DANBURY, Conn — The Buccaneers football team traveled to Western Connecticut on Friday night for their seventh game of the season against the Wolves in conference play. A strong WestConn defense kept the Bucs off the board and the hosts won 28-0
The Basics
Final: Wolves 28, Buccaneers 0
Records: WestConn (5-2, 5-1)
Maritime (2-5, 2-3)
Inside The Numbers
Maritime
- Quarterback Marc Murphy completed four of 10 passes for 74 yards and two interceptions.
- Zach Proctor led the ground attack with 30 yards on nine carries. Chase Dombroski also had nine carries for 28 yards.
- Andrew Brightman caught one pass for 34 yards in the loss.
- On defense, Thomas Garland totaled eight tackles and a tackle for loss. Stephen McBrine also had a TFL to go along with three total tackles.
- McBrine forced and recovered a fumble.
- On special teams, punter Logan Tsika punted four times for an average of 35.0 yards nad one inside the Wolves 20 yard line.
WestConn
- Quarterback Keion Jones completed 18 of 25 passes for 235 yards.
- Chad Blaszky ran for 104 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown. Dae’Shawn Allen and Jones each had a rushing touchdown.
- Allen caught five passes for 72 yards to lead all receivers.
- Defensively, Troy Pomykala returned a fumble for a touchdown, had four tackles, and a tackle for loss.
- Raquell Davis led all defenders with 10 tackles, a sack, and 1.5 tackles for loss.
- Nosa Uzamere had a sack, two tackles for loss, seven tackles and a forced fumble.
- Dalton Modehn and Mileeq Green each had an interception.
- On special teams, Anthony Weidtman made all four of his extra point attempts and punted twice for an average of 39.5 yards per punt.
How It Happened
The first quarter finished scoreless between the teams with drives that ended in an interception, a handful of punts, and a turnover on downs.
In the second quarter, WestConn scored early on their first drive of the period. Jones ran the ball in from two yards out and the PAT was converted to give the Wolves a 7-0 lead. WestConn took their touchdown advantage into the halftime break.
The Wolves started the second half with the ball and on their first drive went 77 yards on eight plays for a touchdown. Blaszky ran the ball in from two yards out and WestConn took a 14-0 lead. On Maritime’s ensuing drive, Murphy fumbled on a sack by WestConn and the Wolves picked up the fumble and ran it in from five yards out for the touchdown giving them a three-score, 21-0, advantage.
Maritime couldn’t get much going on offense in the game and that was the same in the fourth quarter. After a Tsika punt with just over 10 minutes left, the Wolves kept the ball on the ground and Allen ran the ball in from 30 yards out. WestConn led 28-0 and they took that lead to the final whistle.
What’s Next
Maritime hosts Framingham State next Saturday at Clean Harbors Stadium at 12pm in a conference matchup with the Rams.
