By: by Sean Engel, Sports Information Director
Live Stats & WebstreamTHROGGS NECK, N.Y. – The Maritime Football team will look to roll its momentum into another win this weekend when the team travels to take on the Becker Hawks in Worcester, Mass. on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m.
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Coming off of its win over the Anna Maria AMCATs at home this past weekend, the Privateers will look to improve to 2-0 in Eastern Collegiate Football Conference play against the Hawks.
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Game CoverageThe Becker Athletics Department will be providing Live Stats and Live Webstream of the game, available at
MaritimeAthletics.com/coverage.aspx.
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Meet the TeamsAll-Time SeriesMaritime holds an 8-1 all-time record versus Becker, including wins in seven consecutive contests.
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Last season, Maritime knocked off the Hawks by a 13-6 score on Reinhart Field. In the game,
Diogo Dietrich (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/DePaul Catholic (N.J.)) connected on a pair of field goals (27, 35), while
Greg Caneparo (Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet) caught a 27-yard touchdown pass from
Zack Chilcott (Ulster Park, N.Y./Kingston).
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Defensively,
Hugh O'Brien (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury) and
Duke Alvora (Harrison, N.Y./Harrison) led the team with nine tackles apiece, while
Eric Wallace (West Point, N.Y./James O'Neill) contributed with eight of his own.
Patrick Connick (Spanish Fort, Ala./Spanish Fort) had a busy afternoon as well with seven stops, and
Andrew Auriemma (Melville, N.Y./St. Anthony’s) added six of his own.
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Around the LeagueWhile Maritime and Becker square-off at 2:30 p.m., three other games will kick off earlier in the day within the ECFC.
Norwich at Gallaudet, 12:00 p.m.,
Live StatsMount Ida at Castleton, 1:00 p.m.,
Live StatsHusson at Anna Maria, 2:00 p.m.,
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Class of 2017Maritime's junior class had big offensive games for the team as Maritime rolled over Anna Maria by a 44-7 score.
Nick Fischetti (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford) highlighted the day with three scores, while
Brett McKinney (Westernville, N.Y./Rome Free Academy),
Krystian Cardinal-Charles (Brooklyn, N.Y./Boys and Girls) and
Thomas Wright (Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh) all picked up touchdowns on the day.
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29-PlusSince joining the ECFC, Maritime has never lost a matchup that it has not put up at least 29 points. Including last week's 44-point performance over Anna Maria.
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In its six ECFC matchups against Becker, the Privateers have put up at least 29 during four of those wins.
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Spreading the WealthLast week, no player on the Privateer defense recorded more than five tackles, however 12 individuals recorded at least two tackles.
Kendal Parker (Evans, Ga./Lakeside) and Auriemma both picked up five wrap-ups, while
Kameron Knight (Clayton, N.C./West Johnson) and Wallace were both credited with sacks.
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Hawks Starting to Fly?Last season, Becker had only seen leads in three contests throughout the course of the season en route to its 1-9 overall record.
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This season has been a different story as the Hawks have already held leads in each of their first four contests, including a win over Nichols, and defending New England Football Conference Champion MIT.
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Wind CheckLast week's kicking numbers on Reinhart Field may have been a tad skewed in contrast to the résumé of both
John Arny (Metuchen, N.J./Metuchen) and
Matthew Murphy (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford), due to the strong swirling winds at home.
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This weekend's forecast in Worcester shows that the wind will be a near non-factor with wind gusts only reaching 9 MPH. The temperatures are expected to be in the high 50s with mostly sunny skies.
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Head-to-HeadMaritime | Category | Becker |
Chilcott - 437 Yds., 2 TDs | Passing Leaders | Sinkfield-Shelton - 793 Yds., 5 TDs |
McKinney - 276 Yds., 3 TDs Modica - 145 Yds. Fischetti - 142 Yds., 4 TDs | Rushing Leaders | Homes - 292 Yds., 4 TDs Romasco - 286 Yds., 1 TD Mulling - 96 Yds. |
Ward - 124 Yds., 2 TDs Fischetti - 109 Yds. Modica - 90 Yds., 2 TDs | Receiving Leaders | Dawkins - 194 Yds., 1 TD Gober - 71 yds., 1 TD Homes - 65 Yds.s 2 TDs |
Knight - 30 Parker - 28 | Tackle Leaders | Lawrence - 43 Padeni - 35 Collins - 33 |
Knight - 6.5 Auriemma/Brunk - 2.0 | Sack Leaders | Calafiore/Stewart - 3.5 Lawrence - 2.5 |
Parker - 2 Conte/Stryzs - 1 | Interception Leaders | Collins - 2 Padeni/Carter - 1 |
Knight - 1 | Forced Fumble Leaders | Lawerence/Padeni/Calafiore - 1 |
Brunk/Riek - 1 | Fumble Recovery Leaders | Carter/Calafiore - 1 |
Arny - 15 Punts, 557 Yds. | Punting Leaders | Dawkins - 14 Punts, 424 Yds. |
Dietrich - 5 for 6, 47 Yd. Long M. Murphy - 18 Kickoffs, 1,038 Yds. | Kicking Leaders | Homes - 5 for 5, 34 Yd. Long  |
Riek - 8 Returns, 128 Yds. Stryzs - 6 Returns, 68 Yds. | Punt/Kick Return Leaders | Collins - 21 Returns, 352 Yds. Dawkins - 8 Returns, 191 Yds. |
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