Hampden-Sydney to Face Centre in NCAA First Round
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11
FOREST, Va. --- The 2011 NCAA Division III regular
season is in the books, and Hampden-Sydney is set to play in the
tournament. That didn't keep Randolph-Macon from beating the
Tigers, 48-34, in the 117th "The Game." Bridgewater came back
to top Catholic, 22-19, and Emory & Henry shut down Guilford,
30-6.
Despite its regular season-ending loss to Randolph-Macon,
Hampden-Sydney will continue its schedule for at least one more
game as the Tigers travel to Centre College (Ky.) for their NCAA
Division III Tournament first round matchup. Kick-off is set
for 12:00 p.m. EST on Saturday in Danville, Ky. For a look at
the full bracket, click HERE or go to www.ncaa.com.
Randolph-Macon put together arguably its most complete effort in
knocking off Hampden-Sydney on Saturday in Ashland. The
Tigers ran for 301 yards on the way to 567 yards of total offense.
While the defense allowed Travis Lane to throw for 402 yards,
he did so over 62 pass attempts and 32 completions. Thaddeus
Scruggs and Drake Sanders powered R-MC's rushing offense as both
had 190 total yards from offense or better with each cross the
130-yard rushing mark with a pair of touchdowns. The Yellow
Jackets opened up a 13-0 lead as they converted fumbles by Lane and
Dallas Streelman into touchdowns. H-SC rebounded with a score
at the end of the first quarter, and then took advantage of a
Sanders fumble to take a 14-13 lead in the second quarter.
Sanders made up for it later in the second frame with a
72-yard screen pass touchdown. R-MC led 26-21 at the half,
but it was long before that lead was 12 points following a 13-yard
jaunt by Scruggs, which he set up with a 60-yard catch-and-run off
a swing pass. R-MC led 48-27 early in the fourth quarter, but
H-SC threatened to make a late charge before Jeremy Bowry
intercepted a pass with less than three minutes to play to
effectively seal the outcome.
Bridgewater running back Anthony Carter registered his sixth
100-yard rushing day in eight games played this season as he opened
the game with a three-yard touchdown run for an early 7-0 lead for
the Eagles. But that would be the final BC points until the
fourth quarter. Meanwhile, Catholic rattled off 13 unanswered
tallies to take a 13-7 lead into the half. Jeff Frusciante
caught a 20-yard strike from Greg Cordivari, and Brian Gongaware
added field goals of 29 and 27 yards. After a scoreless third
quarter, Bridgewater enjoyed a brief lead with 6:34 to play as
Darrin McKenzie burst for a 39-yard touchdown run. But
Cordivari struck again as he hit Tucker Hubbell with a 37-yard
scoring pass with 30 seconds to play for a 19-14 lead. The
ensuing kick-off was short and gave possession to the Eagles at
their own 37-yard line. Quarterback Carlos Gonzalez completed
passes of 16 and 17 yards to Cassidy Burns, which in conjunction
with a CUA personal foul put BC on Catholic's 15-yard line with
just seconds to play. Then Gonzalez completed his third and
most important pass of the drive as he hit Cliff Woodard for the
game-deciding score with 0:05 to play. Carter, who finished
with 137 yards on 26 carries, added a two-point rush to supply the
game's final score.
Emory & Henry took control early in its contest as the Wasps
intercepted GC quarterback Zac Halbert four times, once in each
quarter. Three of those interceptions were by Devan Sproles,
marking the first time an ODAC student-athlete recorded three picks
in a contest since Catholic's Nick Olivero turned the trick in
2007. E&H led 10-0 early behind a Matt Turchin 46-yard
field goal and touchdown pass from Kyle Boden to Sam Edmonds, but
Guilford made the score 10-6 with a TD pass to Lawrence Blake from
Halbert. Turchin added another field goal to send E&H
into the half up 13-6. That started a string of 20 straight
points for E&H as Joseph Vaughn ripped off a 38-yard touchdown
run mid-way through the fourth quarter, followed by Boden's second
touchdown pass of the game, this one to Adrian Jordan.
Turchin capped the scoring with a 32-yard boot. Boden
finished 25-of-45 for 264 yards and two scores. For Guilford,
it was Ben King that led the offense with 11 catches for 86 yards
as he finished his two-year Quakers' career with 150 catches, 2,076
yards and 18th touchdowns, which all rank inside GC's all-time
top-10.
Below are entries for both of the ODAC Players of the Week.
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