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Football box vs. WCSU

                               Box Score (Final)
        Western Connecticut vs The College of NJ (10/16/04 at Ewing, NJ)
Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Western Connecticut. 14 12  0  0  - 26       Record: (4-3,1-2)
The College of NJ...  7  7 13  7  - 34       Record: (5-1,3-1)

Scoring Summary:
1st 11:59 WCSU - Jason Adamson 2 yd run (Ryan Woodruff kick failed), 8-71 3:01, WCSU 6 - TCNJ 0
    08:25 WCSU - Adamis Gonzalez 23 yd pass from Joe Dimeglio (David Cournoyer pass from Dimeglio), 8-71 2:24, WCSU 14 - TCNJ 0
    03:25 TCNJ - Jeff Lebb 7 yd pass from Jeff Struble (Blake Abbot kick), 7-62 2:15, WCSU 14 - TCNJ 7
2nd 10:14 TCNJ - Cory Schoonover 5 yd run (Blake Abbot kick), 6-35 2:56, WCSU 14 - TCNJ 14
    04:08 WCSU - Vincent Sheperis 24 yd pass from Joe Dimeglio (Joe Dimeglio pass failed), 5-31 2:28, WCSU 20 - TCNJ 14
    00:01 WCSU - Vincent Sheperis 18 yd pass from Joe Dimeglio (Joe Dimeglio kick failed), 11-74 1:28, WCSU 26 - TCNJ 14
3rd 11:40 TCNJ - Tony Sorrentino 13 yd pass from Jeff Struble (Blake Abbot kick), 8-56 3:10, WCSU 26 - TCNJ 21
    02:41 TCNJ - Jeff Struble 1 yd run (Blake Abbot kick failed), 8-87 2:29, WCSU 26 - TCNJ 27
4th 13:35 TCNJ - Steve Andrews 92 yd run (Blake Abbot kick), 2-96 1:01, WCSU 26 - TCNJ 34

                                   WCSU     TCNJ
FIRST DOWNS...................       25       16
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............    26-76   36-200
PASSING YDS (NET).............      364      207
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  59-29-1  23-16-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   85-440   59-407
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............     3-12      0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     5-58     4-75
Interception Returns-Yards....      1-1      1-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   4-49.0   5-39.2
Fumbles-Lost..................      1-0      1-0
Penalties-Yards...............     8-59     7-51
Possession Time...............    31:47    28:13
Third-Down Conversions........ 11 of 21  4 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   2 of 6   0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      3-5      4-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     1--1      1-6

RUSHING: Western Connecticut-Jason Adamson 18-63; Joe Dimeglio 5-11; Adamis Gonzalez 2-6;
Jesse Farina 1-minus 4. The College of NJ-Steve Andrews 1-92; Gregg Silvesti 14-71; Cory Schoonover
10-20; Jeff Struble 11-17.

PASSING: Western Connecticut-Joe Dimeglio 29-59-1-364. The College of NJ-Jeff Struble
16-23-1-207.

RECEIVING: Western Connecticut-Vincent Sheperis 16-166; David Cournoyer 6-95; Adamis Gonzalez
5-86; Kerry Perotta 2-17. The College of NJ-Joe Bergondo 3-64; Gregg Silvesti 3-58; Tony Sorrentino
3-38; Alan Kotteles 3-15; Cory Schoonover 2-20; Jeff Lebb 2-12.

INTERCEPTIONS: Western Connecticut-Rocco Antoniello 1-1. The College of NJ-Steve Andrews 1-0.

FUMBLES: Western Connecticut-Adamis Gonzalez 1-0. The College of NJ-Jeff Struble 1-0.

Stadium: Lions' Stadium        Attendance: 4218
Kickoff time: 2:00 pm   End of Game: 5:10      Total elapsed time: 3:10
Officials: Referee: Henry Wimberg; Umpire: Rick Shavensky;
Linesman: Robert Hennessy; Line judge: Jonathan Perry; Back judge: Richard Olivola;
Field judge: Ed O'Connell; Side judge: Guy Zbonack; Scorer: Ann King;
Temperature: 60        Wind: 5mph, se  Weather: Raining

TCNJ wins sesqucentennial homecoming game as the Lions down WCSU. TCNJ holds 5-1 edge in the series history.
Steve Andrews ties TCNJ school record for longest rushing TD at 92 yards. He shares the record with Dan Rogers, 
who managed the same feat against Jersey City State in 1983.
        Western Connecticut vs The College of NJ (10/16/04 at Ewing, NJ)

SACKS (UA-A): Western Connecticut-Andrew Delva 0-1; Lovelace 0-1. The College of NJ-B.
Mulholland 0-1; Michael Sykes 0-1.

TACKLES (UA-A): Western Connecticut-Rocco Antoniello 2-7; Andrew Delva 1-7; Chris Venice 3-3;
Oral Ingram 1-5; Tyrell Williams 4-1; Mike Walker 3-2; Kenny Jost 2-3; Damion Robinson 2-3; Jason
Alcin 1-4; Ryan Ellis 1-3; John Hoke 1-3; Jonathan Schuley 1-2; Anthony Fontaine 1-2; Lovelace 1-1;
Nick Frayler 1-0; Anton Armstead 1-0; David Cournoyer 0-1; Ray Cosentino 0-1. The College of NJ-Ray
Bateman 3-8; Steve Vogt 2-7; John Sher 2-6; Michael Sykes 1-6; Maurice Carter 4-2; Josh Baker 0-6;
Miles Shanklin 2-3; Joe Ward 1-4; B. Mulholland 0-4; Justin Mannick 0-3; Nick Tranchina 1-1; Steve
Andrews 1-1; Terance Nish 1-1; Pat Mahan 1-1; Jeff Bower 1-0; Tony Sorrentino 1-0; Todd Mayes 1-0;
James Smith 0-1; A.J. Boury 0-1; Mike Ferris 0-1.


Game Starters:
Western Connecticut

POS  ## OFFENSE
QB   5  Dimeglio
TB   1  Adamson
FB   40 Ala
WR   9  Sheperis
WR   3  Gonzalez
WR   7  Cournoyer
LT   50 Beecher
LG   54 Parise
C    61 Jordan
RG   74 Walsh
RT   78 Herekar

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   4  Frayler
DT   44 Delva
DT   98 Walker
DE   19 D. Robinson
SLB  26 Schuley
MLB  10 Jost
WLB  32 Alcin
CB   6  Ellis
R    17 Antoniello
FS   20 Venice
CB   31 Tyr. Williams

The College of NJ

POS  ## OFFENSE
QB   3  Jeff Struble
RB   9  Derek Thompson
RB   5  Gregg Silvesti
TE   85 Jeff Lebb
WR   81 Alan Kotteles
WR   83 Joe Bergondo
LT   70 Ramie Roye
LG   62 Ron McCurley
C    51 Kevin Pfluge
RG   52 Erik Sendel
RT   79 Mike Meklin

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   88 Justin Mannick
DT   50 Joe Ward
DT   63 Pat Mahan
DE   22 Michael Sykes
OLB  47 Steve Vogt
MLB  10 Ray Bateman
OLB  44 Josh Baker
CB   26 Maurice Carter
S    12 Miles Shanklin
S    25 John Sher
CB   28 Steve Andrews


Player participation:

Western Connecticut: 8-Uhl, 11-Murray, 13-Farina, 14-Woodruff, 23-Hickey, 24-Cosentino, 27-Perotta, 30-Collins, 33-Lovelace,
34-Evans, 36-Hoke, 37-Armstead, 42-Ducey, 48-Bain, 49-Ingram, 62-Gregor, 80-Arnold, 92-Fontaine, 93-Falco.

The College of NJ: 4-B. Mulholland, 6-Mike Ferris, 14-Blake Abbot, 15-Spencer Gaskill, 18-Tony Sorrentino, 19-Ryan Ross,
20-Jeff Bower, 21-Cory Schoonover, 27-Todd Mayes, 29-A.J. Boury, 32-Ernie Covington, 35-Mike Markey, 37-Terance Nish,
40-Dylan Leith, 42-James Smith, 43-Charles Bachi, 46-Derek Tranchina, 55-Nick Tranchina, 57-Tom Dreher, 58-Matt Nastasi,
71-Joe King, 74-Matt Tischler, 77-Brian Gosse, 80-Chris Opdyke, 84-Howard Taylor, 86-Mike Boroult.

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