Pleasantville, N.Y. (September 19) -- Saint
Anselm held off a late Pace rally as the Hawks came away with a
17-13 win over the Setters at Pace Field on Saturday afternoon in
Northeast-10 action. The Hawks improve to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in
the Northeast-10.
The Hawks got on the board first as Dan Bohenek
(Bridgewater, Mass.) recovered a fumble at midfield and
the Hawks converted a 23-yard field goal by freshman Zack
McCabe (East Freetown, Mass.) for the early 3-0 lead. Pace
took the lead early in the second quarter as Nathaniel
Ford rumbled in from two yards out for the 7-3 edge.
Saint Anselm answered back with a touchdown of its own as
Ryan Fritch (Winsted, Conn.) caught a pass across
the middle from Michael Pierce (Andover, Mass.)
for the 10-7 lead. Both teams had scoring chances later in the
quarter, but were unable to convert as the game headed into
halftime at 10-7 in favor of the visitors.
The Hawks added to the lead early in the second half as Pierce
found Marc Wilson (Farmington, Conn.) in the back
of the end zone to push the lead to 17-7.
Pace inched closer as Andrew Kulak hauled in a
three-yard scoring pass from Ray Gregg with 11:09
to go in the game. The extra-point attempt was blocked though by
freshman Dale DeGraw (Jamesburg, N.J.) to keep the
score at 17-13 in favor of the Hawks.
Pace had plenty of chances in the final quarter to pull out the
victory, including a pair of trips into the red zone. The final
scoring drive by the Setters came to a screeching halt in the end
zone as freshman linebacker Ethan Sylvain (E. Montpelier,
Vt.) picked off Gregg in the corner of the end zone for
key turnover.
Pierce finished the game 13-for-24 for 197 yards and two
touchdowns, while Wilson had 68 receiving yards and one score.
Defensively, DeGraw led the way with 11 tackles, while Sylvain
finished with seven tackles and a pair of interceptions.
Saint Anselm is back in action on Saturday, September 26 as the
Hawks host Merrimack for a 1 p.m. start.
