By: by Sean Engel, Sports Information Director
Live Stats & WebstreamTHROGGS NECK, N.Y. – The Maritime Football team will look to finish its 2015 season on a high note this weekend as the Privateers play host to the Gallaudet Bison on Reinhart Field this Saturday at 1 p.m.
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The Privateers enter off a 26-point victory on Saturday over Mount Ida by a 42-16 score. In the game, junior
Brett McKinney (Westernville, N.Y./Rome Free Academy) rushed for two touchdowns, while classmate
Nick Fischetti (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford) passed for and caught a touchdown in the win.
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Defensively, Maritime got 11 tackles; one sack and one fumble recovery from senior
Kameron Knight (Clayton, N.C./West Johnson). Sophomore
Nick Conte (Franklin Square, N.Y./Carey) had seven tackles and a blocked kick, while senior
Michael Brunk (Hidden Valley Lake, Calif./Glenwood Springs (Colo.)) picked up three tackles, two sacks, and forced a fumble in the win.
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Gallaudet comes into Saturday's contest looking for its first win of the season as the team enters off a 24-20 loss at home to Anna Maria last weekend. Gallaudet got a pair of rushing touchdowns, and a passing touchdown on offense and held a 20-11 lead before Anna Maria came back for the win.
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Game CoverageMaritime Athletics will once again be providing Live Stats and a Live Webstream of the contest, available at
MaritimeAthletics.com/coverage.aspx.
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Meet the TeamsAll-Time SeriesMaritime has won the last two head-to-head matchups between the Privateers and the Bison.
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Last season, the Privateers defense put together an all-time performance as Gallaudet was held to just 88 yards of total offense, as Maritime blanked Gallaudet by a 26-0 score.
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In Maritime's last home matchup with Gallaudet, the Privateers knocked off the nationally ranked Bison by a 7-6 score. Entering the contest, Gallaudet was ranked No. 25 in the d3football.com poll.
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Farewell SeniorsPrior to the start of the contest, the Maritime Football team and Athletics Department will recognize the 14 members of Maritime's senior class.
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Andrew Auriemma (Melville, N.Y./St. Anthony’s)Michael Brunk (Hidden Valley Lake, Calif./Glenwood Springs (Colo.))Zack Chilcott (Ulster Park, N.Y./Kingston)Patrick Connick (Spanish Fort, Ala./Spanish Fort)Diogo Dietrich (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/DePaul Catholic (N.J.))Vincent Jones (Cudjoe Key, Fla./Key West)J.T. Kennedy (Blauvelt, N.Y./St. Joseph Regional (N.J.))Kameron Knight (Clayton, N.C./West Johnson)Brandon Kuster (Woodstock, N.Y./Kingston)Shamus McDaniel (Islip Terrace, N.Y./East Islip)Garrett Navaroli (Skaneateles, N.Y./Skaneateles)Andrew Short (Covington, La./St. Paul's)Joseph Tanguay (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker)Beau Warrington (Milford, Del./Sussex Technical)Â
We've Reached the Top!In last weekend's contest against Mount Ida, Chilcott passed for the 10th touchdown in his collegiate career, setting a new program record in the process.
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In addition to his program-record 10 passing touchdowns, Chilcott has passed for six this season. His six in one year is the second-most for touchdown passes in a single season.
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Pick it Up!With six career fumble recoveries, Knight is now that all-time leader at Maritime in fumble recoveries. Coming into the 2015 season, there was a four-way tie for the career lead at Maritime with four career fumble recoveries.
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Beau for ThreeFor the third-straight year, Warrington was selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team. The defensive back was one of just 24 collegiate football players on teams from the state of New York to earn the honor on the very select team.
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Click Here to Access the Full Academic All-District article.
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Head-to-Head| Maritime | Category | Gallaudet |
| Chilcott - 978 Yds., 6 TDs | Passing Leaders | Johnson - 924 Yds., 6 TDs |
McKinney - 757 Yds., 9 TDs Chilcott - 471 Yds., 2 TDs Fischetti - 378 Yds., 4 TDs | Rushing Leaders | Louissaint - 227 Yds., 1 TD Anderson - 161 Yds. Hundley - 106 Yds., 1 TD |
Fischetti - 264 Yds., 2 TDs Ward - 215 Yds., 3 TDs | Receiving Leaders | Mento - 35 Yds., 2 TDs Watson - 25 Yds., 2 TDs |
Parker - 86 Knight - 73 Price - 57 | Tackle Leaders | Smith - 69 Akuffo - 68 Pedersen - 52 |
Knight - 7.5 Brunk - 4.0 | Sack Leaders | Fenton/Benavente/Ellison - 2.0 Worthey - 1.5 |
Parker - 2 Conte/Stryzs/Warrington - 1 | Interception Leaders | Four Players Tied - 1 |
 Brunk/Connick/Knight - 1 FF Knight - 3 FR | Fumble Leaders | Five Players Tied - 1 FF Five Players Tied - 1 FR |
| Arny - 32 Punts, 1,242 Yds. | Punting Leaders | Johnson - 47 Punts, 1,503 Yds. |
Dietrich - 9-for-12, 47-Yd. Long M. Murphy - 41 Kickoffs, 2,286 Yds. | Kicking Leaders | Johnson - 1 Extra Point |
Price - 13 Returns, 325 Yds. Stryzs - 12 Returns, 127 Yds. | Return Leaders | Watson - 16 Returns, 329 Yds. Smith - 6 Returns, 193 Yds. |