The Hobart College Statesmen faced off against the Hartwick College Hawks for the first time in 20 years today in Oneonta, NY. The Statesmen (5-2, 1-1) started off slow, trailing 10-0 and 17-7 thanks to two early SR WR Koree Reed receiving TDs.
Although the Hobart offense only had 19 plays in the first half, they made the most of them. SR WR Brandon Shed got the Statesmen on the board with a 63 yard TD catch and run, and SR RB Joe Letizia took a hand-off and ran 54 yards for a TD. Hobart took their first lead of the game, 21-20, after SR QB Shane Sweeney found SR TE Zach Withers on a broken play for a 33 yard TD play with 13 seconds before halftime.
Although the Hobart defense gave up 184 yards in the first quarter, they buckled down and held Hartwick (3-4, 2-2) to 146 yards and seven points down the stretch. The Statesmen defense also kept the Hawks out of the end zone, forcing Hartwick to kick two FGs in the first half.
The second half the Statesmen saw the Hawks' Reed scored his third TD of the game and brought Hartwick within 1, 28-27, after Hobart took it's opening drive of the third quarter and scored on a one-yard Letizia TD run.
After that Hobart pulled away, with Sweeney finding JR TE Matthew Wood twice and handing off to JR RB Tynard Barfield for a 49-27 win.
The Hobart defense had five players tally seven tackles in the game. SO OLBs Jayson Prince and David McCarthy each added INTs off of Hartwick SR QB Billy Pine. Pine finished the game with 330 passing yards and three TDs. Sweeney went 19-30 for 305 yards and four scores. Shed tallied 111 yards and a TD and Letizia led all rushers with 71 yards and two scores.
Up next is Union (6-1. 2-0) in a key LL match up given RPI (4-2, 1-1) beat Ithaca (3-3, 3-1) today, 27-14.
Hobart is in prime position take advantage of the LL tie-breaker, but they'll need to defeat Union next Saturday in Schenectady.
No comments:
Post a Comment