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        THROGGS NECK, N.Y. (Oct. 26, 2012) – The Maritime football team (3-4, 2-2 ECFC) will look to get back on the winning track when the squad will play host to Eastern Collegiate Football Conference opponent Husson University (1-6, 0-4 ECFC) on Saturday. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Reinhart Field. The Privateer football program has two special events planned for the day: the Annual Youth Day and the Firehouse Chili Cook-Off.
 
Live Stats And Live Audio Available For Saturday's Homecoming Game
        The Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) has acquired live stats through PrestoSports for all eight teams to use during their home events. You can access the up-to-the-play live stats updates by following this link. Saturday's game will also be audio streamed over the internet on the Privateer Radio Network. Play-by-play man Greg Rice will be calling all the action as it happens on the field. The live audio feed can be accessed by clicking here.
 
Youth Day Will Bring Hundreds Of Children To Maritime For Special Day
        The Maritime College Community is opening its gates to hundreds of children on Saturday for its Annual Youth Day game. Many organizations and schools, including the Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation, local Boy Scout and Girl Scout Troops and the local pee wee football league the Bronx Warriors, will be on hand to take part in the events of the day. Fan experiences will include campus tours starting early in the morning and a special Fire Safety Display provided by the FDNY. The snack food company Pirate Brands has also donated some of its great tasting, healthy snack food options for distribution at the game. And, as always, the Bronx Warriors will be playing on Reinhart Field early in the morning on Saturday.
 
Fifth-Annual FDNY Chili Cook-Off To Be Held Saturday At Reinhart Field
        If the heat from the intensity of the action on the field doesn't warm you up on the crisp fall day Saturday, then perhaps a number of free samples of some warm chili will! For the fourth-straight year, the Maritime Football team will be hosting its annual Bronx Firehouse Chili Cook-Off. Before the game, representatives from several local firehouses will be stationed on the blacktop near the field, each with their own chili, which you, the fans, will vote on for the “BEST FDNY FIREHOUSE CHILI.” The winner will be announced at halftime.
 
Privateers Honored Five Times With Conference Player Of The Week Accolades
        The Privateers have had four players earn ECFC weekly honors thus far throughout the 2012 season. Senior linebacker Keith Barnes (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury) (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury) was named the Defensive Player of the Week on two occasions (Sept. 10 and Oct. 8), while sophomore defensive end Nick Coffiey (Wilmington, Del./Delaware Military Academy) (Wilmington, Del./Delaware Military Academy) earned the same honor on Oct. 1 and sophomore punter Duke Alvora (Harrison, N.Y./Harrison) (Harrison, N.Y./Harrison) earned Special Teams Player of the Week accolades on Oct. 8. Then, on Oct. 15, freshman kicker Diogo Dietrich (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/DePaul Catholic) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/DePaul Catholic) was named the ECFC Rookie of the Week.
 
Privateer Breakdown
        The Maritime football team enters Saturday's contest with an even 3-4 record under eighth-year head coach Clayton Kendrick-Holmes, including a 2-2 mark in ECFC action. The Privateers are coming off a tough loss on the road at Mount Ida, 24-21, this past Saturday up in Massachusetts. Prior to that, the team claimed victories over Becker College, 33-7, at home on Oct. 6 and Anna Maria, 42-21, on the road on Oct.13. Maritime opened the season with a 20-14 home win over rival Mass. Maritime on Sept. 7, but lost the next three games – a 19-14 loss on the road to Kings Point on Sept. 15, a 35-16 defeat up at Castleton St. on Sept. 22 and a 21-14 loss defeat to William Paterson on Sept. 29.
 
        Maritime has averaged 331.1 yards of offense per game and has scored 23 touchdowns over the seven games thus far. The Privateer defense has given up 316.7 yards per game, 19 touchdowns and three field goals.
 
        The team's rushing leader is junior quarterback Tyler Trodden (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Kennedy Catholic) (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Kennedy Catholic) with 386 yards on the ground and six rushing touchdowns. Junior fullback Gary Bigham (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles (Fla.)) (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles) right behind with 371 yards and 11 TDs. Trodden is also 54-for-104 on completions for 782 yards with two TDs and eight interceptions. Trodden's primary receivers have been seniors Erik Heedles (Staten Island, N.Y./New Dorp) (Staten Island, N.Y./New Dorp) and Fritz Jean (Palm Coast, Fla./Palm Coast (Fla.)) (Palm Coast, Fla./Palm Coast). Heedles has 21 catches for 213 yards and one touchdown, while Jean has eight catches for 141 yards. Classmate Anthony Patti (Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun) (Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun) has hauled in seven catches for 145 yards with one TD and senior Joe Guerra (Bronx, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) (Bronx, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) has five receptions for 96 yards.
 
        On defense, the Privateers are led by senior linebacker Keith Barnes (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury), who has a team-high 86 tackles (50 solo and 36 assisted), 6.0 of which have been for combined losses of 18 yards, with two sacks for losses of 13 yards, while also forcing two fumbles. Senior Pat Lasher (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford) (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford) and sophomore Duke Alvora (Harrison, N.Y./Harrison) rank second and third on the team with 55 and 47 tackles, respectively. Both players also have forced one fumble, apiece. Lasher leads the squad with 9.5 tackles for losses of a combined 32 yards.
 
        The punting duties have landed on Alvora this season, who has had some great punts thus far. He has amassed 911 yards on 23 punts for an average of 39.6 yards per punt. His longest of the year came in Week Two against Kings Point on a 76-yard punt that went back for a touchback. He has four punts of 50 or more yards, has landed seven inside the opponents' 20-yard line and had two touchbacks. The kickoffs/field goals have been taken by freshman Diogo Dietrich (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/DePaul Catholic), who has compiled a total of 1.346 yards on 25 kicks for an average of 53.9 yards per kickoff. He's also 18-for-22 in PATs. Maritime's kickoff return team has compiled 463 yards on 21 returns between Fritz Jean (Palm Coast, Fla./Palm Coast (Fla.)) (12 for 254 total yards, 21.6 ypr), junior Chris Klass (Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet ) (Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet) (eight for 138 total yards, 16.7 ypr) and sophomore Greg Caneparo (Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet) (Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet) (four for 71 total yards, 17.8 ypr).
 
A Closer Look At The National Rankings
        The Privateers rank within the Top 25 among all NCAA DIII programs in two categories: tackles for losses allowed (fifth with 3.57 per game) and sacks allowed (eighth with .57 per game). Individually, Keith Barnes (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury) ranks eighth in the nation with 7.14 solo tackles per game and 10th with 12.29 total tackles per game.
 
        The highest national ranking for the Eagles comes in the Net Punting category, where they are 43rd with a net average of 34.62 yards. Individually, junior Ernest Wiggins ranks 18th with 1.86 tackles for losses per game.
 
Inside The Series With Husson
        Maritime and Husson have met six times in the modern history of the Privateer football program and the Eagles have the upper hand in the series, 4-2. They won each of the first four meetings from 2006-2009, but the Privateers have come out victorious the past two seasons.
 
Last Time The Two Teams Met
        Maritime defeated Husson, 34-13, on the road in the 2011 season. Senior fullback Jamie Spanopoulos (Franklin Square, N.Y./H. Frank Carey) led the way for Maritime with a game-high 162 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Then-junior running back Fritz Jean (Palm Coast, Fla./Palm Coast (Fla.)) and then-sophomore Gary Bigham (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles (Fla.)) scored the other two touchdowns on the day for the Privateers and senior Madison Leary (Tavares, Fla./Tavares) converted two field goals from 41 yards and 28 yards to round out the scoring. Then-sophomore quarterback Tyler Trodden (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Kennedy Catholic) was 4-for-10 in completions for 73 yards, hooking up with Jean three times for 62 yards.
 
        On defense, then-junior Pat Lasher (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford) and senior Jonathan Carberry (New York, N.Y./New Utrecht) both had a team-high seven tackles apiece. One of Lasher's was for a loss of one yard. Junior Thomas Boney (Jacksonville, Fla./University Christian (Fla.)) had the Privateers' only sack of the day in the second quarter for a loss of seven yards.
 
Scouting The Husson Eagles
        Husson enters Saturday's game with a 1-6 record under second-year head coach Sean Murphy, including an 0-4 mark in ECFC action. The Eagles lost their season-opener at home against Springfield, 36-2, on Sept. 8, but rebounded to defeat Anna Maria in a non-conference game at home, 28-22, on Sept. 15. Husson has yet to muster another win since, however, dropping the next four games to Becker (away, 34-7 on Sept. 29), Gallaudet (home, 44-14 on Oct. 6), Mount Ida (home, 30-3 on Oct. 13) and Norwich (away, 56-0 on Oct. 20).
 
        The Eagles have averaged 210.6 yards of offense per game with eight touchdowns and one field goal, while giving up 505.7 yards per game.
 
        Senior quarterback Kash Keezer is 71-for-169 on the season and has thrown for 740 yards and five touchdowns. On the ground, he has compiled 44 yards. Junior Ben Foss has been the leading receiver with 16 catches for 232 yards and two scores, while classmate Devin Sherman has hauled in 14 balls for 189 yards and two TDs. Husson's rushing leader is sophomore Ryan Dorso with 435 yards on the ground and he has found the end zone twice.
 
        On defense, sophomore Stephan Dance has a team-high 52 tackles, including 3.5 for losses of 25 yards, with one sack. He has also returned two fumbles a total of 60 yards, including one for a touchdown. Ernest Wiggins is right behind Dance with 51 tackles. He leads the team with 13 tackles for combined losses of 42 yards.
 
        The kicking duties are handled by freshman Reece Attard, who has made 1-of-2 field goals from 25 yards and is also a perfect 9-for-9 on PAT kicks. On punts, he has amassed 55 yards on seven kicks for an average of 39.1 yards per punt. He has landed 14 inside the opponents' 20-yard line and had two go back for touchbacks.