MIDDLETOWN,
Conn. -- Wesleyan running back Shea Dwyer, a grad student, rushed
27 times for a Wesleyan-record 213 yards and scored all five
Wesleyan TDs, four of them on the ground and one on a reception, to
carry the Cardinals to a 35-21 home victory over Hamilton here this
afternoon. Wesleyan evened its record at 1-1 on the season
and defeated Hamilton for the first time since 2007. Hamilton
fell to 0-2 on the season. Wesleyan visits Colby for its next
outing Sat., Oct. 9 while Hamilton hosts Trinity the same day.
Dwyer hit paydirt for the first time in the game at the 4:28 mark
of the first quarter, capping a 10-play, 90-yard march that
consumed 4:58. Dwyer had 33 yards rushing during the series,
including the final two-yard burst for the TD. On
Wesleyan's next possession, Dwyer did the honors with a
29-yard screen pass to the left, darting past one would-be tackler
early in the play and skipping up the left sideline for the TD,
completing a 10-play, 88-yard drive to make it 14-0 at 10:08 of the
second period. After Hamilton failed on a 4th-and-1 pass
attempts at the Wesleyan 44 two series later, Wesleyan had
excellent field position. Two Dwyer runs for 49 yards, the second
one for 17 yards and the TD, sandwiched a seven-yard pass
interference penalty to account for the 56 yards. That put
the Cardinals ahead 21-0 with 2:50 left in the half. Dwyer
closed out the half with 135 yards rushing on 17 attempts.
Hamilton closed the gap to 21-7, scoring with :40 remaining on a
one-yard sneak by sophomore QB Jordan Eck, capping a 69-yard march
in nine quick plays. A 28-yard pass from Eck to sophomore Graham
Sadler got the ball to the one-yard line.
The teams traded TDs in the second half with Wesleyan scoring
first as Dwyer darted in from two yards out at 4:56 of the third
period to make it 28-7. Like the last Hamilton TD, it was a
pass, a 29-yard connection from junior QB Matt Coyne to junior Kyle
Weiss, that got the ball close to the goal line. Coyne
completed 14 of 19 passes for 175 yards on the afternoon.
Senior Pete Modera and freshman Ernest Wingate both were on
the receiving end of four Coyne tosses to lead the Wesleyan
receiving corps. Each had a key catch during the
Cardinals' first TD drive, both going for 21 yards.
Hamilton, which got a game-high 10 receptions for 99 yards from
sophomore Kevin Petrick, scored its second-half TDs on an
eight-yard connection from Eck to senior Scott
Kleinhaus, who ended the game with five catches for 70 yards, and a
dazzling 89-yard kickoff return by junior Dylan Isenberg.
Isenberg, who was held to 48 yards rushing on 16 attempts
after gaining 136 yards on 29 carries in Hamilton's opener at
Tufts last week, curled up the right side after receiving the ball
at the 11, then raced past two would-be tacklers around the 25 and
cut across the field, eventually scoring on the left side while
pulling away from the pursuing pack.
Before Isenberg's runback, Wesleyan had just made it 35-14
at the 5:04 mark on Dwyer's 14-yard scamper up the middle
following a failed 4th-down conversion by Hamilton deep in its own
territory. Dwyer had broken the Wesleyan single-game rushing
mark of 190 yards, set by Waldo Williams in 1986 against Trinity
College, on a 15-yard run with about eight minutes to go in the
game, giving him 192 at the time. He added 21 yards on his
final three carries, giving him 78 yards on 10 tries in the second
half, for his 213 total.
Eck had a busy day for the Continentals, completing 24 of 46
passes for 267 yards. His final attempt was picked off by
Wesleyan junior Brett Bandazian near midfield, giving the Cardinals
the ball with 1:38 left. Three kneel-downs by Coyne closed
out the contest.
Wesleyan gained 398 yards to Hamilton's 325 and time of
possession was just about even. First downs favored Wesleyan,
21-17.
Score by
Quarters 1 2 3 4
Score
----------------- -- -- -- --
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Hamilton College.... 0 7 7 7 - 21
Record: (0-2,0-2)
Wesleyan University. 7 14 7 7 - 35
Record: (1-1,1-1)
Scoring Summary:
1st 04:28 WES - Shea Dwyer 2 yd run (Sebastian Aguirre
kick), 10-90 4:58, HAM 0 - WES 7
2nd 10:08 WES - Shea Dwyer 29 yd pass from Matt Coyne (Sebastian
Aguirre kick), 10-88 5:19, HAM 0 - WES 14
02:50 WES - Shea Dwyer 17 yd run
(Sebastian Aguirre kick), 2-56 0:31, HAM 0 - WES 21
00:40 HAM - Jordan Eck 1 yd run (George
Taylor kick), 9-69 2:06, HAM 7 - WES 21
3rd 04:56 WES - Shea Dwyer 2 yd run (Sebastian Aguirre kick), 8-64
3:25, HAM 7 - WES 28
01:02 HAM - Scott Kleinklaus 8 yd pass
from Jordan Eck (George Taylor kick), 9-67 3:47, HAM 14 - WES
28
4th 05:04 WES - Shea Dwyer 14 yd run (Sebastian Aguirre kick),
1-19 0:10, HAM 14 - WES 35
04:48 HAM - Dylan Isenberg 89 yd kickoff
return (George Taylor kick), , HAM 21 - WES 35
HAM
WES
FIRST DOWNS...................
17
21
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 25-58
40-223
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 267
175
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 46-24-1
19-14-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 71-325
59-398
Fumble Returns-Yards..........
0-0
0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 3-46
0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 6-166
3-74
Interception Returns-Yards.... 1-11
1-18
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 3-30.0
4-41.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 0-0
2-1
Penalties-Yards............... 5-27
7-66
Possession Time............... 30:26
29:34
Third-Down Conversions........ 4 of 15 3 of
8
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 2 of 7 0 of
0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 2-3
4-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0
2-18
RUSHING: Hamilton College-Dylan Isenberg 16-48;
George Taylor 1-13; James
Stanell 2-2; Jordan Eck 6-minus 5. Wesleyan University-Shea Dwyer
27-213; Matt
Coyne 5-18; Te'Rhon O'Neal 5-minus 1; TEAM 3-minus 7.
PASSING: Hamilton College-Jordan Eck 24-46-1-267.
Wesleyan
University-Matt Coyne 14-19-1-175.
RECEIVING: Hamilton College-Kevin Petrick 10-99;
Scott Kleinklaus 5-70;
James Stanell 3-21; Ryan Cray 2-24; Dylan Isenberg 2-6; Graham
Sadler 1-28;
Donovan Flint 1-19. Wesleyan University-Pete Modera 4-57; Ernest
Wingate 4-25;
Shea Dwyer 2-40; Joe Giaimo 2-21; Kyle Weiss 1-29; Te'Rhon O'Neal
1-3.
Attendance: 2,000
Wesleyan's Shea Dwyer Sets School Record with 213 Rushing Yards, Scores 5 TDs in 35-21 Win over Hamilton
Oct 02, 2010