DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Graduate student David Salazar (Waltham, Mass.) posted a game-high 13 tackles and senior Luc Normandeau (Dover, N.H.) forced two fumbles, but the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth powered past Plymouth State University, 41-7, in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) football action at Cressy Field on Saturday.
PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Senior Kyle Baker (Pelham, N.H.) registered career highs of eight catches and 80 receiving yards and classmate Luc Normandeau (Dover, N.H.) matched a personal best with 12 tackles as Plymouth State University toppled Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 31-21, in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) football game at Panther Field on Saturday.
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Freshman Jacob Morris (Kennebunk, Maine) made the most of his first career catch as he outleapt the secondary to haul in a Hail Mary pass in the front of the end zone as Plymouth State University stunned Westfield State University, 20-19, in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) football game on Alumni Field on Saturday.
BANGOR, Maine – Senior Manny Sanchez (Hartford, Conn.) rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown to take home Most Valuable Player honors as Plymouth State University rallied from a 20-0 deficit to top Husson University, 21-20, in the New England Bowl at Dr. John W. Winkin Sports Complex on Saturday.
Eureka won the UMAC title in its last year in the league and Plymouth State punched its playoff ticket for the first time since 2008 as part of Saturday's Division III action. The full list and more in the national roundup.
Some of the top defensive players in the region had standout performances in Week 6 in Division III football, and Tom Haley touched on them in Around the Northeast.
Derek Victory was a 5-foot-9 quarterback in high school. Nobody was clamoring for him to come to their campus and play football. But on Saturday, he eclipsed 5,000 career passing yards for Coast Guard.
Contrary to the information it released a few weeks ago, the NCAA D-III football championships committee announced Friday that the Southern Athletic Association and Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference will not have automatic bids to the 2014 Division III football playoffs.
Framingham State, Endicott and Gallaudet are getting ready for the playoffs. Plymouth State linebacker Josh Morgan is getting ready for his cancer treatments.
The anguish was all over Plymouth State center Xander Fuccillo's face as he came off Currier Field on Saturday. The Panthers had lost to Castleton State 35-31 in a game where they had a 28-14 lead.
The New England Football Conference is splitting after the 2012 season, with the groups getting a second automatic bid after a two-year waiting period and taking one at-large bid away from the field.
It is better to block than to receive. That is a mantra the Duford twins have to to embrace as receivers in the run-oriented Maine Maritime and Plymouth State.