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C4 THE MORNING CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1996 Kutztown's offense fizzles late in game in loss to Millersville By JEFF SCHULER Of The Morning Call First, Kutztown's offense couldn't be stopped; then it couldn't get going. That combination led to another heartbreaking loss by the Golden Bears, this one a 16-13 PSAC East setback to visiting Millersville. STATISTICS First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted by Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Millersville Kutztown 18 17 32-139 47-142 ,166 70 20-39 6-22 0 1 7-34 0 0 7-42 9-64 0 3 3 10 16 0 7 0 13 The Marauders, who were stopped on the goal line to end a 12-7 setback to the Bears two years ago, followed KU's second straight three-and-out possession with a 15-play, 62-yard march culminating in Davbnne Mobley's 1-yard touchdown dive on third down with just five seconds left on the clock. "The last time we went out there, I said in the huddle that the last thing 1 want to do is sit on the sidelines and watch the defense take care of it," KU quarterback Rob Holmes said of Kutztown's last possession, which lost four yards and ended with a punt from its own 26-yard line. "I knew we had to sustain some sort of drive, but we ended up going three-and-out, and that's what's so frustrating." Equally frustrating was Kutztown's inability to take advantage of a first half that saw the Bears, whose last eight losses have been by a combined 40 points, run almost twice as many offensive plays (43-24) as the Marauders yet own only a 7-3 lead at intermission.

Incredibly, the Bears came up empty not once, not twice, but three times on a mammoth 21-play march that ate up the game's first 11 minutes and 40 seconds and accounted for 76 of Kutztown's 212-yard offensive output. Equally incredibly, 10 of those another 8:03 off the clock. Twice Sweeney converted fourth-and-short situations to keep, the drive alive before Peoples, who would finish with 103 yards for his eighth straight 100-yard game, roared up the middle for the final 6 yards with 49 seconds left in the half. Kutztown appeared to be firmly in command when it scored on its first possession of the second half, with Troy Wright's 21-yard punt return leading to a 31-yard march that culminated in Peoples' 12-yard scoring run. But then Mil-lersville's offense, which had been limited to 115 yards up to that point, began to assert itself.

A 33-yard strike from Greg Moylan to Whitehall's Mike McFe-tridge set up Lynch's second field goal, a 25-yarder. Then Moylan hooked up with his favorite target (10 catches, 105 yards) three times for 31 yards on a 47-yard march that set up Lynch's third three-pointer, this one from 37 yards out with 14:40 left in the game. The Marauders got a break on the winning drive's fifth play when Bear cornerback Terry Owens hit Mark Murgia a half-second before Moylan's pass arrived, giving MU a first down at the Kutztown 36. Mobley, a fourth-string back pressed into service because of injuries, kept the drive alive four 4 I i FG Brandon Lynch 40. Darrien Peoples 6 run (Tim Delaney kick).

People 12 run (kick failed). FG Lynch 25. FG Lynch 37. Davonne Mobley 1 run (Lynch kick). The Golden Bears, who controlled the ball for 21 minutes of the opening half, managed just five first downs and 66 total yards after intermission, opening the door for the Marauders to rally from a 10-point deficit.

Kutztown (3-4, 1-2) ran just 26 offensive plays in six second-half possessions and had just one yard of offense on 12 plays after Brandon Lynch's third field goal pulled Millersville within 13-9 on the fourth play of the final quarter. I igate's big plays came inside the Marauder 10-yard line. Millersville first gave the Bears life on a third-down pass-interference call in the end zone, and again on roughing the kicker as Tim DeLaney missed a 27-yard field goal attempt. Millersville finally escaped unscathed when Gordon Cain roared in from the outside and deflected DeLaney's 19-yard attempt. "I thought if we'd give up three points in a situation like that I'd feel pretty good," Millersville coach Gene Carpenter said.

"But to come away without giving up a point, that was almost too much to ask for." "Something like that takes a lot out of you," admitted Holmes, who completed 4 of 6 on that march but only 2 of 16 the rest of the way. "But still we thought we showed we could drive on them." Millersville would take a 3-0 lead on a career-long 40-yard field goal by Lynch, a senior who had missed four of his six attempts entering the game. But Kutztown coach Al Leonzi surprised the Marauders after the kickoff, replacing Holmes with tack-up running back Emneko Sweeney. Sweeney, an option quarterback in prep school, combined with Darrien Peoples for all the yards on a 69-yard, 16-play march that took pDays But Palos, too, eventually wound up having problems. Although he went ll-for-23 in the air for 161 yards, he threw three interceptions two to Patterson and one that inside linebacker Jason Burney returned 70 yards for a touchdown.

Menecola, from Pius had a day he'd like to forget. First, he missed the PAT following Stahlnecker's TD and shanked the ensuing kickoff out of bounds. Then, with the game still within reach (Colgate leading 21-9 in the third quarter), strong safety B.J. Gallis scooped up a fumble and returned it 31 yards to the Colgate 11. But the drive stalled and Menecola missed a 23-yard chippie.

Cimo averaged only 31 yards with his five punts, one of which traveled only three yards. Tailback Leonard Moore gained 67 yards on 19 totes, but he also fumbled one away and it led directly to Colgate's fourth TD. When asked if Palos would become the starting quarterback, Russo deferred, saying, "We'll see what happens. It's still a long season. But our whole team is basically a young one, and eventually we're going to have to start developing some of these young kids." Palos, who had mixed reviews of his own performance, believes he's still the backup.

"It felt good to get in and get us started," he said, "to put some points on the board. But, after B.J.'s fumble recovery, I fumbled the snap on first down and then misread what Quincy Miller was doing on the third down pass." Of his three subsequent interceptions, he said, "I wasn't nervous at all. I just made some bad reads, and that's because of my inexperience. I expect Shawn to start at Army. I'll just take some reps and get myself ready to play." "We were ready to play today," said Gallis.

"We were really fired up. But we couldn't seem to do anything right." With Army on the near horizon, the Leopards need to reverse that trend quickly. Colgate (4-4, 1-1), meanwhile, won its fourth straight all since Vena took over at quarterback. It's the first four-game win streak for the Red Raiders since 1985. ning score.

DeLano, who completed just seven of 12 passes for 77 yards in the game, came up big in the final drive, going 5-for-8 for 59 yards. The Aggies (1-6, 1-2) first scored in the second period with 11:36 left on a Brian Hearn 3-yard run with Jeff Engel's extra-point attempt blocked. The score was set up by a 49-yard kickoff return by Jose Valentin to the King's 41-yard line. Hearn, a sophomore, ran for a career-high 73 yards on 20 carries. Jim DeMaise scored on a 3-yard run for King's in the first period and Fazzari added a 25-yard field goal in the third.

Both teams scored in the final period, Joey Shenko for the Aggies and Henderson with the game-winner. STATISTICS i'-j mrnnr nlava later with a fnnrth lniim i luuxuruuwil 4A yard carry to the 25, and two plays later a 12-yard pass to Brian Phili-panics put the ball on the 7. Mobley (69 yards, 14 carries) barreled to the 1 on the next play and, after a 20-minute delay while Owens was taken off the field by ambulance (preliminary diagnosis was a severe concussion), it took' him two runs to finish the drive. Lynch's squib kickoff went to Dan Moore at the 23, who was wrapped up as time ran out. East Stroudsburg 78, Chey- ney 32 Quarterback Damian Poalucci passed for a conference record-tying seven touchdowns for the second time this season as East Stroudsburg routed Cheyney in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division game.

Poalucci completed 23 of 39 passes for 494 yards and ran seven times for 51 yards to give him a total offense of 545 yards. He had thrown for seven touchdowns in an earlier 54-28 win over Southern Connecticut. Tailback Joe Pawloski scored four ESU touchdowns on runs of 1, 2 and 3 yards and a 22-yard pass play from Poalucci. Wideout Mike Mancuso caught seven passes for 213 yards including scoring plays of 65, 63 and 19 TOY urg ated two turnovers. "We got up 14-0, but we didn't finish them off," said Gettysburg head coach Barry Streeter, whose sons, Chris and Brandon, play football at Lehigh and Clemson, respectively.

"They started playing well, and we started to get in a fog." The Bullets might have been thinking about last week when they led conference front-runner Ursinus 14-0 with 12 minutes left but lost 17-14. "It was a dark day at Gettysburg on Monday," Streeter said. "Everyone took that loss hard." The Mules ended a 11-play drive with a Mark Mogavero 35-yard field goal early in the second quarter. Running back Mike Martino ran four times for 27 yards, and Pollard completed a 17-yard pass to John Knapp in the drive. After Justin Trakimas recovered a Gettysburg fumble, Muhlenberg scored its only touchdown on the next play.

Pollard connected with Mike Kern for a 27-yard touchdown pass. Mogavero missed the extra point. Muhlenberg (1-6, 1-5) threatened on its next two possessions but came away empty. First Pollard was picked off by Jason Osborn. Then the Mules turned the ball over on downs after having a first-and-10 on the Gettysburg 14-yard line.

Pollard was sacked twice, and the Mules failed to convert a fourth-and-23 from the Gettysburg 27. "You can't turn the ball over and not score in the red zone," Muhlenberg head coach Greg Ole-jack said. "But when you have an extremely game-inexperienced quarterback, that's going to happen." Pollard fumbled for the second time early in the fourth quarter. Six plays later Gettysburg scored a touchdown on a Matt Helwig 10-yard run. He led the Bullets with 110 yards on 24 carries and two touchdowns.

Knapp fumbled away the ensuing kickoff, and Gettysburg found -the end zone again. This time, quarterback Chris Fugaro completed a 25-yard touchdown pass to Smith. He also rushed for 62 yards. II STATISTICS esu First downs 26 20 Rushing yardage 129 47 Passing yardage 549 "341 Passes 26-46 19-54 Passes intercepted by 11 Punts 6-46 11-30 Fumbles lost 2-1 7-2 Yards penalized 5-49 6-41 Cheyney. 7 19 6 0 32 East Stroudsburg 21 24 33 0 7 ESU Joe Pawloski 3 run (Matt Seagreaves kick).

ESU Pawloski 2 run (Seagreaves kick). Apollo Wright 2 run (Kevin Harmon kick). ESU Brett Witmer 9 pass from Damian Poalucci (Seagreaves kick). ESU Pawloski 22 pass from Poalucci (Seagreaves kick). Andra Baltimore 86 KO return (run failed).

ESU Jason Killian 11 pass from Poalucci (Seagreaves kick). ESU Pawloski 1 run (Seagreaves kick). Lamar Box 72 pass from Wright (Harmon kick). ESU FG 33 Seagreaves. Box 8 pass from Wright (kick blocked).

ESU Mike Mancuso 65 pass from Paolucci (kick failed). ESU Witmer 25 pass from Paolucci (Seagreaves kick). Terrell Johnson 12 pass from Wright (pass failed). ESU Mancuso 19 pass from Paolucci (run failed). ESU Mancuso 63 pass from Poalucci (Seagreaves kick).

ESU Jason Klush 38 pass from Will Burch (Sea-greaves kick). yards. Brett Witmer had two touchdown receptions of 9 and 25 yards and wideout Jason Killian caught an 11-yarder. Cheyney quarterback Apollo Wright threw for three touchdowns to Lamar Box (2) and Terrell Johnson (1). Wright also ran in a two-yard score.

a victory The Mules threatened on their next possession but couldn't convert a fourth-and-14 Jrom the Gettysburg 28. Martino led the Mules with 69 yards on 13 carries. Teammate Jason McClean, a 5-foot-5 freshman, had 43 yards on 13 carries. The Bullets had trouble tackling him because he's so small. "Jason gave us a little spark," Olejack said.

"He helped move the offense, and Howie was able to settle down and hit Kenyamo McFar-lane a couple times." McFarlane had six catches for 136 yards for Muhlenberg. Kern had 62 yards on three catches. Defensively, Bangor High graduate Dan Terpstra and Southern Lehigh's Jim Socci each made 11 tackles for the Mules. Socci also recovered a fumble, and Terpstra added two sacks. Trakimas finished with eight tackles.

Franklin Marshall 38, W. Maryland 7 Quarterback Beau Eckert ran for one touchdown, threw for another and kicked a field goal as Franklin Marshall won its fourth straight game, 38-7 over Western Maryland yesterday. Eckert completed 16 of 26 passes for 173 yards, including a 13-yard scoring strike to tight end Mark Sernatinger in the third quarter. He also rushed for 43 yards, including a 4-yard score for Franklin Marshall's (6-1, 3-1) first score. His 28-yard field goal was his first this season.

Bucknell 33, Holy Cross 7 Rich Lemon gained 149 yards ana Jim Fox tossed two touchdown passes to lead Bucknell to a 38-7 win yesterday over Holy Cross. Albright 38, FDU-Madison 3 Quarterback Bryan Snyder tied his own school record of five touchdown passes yesterday as Albright beat FDU-Madison 38-3. Snyder completed 20 of 27 passes for 281 yards. He has 24 touchdowns, 1,963 yards and six interceptions on the season. Albright (6-1, 3-0 Middle Atlantic Conference) scored on the first play from scrimmage on a 68-yard flea-flicker from Snyder to wide receiver Eric Nemec.

Snyder also hit senior wideout Ryan Ditze on a 61-yard touchdown toss. It was Ditze 14th touchdown of the season. The Leopards commit 7 turnovers in losing their first Patriot League game. By TED MEIXELL Of The Morning Call HAMILTON, N.Y. The wheels fell off Lafayette's little maroon wagon and possibly its season yesterday at Andy Kerr Stadium.

While the favored Leopards self-destructed, Colgate played the role of inhospitable host to perfection, making one big play after another en route to a crushing 40-9 Patriot League victory. The Leopards (3-3, 0-1 league) thus faced the prospect of a third consecutive quiet trip home from New York. First came the postponement at Fordham (due to the death of Rams' player Bill Tier-ney). Then came last week's 3-0 loss in a monsoon at Columbia. And now, despite glorious fall weather, this defeat that in all probability puts Lafayette's only remaining goal, a Patriot League title, beyond its reach.

Asked if he and his team will be glad to finally escape from New York, Leopards' head coach Bill Russo nodded and said, "No question. "We just unraveled today, in every phase of the game. We got beat by a team that made big plays. Offense, defense, the kicking game they must all take a piece of this loss. "We didn't take care of the football on offense, and we didn't put enough points on the board.

Defensively, we did some good things, but we gave up too many big plays. The kicking game, which had been a strong point, let us down. Both the punter Ryan Cimo and the placekicker Brian Menecola did poorly." Unfortunately, before finally returning to Fisher Field in two weeks, the Leopards must make one more foray into the Empire State. The worst news of all? The opponent will be unbeaten Army, at Michie Stadium. Aided by seven Lafayette turnovers (five interceptions, two by former Belvidere star Jamal Patterson, and two lost fumbles), fresh- DOUGLAS BENEDICT The Morning Call Muhlenberg's Mike Marti no tries to get around Rob Sena of Gettysburg during the first half.

Martino led the Mules in rushing with 69 yards on 13 carries. 6 Muhlenberg turnovers STATISTICS First downs 19 17 Rushing yardage 186 171 Passing yardage 149 171 Passes 10-18 13-35 Passes intercepted by 5 1 Punts 6-40 5-31 Fumbles lost 2-2 5-2 Yards penalized 8-69 6-60 Lafayette 0 9 0 0 9 Colgate 7 14 0 19 40 Anthony Caravetta 1 run (Adam Federico kick). Corey Hill 12 pass from Ryan Vena (Federico kick). Todd Stahlnecker 1 run (kick failed). Daymon Smith 9 pass from Vena (Federico kick).

FG 22 Brian MenecOla. Smith 5 run (kick failed). Jason Burney 70 INT return (Federico kick). Brian Owens 39 run (kick failed). man quarterback Ryan Vena, running backs Anthony Caravetta and Daymon Smith and wideout Corey Hill enjoyed banner afternoons.

Vena completed 10 of 18 passes for 149 yards and two touchdowns, a 12-yarder to Hill and a lovely 9-yard "throwback" to Smith. He also ran 14 times for gains totaling 71 yards and his picturesque 52-yard scamper to the Leopards' 1 set up his TD toss to Smith for a 21-6 Red Raiders' lead in the third quarter. Vena started a sweep of left end, but the Leopards hemmed him in. So he cut back inside, found running room and sprinted down the right sideline. "The play was designed to go outside," he said, "and the flow took their defense out that way.

So I cut it back inside." Caravetta netted 104 yards on 26 carries and opened the scoring with a 1-yard TD plunge. Hill caught five passes for 88 yards, pulling several of them, including his TD reception, out of the hands of Leopards' defenders. Lafayette, meanwhile, couldn't get anything right. Senior quarterback Shawn McHale, his confidence seemingly lost, was way off target. He completed only two of 10, for a mere 10 yards, and was intercepted twice before being relieved by Bethlehem Catholic freshman Mike Palos.

Palos started out just fine, marching the Leopards downfield for scores Todd Stahlnecker's 1-yard TD and Menecola's 22-yard field goal on his first two series at the helm. His first pass, a lovely 38-yard strike to Phillipsburg's Joe Luke, set up Stahlnecker's score. STATISTICS Gettysb give The Bullets score 21 points off the Mule interceptions and fumbles. By MONICA DEEB Of The Morning Call The turnover bug continued for Muhlenberg After committing seven in last week's Centennial Conference defeat by Johns Hopkins, the Mules had six more in yesterday's 27-9 loss to visiting Gettysburg on Homecoming Day. STATISTICS 20 21 181 110 116 276 11-23 16-40 3 0 2 3 4-36 5-46 I 13 27 309 Moravian nips Lebanon Valley with special teams, defense LV 12 15 38 50 76 161 6-14 16-30 0 1 6- 34 2 1 7- 54 -59 7 17 7 3 14 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage passes Passes intercepted by Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Gettysburg Muhlenberg.

Helwig 7 run (Rumsev kick). Smith 1 run (Rumsey kick). Mogavero 35 FG. Kern 27 pass from Pollard (kick failed). Helwig 10 run (pass failed).

Smith 25 pass from Fugaro (Rumsey kick). The Bullets, who never trailed, scored 21 points off turnovers. And Muhlenberg did itself in by scoring only nine points on four trips to the red zone. "We're shooting ourselves in the foot," said Muhlenberg quarterback Howie Pollard, who had three interceptions and two fumbles. "I made some bad reads, and we didn't hold onto the ball." Pollard (1 6-for-40 for 276 yards) was playing for the injured George Fosdick, who has a sprained medial collateral ligament.

He hopes to return Saturday against Ursinus. The Bullets (3-4, 3-2) scored two first-quarter touchdowns behind their excellent running game. After Pollard's first fumble, Gettysburg went 61 yards on 11 ninning plays. The Mules had problems handling Gettysburg two-back offense. Minutes later, Paul Smith had a 44-yard punt return to set up Gettysburg's second touchdown.

He took it in from a yard out two plays later. But that was it for the Bullets until the fourth quarter. Muhlenberg's defense stopped them on eight straight possessions and cre Moravian 17, Lebanon Valley 16 Solid special teams play and standout defensive plays by Jeff Pukszyn offset a lax offensive performance and led Moravian to a surprisingly tough Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth game yesterday in Annville. The Greyhounds (4-3, 4-3) avoided their first three-game losing streak in 10 years and snapped a seven-game road losing streak against league opponents. Much of the praise and thanks for not being embarrassed against lowly Lebanon Valley (0-7, 0-6), which ranks last or near last in almost every statistical category in the MAC can be given to Pukszyn.

Pukszyn, a senior co-captain from Central Catholic, intercepted a pass with 1:44 remaining that halted a potential scoring drive, his first since last year. He finished with two sacks in a nine-tackle performance. The "Hounds' defense set up the game-winning score when corner-back Brian Kuhns tackled punter Greg Stecbeck at the 5-yard line. Three plays later, Mike Folcher scored his first career touchdown Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted by Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Moravian Lebanon Valley Petrosky 2 run (Stasiak kick) LV Blanford 1 2 pass from Reitnauer (kick failed) Stasiak 30 FG LV Oriel 12 pass from Reitnauer (Killian kick) Folcher 3 run (Stasiak kick) LV Killian 22 FG with a 3-yard burst for a 17-13 lead. Dutchmen kicker Tom Killian wrapped up the scoring with a 22-yard field goal with 5:09 remaining.

Moravian coach Scot Dapp coached in his 100th game, and moved within one win of leading the team to its 10th straight winning season. King's 17, Delaware Valley 13 Quarterback Frank DeLano hit Ricky Henderson with a 7-yard touchdown pass with nine seconds left to give King's a 17-13 victory over host Delaware Valley in a Middle Atlantic Conference-Free-, dom League game yesterday. The Monarchs (2-5, 1-2) drove 70 yards in 10 plays for the game-win DV 19 12 309 114 104 107 9-19 6-20 0 2 2-0 1-0 7-73 -57 7 3 7 17 7 13 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage passes. Passes intercepted by Punts Fumbles lost Vards penalized King's. Oeia mart VaJtey Jim DeMaise 3 run (Justin Fazzari kick).

DV Brian Hearn 3 run (kick blocked). FG 25 Fazzari. DV Joey Shenko 1J run (Jeff Engels kick). Ricky Henderson 7 pass from Frank DeLano (Fazzari kick)..