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Plymouth St. PSU 5-5 , 5-3
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Winner UMass Dartmouth UMD 8-2 , 6-2
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5-5 , 5-3
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UMass Dartmouth UMD
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PSU Plymouth St. 0 0 0 7 7
UMD UMass Dartmouth 8 12 0 8 28

Game Recap: Football |

Strong First Half Leads to Senior Day Victory Over Plymouth State

Sophomore Dante Aviles-Santos Threw for 117 yards and two touchdowns

DARTMOUTH, Mass. - Three first-half touchdowns proved to be the difference in the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth football team's, 28-7, Senior Day victory over Plymouth State to close the regular season Saturday afternoon at Cressy Field.

The Corsairs (8-2, 5-2 MASCAC) will now await their fate for a potential New England Bowl Game that will take place on Saturday, Nov. 20. The Panthers (5-5, 5-3 MASCAC) see their season come to a close.

Sophomore quarterback Dante Aviles-Santos led the team in both passing and rushing. He was 14-20 with 117 yards passing and two touchdowns, while adding another score and 75 yards on the ground. Freshman Marvens Jean was responsible for 152 yards of total offense and finished with a receiving touchdown, while junior Luis Gonzalez registered 118 total yards with one rushing TD. 5th-year senior Douglas Machado finished with a receiving score as well.

Senior JP Mason led the team with 10 tackles, six of those being solo, while 5th-year senior Chris Gomes and senior Malik Gibson each recorded nine tackles. 5th-year senior Marcus Elysee had eight tackles and a sack, and sophomore Logan Chappell also brought down the quarterback.

UMass Dartmouth dominated the game from start to finish. A 13 play, 80-yard, opening drive set the tone. Gonzalez combined for 32-yards rushing in the drive and Aviles-Santos broke off 50 yards on the ground over four plays. Aviles-Santos capped it off with a 4-yard scamper for six. Aviles-Santos then completed the two-point conversion to freshman Thomas Zednik to make it 8-0 with 8:21 in the first.

The Corsairs' defense was special throughout, forcing Plymouth to a three-and-out in its only possession of the first quarter.

Two quick touchdowns opened the second. Aviles-Santos and Gonzalez combined for 42 rushing yards in the first drive of the quarter. It was then Aviles-Santos to Machado for a 5-yard strike to extend the advantage to 14-0 with 11:18 on the clock. 

UMass Dartmouth's defense then forced another three-and-out. Only this time the snap on the Panther punt went high and senior Kyle Kauzens was there for the tackle for a loss of 34 yards to set up the Corsair offense on Plymouth State's 9-yard line. It took just one play for Aviles-Santos to flip the ball to Jean for a TD, to make it a 20-0 lead, at the 9:29 mark of the second.

A continued effort by the defense with sacks by Elysee and Chappell kept the Panthers off the scoreboard as neither team put up points until the fourth quarter.

On UMassD's first drive of the fourth, Gonzalez punched in a 1-yard score to make it 28-0, to complete a 60-yard drive, that was highlighted by a 45-yard pass to Gonzalez to set the team up at the one.

Plymouth State was able to find the endzone with 15 seconds remaining when senior Manny Sanchez ran one home.

Prior to the game, the Corsairs honored its 11 seniors: Matt Gisonno, Chris Gomes, Douglas Machado, Paul Osayande, Malik Gibson, Gee Napoleon, Kyle Kauzens, Adam Boulrisse, Andrew Paulus, Marcus Elysee and Sean Reall.

UMass Dartmouth will wait and see if they are to play in a New England Bowl Game. Corsair Athletics will have more information early next week.

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