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C18 Sports Boston Sunday Globe OCTOBER 1, 2006 College football Crimson storm back for win Glasper iimiiiiiiiMiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Harvard 35, Lehigh 33 1 Bethlehem, Pa. Harvard (M) 7 14 14 35 Lehigh (1-3) 14 19 933 Donchez 62 pass from Threatt (Leo kick), 12:29. Dawson 1 run (Schindcl kick), 8:44. Fay 1 run (Leo kick), 2-27. I -FG Leo 20, 12:09.

Threatt 1 run (Leo kick), 8:09. Luft 42 pass from Pizzottl (Schindel kick), 5:07. Mazza 32 pass from Sanders (Schindel kick), 38. Dawson 2 run (Schindel kick), 11:46. Dawson 1 run (Schindel kick), 4:40.

L-FG Leo 34, 12:57. Fitzgerald 10 pass from Threatt (pass failed), 4:04. Attendance: 10,680. Harv Led plays, capping the drive when Chris Sanders completed a 32-yard touchdown pass to Mazza on a wide receiver option. In the second half, Harvard took a 28-24 lead as Dawson plunged in from the 2 after an eight-play, 75-yard drive.

Crimson safety Daniel Tanner then recovered a fumble deep in Lehigh territory, and Dawson soon found the end zone again, this time from a yard, for a 35-24 lead. Lehigh scored 9 straight points points in the fourth quarter on Jason Leo's 34-yard field goal and Mike Fitzgerald's 10-yard TD reception but ran out of time. "We just kept shooting ourselves in the foot," said Lehigh wide receiver Frank Trovato. "Football is a 60-minute game and we played great for 30 minutes." Teammate Marques Thompson agreed. "When we were up, 24-7, a lot of guys got relaxed, and you just can't relax against a team like that." tailback Clifton Dawson, who, after having gained 351 yards in his 'first two games at 7.2 per carry, was limited to 41 yards on 15 attempts in the first half.

As Harvard's passing game began to open up under the direction of quarterback Chris Pizzotti, Dawson also became more effective. Though denied the long-gainers, Dawson repeatedly drove for the short yards that kept drives alive, even though he was held to 94 yards on 31 carries for the game. "Lehigh just did a great job," said Dawson. "For the first half and through the entire game they really played hard. They were good and fast.

But our offensive line settled down, and we were able to establish a running game." Lehigh stunned Harvard on its first possession when quarterback Sedale Threatt found Pete Donchez with a 62-yard scoring strike. Donchez, at 6 feet 4 inches, went over the Harvard safety for the score. But the Crimson answered on the ensuing possession as Pizzotti completed a 10-yard pass to senior wide receiver Corey Mazza, then hit Mazza for 46 yards. Dawson ended the nine-play, 77-yard march by diving a yard off tackle for the score. That was it for the good news for Harvard for a while, as the Mountain Hawks then engineered three long scoring drives 86, 78, and 75 yards for two touchdowns and a field goal, and its largest lead, 24-7.

But, as Murphy said after the game, "We never gave up. We were patient and played hard all the way." Indeed, before halftime Harvard came back with two scores, the first on a 42-yard pass from Pizzotti to freshman wide receiver Matt Luft, his first career TD reception. Before Lehigh could regroup, Harvard got the ball back after a punt and drove 78 yards in 10 Hens can't stop Santos, Wildcats First downs .17 Rushes-yards 38-74 15 32-26 331 20-31-0 48 4-324 3-1 4-27 31:18 Comp-att-lnt-Return yards. Punts-Avg. -16-30-1 1-0 4-40 Fumbles-lost INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Dawson 31-94, Sanders 1-8, Curtis 1-8, Lagace l-(-2), Pizzottl 4-(-34); Leh Thompson 16-59, McGowan 1-6, Pastore 1-5, Fay 1-1, Bran.

Thomas l--5), Threatt 12-(-40). PASSING Pizzottl 15-29-1-291, Sanders 1-1-0-32; Threatt 19-30-0-293. Fitzgerald 1-1-0-38. receiving Mazza 4-118, lagace 3-36, Dawson 3-8, Luft 2-72, Breaux 2-34, Sanders 1-44, Farbotko 1-11: L. Thomas 6-122, Thompson 4-55, Fitzgerald 3-29, Maggs 2-21, Trovato 2-5, Donchez 1-62, Yansane 1-25, Fay 1-12.

If i Xjr0 0 hi iiiiiiiililiinii nullum mi ii mil minium UNH 52, Delaware 49 at Newark. Del 14 7 I 21 52 UNH (4-0) (2-2) 14 7 6 22 49 UNH Santos 1 run (Manning kick), 12:53. Cuff 39 run (Hobby kick), 8:34. Patrick 10 pass from Flacco (Hobby kick), 4:15. UNH Kackert 28 pass from Santos (Bishop kick), 1:30.

Cuff 1 run (Hobby kick), 12:22. UNH A. Brown 11 pass from Santos (Manning kick), 9:38. Michaud 8 pass from Flacco (kick failed), 10:31. UNH C.

Graham 99 kickoff return (Bishop kick), 10:13. UNH FG Manning 4h, 5:12. Cuff 1 run (Hobby kick), 13:34. UNH Ward 13 pass from Santos (Bishop kick). 10:54.

UNH Santos 9 run (Manning kick), 4:40. D-Cuff3run (Cuff run), 3:20. UNH Ward 45 run (Bishop kick), 2:41. Love 10 pass from Flacco (Hobby kick), :56. Attendance: 22,055.

UNH Del 23 36-151 315 28-46-0 0 1-0 3-15 34:56 First downs 27 Rushes-yards- Passing- -281 Comp-att-int Return yards-. Punts-Avg 2 1-30-0 14 Fumbles-lost -1-1 Penalties-yards Possession 25:04 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING UNH, Santos 13-110, Ward 9-81, Kackert 8-46, Levan 3-3. team 2-(-5); Cuff 21-109, Flacco 12-34, Love 2-6, Bradley 1-2. PASSING-UNH, Santos 21-30-0-281; Flacco 28-45-0-315, Love 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING UNH, Ball 7-126, LeVan 7-53, Ward 3-55.

A. Brown 2-15. Kackert 1-28, Lynch 1-4: Patrick 9-109, Cuff 8-79, Love 6-67, Duncan 2-42, Michaud 2-12, Bradley 1-6. Santos turned a low snap into a 9-yard TD run and a 45-34 edge with 4:40 remaining. The Blue Hens, however, pulled within 45-42 on a 3-yard scoring run and 2-point conversion by Cuff with 3:20 to go.

But UNH responded again as Ward's 45-yard touchdown run less than 20 seconds later opened a 52-42 lead. Delaware capped the scoring on a 10-yard TD catch by Aaron Love with 56 seconds left, but the Blue Hens couldn't recover the ensuing onside kick. Delaware quarterback Joe Flacco completed 28 of 45 passes for 315 yards and three scores. The 6-6 junior started fast, completing his first six passes for 108 yards. By Bradley Schlegel GLOBE CORRESPONDENT I NEWARK, Del.

Quarterback Ricky Santos ac counted for five touchdowns and allowed New Hampshire to rally for a 5249 victory over Delaware last night at Tubby Raymond Field. Santos, who threw for 281 yards and three scores, now has 8,009 passing yards for his career, eclipsing the school record of Bob Jean (7,742 in 1985-88). Santos added a pair of touchdown runs for the top-ranked Wildcats (4-0, 1-0 Atlantic 10), who rallied from a 6-point deficit early in the fourth quarter. The junior completed 21 of 30 passes and ran for 112 yards on 12 carries. UNH, off to its first 4-0 start since 1997, won despite not receiving a touchdown catch by David Ball.

The 6-foot-2-inch senior, who is tied with Jerry Rice for most TD receptions in Division 1-AA history with 50, finished with seven catches for 126 yards. Keith LeVan added seven receptions for 53 yards. Corey Graham's 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown early in the third quarter erased a 27-21 deficit for the Wildcats. Delaware (2-2, 1-1) again went ahead, 34-31, on a 1-yard touchdown run by Omar Cuff less than two minutes into the fourth quarter. Cuff, who finished with 189 yards from scrimmage, ran for 109 yards and four touchdowns on 21 carries.

Santos later led the Wildcats on the go-ahead seven-play, 80-yard drive. He capped it by escaping a sack, rolling right, and floating a 13-yard pass to Chris Ward 2 yards into the end zone, making 38-34. Later in the quarter, with UNH lined up to attempt a field goal, glad to be back By Michael Vega GLOBE STAFF The first thing senior safety Ryan Glasper did when he entered Alumni Stadium yesterday was BC NOTEBOOK look back at the stands behind the north end zone and point to where his injured "Bash Brother," junior safety Jamie Silva, was seated. "Jamie was in the stands, where I spent the last four weeks," said Glasper, who missed spring practice, preseason camp, and the first four games of the season after undergoing surgery April 11 to repair a torn labrum and a torn cartilage in his left hip. While Silva was relegated to the role of spectator after injuring his left knee in last weekend's 17-15 loss at North Carolina State, Glasper finally saw the field, making his first start since the MPC Computers Bowl in Boise, Idaho, where he made an end-zone interception that helped BC clinch a victory over Boise State.

"I'd been waiting for this since it was assumed that I was going to have to sit out," said Glasper, who wound up being credited with an assisted tackle in yesterday's 22-0 defeat of Maine. "I felt an energy rush before I went out on the field and I felt part of something again and it's one of the best feelings of the world." Glasper's only regret, though, was that his sidekick, Silva, wasn't out on the field with him. Instead, freshman Wes Davis made his first start. "Jamie Silva's my buddy," Glasper said. "Every time I go out, he's like my bash brother.

My first time back, I was hoping to play with him in the secondary, but Wes did a tremendous job stepping up to the plate and I thought he played very well as a freshman and I think he rose to the occasion." Kids are all right The future looked bright for BC's defense, as three freshmen and two redshirt freshmen ranked among BC's top eight tacklers, led by redshirt freshman tackle Brady Smith (7 tackles, 5 solo, 1 forced fumble) and freshman end Alex Albright (6V4 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery). Then there was freshman linebacker Mark Herzlich, who. made his first appearance on the two-deep chart as backup to junior Jo-lonn Dunbar. Herzlich fielded a squib on the game's opening kick-off and nearly broke it for a score after a 26-yard return. He also made five tackles (four solo and one for a loss of 9 yards) and had a diving interception in the second quarter, setting up Ryan Ohliger's 30-yard field goal that gave BC a 15-0 lead.

"BC getting a shutout was our No. 1 concern on defense," said Herzlich, a 6-foot-4-inch, 230-pounder from Wayne, Pa. "Who is' in the game and who makes the plays is secondary. I was honored to be in the game along with the other guys on the field and making plays." At the start of preseason camp, Herzlich was assigned No. 94.

"Oh, yeah, I knew who it belonged to," he said, referring to its previous owner, Mathias Kiwanu-ka. "It's a great honor. This week, he came back after practice and was standing by my locker and I was like, 'Do you need this locker back right Kiwanuka, who is now with the New York Giants, watched the game from BC's bench along with former left tackle Jeremy True-blood (now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and former tight end Chris Miller. Asked about Herzlich, Kiwanuka said, "He's a really good player. As long as he keeps making progress and keeps playing hard the way he does, he's going to have a great future here.

He already has a great headstart over me." Scoring touch Brian Toal recorded his 10th career rushing TD on BC's "First and Toal" offense when he tallied on a 1-yard plunge, giving the Eagles a 22-0 lead with 3:14 left in the third quarter. On a third-and-1 attempt at the start of the second quarter, Toal had a 52-yard run, the longest of his career, nullified by a holding penalty. By Tony Chamberlain GLOBE STAFF BETHLEHEM, Pa. If they did not necessarily mm rust play better football, it was enough for the Harvard Crimson to play longer yesterday, spotting Lehigh a 24-7 lead midway through the second quarter before storming back with four straight touchdowns, then hanging on for a 35-33 win. It was the Crimson's third straight victory after much easier games against Holy Cross and Brown.

"We coasted the last two games," admitted Harvard coach Tim Murphy. "But today we became a football team. To get behind the eight ball, 24-7, to a team like this on the road and come back is a tremendously satisfying thing for a coach to experience." From the start, it was clear that Lehigh's defensive game plan focused on shutting down Harvard MMMIIIIMIIIIIIttllllllHHMIIMIKIIMMHIIII Holy Cross 28, Fordham 21 at FtttMi Field, Worcester Fordham (1-3) 6 7 8 Holy Cross (l-2) 7 14 7 HC Gass 1 run (Desantis kick), 10:51. -Clukey 26 FG, 14:14. HC Mcdermott 38 pass from Randolph (De-santis kick), 8:19.

HC Gass 11 pass from Randolph (Desantis kick), 4:06. Rayborn 46 pass from Jordan (Clukey kick), 0:38. HC Brock 18 pass from Randolph (Desantis kick), 7:45. Allen 100 kickoff return (Jordan rush), 7:26. Attendance: 9,547.

Ford First 11 HC 24 39-174 263 19-27-2 4-92 4-52 S-266 3-21 3-3 31:13 Rushes-yards- Passing- .139 Comp-att-int- Kickoff returns Punts-average Punt returns- Klckoffs Penalties-yards Fumbles-lost Possession 8-27-1 5-137 2-2 5-304 8-65 28:47 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Dayton 1-33, Prydatko 8-21, Jordan 13-21, Skelton 2-18, Shorter 1-6, Coven 2-4, Martin 1-3: HC, Gass 21-102, Randolph 8-23, Kielt 6-22, Mcdermott 2-15, Fanning 1-7, Brock 1-5. PASSING Jordan 7-19-1-132, Skelton 1-8-0-7; HC, Randolph 19-27-2-263. RECEIVING Rayborn 2-53. Daniels 1-38. Lucas 2-34.

Melvin 1-14. Shorter 1-2, Mar-chand M-2): HC, Harrison 5-72, Mcdermott 3-60. Gass 5-56, Maher 3-41, Brock 1-18, Fanning 1-10, Herlihy 1-6, second and goal from the 7, Holy Cross sophomore defensive end Bryan Walwyn dropped Jordan for a 10-yard loss, and on third down Gough came up with the pickoff, sliding in front of the Rams' receiver. Gough also had six tackles, including four for losses, and a sack. "Casey's a very aggressive player and he's reading things really well," Gilmore said.

"He's been coming up with some big plays and we expect that out of Casey." The Crusaders led, 21-6, at the break. The Holy Cross defense held the Rams to two field goals in the first half and 1 13 total yards. Holy Cross's first three possessions of the second half resulted in two punts and an interception. With a little more than five minutes left in the third quarter, Allen (yes, him again) intercepted Ran- ROBERT E. KLEINASSOCIATED PRESS Fordham receiver James Crockett tries to get a grip as Holy Cross's Kent Flanders (10) moves in.

Crusaders survive Fordham Leopards spot Yale lead and can't recover in time fr A dolph's pass at the Fordham 7. The Rams then started on an eight-play drive, kept alive by a 33-yard gain by Zachary Dayton on a fake punt on fourth and 1 from the 28. Three plays later, Jordan hit Richard Raymond with a 46-yard TD pass and the Rams were back in it, trailing, 21-13. The Randolph-to-Brock TD appeared to give HC a cushion, but Allen changed that in a hurry. "The 100-yard return was disappointing because we just scored to pull away from them," Gilmore said.

"We kicked it deep down the left side, we did what we wanted to do. Obviously, something in our coverage on the far side broke down and I'm not sure what it was." The Crusaders got the ball back with 4:15 to play after the Gough interception and Randolph completed a pair of passes to Thomas Harrison for first downs. He picked up another first after faking a handoff to Gass, then taking off for a 48-yard gain. Randolph was 19 of 27 for 263 yards and three touchdowns. He and junior quarterback Brian McSharry both saw action at Mar-ist and they split the snaps during practice last week.

Randolph, who was named the starter coming out of camp but sprained his ankle in the opener at Georgetown, said he found out Friday he'd be starting against Fordham. Randolph completed a perfectly thrown 38-yard TD pass to Brett McDermott in the second quarter. Randolph connected with Gass from 11 yards in the second quarter. Gass had a productive day, rushing 21 times for 102 yards and a TD and catching five passes for 56 yards. Starting running back Mike Kielt came out in the first half after injuring his medial collateral ligament in his knee.

By Jennifer Toland WORCESTER TELEGRAM GAZETTE WORCESTER Holy Cross senior corner- back Casey Gough was happy about yesterday's result a 28-21 win over Fordham at Fittori Field but not so pleased about letting the Rams back in a game the Crusaders controlled during the first half. "It's great to get the win," Gough said, "but I don't think we played the way we should have played. In the first half, we executed well. In the second half, we came out almost not ready to play. It's good to get the win, but no one is satisfied." Holy Cross improved to 3-2 (2-0 Patriot League) and snapped a five-game losing streak to Fordham (1-3, 0-1).

Gough, who made a key interception deep in Holy Cross territory in the Closing minutes, took home the Johnny Turco Memorial Trophy as Homecoming Game MVP. The Crusaders overcame five turnovers (three fumbles, two interceptions). "As much as we didn't play a perfect game, we won," said Holy Cross coach Tom.Gilmore, "and that's the most important thing." Sophomore quarterback Dom Randolph's 18-yard touchdown pass to Jon Brock with 7:45 left gave Holy Cross its only points of the second half and a 28-13 lead. Fordham's Isiejah Allen returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards for a TD to bring the Rams within a touchdown. On the Crusaders' next play from scrimmage, Terrance Gass fumbled running up the middle and Allen recovered at the Holy Cross 41.

A 15-yard pass from T.J. Jordan to Asa Lucas and a 17-yard run by James Prydatko moved the Rams inside the Crusaders' 10. On ASSOCIATED PRESS Yale built a 1 6-point lead after three quarters and withstood a furious rally by Lafayette in a wild "Vleague ZHT roundup The Elis (2-1) got 172 yards rushing and three touchdowns from Mike McLeod, but Lafayette scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to make a game of it. The Elis led, 30-14, after three quarters thanks to two touchdown runs from McLeod, a 63-yard touchdown pass from Matt Polhe-mus to Ashley Wright, and a 28-yard run by Polhemus. Polhemus threw for 196 yards most of them to Wright, who finished with four catches for 151 yards.

Brad Maurer threw for 282 yards and two scores on 28-for-43 passing and added 62 rushing yards for the Leopards (2-3). Rhode Island 28, Brown 21 Joe Casey ran for 140 yards and two TDs as the Rams captured the Governor's Cup at home. Casey scored on runs of 1 and 34 yards in the first half as URI (2-2) took a 28-7 halftime lead. His 34-yard burst up the middle with 9:08 to play in the second quarter gave the Rams a 21-0 lead. Joe DiGiacomo threw for two TDs for Brown (1-2).

Perm. 17, Dartmouth 10 Robert Irvin passed for 227 yards and two touchdowns and Tyson Magule sparked a strong Penn defense with two interceptions as the host Quakers stopped Dartmouth. Matt Carre had seven receptions for 87 yards for the Quakers (2-1, 1-0). Mike Fritz threw for 255 yards and the Big Green's only touchdown with 37 seconds left as Dartmouth (0-3, 0-1) lost to Penn for the ninth straight time. Princeton 19, Columbia 6 R.C.

Lagomarsino ran for 98 yards and a touchdown as the Tigers defeated the Lions in New York. Princeton (3-0, 1-0) held Columbia (2-1, 0-1) to 23 yards rushing, while Lagomarsino's 23 carries included a 4-yard run that gave the Tigers a 14-0 lead. Cornell 23, Albany 21 Peter Zell's third field goal, a 33-yarder with 6:22 remaining, lifted the Big Red (1-2, 0-1) past the Great Danes (3-2, 1-0) in Ithaca, N.Y. 1.