Senior quarterback Rob Zappia (Greece Athena/Rochester) threw
four touchdown passes and the Bomber defense recorded five sacks
and held the Hawks to zero rushing yards.
Senior wide receiver Dan Ruffrage (Utica Notre Dame/Whitesboro)
caught a pair of touchdown passes in the second quarter (covering
20 and 24 yards) and finished with five catches for 100 yards.
He's gained exactly 100 receiving yards in three straight
games. Senior tight end Dan Higgins (Greece Athena/Rochester)
caught a six-yard touchdown pass that opened the scoring and
sophomore wideout Andre Jamison (Carmel/Carmel) scored his first
career touchdown on a 43-yard reception that closed out the
scoring.
Jamison's catch stemmed a run of 17 straight Hartwick
points. The Hawks drove 74 plays in just 76 seconds to collect
their first points of the game, scoring on a 14-yard pass from
junior quarterback Dan Brainard (Oswego Free Academy/Owego) to
junior wide receiver Jordan Wilkins (Hyde School/Portsmouth, N.H.)
with just 34 seconds left in the first half.
Wilkins caught a 12-yard scoring pass from Brainard to cap the
opening possession of the second half and after the Hawk defense
forced a three-and-out from Ithaca's offense, senior Heath
Dunn (Mechanicville/Mechanicville) – who kicked extra points
after both Hartwick touchdowns – kicked a career-long 37-yard
field goal to pull the Hawks to 22-17 with 5:01 left in the third
quarter.
The Hawks had three possessions after Dunn's field goal but
turned the ball over all three times – twice on interceptions
and once on downs. Sophomore free safety Josh Liemer (Horace
Greeley/Chappaqua) intercepted his second pass of the game to end
one drive, Hartwick couldn't convert a fourth-and-22 –
set up when junior cornerback Spence White (Sleepy Hollow/Yonkers)
sacked Brainard for a 12-yard loss on third down – and junior
cornerback Mike Conti (Daniel Hand/Branford, Conn.) picked off a
pass to end the Hawks' final possession.
Brainard completed 27 of 44 passes with Wilkins gaining 170 yards
on nine receptions.
White and sophomore linebacker Will Carter (Westlake/Thornwood)
led Ithaca's defense with nine tackles apiece. White also
recovered a fumble on a Hartwick kickoff return. Conti made seven
tackles, forced a fumble, broke up a pass and recorded a 14-yard
sack. Senior end Matt Dibble (Columbia/East Schodack) was in on two
sacks; senior tackle Andrew Haim (Douglas MacArthur/Levittown),
senior linebacker Morgan Abdelnour (Somers/Somers) and freshman
linebacker Jake Santora (Staples/Westport, Conn.), who made his
first career start, each contributed one.
Junior linebacker Jordan Spirou (W.T. Clarke/Westbury), senior
defensive back Stephen Leisenfelder (Troy/Wyantskill) and sophomore
linebacker Bryan Schweitzer (Babylon/Babylon) each made 10 tackles
for loss for Hartwick. Schweitzer added three pass break-ups.
Senior end Chad Rockefeller (Delaware Academy/Delhi) had three
tackles for loss – including a pair of sacks – among
his eight total stops.
Sophomore Clay Ardoin
(Dolgeville/Dolgeville) ran for a career-best 108 yards for Ithaca,
leading all rushers. Junior Andrew Rogowski (Canisius/East Amherst)
kicked a 30-yard field goal and added a pair of extra points.
The Bombers travel to #24 St. John Fisher next Saturday; the Hawks
host #25 Alfred.
Box Score
Hartwick
vs #30 Ithaca (10/02/10 at Ithaca, N.Y.)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3
4 Score
----------------- -- -- -- --
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Hartwick............ 0 7 10 0 -
17 Record: (2-2,0-1)
Ithaca.............. 6 16 7 0 -
29 Record: (4-1,1-0)
Scoring Summary:
1st 06:53 IC - Dan HIGGINS 6 yd pass from Rob ZAPPIA (Andrew
ROGOWSKI kick failed), 2-10 0:50, HW 0 - IC 6
2nd 13:34 IC - Andrew ROGOWSKI 30 yd field goal, 8-67 3:11, HW 0 -
IC 9
08:50 IC - Dan RUFFRAGE 20 yd pass from Rob
ZAPPIA (Rob ZAPPIA rush failed), 6-45 3:22, HW 0 - IC 15
01:47 IC - Dan RUFFRAGE 24 yd pass from Rob
ZAPPIA (Andrew ROGOWSKI kick), 5-34 1:37, HW 0 - IC 22
00:34 HW - Jordan Wilkins 14 yd pass from Dan
Brainard (Heath Dunn kick), 5-74 1:06, HW 7 - IC 22
3rd 09:25 HW - Jordan Wilkins 12 yd pass from Dan Brainard (Heath
Dunn kick), 10-80 5:35, HW 14 - IC 22
05:01 HW - Heath Dunn 37 yd field goal, 9-57
3:10, HW 17 - IC 22
02:09 IC - Andre JAMISON 43 yd pass from Rob
ZAPPIA (Andrew ROGOWSKI kick), 5-65 2:45, HW 17 - IC 29
HW IC
FIRST
DOWNS...................
22 21
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............
17-0 32-131
PASSING YDS
(NET).............
377 251
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 44-27-3
37-20-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....
61-377 69-382
Fumble
Returns-Yards..........
0-0 1-12
Punt
Returns-Yards............
1-0 3-70
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........
5-87 4-69
Interception
Returns-Yards....
1-0 3-42
Punts (Number-Avg)............
4-44.2 5-34.8
Fumbles-Lost..................
2-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards...............
7-56 9-94
Possession Time...............
27:07 32:53
Third-Down Conversions........ 3 of 10 8 of
16
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of
1 0 of 0
Red-Zone
Scores-Chances.......
3-4 3-4
Sacks By:
Number-Yards........
2-8 5-56
RUSHING: Hartwick-Anthony Casiman 7-49; Nate Rockefelle 3-minus 1;
Dan Brainard 7-minus 48.
Ithaca-Clay ARDOIN 18-108; Dan RUGGIERO 8-29; TEAM 3-minus 3; Rob
ZAPPIA 3-minus 3.
PASSING: Hartwick-Dan Brainard 27-44-3-377.
Ithaca-Rob ZAPPIA 20-37-1-251.
RECEIVING: Hartwick-Jordan Wilkins 9-170; Nick Clair 4-61; Grady
Edwards 4-57; Ryan Mosack 3-29; Nate Rockefelle 3-16; Jonny Kravetz
2-17; Rick Lantman 1-21; Anthony Casiman 1-6.
Ithaca-Dan RUFFRAGE 5-100; Dan HIGGINS 5-41; Clay ARDOIN 2-21;
Thomas VOSSLER 2-15; Matt CRANDALL 2-15; Dan RUGGIERO 2-12; Andre
JAMISON 1-43; Michael MOON 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS: Hartwick-Davionne Price 1-0.
Ithaca-Josh LIEMER 2-42; Mike CONTI 1-0.
FUMBLES: Hartwick-Davionne Price 1-1; Dan Brainard 1-1.
Ithaca-None.
SACKS (UA-A): Hartwick-Chad Rockefelle 2-0.
Ithaca-Matt DIBBLE 1-1; M. ABDELNOUR 0-1; Spence WHITE 1-0; Mike
CONTI 1-0; Jake SANTORA 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Hartwick-Bryan Schweitze 7-3; Stephen Leisenf 5-5;
Jordan Spirou 4-6; Chad Rockefelle 2-6; R.J. Roth 3-1; Kevin Lee
3-1; Tim Martin 2-2; Jim DeRosa 1-3; Davionne Price 2-1; Joe
D'Alessandr 1-2; Justin Deming 0-3; Brian Quigley 1-0; Nate Foote
1-0; Michael Ragno 1-0; K.J. Reese 1-0; Anthony Ponesse 1-0; Jason
Krug 1-0; Nate Rockefelle 1-0; Kevin Duffy 1-0; Ray Mitchell
0-1.
Ithaca-Spence WHITE 6-3; Will CARTER 4-5; Mike CONTI 6-1; Josh
LIEMER 4-2; Kevin CLINE 2-3; Eric TOPOROFF 1-4; Jake SANTORA 3-1;
Pat SCOTT 2-1; David AHONEN 1-2; Matt DIBBLE 1-2; Andrew HAIM 1-1;
Tom ESCHEN 0-1; Chris O'BRIEN 0-1; M. ABDELNOUR 0-1.
Bombers Celebrate Homecoming With 29-17 Win Over Hartwick
Oct 02, 2010