Manchester, N.H. (November 7) -- In the 2009
season finale, the Saint Anselm football team dropped a 71-14 final
to visiting Southern Connecticut at Grappone Stadium. Saint Anselm
ends the season at 2-8 overall and 1-7 in league play.
The Owls jumped out to a quick 13-0 lead in the opening 4:31,
putting together two quick drives for the early lead. The Hawks got
on the board with 7:37 left in the opening period though as
freshman quarterback Michael Pierce (Andover,
Mass.) hit senior Ryan Fritch (Winsted,
Conn.) for an eight-yard touchdown to cut the lead
down to 13-7. The Owls took control later in the quarter though
with touchdown passes of 52 and 61 yards from quarterback
Chris Roberts (New Britain, Conn.) for a 26-7 lead
after one quarter. Southern Connecticut pushed that lead to 43-7 at
the halftime break before pulling away for the 71-14 victory.
In the third quarter, Pierce hit freshman Joe Robichaud
(Madison, Conn.) with an 18-yard touchdown pass and in the
process set the Saint Anselm single-season record for touchdown
passes with 21 on the season. Pierce finished the day 23-for-49
with two touchdowns and two interceptions while throwing for 181
yards. Sophomore wideout Marc Wilson (Farmington,
Conn.) led the Hawks with eight receptions, while
Robichaud had a team-high 65 receiving yards while catching six
passes, including a touchdown. Wilson also ended up with 231
all-purpose yards in the game.
Defensively for Saint Anselm, senior All-America candidate
Dan Bohenek (Bridgewater, Mass.) capped off his
record-setting career with 10 tackles, each of them solo stops.
Bohenek ends his Saint Anselm career with 283 tackles, including
183 of them solo stops, which is a Saint Anselm career record. His
283 total tackles ranks him second on the all-time list. Freshman
Chris Bent (Dracut, Mass.) capped off an
outstanding freshman season with 10 tackles on the afternoon as
well. Bohenek ends the season with nine double-digit tackle games,
the most in a single-season by any Saint Anselm player in program
history.
For the Owls, Roberts finished 11-of-14 passing for 244 yards
and four touchdowns, while Rashaad Slowley (Mount Vernon,
N.Y.) rushed for 221 yards and three touchdowns on 17
careers. Teammate John Wiechmann (Buxton, Maine)
carried the ball 20 times for 121 yards and added a touchdown of
his own. As a team, the Owls rushed for 447 yards. Andre
Privott (Middletown, Conn.) pulled down three passes for
Southern Conn. for 126 yards and two touchdowns as well.
For the season, the Hawks set a number of single-season records.
In addition to the two tackle records by Bohenek, Pierce and Wilson
set nearly every major offensive mark. During the 2009 campaign,
Pierce set the Saint Anselm single-season marks for total offense
(2,933 yards), plays of total offense (569), passing attempts
(458), completions (237), passing yards (2,629 yards), most passing
yards per game (262.9) and most passing touchdowns (21). He also
set single-game records for each of those categories as well.
Wilson set single-season marks for receptions (82), receiving
yards (860), most touchdown receptions (7-tied) and all-purpose
yards (1,817). He also set single-game records for receptions,
receiving yards and all-purpose yards.
