Box Score Nov. 6, 2010
Final Stats
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Host Western New England
scored twice within the first two minutes, raced to a 23-0 first
half lead and went on to defeat the University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth's football team, 37-14, in a New England Football
Conference Boyd Division game at Golden Bear Stadium Saturday.
Mike Graham put WNEC on the board when he returned the opening
kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown. On UMD's first possession, the
Corsairs lost12 yards in three plays, and Joe Bignal blocked
(freshman) Chris Berganti's
(Haverhill, Mass./Central Catholic) punt, and Mark Devlin recovered
at the Corsair 10. J.J. Jachym scored on the Golden Bears' first
play to make it 13-0 with 13:02 left in the first half.
WNEC began their next possession at the UMD 37 after a pass by
sophomore quarterback Patrick Orlando
(Manchester, Mass./Saint Anselm) was intercepted. The Golden Bears
drove to the Corsair two yard line, but the defense stiffened and
Jake Field's 19-yard field goal made it 16-0 midway through the
first quarter.
Bryce Brown hit Brendan Thompson with a 38-yard touchdown pass
early in the second quarter to make it 23-0. The Corsairs got their
offense going after sophomore Darrien Furr (East
Taunton, Mass./Taunton) intercepted a Brown pass in the UMD zone on
WNEC's series. UMD drove 80 yards in 13 plays, with Orlando
connecting with sophomore wide receiver Brendan McNeish
(Springfield, Mass./Bridgton Academy) from 17 yards out to make it
23-7 at 3:31.
"It was just a tough ballgame, WNEC came out ready to play and
the first quarter and a half didn't go well," said UMass Dartmouth
Head Coach Mark Robichaud. "We were able to sustain a few drives,
but our defense, which had been playing so well, struggled at
times. Their quarterback is tough, he is very athletic. They run a
similar offense to ours, and he keeps the ball and is hard to bring
down. In the second half, we drove down the field on our first
drive and fumbled, and on our second drive, we went down and Patrick
Orlando threw a great pass to (sophomore wide receiver) Joe Luiz (New
Bedford, Mass./Bishop Stang), and their guy just went up and got
it. We just had a tough day."
For UMD, Orlando was 10 of 22 for 90 yards and also picked up 35
yards on the ground. McNeish caught six passes for 60 yards. Brown
was 12 of 19 for 165 for the Golden Bears and also ran for 103
yards. Defensively, Junior linebacker John Cordasco
(Rockaway, N.J./Morris Knolls) led UMass Dartmouth with 11 tackles,
including five solo stops. He had one tackle for lost yardage, and
two interceptions. Phil Tsopanides led WNEC with eight tackles,
including seven solo stops, and a pass broken up.
The Corsairs dropped to 3-7 and 2-5 in the Boyd Division with
the defeat, while the Golden Bears improved to 8-2 and 6-1 in
division play. The game marked the final contest of the season for
UMass Dartmouth, while WNEC awaits possible post-season action.
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