Doylestown, PA - The FDU-Madison Devils won a Homecoming
game for the second week in a row, but this week it was Delaware
Valley's. FDU handled the Aggies 38-19 to win their second straight
game. FDU improves to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the MAC-Freedom Conference
and Delaware Valley falls to 1-3, 0-1 in the MAC-Freedom.
The Devils put the game out of the Aggies' reach early in the
third quarter, as Aaron Manus (Hightstown, NJ) ran for
an eight-yard touchdown as FDU completed a 25-yard four-play drive.
The touchdown was Manus' second of the game and made the score
31-6.
The Devils got off on the right foot early, as they picked up
Joe Quintanilla's onside kick on the 50-yard line to open the
game. FDU marched downfield to score on a five-play drive, covering
50 yards. Colin Grenon (Hackettstown, NJ) scored the 22-yard
touchdown on a pass from Phil Revien (Huntington, NY) for
the Devils and Rich Dwyer (New Providence, NJ) hit the
extra point to put FDU up 7-0 just 1:32 into the game.
The Devils struck again with 19 seconds left in the first period
as Dwyer put a 31-yard field goal through the uprights. Ken
Freeman (Carteret, NJ) intercepted Matt Bergman's pass at
the Delaware Valley 32 and returned it to the 16-yard line to
set up the score.
Less than four minutes into the second quarter, the Aggies had
third down and four yards to go on their own 27-yard line. Matt
Bergman dropped back to pass, but Erik Stanislawczyk (Monroe,
NJ) sacked him for a 12-yard loss and caused a fumble. Anthony
Gagliardo (East Stroudsburg, PA) recovered the fumble at the
Delaware Valley 15 and ran it in for the touchdown to give FDU
a commanding 17-0 lead.
With 4:42 left to play in the first half, Del Val got onto the
board as Al Glackin ran in a nine-yard touchdown.
But FDU came back with an 11-play drive and capped it off with
a one-yard rushing touchdown by Aaron Manus to make the score
24-6 in FDU's favor with just 0:30 left on the clock in the first
half.
After Manus' second touchdown, which made the score 31-6, Sanford
Cosenzo (Livingston, NJ) and Mike Ortiz (Weehawkin,NJ)
sacked Matt Bergman for 15 yards, ending another Delaware Valley
Drive.
With just over three minutes left in the fourth quarter, on fourth
down and six to go, Delaware Valley was on their own 45-yard line,
and had a bad snap on their punt. Waleed Abduelal (Staten
Island, NY) tackled John Rawluk for a loss of 23 yards. FDU took
over, and Dominick Miller (Wildwood, NJ) ran in a 22-yard
touchdown on the first play to put the Devils up 38-13.
On the day, the Aggies made only one of three point-after attempts.
Manus led the rushing charge for FDU, picking up 54 yards and
two touchdowns on 12 carries. Miller gained 28 yards on three
carries while scoring one TD.
Quarterbacks Revien and Mark Polifrone (Manalapan, NJ)
combined for 263 yards on 19 of 36 passing. Revien was 13 of 27
on the day with one interception for 159 yards.
Abduelal picked off two Del Val passes while Freeman made one
interception for 16 yards. Greg Brandis (Lacey, NJ) returned
five punts for a total of 25 yards, counting a long of 23. The
Devils had five total sacks on the day: Gagliardo had two, Stanislawczyk
had one and half, while Cosenzo, Mike Ortiz (Weehawkin,
NJ) and Brad Roman (Wayne, NJ) each had one half sack.
FDU made 12 tackles for loss, totaling 108 yards. Overall, the
Devils held the Aggies to a net of -3 yards rushing.
Stanislawczyk led the squad in tackles with ten. Ortiz finished
up with nine tackles, including his team leading 4.5 sacks.
Dwyer kicked perfectly on the day, hitting a field goal of 31
yards and making all five PAT's. He also punted six times for
156 yards. On the season, Dwyer is 12-for-12 on PAT's and seven-for-nine
of field goals.
FDU gained an average of 4.4 yards per play today while holding
Del Val to just 2.9. FDU held onto the ball for 31:53 while Del
Val's time of possession was 28:07. The Devils converted on six
of 16 third downs while the Aggies converted only three of 15.