Gritty Defense And 13 Fourth Quarter Points Spearhead Football To 28-17 Win Over East Stroudsburg On Homecoming
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BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (Oct. 16, 2010) – The C.W. Post football team scored 13 points in the fourth quarter to ice over a 38-17 win against East Stroudsburg University on Homecoming Saturday afternoon on Hickox Field.
C.W. Post improves to 5-2 overall and remains untouched in division play with a 4-0 PSAC East record. The loss drops East Stroudsburg to 1-6 overall and 0-4 in the PSAC East.
Senior quarterback
Erik Anderwkavich (Queens, N.Y.) led the Pioneer offense with 15 of 29 completed attempts for 205 yards and three touchdown completions. He also led the rushing unit with 59 yards on 12 carries.
Junior inside linebacker
Ronnie Modik (Levittown, N.Y.) registered a career-high 17 tackles and also recorded a forced fumble, a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry in the game.
East Stroudsburg scored the game's first touchdown at 9:12 in the first quarter when Kendrick Williams hit paydirt on a 22-yard rush to put the Warriors ahead, 7-0.
C.W. Post answered just over three minutes later when senior wide receiver
Darnel Williams (Brooklyn, N.Y.) caught a 19-yard offering from Anderwkavich at 6:10. Freshman kicker
Keith Hadnagy's (Farmingdale, N.Y.) point after kick was blocked and the Pioneers trailed by one (7-6).
In the second quarter, C.W. Post took the lead on another Anderwkavich to Williams combo for an 8-yard touchdown. Hadnagy's kick went wide but the touchdown gave the Pioneers a 12-7 lead that lasted through the end of the quarter.
East Stroudsburg refused to go away quietly and the Warriors reclaimed the lead (14-12) in the third when Dusty Reed pulled down a 21-yard catch from quarterback Matt Marshall.
The Pioneers came back and scored on a 39-yard field goal from Hadnagy with 2:28 to play in the third.
With just a slim 15-14 C.W. Post lead heading into the fourth, both teams got down to business and played hardnosed football.
The Pioneers struck first when Anderwkavich found junior wide receiver
Grayson Laurino (Manhasset, N.Y.) open and completed a high pass for a 9-yard touchdown that put them ahead 22-14.
The Warriors started their next drive out on their own 33 and marched down the field to the 20 but could not break the plane and resorted to a 37-yard field goal from Taylor Groff.
The Pioneers punted the ball away in their next series and East Stroudsburg picked the ball up at the 50-yard line.
The Warriors could not gain any ground and lost possession when junior
Lou Scala (Coram, N.Y.) picked off a Marshall pass and returned it to the CWP 38.
But the Pioneers couldn't capitalize and lost possession D'John Tillman intercepted a pass from Anderwkavich at the ESU 32. C.W. Post's defense was heavy on the offense and forced the Warriors to punt away.
The Pioneers iced the game over when freshman defensive back
Donovan Edwards (Brooklyn, N.Y.) scored on a pick 6 after he intercepted the ball at the CWP 32 and returned it all the way with 2:17 to play in the fourth.
C.W. Post registered 351 yards of offense on 70 plays with 18 first downs. East Stroudsburg registered 305 offensive yards on 70 plays with 17 first downs.
Darnel Williams finished the game with six catches for 104 yards and two touchdowns. Senior wide receiver
Andrew Kell (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) caught six passes for 44 yards.
Junior
Abrom Shepard (Staten Island, N.Y.) recorded two solo tackles as well as two sacks for loss of 11 yards. Senior defensive end
Xavier Brown (Bay Shore, N.Y.) also had two solo tackles and a five-yard sack in the game. Junior
Kadeem Huggins (Corona, N.Y.) registered two pass breakups for the Pioneers.
Marshall completed the game completing 20 of 35 pass attempts with two interceptions for 158 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed 15 times for 67 net yards.
Ed Kiser caught six passes for 49 yards and Reed made four catches for 42 yards and a touchdown. Kendrick Williams completed the game with 70 rushing yards on 15 carries.
Matt Reed led the Warrior defense with 12 tackles and Alex Figueroa made eight tackles and combined with Mark Wroblewski for a sack.
C.W. Post heads back out on the road next Saturday to face PSAC East leader Kutztown University for a 6:05 p.m. kickoff.