Nationally-ranked St. John Fisher College improved to 7-0 on the year with a 41-14 win over visiting Hartwick College on Saturday. Fisher recorded a College-record eight interceptions in the win from seven different players.
The win marks Fisher's 10th consecutive win, dating back to last October and sets a new College-record for longest winning streak. The victory also ties the College-record for best start to a season.
With the loss, Hartwick falls to 2-4, 0-3.
Fisher, ranked 17th in the AFCA poll and No. 18 in the D3football.com poll, used three first-half interceptions to take a 17-0 lead into the locker room.
After an interception by Brenden Moore (Camden) at the Hartwick 30, Ryan Kramer (Oneida) put the Cardinals up for good with a 21-yard touchdown run just two plays later.
The Cardinals tacked seven more onto its lead, as Tim Bailey (East Aurora) faked an inside hand-off and scored on a quarterback-keeper from four yards out with 12:52 left in the second quarter.
Zach Dolan (Troy) intercepted a pass by running back Anthony Casimano (Gansevoort) deep in Hartwick territory late in the first half. Fisher had first-and-goal from the Hartwick 2, but was forced to settle for a 19-yard field goal from Chad Monheim (Webster Thomas).
Fisher took the opening drive of the second half 67 yards and pushed its lead to 24-0 with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Bailey to Ryan Francis (Batavia Notre Dame).
The Hawks, however, did not go away and answered with a two-yard run from Casimano, capping an eight-play 65-yard drive with 6:29 left in the third.
After a Fisher fumble, Hartwick drove 73 yards on 11 plays and made it 24-14 on a one-yard run from Casimano on the final play of the third quarter.
Fisher came right back though. After a 62-yard kickoff return by Francis, Kramer scored on a 14-yard swing pass from Bailey, making it 31-14.
The next five drives for Hartwick (all in the fourth quarter) ended on interceptions.
Shawn Masood (Pittsford Mendon) recorded his second interception of the game at the Fisher 50 with 12:40 left in the game and Adam Burdick (Newfane) intercepted a pass and returned it 25 yards just two minutes later.
Mike Leavell (Orchard Park) picked off a deep pass and returned it 50 yards to the Hartwick 35. Four players later, Kramer scored on a three-yard run to give Fisher a 38-14 lead with six minutes left. The touchdown was Kramer's third of the game, a new personal-best for the sophomore.
Travis Tones (Letchworth) picked off a pass and returned it to the Hartwick 15, setting up a 26-yard field goal from Monheim to close out the scoring.
Tyler Schier (Montgomery) sealed the win with an interception at the Fisher 5 with just under two minutes left.
For Fisher, Bailey accounted for three touchdowns (two passing, one running) and finished 27-for-38 for 232 yards.
FuQuan Borum (Liverpool) gained 92 yards on 20 carries, while Kramer rushed for 38 yards on 10 attempts.
Ryan Schmidt (Whitesboro) finished with a career-high 12 receptions for 88 yards. Kramer added five catches for 42 yards, while seven different players also caught a pass.
For Hartwick, Kyle Morenus (Sidney) was 18-for-35 for 190 yards and six interceptions. He also rushed for 66 yards on 11 attempts.
Fisher will return to action at 1 p.m. next Saturday at Alfred University. The Saxons are 5-1 on the year and 2-0 in the Empire 8. They are the last team to beat Fisher, as Alfred posted a 31-28 win at Fisher back in October 24, 2009.
Hartwick is idle next week.
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Box Score (Final)
Hartwick College vs St. John Fisher (10/16/2010 at Pittsford, NY)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Hartwick College.... 0 0 14 0 - 14 Record: (2-4,0-3)
St. John Fisher..... 7 10 7 17 - 41 Record: (7-0,3-0)
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Scoring Summary:
1st 07:53 FISHER - Ryan Kramer 21 yd run (Chad Monheim kick), 2-27 0:43, HC 0 - FISHER 7
2nd 12:52 FISHER - Tim Bailey 4 yd run (Chad Monheim kick), 11-56 4:13, HC 0 - FISHER 14
01:38 FISHER - Chad Monheim 19 yd field goal, 7-23 2:37, HC 0 - FISHER 17
3rd 11:29 FISHER - Ryan Francis 10 yd pass from Tim Bailey (Chad Monheim kick), 9-67 3:25, HC 0 - FISHER 24
06:29 HC - Anthony Casiman 2 yd run (Heath Dunn kick), 8-65 4:53, HC 7 - FISHER 24
00:00 HC - Anthony Casiman 1 yd run (Heath Dunn kick), 11-73 4:30, HC 14 - FISHER 24
4th 13:01 FISHER - Ryan Kramer 14 yd pass from Tim Bailey (Chad Monheim kick), 4-30 1:46, HC 14 - FISHER 31
06:00 FISHER - Ryan Kramer 3 yd run (Chad Monheim kick), 4-35 0:55, HC 14 - FISHER 38
03:48 FISHER - Chad Monheim 26 yd field goal, 4-7 1:32, HC 14 - FISHER 41
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HC FISHER
FIRST DOWNS................... 15 26
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 23-81 42-187
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 221 232
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 40-20-8 40-27-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 63-302 82-419
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 0-0 2-1
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 8-127 3-96
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 8-118
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 4-32.0 5-30.6
Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards............... 2-10 4-33
Possession Time............... 26:32 33:28
Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 10 7 of 15
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 1 0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 2-2 6-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-1 1-6
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RUSHING: Hartwick College-Kyle Morenus 11-66; Anthony Casiman 8-13; Nate
Rockefelle 2-2; Kurtis Ahart 1-1; TEAM 1-minus 1. St. John Fisher-FuQuan Borum
20-92; Ryan Kramer 10-38; Tim Bailey 6-32; Jeff Meehan 2-10; Ryan Francis 1-6;
Ryan Schmidt 1-6; M. Lukasiewicz 2-3.
PASSING: Hartwick College-Kyle Morenus 18-35-6-190; Dan Brainard 2-4-1-31;
Anthony Casiman 0-1-1-0. St. John Fisher-Tim Bailey 27-38-0-232; Team 0-1-0-0;
Nick Adrian 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING: Hartwick College-Ryan Mosack 8-76; Jordan Wilkins 4-87; Rick Lantman
2-26; Jonny Kravetz 2-13; Nate Rockefelle 2-12; Nick Clair 1-5; Grady Edwards
1-2. St. John Fisher-Ryan Schmidt 12-88; Ryan Kramer 5-42; T.Wallace 2-23; Dan
Witkowski 2-21; Ryan Francis 2-16; Kenny Wilson 1-13; Scott Allis 1-11; Scott
Biehl 1-10; FuQuan Borum 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS: Hartwick College-None. St. John Fisher-Shawn Masood 2-7; Mike
Leavell 1-50; Travis Tones 1-27; Adam Burdick 1-25; Tyler Schier 1-6; Brenden
Moore 1-3; Zach Dolan 1-0.
FUMBLES: Hartwick College-Nate Rockefelle 1-0. St. John Fisher-T.Wallace 1-1.
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Hartwick College vs St. John Fisher (10/16/2010 at Pittsford, NY)
SACKS (UA-A): Hartwick College-Dave Stevens 0-1; Chad Rockefelle 0-1. St. John
Fisher-Chris Sawyer 0-1; Kyle Macey 0-1.
TACKLES (UA-A): Hartwick College-Bryan Schweitze 4-11; Chad Rockefelle 6-6;
Davionne Price 6-3; R.J. Roth 5-3; Justin Deming 4-4; Pete Jackson 3-2; Dave
Stevens 1-4; Jim DeRosa 2-2; Stephen Leisenf 2-2; Kevin Lee 2-2; Jordan Spirou
1-3; Nate Rockefelle 3-0; Joe D'Alessandr 2-1; Tim Martin 1-2; Anthony Ponesse
2-0; Matt Bobal 1-0; Halley Gartner 1-0; Ryan Mosack 1-0; Tom Ferrari 1-0; Grady
Edwards 1-0; Kevin Duffy 0-1. St. John Fisher-Brenden Moore 4-3; Joe Leavell
3-4; Zach Dolan 1-4; Mike Leavell 4-0; Shawn Masood 3-1; Tyler Schier 2-2; Dave
Vosburgh 2-2; Adam Burdick 2-2; Byron Rhone 2-1; Kyle Macey 0-3; Adam Kinney
0-3; Travis Tones 1-1; Troy Sant 1-1; Scott Allis 1-0; Charles Vetrano 1-0;
Clint Doll 1-0; T.Wallace 0-1; Mike Donitzen 0-1; Jeff Headwell 0-1; Dan Allen
0-1; Keith Savage 0-1; Kevin Ogiba 0-1; Chris Sawyer 0-1.
Game Starters:
Hartwick College St. John Fisher
POS OFFENSE
POS QB 7
Kyle
Morenus
QB 5 Tim Bailey TB 6
Anthony
Casiman
TB 3 FuQuan Borum FB 36 Nate
Rockefelle
LT 77 Pete Soehner TE 83 Grady
Edwards
LG 72 Dominic Fotia LT 77
Anthony
Ponesse
C 60 Matt Lowney LG 74
Antonio
Bell
RG 63 Adam Kirisits C 75
Austin
Restaino
RT 62 Vince Perrone RG 56 Chad
Cassidy
WR 7 Ryan Francis RT 66 Matt
Bobal
WR 11 Dan Witkowski WR 4
Ryan
Mosack
WR 12 Ryan Schmidt WR 9
Jordan
Wilkins
HB 32 Scott Biehl POS DEFENSE
POS DE 97
Justin
Deming
DE 9 Byron Rhone DT 58 Tim
Martin
DT 71 Kyle Macey NT 90 Jim
DeRosa
DT 97 Adam Kinney DE 42 Chad
Rockefelle
DE 56 Chris Sawyer ILB 25 Joe
D'Alessandr
ILB 54 Joe Leavell ILB 22 Jordan
Spirou
ILB 51 Brenden Moore OLB 44 R.J.
Roth
OLB 2 Dave Vosburgh OLB 23 Davionne
Price
SS 15 Zach Dolan CB 10 Pete
Jackson
CB 24 Shawn Masood FS 46
Stephen
Leisenf
CB 19 Mike Leavell CB 31 Kevin
Lee
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participation: Hartwick College:
1-Jonny Kravetz, 5-Nate Foote, 8-Ray Mitchell, 13-Alex Tesoriero,
14-Alan Uryniak, 17-J.J. Darling, 18-Dan Brainard,
26-Dexter Lawrence, 28-Kurtis Ahart, 34-Clyde Miller, 35-Joe
O'Brien, 37-Halley Gartner, 41-Rick Lantman, 43-Bryan Schweitze,
45-David Coon, 48-Jason Krug, 49-Phil Arnold, 50-Rob Warner, 57-Tom
Ferrari, 82-Brendan Cahill, 84-Nick Clair,
87-Michael Ragno, 89-Adam Braunstein, 94-Heath Dunn, 96-Joe Seney,
98-Kevin Duffy, 99-Dave Stevens. St. John Fisher: 1-Gabe
Wells, 4-Kenny Wilson, 6-Charles Vetrano, 8-Nick Adrian, 10-Wade
Kline, 14-Clint Doll, 18-Stephen Pride, 21-Ryan Kramer, 22-Mike
Donaruma, 23-Jeff Meehan, 25-T.Wallace, 27-Troy Sant, 28-Tom
Piciulo, 29-M. Lukasiewicz, 31-Travis Tones, 33-Artie Bigsby,
34-Tyler Schier, 36-Kevin Ogiba, 37-Brandon Fox, 40-Scott Allis,
50-Dan Allen, 53-Mike Donitzen, 57-Craig Simmons,
58-Pat Blizniak, 64-Alex Eye, 67-Jon Cotugno, 69-K. Hutchinson,
73-Matt Conway, 80-Noah Seward, 81-Mike Dermady,
84-Tyler Stell, 86-Tom Kukuk, 89-Ryan Palmer, 90-Chad Monheim,
91-Mason Judd, 92-Chris Callanan, 94-C. McGinnis, <page> 96-Jeff Headwell,
98-Keith Savage, 99-Mike Benderski.