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CLINTON, NY -- It was ugly, but nevertheless it was a win as the
Ephs (4-2) eked by Hamilton (2-4) on Saturday, 14-7. Senior
co-captain Brian Morrissey led the way for the Ephs with an
incredible 201 yards rushing and a touchdown on 42 carries.
The 42 carries by Morrissey set a new single-game school
record.
""Basically," said Eph coach Mike Whalen, "we just jumped on
Morrissey's back and he carried us."
Neither team was able to move the ball very well in the wretched
conditions, but Hamilton's struggles were worse by far: they
managed only three first downs the entire game and just 75 yards of
total offense. The three first downs allowed by the Ephs breaks the
school record of 5 set vs. Hamilton on Weston Field in 2001.
Despite the Ephs defensive dominance, Williams gave the
Continentals a chance to steal one when, with under 8 minutes to go
in the third quarter, a Pat Moffitt pass was picked off by
Continental linebacker John Lawrence and returned 69 yards for
Hamilton's only score of the game. With the game then tied,
Whalen was proud of the way the Eph defense responded:
"When they picked the ball and scored, all the momentum was going
in their favor, and then our defense came out and stopped
them."
After going back and forth for the next several minutes of the
game, the Eph offense finally broke through with a drive spanning
3:47, 8 plays and 58 yards and culminating with a 6 yard touchdown
run by (who else?) Morrissey with 2:12 to play. Whalen was
proud of the drive, but even more so the players that allowed the
Ephs to get to that point:
"Stew Buck did a phenomenal job snapping today, Will Cronin did a
great job punting the ball, Pat Barren did a tremendous job
catching every punt, and because of that we were able to keep them
from getting good field position, and without that they couldn't do
anything against our defense."
Cronin finished the day with 9 punts for 288 yards for an average
of 32 yards per punt. Four of his punts were downed inside
the 20-yard line.
As for Morrissey's performance, Whalen had this to say:
"42 carries, 201 yards in terrible conditions? I think that
pretty much speaks for itself."
Williams' next game is on homecoming next Saturday. Game time
is set for 1:00 pm at Weston Field versus the visiting Cardinals of
Wesleyan.
