GAMEDAY CENTRAL: Football Takes NE10 Title Hopes into Finale at New Haven

Stonehill Skyhawks
(6-3, 5-2 NE10)

at

New Haven Chargers
(6-3, 5-2 NE10)

Saturday, November 16, 2019
Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium
West Haven, Conn.
1 p.m.

      

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The Game
Stonehill College aims to finish off the season in first place in the Northeast-10 Conference standings as it visits the University of New Haven for the 2019 season finale at Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium this afternoon. The Skyhawks are winners of their last two, including a 34-22 triumph over Pace University in Easton, Mass., last Saturday, while the Chargers have won their last three after a 34-33 win at Assumption College last weekend.

Media Info
This afternoon's game is being presented live by Charger Sports Network on NE10 Now with Sam Dostaler and ECAC-SIDA president Chuck Sadowski calling the action, produced by the Comm 4597 experiential learning course through the New Haven Stretch Internet portal (portal.stretchinternet.com/newhaven) or through Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku. Links to the webcast and live stats are also available via stonehillskyhawks.com.

What's the Scenario?
Stonehill enters the game looking to at least turn in a finish to its season tied for first place in the NE10 standings. The Conference has opted to use a tiebreaker to determine the NE10 Championship, meaning the Skyhawks need a win and losses by Assumption College (at Saint Anselm College) and Bentley University (vs. American International College) to claim their second NE10 title and first since 2013. Should Stonehill win and finish tied with Assumption, Bentley or both, it would lose out on the tiebreaker based on the two losses against the two during the season. New Haven needs to win and have Bentley lose to AIC to capture the title.

Split Allegences
New Haven head coach Chris Pincince is a 1994 graduate of Boston University, but his two brothers, Tom and Jon Pincince, both graduated from Stonehill. Tom, a 1997 Stonehill graduate, was a quarterback on the football team and still ranks seventh all-time with his 2,411 career passing yards and 24 touchdown passes. Jon is a 1999 Stonehill grad.

Saluting Our Seniors
This afternoon's game marks the final game for 17 seniors on the Stonehill football program. This year's senior class have been key members of a program that has won 19 games over the last four years and earning back to back NE10 Team Academic Awards the last two years. This year's senior class are Kyle Cantalupo (Candia, N.H.), Andrew D'Amico (New Fairfield, Conn.), Robert Fitzgerald (Methuen, Mass.), Casey Gervais (New Boston, N.H.), Matt Haite (Pembroke, Mass.), Andrew Jamiel (Yarmouth, Mass.), Frank Jerkovich (Secaucus, N.J.), Sam Lehman (Hopkinton, Mass.), Michael Lewis (Hampton, N.H.), Tim O'Brien (Oakland, N.J.), Greg Powell (New Rochelle, N.Y.), Zac Pungitore (Norwood, Mass.), Wilson Rogers (Weymouth, Mass.), Ryan Shuts (Mount Laurel, N.J.), Kyle Smith (Wallingford, Conn.), Miles Strickland (Teaneck, N.J.) and Malik Wiggins (Long Branch, N.J.). Junior Nick Zullo (Tewksbury, Mass.) will head to Notre Dame through the College's three and two engineering program.

Academic Honors
Stonehill junior offensive lineman Derek Ivey (Newtown, Conn.) has earned a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-District® first team for Super Region 1, as selected by CoSIDA members in the region. Ivey, who has earned a 3.91 cumulative grade point average as an economics major and mathematics minor at the College, is the 13th CoSIDA Academic All-District® selection all-time for the Stonehill football program, its first since Donovan Phanor, '18 in 2017 and seventh since 2012. Ivey has received the Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award for having a cumulative grade point average above 3.50 and has been named to the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll all four semesters to date, receiving Academic Excellence status for having a 4.0 semester GPA in the spring. He is a three-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member for having a semester GPA of 3.20 or higher and been inducted into Omicron Delta Epsilon international honor society in economics.

Golden Performance
Sophomore running back Justin Felder (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) earned the New England Football Writers Weekly Gold Helmet Award for Divisions II and III, presented by the Jack Grinold Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame, on Sunday. Felder is the 11th Stonehill football standout to earn the New England Football Writers weekly Gold Helmet for Divisions II and III, with the football program earning the 13th weekly honor in program history. Felder earns his first Gold Helmet after becoming the first in NE10 history to rush for 300-plus yards in back-to-back weeks as he led Stonehill to a big 34-22 triumph over Pace. He is the fourth running back from Stonehill to earn the Gold Helmet and joins senior teammates Brian Kearns, Jr. (North Arlington, N.J.) and Andrew Jamiel (Yarmouth, Mass.) in collecting the award. Felder rushed the ball a career-high 40 times for 311 yards and a career-best four touchdowns, with three rushing and one receiving, against Pace on Saturday, finishing the game with 320 all-purpose yards.

Stonehill New England Football Writers Gold Helmet Award Winners
Justin Felder, So, RB - November 10, 2019
Brian Kearns, Jr., Jr, RB - September 12, 2018
Andrew Jamiel, So, WR - November 8, 2017
Brian Kearns, Jr., So, RB - October 25, 2017
Matt Foltz, Jr, QB - September 28, 2016
Matt Foltz, So, QB - September 30, 2015
Donovan Phanor, So, CB - September 9, 2015
Logan Meyer, Sr, QB - September 25, 2013
Cruz Parsons, Fr, QB - October 5, 2005
Tyrone Jefferson, RB - 2000
Dan Field, QB - 1995
Tony Dello Iacono, QB - 1994
Mike McLucas, RB - 1994

Offensive Player of the Week
Sophomore running back Justin Felder (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) was named the NE10 Offensive Player of the Week for the second-straight week and fourth time this season on Monday after posting back-to-back 300-yard rushing games for the first time in NE10 history. He rushed the ball a career-high 40 times for 311 yards and a career-best four touchdowns, with three rushing and one receiving, against Pace on Saturday, finishing the game with 320 all-purpose yards. With Felder earning NE10 Offensive Player of the Week a program-record four time, Stonehill has collected six of the ten Offensive Player of the Week honors in the NE10 this season. Senior Andrew Jamiel (Yarmouth, Mass.) has earned the honors twice on September 9 and October 21, while Felder has earned the award on September 23, October 7 and November 4 and 11.

Defensive Player of the Week
Senior linebacker Michael Lewis (Hampton, N.H.) was selected as the NE10 Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career on Monday for his efforts in Stonehill's 34-22 win over Pace. Lewis led a Stonehill defense that buckled down after the opening quarter of play to allow just 13 points after Pace had staked out a 9-0 lead after its first two possessions of the game. He totaled seven tackles (five solo), including a half sack and a forced fumble in the victory. Lewis' forced fumble in the fourth quarter led to Stonehill's final touchdown of the day and a 34-16 lead that sealed the win. The Skyhawks defense limited Pace to 4-for-13 on third down (31-percent), including 2-for-9 after the opening quarter, and just 88 passing yards for the day. After Pace controlled time of possession in the first half at 19:47, the Skyhawks defense limited the Setters to 10:26 in the second.

High Powered Offense
Stonehill leads the NE10 in total offense (418.4 yds/gm), ranking second in scoring offense (33.6 ppg) and rushing offense (197.0 yds/gm) and third in passing offense (221.4 yds/gm). The Skyhawks lead the Conference in team pass efficiency (147.12) and third down offense (46.8-percent) – good for 21st nationally in Division II.

Totally....
Stonehill's NE10-leading 418.4 yards of total offense per game (43rd nationally) is on pace to break the previous program record of 400.4 yards per game in 1996. It would mark just the second time in program history the Skyhawks have average 400-plus yards of offense for a season. Stonehill's 6.12 yards per play is set to surpass the previous mark of 5.76 in 1996.

NE10 History
Junior running back Justin Felder (Springfield, Mass.) is the first player in NE10 history to rush for 300-plus yards in back to back weeks after his career-best 40 carried for 311 yards against Pace last week, following a school-record 314 yards on 24 carries against Southern Connecticut State on November 2 in which he averaged a school-record 13.1 yards per carry. Felder is just the second running back in NE10 history to record two 300-yard games in a season, joining 1999 Harlon Hill Trophy runner up Kavin Galliard from American International College, who did so during the 1999 season.

Have a Day
Junior running back Justin Felder (Springfield, Mass.) broke four single-season program records with 311-yards and four touchdowns against Pace on Saturday. who has posted the first 1,000-yard rushing season at Stonehill since 2010, broke four single-season program records during his performance on Saturday. His NE10 leading 1,349 rushing yards ranks seventh nationally in Division II and breaks the previous school mark of 1,267 yards by Tyrone Jefferson, '01 in 2000, while also surpassing Eddie Vachon's, '11 single-season records for rushing (13) and total (14) touchdowns and points scored (84) on Saturday. Felder leads the NE10 with 14 rushing (9th nationally) and 16 total (10th) touchdowns, and is tops in scoring with 96 points (11th) and 149.9 rushing yards per game (5th), while ranking second with his program-record 1,442 all-purpose yards (13th).

End of an Era
This afternoon marks the 39th and final game in the Stonehill career of senior wide receiver Andrew Jamiel (Yarmouth, Mass.). The three-time All-NE10 performer and 2016 NE10 Rookie of the Year has undertaken a vast rewriting of the Skyhawks receiving record book, having posted a program record 3,510 yards on 299 receptions for 30 touchdowns. His 7.87 career receptions per game is on pace to shatter the program record as well, while he ranks second all-time with 30 total touchdowns and 3,951 all-purpose yards, ranking fourth in scoring with 184 points. Jamiel's 1,042 receiving yards his sophomore year rank second on the program's single-season list, while holding a share of program records with 91 receptions as a freshman and 13 touchdown catches as a sophomore. His 9.11 receptions per game as a sophomore is a school-record and he owns five of the top six reception games in program history, including a school-record 18 against New Haven (2016) and Pace (2017) and two of the top seven yardage games, including an NE10 record 294 yards against Pace in 2017, in which he matched a program record with five touchdown catches.

It's Been a While
Sophomore running back Justin Felder (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) has posted just the fourth 1,000-yard rushing season in program history with his NE10-leading and school-record 1,349 yards (6th nationally) on 209 attempts (5th in program history). He's Stonehill's first 1,000-yard rusher since Eddie Vachon, '11 posted 1,117 yards in 2010.

Sweet 16
Sophomore running back Justin Felder (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) enters today's game ranked 16th in NE10 history with his school-record and Conference-leading 1,394 rushing yards. He is two yards behind former Assumption standout Austin Davis (1,351) for 15th all-time and 110 yards behind Southern Connecticut State's Rashaan Dumas (1,459) for 14th.

Score!
Stonehill enters today's game needing to scopre 20 points to break the program record for points in a season (321) in 2013, having scored 302 points this season - marking just the third 300-point season in program history.

Top D
Stonehill ranks among national leaders in several key defensive categories. The Skyhawks lead the NE10 and rank 25th nationally in total defense (292.1 yds/gm), while ranking 11th nationally for pass defense (153.9 yds/gm), third for first down defense (15.1/gm), 21st for pass efficiency defense (104.28) and sixth in third down defense (27%). Stonehill also ranks second in the NE10 in scoring defense (20.4 ppg), third in rushing defense (138.2 yds/gm) and fourth for fourth down defense (44%).

300 Catches
Senior wide receiver Andrew Jamiel (Yarmouth, Mass.) needs just one reception to become the first in school history and second in NE10 history with 300 career receptions, having totaled 299 catches in 38 career games.

Rare Air
Senior wide receiver Andrew Jamiel (Yarmouth, Mass.) enters today's game 73 yards shy of posting just the fourth 1,000-yard receiving season in program history with his NE10-best 927 yards on 66 receptions. Jamiel is already one of just two in NE10 history to surpass 1,000 receiving yards, posting 1,042 yards in 2017, when he joined single-season record holder Nate Robitaille '15 (1,229 in 2013), who has reached the plateau twice (2013 & 2014).

Road Warriors
Stonehill is 3-1 away from W.B. Mason Stadium this season after wins at Bloomsburg (33-14), Saint Anselm (38-14) and Franklin Pierce (52-0). It marked the first time the Skyhawks have won their first three road games for the first time since 2015. The Skyhawks are averaging 40.0 points per game on the road with 464.8 yards of total offense, including 208.8 rushing and 256.0 passing, while allowing 170 points and 241.0 total yards, including 141.8 per game passing and 99.2 rushing.

Early Bird Gets the Worm
Stonehill has outscored its opponents 186-63 in the first half this season, including 94-43 in the first quarter. The Skyhawks have scored first quarter points in seven of nine games, averaging 10.4 first quarter points per game, including touchdowns on its first possession in four of the nine games. Stonehill has outscored the opposition 92-20 in the second quarter this fall.

Sone Defense
Stonehill opponents may have scored on all but two trips into the red zone this season (18-for-20), but the Skyhawks defense has yielded just 20 opposing trips into the red zone in nine games, an average of just 2.2 trips inside the 20 yard line per game. Conversely, the Stonehill has 34 red zone scores (26 touchdowns), averaging 4.2 trips inside the opponents 20.

150 Years of College Football
2019 marks a special milestone for college football, as it celebrates 150 years of the great game. Teams will recognize the birth of college football with a national all-division celebration among nearly 900 schools. Played longer than almost any sport in America, college football had its first contest in 1869 - just four years after the Civil War, when students from Princeton and Rutgers came together to compete on a campus field, November 6, 1869. The sport has touched millions on and off the field - shaping our lives and communities. Follow College Football 150 and visit cfb150.org throughout teh 2019 season to commemmorate the 150th anniversary of college football.

Getting Social
Fans and media members of Stonehill athletics now have three social media outlets to get updates on all 20 varsity programs. The department's Facebook page is www.facebook.com/stonehillskyhawks, and you can also follow @GoStonehill on Twitter and "StonehillSkyhawks" on Instagram. Stonehill football also has its own Facebook and Twitter accounts: @StonehillFB.

On Deck
See you next year!