhurst-Josh Szeluga 5-81; Dave Stallard 2-16; Kirk Campbell 1-20; Carnell Evans 1-12; Aaron Haynes 1-12; Mitch Lorig 1-9.

INTERCEPTIONS: Clarion University-Shawn Sopic 1-0. Mercyhurst-None.

FUMBLES: Clarion University-Eddie Emmanuel 1-1; Gino Rometo 1-1. Mercyhurst-Garrett Kensy 1-1; Travis Rearick 1-0.

Stadium: Tullio Field Attendance: 1320 Kickoff time: 1:00 pm End of Game: 3:36 pm Total elapsed time: 2:36 Officials: Referee: Jack Tachoir; Umpire: Wayne Freed; Linesman: Joseph Rennick; Line judge: Ralph Livsey; Back judge: Jack Zilles; Field judge: Jeremy Lomax; Side judge: Nate Williams; Scorer: DJ Haurin; Temperature: 68 Wind: 9, SSW Weather: Partly Cloudy

Clarion University vs Mercyhurst (Sep 20, 2008 at Erie, Pa.)

SACKS (UA-A): Clarion University-None. Mercyhurst-Jimmy Kokrak 1-1; Stew Myers 0-1; Fred Hale 0-1; C Gleisner 1-0; Zac Wild 0-1; P.J. O'Connor 1-0; Bryan Boyce 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Clarion University-G. McMullin 1-8; Dan Wirkowski 4-4; John Hackel 3-4; Chris Wilson 5-1; Jimmy Simmons 2-3; Joseph Fox 1-4; James Eckels 0-5; Reggie Robinson 2-2; Shawn Sopic 2-2; S. Moyemont 1-3; A. Maciulis 1-3; Chris Smeltzer 0-4; Alex George 1-2; Dane Williams 1-2; Ben Maund 1-2; Patrick Pettis 1-2; B. Morrison 2-0; Vince Bazzone 2-0; Bob Kail 1-1; Sean Motley 1-1; Kevin Brady 1-1; J. Baldwin 1-1; Josh Stegena 1-0; Nicholas Perla 1-0; Doug Spencer 0-1; Ray Klinger 0-1; David Dunn 0-1. Mercyhurst-Bryan Boyce 6-4; Zac Wild 4-3; C Gleisner 2-2; Jimmy Kokrak 1-3; J McCormick 2-1; Theo Hall 2-1; Bryant Kimball 1-2; P.J. O'Connor 1-2; Ed Smiley 2-0; Alex Trouten 1-1; Kevin Williams 1-1; Demond McDonald 1-1; Fred Hale 1-1; Stew Myers 0-2; Garrett McEwen 1-0; Josh Szeluga 1-0; Adam Brown 1-0; Matt McCall 1-0; Andrew Salamon 1-0; C Clegg 1-0; Ian Wild 0-1; Ryan Taylor 0-1; Dan Kruper 0-1; Max Khuri 0-1.

Game Starters:

Clarion University Mercyhurst

POS # OFFENSE POS # OFFENSE QB 7 Gino Rometo QB 4 Garrett Kensy RB 20 Nick Sipes RB 22 Richard Stokes RB 9 Eddie Emmanuel FB 8 Dave Stallard WR 3 Alfonso Hoggard WR 3 Aaron Haynes WR 8 Jaques Robinson WR 21 Kirk Campbell RT 62 Elijah Morres RT 63 Dave Hetrick RG 64 Vince Bazzone RG 77 Alan Stevens C 70 Jon Kalchthaler C 51 Andrew Salamon LG 76 D. Gilbert LG 68 Matt McCall LT 68 Chris Kinkaid LT 52 Steve Kindler TE 10 Matt Foradora TE 13 Josh Szeluga

POS # DEFENSE POS # DEFENSE NG 92 Bob Kail DE 91 Zac Wild DT 95 Jimmy Simmons NG 66 Alex Trouten DE 58 Ben Maund DE 93 Stew Myers DE 51 John Hackel OLB 16 Bryan Boyce LB 33 G. McMullin MLB 5 C Gleisner LB 39 Joseph Fox OLB 1 Jimmy Kokrak LB 6 A. Maciulis CB 6 Theo Hall CB 22 J. Baldwin DB 17 Ian Wild CB 2 Dane Williams FS 10 Bryant Kimball SS 21 Alex Evans DB 2 Adam Brown FS 11 Shawn Sopic CB 23 J McCormick

Player participation:

Clarion University: 5-Tyler Huether, 13-Vince Cherico, 15-Craig Bunney, 16-Nicholas Perla, 18-Chris Wilson, 24-Patrick Pettis, 26-Don Wilds, 27-Dan Wirkowski, 30-James Eckels, 31-Chris Smeltzer, 35-Doug Spencer, 38-Robert Mamula, 41-Reggie Robinson, 42-Josh Rytel, 44-Kevin Brady, 45-Alex George, 46-S. Moyemont, 50-David Hysong, 54-Chad Dolby, 55-David Dunn, 60-Andrew Moore, 63-B. Morrison, 66-Bob Beidl, 78-Scott Larson, 90-Josh Stegena, 91-Ray Klinger, 93-Sean Motley.

Mercyhurst: 7-Cody Ladutko, 9-Max Khuri, 11-Pete Gaertner, 14-Travis Rearick, 15-Ed Smiley, 18-James Jett, 24-Ben Jennings, 25-Steve Telego, 27-Ryan Taylor, 28-Demond McDonald, 31-Mike Jakubik, 32-Gerald Anderson, 34-Carnell Evans, 35-Garrett McEwen, 36-P.J. O'Connor, 42-Jordan Bukowski, 45-Brandon Harper, 49-Anthony Spencer, 50-Andre Dawson, 54-Dan Kruper, 55-Fred Hale, 56-Kevin Williams, 60-Dan Federoff, 64-W Langston, 69-Charlie Gallop, 75-Wayne Blumling, 78-C Clegg, 79-Spencer Harrell, 84-Matt Mohr, 88-B McLaughlin, 90-Mitch Lorig, 96-Chris Ryan.