Saturday, September 13, 2014

Hobart Clips Gulls, 28-18

The twelfth ranked Hobart College Statesmen made the first of what will be three trips to the Boston area when they traveled to Beverly, MA to face off against the Endicott College Gulls.

 The Hobart offense looked sharp early as they scored on consecutive first quarter possessions to post a 14-0 lead thanks to touchdown runs by SR QB Patrick Conlan and SO RB Brad Burns (a career first). Unfortunately a poor and unlucky special teams decision by SR WR Troy Robinson gave the Gulls their first break which lead to a 17 yard Kyle Regan field goal after the Hobart defense stiffened.

A second special teams mistake saw SR WR John Fasano elect to field a booming 61 yard Regan kickoff at his four yard line instead of taking the a touchback. Pinned deep, Endicott sacked Conlan for a safety making the score 14-5 Hobart with 6:44 to go in the half. A SO PK Sean Kirshe 39 yard field goal attempt missed wide left and the Statesmen nursed a 14-5 halftime lead.

The Statesmen started off the second half strong as Conlan would find Fasano on a nine yard route to push the Hobart lead to 21-5 after the Kirshe point after was good with 7:48 to go in the third quarter. Although Endicott made things interesting with two fourth quarter scores, the Statesmen would win the game 28-18.

Hobart was led by Conlan with 173 passing yards and two touchdowns. Defensively SO CB Todd Collier had a game high 10 tackles. SR DE Tyre Coleman sacked Frenette twice in the game, giving him 41 in his career and tying for sixth All-Time in Division III.

The Gulls were led by senior quarterback Drew Frenette with 221 passing yards and two touchdowns. Endicott’s Connor McLaughlin led the Gulls defense with nine stops.

The win improves the Statesmen to 2-0 overall and Hobart will go from north to south shore when they travel to Curry College next Saturday. The loss drops Endicott to 0-2 and the Gulls will travel to Union, New Jersey to take on Kean.

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