Box Score MERRIMACK OFFENSIVE DRIVE TOPS PACE, 45-14
NORTH ANDOVER, MA – The Pace University football team lost to
Merrimack College this afternoon, 45-14, in a Northeast
– 10 Conference match up. The loss drops Pace to 2-6 overall
and 2-6 in the conference, while Merrimack improves to 4-4 overall
and 3-4 in the NE -10.
The Setters jumped ahead first as Merrimack fumbled the opening
kickoff and Pace recovered the ball on the Warriors 11 yard line.
Reuben Sullins (New Rochelle, NY) ran the ball in
from the six yard line putting Pace up 7-0. However, it
didn't take Merrimack long to get on the board with a field
goal from 36-yards out by Ryan Kelley, ending the first quarter
7-3.
Merrimack scored would put another seven points on the board by a
two yard run by J.D. Wild. Both teams went scoreless until the
there was less than four minutes left and Warrior quarterback Colin
Temple threw a 17 yard pass to Elfren Quiles, putting them up 17-7.
The Setters then answered back scoring their final points of the
game as quarterback Mike Timmerman (Saddle Brook,
NJ) scored on a 26-yard run, his 7th of the
year. The Setters would cut the lead to three, 17-14, but on the
ensuing kickoff Andrew Jackson returned the kick 81 yards, to give
Merrimack a 24-14 lead.
The only score in the third quarter came from a four yard run from
Warrior fullback Wild, giving him his second touchdown of the
afternoon.
David Leach, Merrimack's running back, scored their final two
touchdowns in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, the
first he ran in from 19 yards out. The second was a 22 yard pass
from Temple, putting the Warriors on top 45-14. Temple ended the
afternoon passing for 285 yards, 28-for-45 and two passing
touchdowns.
Offensively, Sullins led the Setters in rushing with 55 yards and
scored one touchdown. Defensively for the Setters, Joe
Streany (Croton, NY) had a career high 18 tackles and one
interception. Dan Sullivan (Levittown, NY) ended
with 10 tackles, including 2.5 for loss as well as one interception
and one pass break-up.
