Hartford, Conn. - Junior QB Craig Drusbosky (Orange,
Conn.) threw for 381 yards and four touchdowns, including
three scoring strikes to classmate Michael Galligan
(Shoreham, N.Y.), to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a
45-31 victory over the visiting Bowdoin College Polar Bears in New
England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) football
action at Jessee/Miller Field this afternoon. Trinity, ranked No. 1
in New England, improves to 5-0 with its 15th victory in a row, and
its 34th consecutive triumph at home. The Bantams remain
flawless in its 34 games played on the artificial turf at
Jessee/Miller Field and have won 11 consecutive games against the
Polar Bears, who drop to 2-3 for the season.
Trinity led, 21-7, at intermission thanks to one touchdown
passes by Drusbosky to freshman WR Drew Grombala
(Cincinnati, Ohio) scoring tosses of 35 and 22 yards to
Galligan. Grombala's 22-yard strike with 7:31 remaining in
the first quarter gave Trinity a 7-0 lead and was the first in
Grombala's collegiate career. Bowdoin scored its first-half
touchdown on a 12-yard pass by senior co-captain QB Oliver
Kell (Westford, Mass.) to classmate Justin Starr
(Concord, Mass.) to cut Trinity's lead to 14-7 with 2:05
remaining in the half, but the Bantams answered immediately with
its third touchdown 1:02 later. The Polar Bears fumbled the
ensuing kickoff, and the ball was recovered by Bantam sophomore
Mark Snyder (Rockaway, N.J.), but Drusbosky's
first-down pass was picked off by Bowdoin senior Will
McIver (Morristown, N.J.) inside his own 10-yard line to
avoid another Trinity score.
Trinity struck again with 10:07 left in the third quarter on a
24-yard field goal by sophomore Tim Costello (Solano Beach,
Calif.), but 17 unanswered points in a 6:07 span by the
visitors tied the game at 24-24 with 2:38 remaining in the
third. Kell found sophomore WR Pat Noone (North
Attleboro, Mass.) on 26-yard touchdown pass and, after a
Drusbosky lost a fumble on a sack by Bowdoin sophomore LB
Ian Vieira (Plymouth, Mass.), threw to senior WR
Kevin Sullivan (Newburyport, Mass.) on a scoring
toss from 11 yards away. Bowdoin junior K Bill
Donahue (East Walpole, Mass.) connected on a 32-yard field
goal to tie the game, but the Bantam offense answered the challenge
with a quick 61-yard drive that culminated in a five-yard touchdown
run by senior tri-captain RB Oliver Starnes (Ledgewood,
N.J.) as time expired in the third stanza.
The Polar Bears tied the game again at 31-31 with a 10-play,
62-yard drive the ended on a three-yard touchdown pass from Kell to
freshman WR Jon Gren (Severna Park, Md.) that gave
Kell the all-time Bowdoin record with 31scoring passes in his
career. The Trinity defense kept the visitors off the
scoreboard the rest of the way, however, and the offense put
together scoring drives of 61 and 67 yards in the fourth quarter to
earn the victory. Bantam sophomore DE Herman Brito
(Wayland, Mass.) recovered a fumble by Kell on a shotgun
snap to end one Bowdoin possession and Trinity held the ball for
10:36 in the fourth quarter.
Drusbosky completed 23 passes in 37 tries but had three passes
intercepted, while Galligan finished with eight catches for a
game-high 165 yards, senior WR Winston Tuggle
(Canton, Mass.) added five catches for 87 yards, and
junior TE Chris Hunt (Westford, Mass.) caught four
passes for 69 yards. Starnes scored twice on the ground and
rushed 28 times for 93 yards. Kell racked up 358 passing
yards on 28 completions and 48 attempts with four touchdown passes
and no interceptions. Starr had eight receptions for 124
yards and senior RB Nick Tom (Newtown Square, Pa.)
ran the ball 16 times for 81 yards. Trinity sophomore ILB
Walter Fallas (Everett, Mass.) led all tacklers
with 14, including 11 solo, while senior OLB Kyle Williams
(Bethesda, Md.) had 10 hits and 3.5 tackles for loss, and
Brito had two sacks. Senior LB Tyler Tennant
(Swampscott, Mass.) had a team-high eight tackles for the
Polar Bears and Vieira added two sacks.
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