Football 10/25/2008 12:00:00 AM UAlbany Sports Information

Football Remains Unbeaten in Northeast Conference Play with 27-3 Homecoming Victory

Albany, N.Y. ? Vinny Esposito threw two first-half touchdown passes and tailback David McCarty scored twice in leading UAlbany to a 27-3 Northeast Conference victory over Saint Francis, Pa. on Saturday, Oct. 25 before a Homecoming crowd of 5,284 at rain-swept University Field.

UAlbany (5-3, NEC 4-0) posted its fourth straight win by reaching the end zone on its opening two possessions before a driving rain and gusty winds made the field hardly playable as the game progressed. The Great Danes marched eight plays for its first touchdown. Esposito hit McCarty in the right flat on third-and-seven, and the junior cut back, using his blockers, on a 22-yard score.

After cornerback Daniel Avery came up with his first career interception, UAlbany drove 62 yards in just five plays. Esposito found wide receiver Tim Bush with a third-down completion for 11 yards. Reserve tailback Justin Gannon later broke through off left guard and split the defensive backfield en route to paydirt on a 45-yard touchdown run and a 14-0 lead.

“The play was blocked perfectly,” Gannon said. “I just had to run straight. Tim Bush made a good block downfield and I was able to outrun the secondary. It was the type of day where you just had to do a good job of holding on to the ball.”

UAlbany upped its lead to 21-0 late in the first quarter. Defensive end Mike Kelly sacked Saint Francis quarterback Colton Sipe, a redshirt freshman who was making his first start for the injured George Little, to force a punt. Esposito, who completed 7 of 11 attempts for 134 yards, then delivered a 58-yard scoring strike to Bush, who maneuvered around the cornerback into open space on the right sideline as he hauled in the pass.

St. Francis (0-8, NEC 0-5) had an opportunity to get back into the contest in the second period. Zak Campbell's 34-yard field goal finished off a 14-play drive. Linebacker Scott Lewis, last year's ECAC and NEC defensive rookie of the year, who had a game-high 15 tackles, would then pick off Esposito's intended screen pass for McCarty at the Albany 27. Following the return and a personal foul penalty, the Red Flash ended up with a first-and-goal at the 5-yard line. But UAlbany's defense stiffened and Sipe was tackled for a loss on fourth down by linebacker Rich Duff and safety Dave West.

“That was a good goal line stand,” offered defensive tackle Tom Pandolf, whose defense held the visitors to 145 total yards, including 68 on the ground. “We just didn't let them score in that situation. I wasn't absolutely sure what they would run (on fourth down) following the timeout. We played well in the conditions. You get a little leeway, as a defense, to make mistakes when the weather is like that.”

The weather played havoc with both teams' offense and special teams throughout the second half. A bad punt snap gave the Red Flash the ball at the Albany 21 late in the third quarter, but Sipe threw three incomplete passes during the series, including a fourth-down attempt that sailed out of bounds. The Great Danes would tack on to their lead when Omar Winston muffed a punt return and UAlbany's Luke Weaver recovered at the St. Francis 9. McCarty would eventually score off the left side from one-yard out with 7:53 remaining.

“You have to run the football in the Northeast, because you are going to get conditions like we had today,” said UAlbany coach Bob Ford, whose team will battle Monmouth for first place in the conference standings next week. “We didn't use the shotgun or probably throw as much as we would like. With the lead, we had the ability to work the clock. At the same, our defense took their run away.”

McCarty rushed for 122 yards on 31 carries, and has reached the century mark in 13 of his last 14 starts. The Great Danes have won ten in a row against league opponents. St. Francis' Sipe finished 9-of-23 through the air for 77 yards and was intercepted twice.

UAlbany 27, Saint Francis, Pa. 3 (Oct 25, 2008)

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary (Final)
2008 UAlbany Football
St. Francis vs Albany (Oct 25, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)

St. Francis (0-8,0-5) vs. Albany (5-3,4-0)

Date: Oct 25, 2008 ? Site: Albany, N.Y. ? Stadium: University Field ? Attendance: 5284

Score by Quarters	1	2	3	4	Score
St. Francis	0	3	0	0	3
Albany	21	0	0	6	27

SCORING SUMMARY				SFU -ALBANY
1st	09:49	ALBANY	David McCarty 22 yd pass from Vinny Esposito (Herb Glass kick)
			8 plays, 61 yards, TOP 3:31	0 - 7
	07:32	ALBANY	Justin Gannon 45 yd run (Herb Glass kick)
			5 plays, 62 yards, TOP 1:25	0 - 14
	00:30	ALBANY	Tim Bush 58 yd pass from Vinny Esposito (Herb Glass kick)
			1 play, 58 yards, TOP 0:09	0 - 21
2nd	09:22	SFU	CAMPBELL, Zak 34 yd field goal
			14 plays, 55 yards, TOP 6:08	3 - 21
4th	07:53	ALBANY	David McCarty 1 yd run (Herb Glass rush failed)
			2 plays, 9 yards, TOP 0:37	3 - 27

Kickoff time: 4:07 pm ? End of Game: 07:45 ? Total elapsed time: 3:38
Referee: Steven Dobis ? Umpire: Thomas Tierney ? Linesman: Robert Schuster ? Line judge: Tommy Meehan ? Back judge: Jack Zilles ? Field judge: John Svorinich ? Side judge: C. Costanza ? Scorer: Matthew Chmura ?
Temperature: 62 ? Wind: SE 14mph ? Weather: Cloudy, rain

Team Statistics

Team Statistics (Final)
2008 UAlbany Football
St. Francis vs Albany (Oct 25, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)

Team Totals	SFU	ALBANY
FIRST DOWNS	9	13
Rushing	4	6
Passing	5	6
Penalty	0	1
NET YARDS RUSHING	68	157
Rushing Attempts	38	49
Average Per Rush	1.8	3.2
Rushing Touchdowns	0	2
Yards Gained Rushing	103	192
Yards Lost Rushing	35	35
NET YARDS PASSING	77	134
Completions-Attempts-Int	9-25-2	7-11-1
Average Per Attempt	3.1	12.2
Average Per Completion	8.6	19.1
Passing Touchdowns	0	2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	145	291
Total offense plays	63	60
Average Gain Per Play	2.3	4.8
Fumbles: Number-Lost	3-1	3-0
Penalties: Number-Yards	1-10	6-37
PUNTS-YARDS	8-269	6-253
Average Yards Per Punt	33.6	42.2
Net Yards Per Punt	30.0	35.8
Inside 20	1	1
50+ Yards	0	1
Touchbacks	0	2
Fair catch	1	0
KICKOFFS-YARDS	2-103	5-323
Average Yards Per Kickoff	51.5	64.6
Net Yards Per Kickoff	42.0	42.0
Touchbacks	0	1
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	2--2-0	2-29-0
Average Per Return	-1.0	14.5
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	4-93-0	2-19-0
Average Per Return	23.2	9.5
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	1-15-0	2-37-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	30:36	29:24
1st Quarter	6:45	8:15
2nd Quarter	9:13	5:47
3rd Quarter	5:51	9:09
4th Quarter	8:47	6:13
Third-Down Conversions	5 of 17	4 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions	1 of 3	0 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances	1-3	1-1
Sacks By: Number-Yards	1-5	2-13
PAT Kicks	0-0	3-3
Field Goals	1-1	0-0

Individual Statistics

Individual Statistics (Final)
2008 UAlbany Football
St. Francis vs Albany (Oct 25, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)

St. Francis

Albany

RUSHING	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
YEARWOOD, Jude	13	35	4	31	0	11	2.4
WILLIAMS, C	9	24	5	19	0	7	2.1
SIPE, Colton	16	44	26	18	0	22	1.1
Totals...	38	103	35	68	0	22	1.8

RUSHING	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
David McCarty	31	122	0	122	1	18	3.9
Justin Gannon	2	48	0	48	1	45	24.0
Colin Simmons	7	13	7	6	0	6	0.9
Vinny Esposito	6	9	7	2	0	6	0.3
Frank Blasinsky	1	0	5	-5	0	0	-5.0
TM	2	0	16	-16	0	0	-8.0
Totals...	49	192	35	157	2	45	3.2

PASSING	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
SIPE, Colton	9-23-2	77	0	20	2
TEAM	0-2-0	0	0	0	0
Totals...	9-25-2	77	0	20	2

PASSING	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Vinny Esposito	7-11-1	134	2	58	0
Frank Blasinsky	0-0-0	0	0	0	1
Totals...	7-11-1	134	2	58	1

RECEIVING	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
ZARNICH, Ryan	3	40	0	20
WINSTON, Omar	2	19	0	14
COLMER, Jared	2	12	0	15
YEARWOOD, Jude	1	6	0	6
WILLIAMS, C	1	0	0	0
Totals...	9	77	0	20

RECEIVING	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Tim Bush	3	81	1	58
David McCarty	1	22	1	22
Daniel Bocanegra	1	22	0	22
Justin Petersen	1	5	0	5
Jason Poore	1	4	0	4
Totals...	7	134	2	58

PUNTING	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
FULLER, Bobby	8	269	33.6	43	1	0
Totals...	8	269	33.6	43	1	0

PUNTING	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Chris Lynch	6	253	42.2	70	1	2
Totals...	6	253	42.2	70	1	2

	Punts			Kickoffs			Intercept
ALL RETURNS	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
WINSTON, Omar	2	-2	0	4	93	26	0	0	0
LEWIS, Scott	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	15
Totals...	2	-2	0	4	93	26	1	15	15

	Punts			Kickoffs			Intercept
ALL RETURNS	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Daniel Avery	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nick Krajacic	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	37	37
Colin Simmons	0	0	0	2	19	19	0	0	0
Justin Gannon	2	29	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals...	2	29	21	2	19	19	2	37	37

ALL PURPOSE	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
WINSTON, Omar	0	19	93	-2	0	110
ZARNICH, Ryan	0	40	0	0	0	40
YEARWOOD, Jude	31	6	0	0	0	37
WILLIAMS, C	19	0	0	0	0	19
SIPE, Colton	18	0	0	0	0	18
LEWIS, Scott	0	0	0	0	15	15
COLMER, Jared	0	12	0	0	0	12
Totals...	68	77	93	-2	15	251

ALL PURPOSE	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
David McCarty	122	22	0	0	0	144
Tim Bush	0	81	0	0	0	81
Justin Gannon	48	0	0	29	0	77
Nick Krajacic	0	0	0	0	37	37
Colin Simmons	6	0	19	0	0	25
Daniel Bocanegra	0	22	0	0	0	22
Justin Petersen	0	5	0	0	0	5
Jason Poore	0	4	0	0	0	4
Vinny Esposito	2	0	0	0	0	2
Frank Blasinsky	-5	0	0	0	0	-5
TM	-16	0	0	0	0	-16
Totals...	157	134	19	29	37	376

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
CAMPBELL, Zak	2nd	09:22	34 yards	Good

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS

KICKOFFS	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
FULLER, Bobby	2	103	0	0	51.5

KICKOFFS	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Herb Glass	5	323	1	0	64.6

FUMBLES: St. Francis-WINSTON, Omar 1-1; YEARWOOD, Jude 1-0; SIPE, Colton 1-0. Albany-Vinny Esposito 3-0.

Box Score

Box Score (Final)
St. Francis vs Albany (Oct 25, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
St. Francis.........  0  3  0  0  -  3       Record: (0-8,0-5)
Albany.............. 21  0  0  6  - 27       Record: (5-3,4-0)



Scoring Summary:
1st 09:49 ALBANY - David McCarty 22 yd pass from Vinny Esposito (Herb Glass kick), 8-61 3:31, SFU 0 - ALBANY 7
    07:32 ALBANY - Justin Gannon 45 yd run (Herb Glass kick), 5-62 1:25, SFU 0 - ALBANY 14
    00:30 ALBANY - Tim Bush 58 yd pass from Vinny Esposito (Herb Glass kick), 1-58 0:09, SFU 0 - ALBANY 21
2nd 09:22 SFU - CAMPBELL, Zak 34 yd field goal, 14-55 6:08, SFU 3 - ALBANY 21
4th 07:53 ALBANY - David McCarty 1 yd run (Herb Glass rush failed), 2-9 0:37, SFU 3 - ALBANY 27



                                    SFU   ALBANY
FIRST DOWNS...................        9       13
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............    38-68   49-157
PASSING YDS (NET).............       77      134
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........   25-9-2   11-7-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   63-145   60-291
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............     2--2     2-29
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     4-93     2-19
Interception Returns-Yards....     1-15     2-37
Punts (Number-Avg)............   8-33.6   6-42.2
Fumbles-Lost..................      3-1      3-0
Penalties-Yards...............     1-10     6-37
Possession Time...............    30:36    29:24
Third-Down Conversions........  5 of 17  4 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   1 of 3   0 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      1-3      1-1
Sacks By: Number-Yards........      1-5     2-13


RUSHING: St. Francis-YEARWOOD, Jude 13-31; WILLIAMS, C 9-19; SIPE, Colton
16-18. Albany-David McCarty 31-122; Justin Gannon 2-48; Colin Simmons 7-6; Vinny
Esposito 6-2; Frank Blasinsky 1-minus 5; TM 2-minus 16.

PASSING: St. Francis-SIPE, Colton 9-23-2-77; TEAM 0-2-0-0. Albany-Vinny
Esposito 7-11-1-134; Frank Blasinsky 0-0-0-0.

RECEIVING: St. Francis-ZARNICH, Ryan 3-40; WINSTON, Omar 2-19; COLMER,
Jared 2-12; YEARWOOD, Jude 1-6; WILLIAMS, C 1-0. Albany-Tim Bush 3-81; Daniel
Bocanegra 1-22; David McCarty 1-22; Justin Petersen 1-5; Jason Poore 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS: St. Francis-LEWIS, Scott 1-15. Albany-Nick Krajacic 1-37;
Daniel Avery 1-0.

FUMBLES: St. Francis-SIPE, Colton 1-0; YEARWOOD, Jude 1-0; WINSTON, Omar
1-1. Albany-Vinny Esposito 3-0.

Stadium: University Field      Attendance: 5284
Kickoff time: 4:07 pm   End of Game: 07:45     Total elapsed time: 3:38
Officials: Referee: Steven Dobis; Umpire: Thomas Tierney; Linesman: Robert Schuster;
Line judge: Tommy Meehan; Back judge: Jack Zilles; Field judge: John Svorinich;
Side judge: C. Costanza; Scorer: Matthew Chmura;
Temperature: 62        Wind: SE 14mph  Weather: Cloudy, rain



              St. Francis vs Albany (Oct 25, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)

SACKS (UA-A): St. Francis-WINGERTSAHN, R 1-0. Albany-Mike Kelly 1-0; Zach
Gallo 0-1; Kyle Hussey 0-1.

TACKLES (UA-A): St. Francis-LEWIS, Scott 6-9; PARKER, Matthew 2-11;
REVTAI, Ryan 3-9; HORNE, Robert 2-5; WINGERTSAHN, R 3-3; SANDERS, Brent 2-3;
TALI, Ray 0-5; RIVERA-ORTIZ, R 2-2; WILLIAMSON, R 2-0; GRIMES, Daniel 0-2;
FISHER, Russel 0-2; ADAMS, Zackary 0-2; KEKIPI, Cody 1-0; BETZ, James 0-1;
LAVALA, Siafa 0-1; CARDIFF, S. 0-1; AVERI, Alen 0-1; BEATTY, Adam 0-1.
Albany-Justin Brancaccio 1-8; Eddie Delaney 0-9; Mark Peretore 3-5; Tom Pandolf
1-4; Mike Kelly 4-0; Chris Simpson 2-1; Dave Casale 0-3; Rich Duff 0-3; Raymond
Dorcely 2-0; L.B. McCloskey 2-0; Trevor Anderson 1-1; Dave West 1-1; Emerson
Kinsey 1-0; Chris Blais 1-0; Jeff Benway 1-0; Herb Glass 1-0; Wil Moushey 1-0;
David McCarty 1-0; Kareem Cooper 1-0; Kyle Hussey 0-1; Justin Petersen 0-1; Jean
Juste 0-1; Chris Wilk 0-1; Zach Gallo 0-1.


Game Starters:
St. Francis

POS  ## OFFENSE
WR   18 HOWZE, Anthony
LT   70 PETERSON, Nick
LG   56 KEKIPI, Cody
C    55 BUZAS, Chris
RG   73 SZOKE-BENTON, A
RT   60 HALL, William
TE   15 ZARNICH, Ryan
WR   83 COLMER, Jared
WR   1  WINSTON, Omar
RB   21 WILLIAMS, C
QB   9  SIPE, Colton

POS  ## DEFENSE
LE   94 BETZ, James
DT   64 AVERI, Alen
RE   99 FISHER, Russel
SLB  12 BROWN, Cory
LLB  31 PARKER, Matthew
MLB  54 REVTAI, Ryan
RLB  44 LEWIS, Scott
CB   25 RIVERA-ORTIZ, R
FS   8  HORNE, Robert
SS   6  SANDERS, Brent
CB   2  WILLIAMSON, R

Albany

POS  ## OFFENSE
TE   71 Keith Peifer
LT   74 Raphael Nguti
LG   78 Andrew Stevens
C    75 Kevin Richards
RG   72 Nik Schultz
RT   76 Jon Leible
WR   1  Tim Bush
WR   85 Jason Poore
QB   7  Vinny Esposito
FB   62 Andy Sparano
TB   3  David McCarty

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   96 Eddie Delaney
DT   94 Tom Pandolf
DE   90 Mike Kelly
OLB  28 Emerson Kinsey
ILB  54 J. Brancaccio
ILB  24 Mark Peretore
OLB  50 Rich Duff
CB   18 Ross Bertrand
S    22 Dave West
FS   31 Dave Casale
CB   2  Jean Juste


Player participation:


St. Francis: 5-LAVALA, Siafa, 11-DIXON, Darnell, 19-CAMPBELL, Zak, 26-MCCONNELL, Luke, 28-BEATTY, Adam, 30-WINGERTSAHN, R,
32-YEARWOOD, Jude, 35-ARMSTEAD, Tony, 36-ABRIGO, Bronson, 41-ZACK, Mike, 42-DRAGO, Chris, 43-TALI, Ray, 47-FULLER, Bobby,
50-CARDIFF, S., 51-ADAMS, Zackary, 59-GRIMES, Daniel, 68-RUSH, Scott, 75-KELLY, Jordan, 80-BLAHOVEC, Zac, 93-HINDAMN, Dan.

Albany: 4-Chris Lynch, 5-L.B. McCloskey, 8-Devin Wooten, 9-Frank Blasinsky, 11-D. Bocanegra, 13-Herb Glass, 17-Jason Smith,
19-Daniel Avery, 20-Colin Simmons, 25-Chris Kenneally, 26-Justin Gannon, 27-Jeff Benway, 29-Erasto Nova, 30-Chris Blais,
32-George Williams, 34-Duane Harper, 37-Kareem Cooper, 38-Garrett Askew, 43-Raymond Dorcely, 46-Justin Petersen,
51-Chris Simpson, 53-Nick Krajacic, 55-Kyle O'Keefe, 56-Marc Wargo, 57-Chris Wilk, 58-Jake Ciccarello, 61-Chaz Mitchell,
64-Vince Gonzales, 66-Matt Faughnan, 80-Luke Weaver, 87-John Lullen, 91-Trevor Anderson, 93-Kyle Hussey, 95-Zach Gallo,
99-Wil Moushey.

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Players Mentioned

#91 Trevor Anderson: DT; 6' 2"; Sophomore

#38 Garrett Askew: S; 6' 1"; Sophomore

#19 Daniel Avery: CB; 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman

#27 Jeff Benway: FS; 5' 11"; Redshirt Freshman

#18 Ross Bertrand: CB; 5' 11"; Sophomore

#30 Chris Blais: OLB; 6' 0"; Sophomore

#9 Frank Blasinsky: QB; 6' 0"; Junior

#11 Daniel Bocanegra: WR; 6' 1"; Senior

#54 Justin Brancaccio: ILB; 6' 0"; Junior

#1 Tim Bush: WR; 5' 9"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#91 Trevor Anderson
: 6' 2"; Sophomore
: DT

#38 Garrett Askew
: 6' 1"; Sophomore
: S

#19 Daniel Avery
: 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman
: CB

#27 Jeff Benway
: 5' 11"; Redshirt Freshman
: FS

#18 Ross Bertrand
: 5' 11"; Sophomore
: CB

#30 Chris Blais
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: OLB

#9 Frank Blasinsky
: 6' 0"; Junior
: QB

#11 Daniel Bocanegra
: 6' 1"; Senior
: WR

#54 Justin Brancaccio
: 6' 0"; Junior
: ILB

#1 Tim Bush
: 5' 9"; Senior
: WR