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CIO 0 www.philly.com THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Sunday, October 14, 2001 Manning, OleMss beat 'Bama Quakers get wake-up call, pummel Lions After Columbia came within seven in the third, Benn scored three TDs to secure the 35-7 blowout. Penn 35, Columbia 7 yi 12 Notre Dame's Rocky Boiman (bottom) knocks the ball away from West JOE RAYMOND Associated Press Virginia's Phil Braxton. with a 21-13 loss to Rice in Annapolis, Md. Lehigh thumped Towson, 47-12, in Bethlehem, Pa. Brant Hall led the way, passing for 283 yards and four touchdowns.

In Amherst, Stephan Lewis ran for 258 yards to carry New Hampshire past Massachusetts, 35-24. Todd Wen-rich completed a 33-yard TD pass to Jim Horan in the fourth quarter as Bucknell came back to defeat Lafayette, 17-16, in East-on, Pa. Midwest Notre Dame 34, West Virginia 24 Tony Fisher scored on runs of 25 and 55 yards as the Irish (2-3) ran down West Virginia in South Bend, Ind. Carlyle Holiday led Notre Dame with 130 yards rushing. Avon Cobourne ran for 169 yards, including a 60-yard touchdown, for West Virginia.

Co-bourne is a graduate of Holy Cross High in Delran. Northwestern 23, Minnesota 17 Sam Simmons returned a punt 71 yards for a touchdown and caught a 29-yard pass for another score to carry the Wildcats past Minnesota in Evan-ston, 111. Minnesota (1-4, 0-3 Big Ten) got close when Travis Cole hit Ron Johnson with a 35-yard TD pass with 32 seconds left. Northwest-ern's Kunle Patrick then recovered an onside kick and the Wildcats (4-1, 2-1) ran out the clock. Elsewhere: Herb Haygood The sophomore QB led a fourth-quarter rally and passed for 325 yards in a 27-24 triumph.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Eli Manning threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Joe Gunn with 46 seconds left to lead Mississippi to its first victory over Alabama in 13 years, 27-24, yesterday in Oxford, Miss. The Rebels (4-1 overall, 2-1, Southeastern Conference) scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to erase a 10-point deficit and snap a 10-game losing streak against the Crimson Tide (3-3, 2-2). Manning finished 22 of 41 for 325 yards with no interceptions. The sophomore has thrown 11 TDs and just one interception this season. The win improves the Manning family's record against Alabama to 6-2.

Eli's father, Archie, was 2-1 against the Crimson Tide with Ole Miss from 1968 to 70. Eli's brother, Peyton, won three of four against Alabama while at Tennessee. Tyler Watts ran for 110 yards and threw for 136 yards and two TDs for Alabama. North Carolina 30, Virginia 24 Andre' Williams ran for 147 yards and a touchdown as the Tar Heels tamed Virginia in Chapel Hill, N.C. Dexter Reid scored on a 67-yard interception return for North Carolina (4-3, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).

Virginia (3-3, 2-2) scored on a 4-yard touchdown pass from Matt Schaub to Billy McMullen with 1 minute, 1 second left, but couldn't recover the onside kick. Elsewhere in the South: Wake Forest scored 28 straight points in the first half, then fended off a Duke rally for a 42-35 victory in Durham, N.C. East Syracuse 42, Pittsburgh 10 James Mungro scored on a 56-yard run in the third quarter as the Orangemen overcame a halftime deficit with five consecutive touchdowns to beat host Pittsburgh for the 11th straight time. Mungro rushed for 113 yards. Will Hunter scored on a 35-yard interception return for Syracuse (5-2, 2-0 Big East).

Pitt St. Peter's ASSOCIATED PRESS Andre Harris completed a 92-yard touchdown pass to Doug Barber in the fourth quarter as St. Peter's buried host La Salle, 23-7, at McCarthy Stadium yesterday. It was the second straight loss for La Salle, which fell to 3-2 overall and 1-2 in the Middle Atlantic Athletic Conference. St.

Peter's improved to 5-1 overall and 3-1 in the conference. It is the best start since 1976 for the Peacocks and the first time they have ever won three straight MAAC games. Harris completed only four passes, as St. Peter's kept the ball on the ground for 165 yards rushing. Harris opened the scoring with an 8-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, but La Salle Salle 2d loss in row i ByJoeJuliano INQUIRER STAFF WRITER NEW YORK On a gorgeous autumn day by the Harlem River, the unbeaten Penn Quakers needed some kind of a jolt to keep Columbia from turning its Homecoming Day into a reason to celebrate its first victory of the 2001 season.

The Lions provided that jolt yesterday with a touchdown that enabled them to draw within seven points midway through the third quarter. Penn immediately stopped daydreaming and started playing the championship-caliber football the Ivy League is accustomed to seeing. The Quakers scored touchdowns on their next three possessions two by backup running back Jake Perskie to blow the game open, and coasted to a 35-7 victory over Columbia before a crowd of 10,644 at Wien Stadium. The Quakers (4-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy), ranked 24th in Division I-AA, drove inside the Lions' 20 five times in the first 35 minutes of the game but managed only a pair of touchdowns. They missed two field-goal attempts, and a third misfire was nullified by a roughing-the-kicker penalty against Columbia that led to their second TD.

The Lions (0-4, 0-2) came to life after Peter Veldman missed a 42-yard attempt on the first possession of the second half. They drove 75 yards and scored on an 18-yard pass from Jeff McCall to Jarel Cockburn that made it 14-7 with just over minutes left in the third period. "We were able to move the ball but we weren't able to convert," Penn coach Al Bagnoli said. "There were a couple of missed field goals. I think it's crucial when you get down there that you have to make some points and make it a two-touchdown-plus game.

We let them hang around, and that's dangerous. It got a little hairier than what we had hoped." What made it worse for the Quakers was that Kris Ryan, the Ivy League leader in rushing yards, tweaked his knee early in the third quarter and would carry only two more times after the Penn lead narrowed. But Perskie, a 5-foot-9, 185-pound sophomore from Mainland Regional High in South Jersey, picked up the slack. Perskie made it 21-7 on an 8-yard run to cap a drive that began with Gavin Hoffman's 28-yard pass to Rob Milanese. After Penn linebacker Brian Drake recovered a fumble by Travis Chmelka on the ensuing kickoff at the Lions 21, Perskie ended a five-play drive with a 1-yard plunge, less than 2Vi minutes after his previous score.

"I'm obviously not the game-breaking guy that Kris is," said Perskie, who picked up 83 yards in 14 carries. "He has a tendency to turn a 5- or 10-yard run ticket price at $75.91. For the fifth consecutive year, the Calgary Flames have the most affordable ticket on average, at $32.79. Big and heavy. If you thought the Flyers were the biggest team in hockey, you're right.

Technically, the Flyers and Rangers are tied at No. 1 in the league for average weight at 206 pounds, according to the NHL's annual survey. However, the Flyers' average height is 6-foot-2, an inch taller than the Rangers. Tampa Bay also has an average height of 6-2. The NHL average this season is 6-1, 200.2 pounds, down slightly from last season's 6-1, 202.1.

Now, if you also thought the Flyers were among the oldest teams in the league, you're right again. Their average age is 28, which makes them the ninth-oldest club this season. Dallas (30.6) and Detroit (30.4) are ready for Medicare. The youngest club is Edmonton (25.4). The league average age is 27.5, slightly younger than last season (27.8).

A short list. In the Rangers' 5-2 7 7 14 7 35 7 7 First eurter Penn-Smith 6 pass from Hoffman (Arguello kick), 9:19 Secoed euarter Penn-Ryan 3 run (Veldman kick), 1 0:01 Third Quarter Col-Cockbum 18 pass from McCall (Warren kick), 5:35 Penn-Perskie 8 run (Arguello kick), 3:29 Penn-Perskie 1 run (Veldman kick), 1 :06 Fourth quarter Penn-Hottman 1 run (Arguello), 10:08 10,644. Para Cal Rrstdowns 33 15 flushes-yards 51-227 1M1 Passing 293 161 Comp-Att-lrtt 28-400 20-45-1 fletumYards 27 00 Punts-Avg. 1-36 6-41 FumtHes-Lost 30 1-1 Penalties-Yards 10-71 9-67 Time of Possession 37:11 22:49 MuMOUM. STATISTICS Rnthinf: Pennsylvania, Ryan 18-126, Perskie 14-83, Murray 1-7, Darby 7-6, Milanese 1-4, Hoffman 9-3, Ja Phillips 1 -(minus 2).

Columbia, Reese 15-66, McCall 3-9, Biggers 1-6. Patting Pennsylvania, Hoffman 25-32-0-244, Ja.Phillips 3-7-0-55, Jo.Phillips 0-1-0-0. Columbia, McCall 1 7-34-0-137, Altman 3-1 1 -1 -24. Receiving: Pennsylvania, Milanese 8-98, Ryan 5-26, Smith 3-23, Jo.Phillips 3-19, Michaleskl 2-46, Castles 2-42, Murray 1-15, Kapusta 1-15, Holahan 1-11, Desmedt 1-4, Robinson 1-0. Columbia, Peck 6-76, Chmelka 4-1 1 Cockburn 3-34, Reese 2-2, Sozk) 1-12, Cargile 1-11, Reed 1-6, Van Zart 1-6, Serowik 1-3.

into a 15- to 20-yard run. I was trying to keep the offense executing and get the 5 to 10 yards I was supposed to." Ryan, who entered the game averaging 151.3 yards on the ground, gained 126 on 18 carries before being injured. Bagnoli said that the injury wasn't serious, and that Ryan could have returned if necessary. The Quakers wrapped up the scoring early in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard sneak by Hoffman. Perskie ran six times for 33 yards to set up the TD.

"I really wasn't worried," said Hoffman, who completed 25 of 32 passes for 244 yards and a first-quarter touchdown to Colin Smith. "When I saw them score, it was more like, 'We're letting an inferior team hang We didn't push the panic button. We knew if we played our game, we were going to move the ball and that our defense wouldn't give up more than one touchdowns It didn't. The Penn defense, one of the top-ranked in the country, allowed 242 yards, including a season-high 81 on the ground. Johnathan Reese, one of the Ivy's top rushers, was limited to 66 yards.

Right now, the Quakers have a hole in their kicking game. Bagnoli is alternating Veldman, a sophomore, and freshman Bryan Arguello on extra points and field goals, and isn't getting the consistency the team needs. Penn is 3 of 7 on field goals through four games. "We haven't missed an extra point yet, but we have to get them to take that same leg swing on field goals," Bagnoli said. "Both kids have the ability to do something, but we're still not getting enough answers in that area.

A lot of it is inexperience, and having to go through" the pressure. Joe Juliano's e-mail address is jjulianophillynews.com. loss to the Capitals on Wednesday, Dan Blackburn became the fourth-youngest goaltender to ie-but in the NHL. His age was 18 years, 143 days. Detroit's Harry Lumley is the all-time youngest at 17 years, 38 days.

He made his debut on Dec. 19, 1943. John Van-biesbrouck is second at 18 years, 93 days, on Dec. 5, 1981, as a Ranger; and Buffalo's Martin Biron is third at 18 years, 133 days, on Dec. 26, 1995.

Blackburn is the third-youngest goalie in Rangers history. Lumley was loaned to the Rangers four days after making his start because of an injury to veteran Ken McAu-ley. Consequently, Lumley went into the record books as the youngest goalie for two NHL clubs even though he appeared in just one period as a Ranger and was then sent to minors for the remainder of the season. Lumley played 37 games the following season for the Red Wings. This article contains information from Inquirer news services and Internet sites.

Tim Panaccio's e-mail address is tpanaccipphillynews.com. (1-4, 0-2) has lost four in a row. Brown 35, Princeton 24 Michael Malan broke free for 208 yards rushing in the Bears' Ivy League win over Princeton in Providence, R.I. Malan scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns as Brown (2-2, 2-0) overcame a 16-14 deficit. Cameron Atkinson led the Tigers (1-3, 1-1) with 148 yards on 18 carries.

Hofstra 39, Delaware 14 Rocky Butler threw for 298 yards and four TDs as Hofstra battered the Blue Hens in Newark, Del. Trevor Dimmie ran for 123 yards for the Pride (5-1, 5-1 Atlantic Ten). The Blue Hens (2-4, 2-3) lost to Hofstra for the first time since 1967. Elsewhere: Yale ran past Fordham, 36-27, in New Haven, as Jay Schulze rushed for 147 yards and three TDs. By beating Cornell, 26-6, in Ithaca, N.Y., Harvard opened its season with four wins for the first time since 1980.

The Crimson's Josh Staff ran for 101 yards. Brian Hall completed 13 of 16 passes for five touehdowns to propel Holy Cross past Dartmouth, 49-17, in Worcester, Mass. Bill Rankin passed for 185 yards as Monmouth handed St. Francis its 19th straight loss, 28-0, in Loretto, Pa. In West Point, N.Y., Leonard Henry ran for 156 yards as East Carolina beat Army, 49-26, the Black Knights' 18th loss in 20 games.

Navy dropped to 0-5 hands La rallied to tie the game at 7-7 on a 17-yard TD pass, from Dennis Morrone to Mike McKeown in the second quarter. The 10-play drive covered 50 yards and got the Explorers back into the game, but Sean Pollard's conversion kick was the last La Salle score of the day. St. Peter's took the lead for good just 43 seconds before half-time when Terrence Murphy scored on a 1-yard run. James Galea kicked a 39-yard field goal to add to the lead in the third period before Barber and Harris put the game out of reach early in the fourth.

Morrone left the game after the first half with a sprained ankle. He was 7 for 11 for 54 yards and the touchdown. Senior John Travers played Parrish is straight wins on the road. Their 6-4 win at New Jersey on Thursday night tied the 1965-66 Chicago Blackhawks' start on the road. The four wins also tied the 1976-77 Isles' club record for their best overall start.

"The guys who came in from winning teams are used to winning," Parrish said. "They came in with that mind-set. The guys coming back want to erase the memories of the past. We want to go out and show we're not as bad a team as we were last year." These guys know something about comebacks. They trailed the Penguins by 3-1 in the second period before scoring live unan- swered goals.

"The team last year, once we were down like that, it was almost like 'Pack your Parrish said. "It was really embarrassing, and all the guys who were here last year definitely wanted to change that identity and show that we'e a hardworking team and caught nine passes for 119 yards and returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score as Michigan State defeated Iowa, 31-28, in East Lansing, Mich. Kurt Kitt-ner threw two touchdown passes and Rocky Harvey ran for two more scores, leading Illinois past Indiana, 35-14, in Blooming-ton, Ind. In Columbia, Ennis Haywood ran for 120 yards and two TDs as Iowa State beat Missouri, 20-14, for its seventh win in eight games. Cincinnati beat Alabama-Birmingham, 31-17, in Birmingham, Ala.

La-Var Glover returned an interception for a TD and Antwan Peek recovered a blocked punt for another Bearcats score. West Southern Cal 48, Arizona State 17 In Los Angeles, Carson Palmer threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns as the Trojans (2-4, 1-3 Pacific Ten) ended a four-game losing streak. Arizona State (3-2, 0-2) lost quarterback Jeff Krohn to an ankle injury early in the second quarter. Elsewhere: ShanDerrick Charles ran for 243 yards and a touchdown, lifting Southern Methodist past San Jose State, 24-17, in San Jose, Calif. Air Force dumped Wyoming, 24-13, in Air Force Academy, Colo as quarterback Keith Boyea ran for a career-high 196 yards.

Brandon Neill threw five first-half TD passes, leading Montana to a 49-19 rout of St. Mary's in Missoula, Mont. St. Peter's 23, La Salle 7 St Mart USaNf 7 6 3 7 0 7 10 First eaarter Sip-Harris 8 run (Galea kick), 10:21 Second quarter Las-McKeown 1 7 pass from Morrone (Pollard kick), 8:13 Stp-Murphy 1 run (kick blocked), 0:43 Third quarter Stp-FG Galea 39, 1:58 Fourth quarter Sot-Barber 92 pass from Harris (Galea kick), 1 4:08 2,746 Sis Lu First downs 14 16 Rushes-yards 51-165 33-79 Passing 153 126 Comp-Alt-Int 4-11-0 10-28-2 Return Yards 31 0 Punts-Avg. 547.8 Fumbles-Lost 00 2-0 Penalties-Yards 7-68 2-20 Time of Possession 32:26 27:34 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Dinning St.

Peter's, Clayton 18-83, Murphy 15-50, Silva 3-15. Harris 10-7, Leonor 4-6, Louidor 1-4. La Salle, Bryant 10-39, Crimmel 12-36, Fletcher 3-21, Morrone 3-minus 2), Peloso 1-(minus 3), Connelly 1 -(minus 5), Travers 3-(minus 7). Patting: St. Peter's, Harris 4-11-0-153.

La Salle, Travers 3-1 7-2-72, Morrone 7-1 1 -0-54, Receiving: St. Peter's Barber 2-100, Taylor 1-28, Wood 1-25. La Salle, Murnane 4-22, McKeown 3-43, Bryant 2-22, Petty 1-39. to live either. I wasn't going to spend her last days playing hockey.

It's just ridiculous to think that it would come again after her going through a bone marrow transplant 10 years ago. It was a difficult time for our family. But things are better now, and there's normalcy returning to our lives." The 1,000 club. With their victory over Pittsburgh last week, the Isles became the 14th franchise to win 1,000 games. The others are the Flyers, Boston, Buffalo, Calgary, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Montreal, the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh, St.

Louis and Toronto. Ticket prices. According to Team Marketing Reports, 10 NHL clubs did not raise ticket prices, the first time in eight years that that many clubs did not increase prices. One of those teams was the Flyers. The previous high for the number of teams not raising prices was seven in 1998-99.

The Dallas Stars, who moved into their new arena this fall, lead the league with the highest average the second half, going 3 for 17 for 72 yards. He threw two interceptions. La Salle also played without senior running back Brian Small, who missed the game because of a shoulder injury. Freshman Melvin Bryant started and gained 39 yards on 10 carries. He also caught two passes for 23 yards.

The Explorers' David Mur-nane caught four passes for 22 yards. Mike McKeown caught three passes for 43 yards and the TD. Harris was 4 for 11 for 153 yards and the TD. Derek Clayton rushed 18 times for 88 yards and Murphy rushed 15 times for 50 yards and the TD for St. Peter's.

La Salle resumes its schedule Saturday at Duquesne in Oil the NHL By Tim Panaccio sparking the Islanders' resurgence Surging From worst to first. That's exactly where the New York Islanders have gone since finishing last season at 21-51-7. While the off-season additions of Michael Peca and Alexei Yashin have helped the team climb to the top of the Atlantic Division, the real star has been Mark Parrish, who was traded from Florida to the Isles at the 2000 NHL Draft. As of Friday, Parrish led the NHL with eight goals. "I didn't expect anything like this at all," Parrish said.

"I wanted to work hard and get a few chances. Fortunately, I've been able to VxrrrVt Mark Parrish was leading league eight goals. -fr, we're not going to give up." In the win over New Jersey, former Flyers goalie Garth Snow made his Isles debut with 26 saves. The only bad news is that Peca, who did not play against the Devils, was sidelined with a concussion. He was blindsided by the Penguins' Mike Wilson during Wednesday's victory in Pittsburgh.

Speaking out. Former Ottawa goalie Tom Barrasso, currently with Carolina, lashed out at the Canadian media for accusing him of walking out on the Senators 17 months ago, saying he had good reason for temporarily quitting hockey after the club was eliminated from the playoffs in 2000. Barrasso's daughter Ashley, now 14, was battling cancer for a second time when he left the team. "I wasn't really thinking much about the game," Barrasso said. "I was concentrating on other things.

When we first found out she had cancer, I had just lost my dad Tom and it didn't look like she was going the with bury them." Last season, he had to wait until Nov. 27 to score his fifth goal, so he's already well on his way to eclipsing his career high of 26, set in 1999-2000. Last week the Isles became the second club in league histo-' ry to begin the season with four.