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un The Sun Sunday, November 12, 2000: Page 9e College Football Green Terror wins, looks loni Morgan's rough road continues Hit "S.C. Slate pounds Bears fyith big first half, 57-37 Maryland defense would need, as it held the Blue Jays to 146 total yards, sacked two Hopkins quarterbacks four times and intercepted two passes. "They have a great defense," said Hopkins coach Jim Margraff, whose Blue Jays finish with a 5-5 overall record and 4-3 conference mark. "Going in, we thought we had a couple of things we could do against them, but they responded well." The only slip for the Green Terror defense came on Junior Zach Baylin's second-quarter, 6-yard touchdown pass. It was Baylin's 12th touchdown of the season, a school record.

Any Blue Jays comeback hopes were ended in the third quarter when Harris hit junior wide receiver Teron Powell in stride for an 80-yard touchdown pass. It was Powell's sixth touchdown catch. Western Maryland freshman French Pope also broke a big play, scoring on an 88-yard punt return that ended with him hurdling Hopkins punter Chris Smolyn to give the Green Terror a 38-7 lead. "We set the play up real well and we had a lot of big blocks," Pope said of his touchdown. Western Maryland senior Brent Sandrock kicked 41- and 42-yard field goals.

Western Maryland finds out today who it opens against in the playoffs when the NCAA convenes to select the brackets. Last year, after a 10-0 regular season and a 20-16 win over Catholic in the opening round of the playoffs, Western Maryland was beaten, 20-16, by Trinity in the regional semifinals. "We've been to the playoffs four times, and we would like to go further, but the conference championship to us is a great goal," Western Maryland coach Tim Keating said. "Everything else is just gravy." Playing as if they were in postseason form, the Green Terror scored 17 first-quarter points on eight offensive plays. On Hopkins' first offensive possession, freshman quarterback George Merrell was picked off by freshman cornerback Robert Wingfield, who returned the ball to the Jays' 14.

It took just two plays for the Green Terror to punch it in, with freshman Jason Hartman plunging in from the 1-yard line. After Hopkins went three and out on the next possession, Harris called his own number and ran off the left end for a 26-yard touchdown. That would be all the Western ELIZABETH MALBY: SUN STAFF Terror threat: Boo Harris, brought down here by Hopkins' Paul Smith, rushed for 72 yards yesterday. Tigers beat wind, Bucknell on late field goal by Kulic SS-Jacko22FG SS Mollet 15 run (kick failed) Fourth quarter FS Dmbokowitz 23 pass from Jackson (Greenfield kick) FS McElhenny safety -na. SS FS First downs 16 1 1 Rushes-yards 56-257 40-109 Passing 93 98 Comp-Attlnt 9 130 9 21-1 Return Yards 83 54 Punts-Avg.

8 29.6 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 1069 4 32 Time of Possession 33:35 26.25 Western Maryland handles Hopkins, 41-7; playoffs next By Jeff Zrebiec SPECIAL TO THE SUN Just moments after Western Maryland defeated Johns Hopkins, 41-7, yesterday at Homewood Field to complete its Centennial Conference season at 7-0, the Green Terror players huddled at midfield and in unison yelled "StaggBowl!" Western Maryland, which finished the regular season with a 9-1 overall record and fourth straight conference title and undefeated Centennial Conference season, now turns its attention to the NCAA playoffs and the road to the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the Division III national championship. "You have to win the conference to get to the national playoffs," said Green Terror junior quarterback Boo Harris, who rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown and passed for 125 yards and two touchdowns yesterday. "But we're not satisfied with winning the conference anymore. We want to prove ourselves on the national stage." Salisbury dumps FROM WIRE REPORTS Quarterback Mac Mollet rushed for 95 yards and one touchdown, leading a balanced, three-man rushing attack as Salisbury State beat Frostburg State, 18-8, yesterday. Reggie Boyce and Tony Ellis each carried 20 times for the Sea Gulls (5-5, 3-3 Atlantic Central Conference), with Boyce tallying 81 yards and one touchdown and Ellis contributing 80 yards.

Meanwhile, Salisbury's defense limited the Bobcats (4-6, 3-3) to 207 yards. Ik IS 'A. SI Next for Towson Opponent Drake Site: Drake Stadium, Des Moines, Iowa When: Saturday, 2 p.m. Record: 7-3 Yesterday: Lost, 45-43, to St. Mary's, Calif.

whenever we could." Read bounced back from a sub-1 00-yard game at St. Mary's with 139 rushing yards to complement Troiani's passing. "I was happy to be back home," Read said. But it was the defense, which virtually shut down the Bison after halftime, that was the unsung hero of this one with Rusty McKinney, Sean Hendricks and Nick Bailey leading the charge. Towson had seven sacks and restricted Bucknell to 177 net yards and four of 19 third-down conversions.

Another major contributor to that effort was Kirk Luczynski, who replaced the injured Andrew Hollingsworth (ankle sprain) at defensive end. Late in the first half, Luczynski nailed Phillips for a safety to break a 10-10 tie. He also made six tackles, two for losses. "I wouldn't say there was anything easy about this game," said Luczynski, a fifth-year senior. "I was scared because I had big shoes to fill.

I just gave it my all." Bucknell (6-4, 2-3) took an early 3-0 lead on a chip shot by Lundberg, and shot ahead by 10 late in the first quarter, mainly on the strength of a 68-yard pass-run by Jabu Powell. With the favoring wind in the second period, the Tigers answered with a short drive, culminated by Read's 27-yard dash to his 15th touchdown of the season, and a 37-yard field goal by Kulic three plays before the safety. Bucknell 10 0 0 13 Towson QH 9 I IS First quarter BUfG Lundberg 20, 5:05 BU Phillips 2 run (Lundberg kick), 14:45 Second quarter TU Head 27 run (Kulic kick), 8:00 TU-FG Kulic 37, 13:12 TU Luczynski safety, 13:28 Fourth quarter BUfG Lundberg 37, 7:32 TU-FG Kulic 35, 14:49 4,332. ill' By Greg Carson SPECIAL TO THE SUN ORANGEBURG, S.C. Stan-, 'ley Mitchell's nightmarish first two seasons as a college coach contin- ued yesterday.

South Carolina State extended its torment of Mitchell's Morgan State team with a 57-37 Athletic Conference win at Oli- ver C. Dawson Bulldog Stadium. The Bulldogs have beaten the 'Bears 18 straight times dating back to 1979, when Morgan State won, 27-16, in Orangeburg. Neither team has had much this season, but Morgan State was hoping to exploit a generous Bulldogs defense and pick up its first MEAC victory. Those i hopes were crushed early, as the Bears (1-9, 0-7) fell behind 22-7 be- fore the end of the first period.

My defense didn't show up at all," said Mitchell, whose record at Morgan is 3-17. "They didn't come to play ball. They missed tackles and gave up big plays by making mistakes. I In this game, we were pursuing. The guys didn't believe in what they were taught.

Their coverage was wrong, and they were never in position. We just couldn't stop them." Morgan State opened with con- 'fldence, taking a 7-6 lead on William DeShazo's 28-yard run, but two touchdowns and a safety allowed S.C. State to take the 15-point lead. Bears miscues and missed tackles led to three more S.C. State touchdowns and a 43-7 deficit for Morgan State.

Freshman quarterback Jorge Pena replaced fellow freshman Lej Washington late in the second quarter and led an eight-play, 80-yard scoring drive. A 3-yard touchdown pass by Pena to Marc Lester cut the S.C. State advantage to 43-13 at the half. "We started out with a fresh-'' man quarterback in the begin-'. ning," Mitchell said.

"He had some breakdowns. I went with another freshman quarterback late in the first half and in the second half, tJi and he did an excellent Job." S.C. State (3-7, 1-5) opened the in the second half with a 5-yard touchdown run, which Pena and the Bears answered with a UO-play, 56-yard scoring drive. Pena hooked up with T.J. Stallings for an 18-yard touchdown, but the two-point conversion failed, cut-r tingtheleadto 50-19.

The Bulldogs scored on their possession, marching 62 in 12 plays. Tailback Chad put the game well out of reach with his 4-yard touchdown run. But Pena and DeShazo to be bright spots for the Bears, combining for three late touchdowns. ') i DeShazo led the Bears with 124 yards rushing and three touch- downs. Morgan State 7 6 6 18 37 South Carolina Start 22 21 1 0 57 Hftt quarter SCSt Allen 32 pass from McCampbell (pass failed), 10:63 Mor DeShazo 28 run (Ashton kick), 6:33 SCSt Stephens 30 pass from McCampbell rush), 5:34 SCSt Humes safety SCSt Williams 1 1 run (kick failed), 1:26 Second quarter SCSt Stephens 6 run (Livingston kick), 14:17 SCSt Eaddy 1 run (Livingston kick), 8:27 SCSt Stephens 5 run (Livingston kick), 7:26 Mor Lester 3 pass from Pena (kick failed), 0:04 Third quarter SCSt Stephens 5 run (Livingston kick), 12:16 Mot Stallings 18 pass from Pena (pass failed), 8:29 7, SCSt Eaddy 4 run (Calvalho kick), 2:40 Fourth quarter Mor DeShazo 14 run (pass failed), 13:13 Mor Shancoe 23 pass from Pena (rush failed), 1:03 vMor DeShazo 1 run (rush failed), 0:19 14.825.

Frostburg, 18-8 Mollet's 15-yard touchdown run with 3:18 left in the third quarter gave the Sea Gulls an 18-point lead and effectively put the game away. The game, designated the Regents' Cup because it pits the University System of Maryland's only Division III schools against each another, was contested at neutral RFK Stadium. Frostburg State won last year's inaugural Regents' Cup at PSINet Stadium in Baltimore. First quarter SS-Jacko2IFG SS Boyce 14 run (kick failed) Third quarter Suit 1" IT apartments.com, I'M Junior kicks 35-yardcr tor 15-13 Towson win By Kent Baker SUN STAFF All afternoon, Towson and Bucknell sparred, grunted and ground it out, both teams bucking a stiff wind that made passing and kicking difficult. But with 11 seconds remaining in the game, Tigers junior place-kicker Ed Kulic defied the hardy breeze, drilling a 35-yard field goal that lifted Towson to a 15-13 Patriot League victory in the final game at Minnegan Stadium before its renovation for next season.

The game-winning three points marked the first time either team had scored against the wind, which collaborated with tough defenses to make the second half a slugfest instead of a scorefest. Towson (6-4, 3-3) clinched its 18th winning season, finished even in the league after losing its previous three conference games and sent 2 1 seniors out with a rush. "I was very relieved," said Kulic, who had hooked an almost identical attempt about a minute earlier. "I felt I hit it good and made the compensation I needed. The wind was definitely my friend on that last one.

The one before, the wind got a big piece of it." To Tigers coach Gordy Combs, the finish was the reward for his team's ability to hang around unlike the previous week when it wasted a 17-0 lead and collapsed against St. Mary's in California. "Last week, we didn't play the entire 60 minutes," Combs said. "This time we did. I'd say we responded very well to the field goal we missed." The kick overcame a 13-12 Bucknell lead that had been established with 7:28 to go when Chris Lundberg connected on his school-record 13th field goal, a 37-yarder with the gusts at his back.

Until the game-winner, those were the only points of the gut-wrenching second half. Quarterback Val Troiani engineered his team into position with completions to Noah Read, Joe Cunningham and Jamal White, spiking the ball after the final reception to set up Kulic's kick, which wobbled end-over-end but was straight and true. "Sometimes the wind was trouble," Troiani said. "But all I was thinking about at the end was driving down the field. I didn't feel any wind." Earlier in the second half, Kulic had attempted a 53-yard field goal going in the other direction.

It had plenty of distance but sailed wide to the right. "He'd been kicking well in practice all week," Combs said. "We were going to go ahead and try it i WE I I mi-M riniinilir -iirilill You place, We Hushing Salisbury State, Mollet 15-95. Boyce 20-81, Ellis 20-BO, Rhoades 1-1. Frostburg State, Jackson 14-39, Hale 10-29, Perkins 7-19.

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All fights reserved. k3: HomeScape wmmmmr I i BU TU First downs 10 19 Rushes-yards 48-81 31-127 Passing 96 225 CompAtt-Int 6-190 25-52-3 Return Yards 175 127 Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost 1-0 10 Penalties-Yards 7-52 7-70 Time of Possession 29:20 30:40 Click on "amenities." Then just visit the apartments with washer-dryers. On Apartments.com, we separate the places with laundry facilities from the ones without them. So you start with apartments that have the amenities you want.

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Find the one. Mor SCSt first downs 24 24 Rushes-yards 35-143 41-226 iPassing 239 241 Comp-Attlnt 21-35-0 11-18-0 Return Yards 00 19 Punts-Avg. 00-00 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 10 8-75 10103 Time of Possession 33:05 26:34 lushing Bucknell. Powell 28-86, Warmington 4 23, Phillips 16-(minus 28). Towson, Read 26-139, Llebel 1-2, White 2-1, Troiani 2-(minus 15).

Passing Bucknell. Phillips 6-19-0-96. Towson, Troiani 25-49 3-225, Team 0-2-0-0, Read 0-1-0-0. Receiving Bucknell, Powell 3-78, Crawford 1-8, Morgan 1-5, Johnson 1-5. Towson, White 9-81, Cunningham 6-55, Read 6-49, White 4 40.

SOLUnONS F0RY0UR Denture Problems Hushing Morgan DeShazo 21-124, Vinson 4-19, Walters 3-7, Elder 1-2, Pena 2-1, Washington 4-(minus 10): South Carolina Eaddy 19-108, McCampbell 5-39, Stephens 5-27, Maxwell 6-26, Williams 4-22, Bowden 2-4. Passing Morgan Pena 17-23-0-206, Washington 4-12-0-33. South Carolina McCampbell 8-13-0-161, Bowden 3-4-0-80, Stephens 1-00-0. lecelvlng Morgan Collins 6-48, Lester 5-64, Stallings 3-61, DeShazo 3-26, Shancoe 1-23, Blake Lowery 1-5, Moore 1-0. South Carolina Stokes 4-73, Stephens 2-56, Allen 2-49, Love 1-30, Metcalf 1-22, Eaddy 1-11.

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