Collins Earns 100th Career Win As Football Closes Out Season With 42-38 Win Over Slippery Rock
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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (Nov. 13, 2010) – The C.W. Post football team defeated Slippery Rock, 42-38, and in the process handed head coach Bryan Collins his 100th career win as the Pioneers closed out the season Saturday afternoon on DiSpirito Field.
C.W. Post improves its overall record to 7-4 – its highest win total since 2006. Slippery Rock slips to 6-5 overall.
It was a high scoring first quarter as both teams combined to score 35 points.
The Pioneers scored in the first drive of the game when Anderwkavich completed a 46-yard pass to a wide open Grayson Laurino (Manhasset, N.Y.) at 13:58 in the first quarter.
The Rock answered exactly two minutes later in the next series and scored when Akeem Satterfield hit paydirt on a 30-yard rush at 11:58.
C.W. Post kept the pressure up and scored its second touchdown when freshman running back Anthony Brunetti (Bayville, N.Y.) ran in from The Rock's 2-yard line at 8:40.
Slippery Rock kept pace and Satterfield broke free for a 34-yard touchdown run to tie the score at 14-all with 5:59 to play in the quarter.
The Pioneers had the last say in the quarter and scored their third touchdown when Brunetti pushed his way through from the 1-yard line to give his team a 21-14 lead.
The Rock started the second quarter with 2nd-and-3 from their own 49 and worked their way down to the Pioneers' 39. But the rally for a touchdown ended quickly as quarterback Ryan Sabo's attempt to reach one his receivers in the endzone was instead picked off by sophomore defensive back Ciwan McCoy (Bay Shore, N.Y.) for a touchback.
Slippery Rock did eventually score in the quarter in its next drive when Sabo kept the ball and rushed in from the 1-yard line on fourth down with 5:31 to play.
The Pioneers broke the tie when Anderwkavich completed a pass to Laurino who then dodged past Slippery Rock's defense and maneuvered into the endzone with 2:45 remaining in the half.
The Rock attempted to tie it up again with the final seconds ticking down on the clock from the Pioneers' 49 with a fresh set of downs but Sabo's three attempts to connect with a Slippery Rock receiver came up incomplete.
At the half, the Pioneers had recorded 286 total offensive yards on 37 plays and scored four touchdowns. In addition, junior inside linebacker Billy O'Connor (Sayville, N.Y.) had already made 11 tackles.
Slippery Rock finished the half with 246 offensive yards on 40 plays and three scored touchdowns. Satterfield racked up 157 rushing yards on 20 carries with two touchdowns.
The Pioneers added to their lead in the third quarter as Anderwkavich threw his third touchdown completion of the game to senior wide receiver Darnel Williams (Brooklyn, N.Y.) from the 12-yard line with 6:56 to play.
The Rock trimmed the lead with a touchdown of its own in the third when Satterfield took the handoff from the CWP 8 and sprinted in for his third touchdown of the game. The Pioneers caught a break on the point after kick when junior Alex Mauro (Bayville, N.Y.) jumped up and blocked the kick to prevent it from going through the uprights. C.W. Post led 35-27 at that point.
C.W. Post did, however, fail to convert on a 31-yard field goal attempt when senior Paul Stoltz's (Stony Brook, N.Y.) kick narrowly missed.
That would come back to haunt the Pioneers as Slippery Rock came back and scored in the next series as Satterfield ran in a 7-yard touchdown and tied the game when Sabo completed a pass to Josh Gardner for a successful conversion with 7:29 to play.
C.W. Post was only able to gain 12 yards in its next drive after starting out at its own 33. Slippery Rock go the ball back at its own 16 after a 39-yard punt from Laurino.
The Rock got help with a 15-yard face mask penalty called against the Pioneers and Satterfield continued to dominate on the ground attack to move the ball down to the CWP 24 with 2:12 to play.
Slippery Rock took the lead when C.J. Bahr kicked a successful 37-yard field goal with 2:08 to play in the game.
Things looked grim for the Pioneers but Anderwkavich stepped up and completed a nine-yard completed a pass to sophomore Sean Persch (Gap, Pa.) to bring the ball to the CWP 29. The next play was a game-changer for the Pioneers as Anderwkavich fired a pass to redshirt freshman Joe Botti (Holtsville, N.Y.) around The Rock's 40 and he took it all the way into the endzone for the game-winner.
Slippery Rock got the ball back at its own 43 after kick off but could not find a score as junior Ronnie Modik (Levittown, N.Y.) intercepted the ball at the CWP 45 to close out the game.
Anderwkavich finished the game completing 18 of 25 pass attempts for 314 yards and four touchdown passes and ran for an additional 75.
Laurino caught five of those passes for two touchdowns and 128 receiving yards. Botti caught three passes for 109 yards and a touchdown.
Modik led the game with 20 tackles while O' Connor and Mauro recorded 17 and 16, respectively.
Satterfield finished the game with 271 yards on 46 carries and four touchdowns for Slippery Rock. He also caught six passes for 33 yards.
Zach Sheridan and Aaron Moul each made 11 tackles for The Rock.