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Boston Sunday Globe NOVEMBER 5, 2006 Sports E17 College football 'TT -v antes? UNE 1 r-v lill 4 UMass answers with a late stop By Tony Chamberlain GLOBE STAFF IIIIIIIIHIHIIIttlllllllMltlllllllMMMHIilllll UMass 28, UNH 20 at Cowed Stadium. Durham, N.H. UMass (8-1) 1 14 7 28 UNH (6-3) 0 3 10 2 UM Rancher 8 pass from Coen (Koepplin kick), 2:18. UM Moore 15 pass from Coen (Koepplin -kick), 10:05. UNH -FG Manning 27, 4:47.

UM Baylark 38 run (Koepplin kick), 3:09. UM Baylark 1 run (Koepplin kick), 8:49. UNH Ball 33 pass from Santos (Bishop kick), 6:50. UNH FG Manning 37, :08. UNH Ball 6 pass from Santos (Bishop kick), 6:48.

mm I DURHAM, N.H. -I Old-fashioned foot- I ball heroics had the ft 4 "if Attendance: 10,598. UMass First downs- Rushes-yards 29-101 Passing- -193 UNH 27 33-58 383 3S-55-0 25 2-1 7-56 34:16 Comp-att-int-Return yards- 30 Punts-Avg- Fumbles-lost- -0-0 Penalties-yards Possession 25:44 1 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-UM, Baylark 20-89, Lawrence 4-10, Coen 3-2, Washington 1-1, team l-(-l): UNH, Santos 18-55, Kackert 7-6, Simpson 5-6, 1-5, O'Brien l-(-l), Henry M-13). PASSING-UM, Coen 11-15-0-193; UNH, Santos 35-55-0-383. RECEIVING-UM, London 4-89, Listorti 3-70, Rancher 2-11, Moore 1-15, Baylark 1-8; UNH, Le-Van 12-115, Ball 8-107, O'Brien 7-80, Simpson 5-41, A.

Brown 3-40. Jt 1 I ADAM HUNGERTHE BOSTON GLOBE Harvard's Clifton Dawson scores on a 1 2-yard run en route to eclipsing 1 ,000 rushing yards for the fourth straight year. Cr imson in rush to stop Lions Defense sparks Harvard's victory By Craig Larson GLOBE STAFF 10,598 fans on their feet and roaring for much of the second half yesterday as New Hampshire seemed poised to come from behind and knock off Atlantic 10-leading Massachusetts. But with four seconds on the clock, and 3 yards to a touchdown, the third-ranked Minutemen found a way to preserve a 28-20 victory. The win improved UMass's record to 8-1, 6-0 in the conference.

UNH fell to 6-3, 3-3. Trailing, 28-3, midway through the third quarter, UNH quarterback Ricky Santos engineered the first of three scoring drives that brought the Wildcats to 28-20. But on fourth and goal in the waning seconds, Santos tried an option flip that was tipped by UMass defensive end John Hatchell. After sputtering on defense in the first half, allowing the Minute-men to take a 21-3 lead into the locker room, the Wildcats held UMass to 7 points after the break, while mounting enough offense to seize the momentum. One key to No.

9 UNH's rally, according to coach Sean McDonnell, was the defense's ability to contain senior Steve Baylark, who came into the game averaging a conference-leading 130.5 rushing yards per game. The Wildcats held Baylark to 89 yards on 20 carries, and the Minutemen to 101 rushing yards. "I really felt like we were clicking," said McDonnell, "but against a team like this you have to do everything perfectly." McDonnell also pointed to a number of drive-killing errors and penalties that plagued the Wildcats throughout the first half, including his call for a fake punt in the first quarter. On fourth and 3, punter Matt Henry took the snap and looked downfield for open receivers as Wilner Alexis and David Burris descended on him for a sack of 13 yards. Penalties for a late hit and illegal procedure stalled two other UNH drives.

UMass, led by sophomore quarterback Liam Coen, combined the running of Baylark and a 29-yard pass to Brad Listorti to march to its first score. Coen completed the seven-play, 49-yard drive with an 8-yard strike to junior wide receiver Rasheed Rancher. The Minutemen struck again in the second quarter on Coen's 15-yard touchdown pass to J.J. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Harvard 24, Columbia 7 at Harvard Stadium Columbia (3-5)7 0 0 7 Harvard (7-1) 14 7 3 24 Knowlin 22 pass from Hormann (Rocholl kick), 3:14. Dawson 9 run (Schindel kick), 10:14.

Mazza 29 pass from O'Hagan (Schindel kick), 1:32. Dawson 12 run (Schindel kick), 7:59. H-Schindel 36 FG, 12:52. Attendance: 11,716. 1 "5 t.

1 Col First 19 21-14 Passing 320 Moore. The possession was set up when Tim Washington blocked Henry's punt and it was recovered by George Byrd at the UNH 17. Trailing, 14-0, the Wildcats got on the board as Santos and Co. put together a 13-play, 63-yard drive that stalled, setting up a 27-yard field goal by Tom Manning. Santos completed throws to David Ball and Robert Simpson on the drive, and also rushed for 19 yards on three carries.

But the Minutemen came right back, as Baylark had his best run of the day, a 38-yard TD dash up the middle with 3:09 left in the half. UMass made the game look like a rout as it scored quickly in the second half. After Coen connected with senior wide receiver Brandon London for a 43-yard strike to the Wildcats' 10, UMass advanced to the 1, where Baylark took it in for the score and a 28-3 lead. It was then that Santos (35 of 55, 383 yards) really went to work, guiding the Wildcats 83 yards in seven plays, and finding Ball for a 33-yard touchdown. After a 37-yard Manning field goal on its next possession, UNH put together its longest drive of the day, going 97 yards in 19 plays, with Ball catching his second TD strike, a 6-yar-der with 6:48 remaining.

But in the closing seconds, UMass stopped UNH 3 yards short of a touchdown that would have given the Wildcats a shot at a tying 2-point conversion. "We were just able to find a way to win," said UMass coach Don Brown. "We have tremendous respect for that team, and Ricky Santos worked us over pretty good in the second half. I'm just glad to get out of here with a win." Harv 18 40-170 181 16-26-0 1-20 4-27 5-284 14-98 0-0 29:55 Comp-att-int. 29-52-0 KickoH returns 5-77 Punts-average Punt returns- Kickoffs 2-113 Penalties-yards 4-34 Fumbles-tost -4-4 Possession 30:05 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Davis 13-12, Cobb 1-0, Paulin 1-(-3), Hormann 6-(-23); Dawson 26-120, O'Hagan 7-26.

Sherlock 1-16, Baakel 6-8. PASSING Hormann 29-52-0-320: O'Hagan 16-26-0-181. RECEIVING Knowlin 6-86, Russell 7-79, Joseph 4-50, Paulin 3-45, Demko 2-22. Rangel 3-16. Degasperis 3-13, Weller 1-9; Mazza 4-54, Dawson 3-38, Farbotko 4-36, Lagace 2-23, Breaux 1-15.

Miller 1-10, Van Niel 1-5. Norries Wilson weighed a cou-fiViiiili'JJi'iliti'i I pie of options for his Columbia offense, and neither was promising. Try to establish the run against Harvard, the Ivy League's best rushing defense, or attempt to pass against the Crimson's relentless front, which leads the league in sacks. The first-year coach chose the latter, with modest success. i Columbia quarterback Craig Hormann, a sturdy 6-foot-4-inch, 234-pound junior, stood tall in the pocket on a chilly afternoon at the Stadium and put the Lions on the board first with his strong right arm but 320 yards through the air only goes so far with a virtually nonexistent ground game.

Harvard limited Columbia to minus-14 yards rushing for the second straight year and forced four fumbles, while senior tailback Clifton Dawson delivered a workmanlike 26-carry, 120-yard, two-touchdown performance in an efficient 24-7 victory before a bun-dled-up crowd of 1 1,716. The Crimson improved to 7-1 overall, 4-1 in the Ivy, a game behind Yale (7-1, 5-0). Success for the Crimson starts with an athletic and quick front four: tackles Michael Berg (7 tackles) and Matt Curtis, and ends Brad Bagdis and Brenton Bryant, Yesterday was no different, their work freeing up linebackers Eric Schultz and captain Ryan Tul-ly to have big days. "They are the best front four in the league," said Columbia left tackle Matt Barsamian. "You can't scheme against just one guy." Coach Tim Murphy isn't will- ADAM HUNGERTHE BOSTON GLOBE Columbia kickoff returner Tad Crawford is swarmed by Dylan McCrory (top) and Mike Jones of the Harvard coverage team.

Tony Chamberlain can be readied at chamberlainglobe.com. for us to settle down," said Dawson. "We had to work for everything." But Hormann (29 of 52) finished a five-play, 59-yard drive with a 22-yard scoring pass to Austin Knowlin in the right corner of the end zone and a 7-0 lead. Harvard broke through in the second quarter. Taking advantage of a short field after a short punt, the Crimson moved 33 yards in six plays, the final one Dawson's 9-yard dart around right end for 7-7 tie.

Later in the quarter, senior Corey Mazza hauled in a 29-yard strike from Liam O'Hagan (16 of 26, 181 yards) for a 14-7 lead. It marked Mazza's seventh straight game with a touchdown. "Columbia made us work for everything, on special teams, offense, and defense," said Murphy, who could only find fault with his team's 14 penalties for 98 yards. Dawson's 12-yard run increased the margin to 21-7, before senior kicker Matt Schindel entered his. name in the Harvard record book with a 36-yard boot, the 28th field goal of his career to break Jim Villanueva's mark.

'VV' ing to concede it's the best foursome he's had in 13 years at Harvard he called the '97 unit on the Ivy League champion team dominant, "but it's the most athletic group we've ever had," he said. "I joke with the defensive coaches, 'I give you guys the best athletes, these guys run like On the other side of the ball, Dawson continued his weekly assault on the record books. With a 12-yard burst into the end zone midway through the third quarter, the 5-10, 220-pound Ontario native surpassed 1,000 rushing yards for the fourth consecutive season. just the fourth player in Division 1-AA history to do so. UMass's Steve Baylark became the third last week.

Dawson will enter Saturday's game at Penn 54 yards shy of breaking the all-time Ivy rushing mark (4,715 yards), held by Cornell's Ed Marinaro since 1971. "I've been facing Dawson for four years and he's the best back I have ever faced," said Columbia senior inside linebacker Adam Brekke. Early on, the yards on the ground did not come easy for either side. "Columbia is very sound on defense, and it took some time "A 3 Princeton refuses to give ground to Penn in 2 OTs Yale 27, Brown 24 Mike Mcleod's 3-yard touchdown run with 3:27 left to play gave the Bulldogs (7-1, 5-0) the victory over the Bears (3-5, 2-3) in Providence. McLeod, the Ivy League's leading rusher, eclipsed 100 yards for the seventh consecutive game, finishing with 104 on 26 carries.

Yale led, 10-0, following a 19-yard interception return by Bobby Abare in the first quarter. Abare had three interceptions. Cornell 28, Dartmouth 25 Nathan Ford scored three touchdowns to power the Big Red (4-4, 2-3) over the Big Green (1-7, 1-4) in Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell opened the scoring in the first quarter when Ford threw a 1-yard pass to Luke Siwula. Ford then scored on a 4-yard run to make it 14-0.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Jeff Terrell matched his career high with three touchdown passes and scored on a bizarre 1-yard, Ivy League "3c the secon(j over. roundup time to lead host Princeton to a wild 3 1-30 victory over Penn. The loss was an NCAA-record third straight in overtime for Penn (4-4, 2-3) and it was finalized when the Quakers, who have been bothered by placekicking woes all season, botched a snap on an extra point following a 25-yard touchdown pass from Rob Irvin on Matt Carre on the play after the Terrell run. i Holder Matt Reinert tried to run the ball on the extra point, but he was pushed out of bounds at the 2-yard line, keeping Princeton yelled at the officials for not blowing the play dead. Penn forced the overtime by scoring two touchdowns in the final 11:07 against a Princeton defense that had not given up a touchdown in the fourth quarter to an Ivy League opponent this season.

Irvin converted two monster fourth-down plays on the drives that covered 68 and 69 yards. He hit Carre for a 22-yard pass to the Princeton 1 on a fourth-and-18 play early in the quarter. Irvin scored on the next play. On the game-tying drive, Irvin overcame a big rush and found Billy May for 29 yards on a fourth-and-24 play to the Tigers 28. After a 12-yard pass to Daniel Coleman, Irvin found Carre on a 16-yard touchdown pass with less than a minute to play.

(7-1, 4-1) in the chase for the Ivy League title. The Quakers also botched a snap on a 21-yard field goal attempt in the first overtime. That didn't matter because Penn later blocked a Princeton field goal attempt. The play that kept the Tigers in the Ivy League race was remarkable. Faced with a fourth and goal after being stopped twice from the 1-yard in the second overtime, Terrell handed off to Rob Toresco.

The running back was stood up by the middle of the Penn line twice, but not tackled. Toresco then pitched the ball back to Terrell at the 10-yard line and he circled the right side for the touchdown, leaving Penn players stunned. Quakers coach Al Bagnoli LEE MARRINERASSOCIATED PRESS New Hampshire quarterback Ricky Santos looks for an alternate route as UMass linebacker Brad Anderson closes in. For New England college football results, go to boston.comsportscolleges and click "Local scores".