RELEASE DATE: 9/24/01

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: KUTZTOWN PULLS AWAY IN SECOND HALF FOR 45-18 WIN OVER MANSFIELD IN PSAC EAST OPENER – FRESHMAN JOHN HENGEHOLD PASSES FOR 205 YARDS  

MANSFIELD – Kutztown scored 28 points in the second half to pull away from Mansfield, 45-18, in the PSAC East opener for both teams at Karl Van Norman Field Saturday afternoon.

“We need to do a better job in every phase of our game,” said Mountaineer head coach Jim Shiffer. “We played flat with a lack of intensity for much of the game and that’s disappointing coming off the great effort we made a Clarion at week ago.”

The Mountaineers kept it close in the first half, but couldn’t contain a Kutztown offense that piled up 582 yards in total offense including 366 of them on the ground.

Poohbear McNeal was a key in the Mountaineers first two touchdowns, scoring on a one-yard plunge in the first quarter and completing a 29-yard touchdown pass to Ozzie Mathis on a halfback option in the third. The Mountaineers other score came on a 18-yard TD catch by Jeff Tanner from quarterback John Hengehold in the fourth quarter.

Larry Baumgardner tied a school record by catching touchdown passes of 5, 15, 7, and 19 yards from quarterback Kyle Spotts while Maurice Adams and Tony Bria rushed for 143 and 102 yards respectively to lead Kutztown.

Baumgardner opened the scoring by catching a five-yard pass from Spotts to cap off a nine-play 85 yard drive just over five minutes into the game and took a 7-0 lead after the extra point.

Mansfield answered back on their next possession with Poohbear McNeal scoring on a 1-yard plunge. Mansfield missed the extra point give Kutztown a 7-6 lead.

Matt Scartozi then hit a 30-yard field goal for Kutztown with just 53 seconds remaining to increase the lead to 10-6. It was Scortizi’s 20^th field goal setting a new Kutztown career record.

Kutztown would add another touchdown on a 1-yard run by Tony Bria at the 11:59 mark of the second quarter to take a 17-6 lead at intermission.

Kutztown scored on its first two possession of the second half when Bamgardner caught a 15 yard pass at the 11:28 mark of the third quarter and a seven yard pass at the 7:38 mark.

Mansfield scored late in the third quarter when Ozzie Mathis pulled in a 29-yard pass from Poohbear McNeal on a halfback option, but the two point conversion pass failed making the score at 31-12.

Baumgardner tied the school record with his fourth touchdown reception of the game, this one for 10 yards six seconds into the fourth quarter.

Mansfield’s scored on its next possession when Jeff Tanner caught an 18 yard pass from Hengehold, but again failed on the two point conversion to trail 38-18.

Kutztown scored the game’s final points on a 65 yard run by Maurice Adams with 9:38 to play.

Hengehold, despite being under pressure for a defense rush much of the second half, completed 14-of-29 passes for 205 yards and a touchdown while being intercepted once. Mansfield accounted for 275 yards though the air in the game with McNeal and quarterback Brandon Hunt combining to go 2-for-2 for 70 yards. McNeal was held to 58 yards on the ground in 22 attempts but moved past Dean Stewart (1989-92) into second place on the all-time rushing list with 2,934 career rushing yards.

Freshman Rodney Davis had four catches for 63 yards while McNeal also had four catches for 42 yards to account for 129 all-purpose yards.

Defensively, the Mountaineers were led by Ronnie Montgomery with 16 tackles and an interception. Senior linebacker Jason Zeigler had 11 tackles including one for a loss and forced a fumble. Fellow linebackers Andre Turner and Marc Hunsberger had nine and eight tackles respectively while CJ Okogeri had eight tackles, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble.

Mansfield falls to 0-4 overall and 0-1 in the PSAC East while Kutztown improves to 1-3 and 1-0 in the PSAC East.

Box Score (Final)
Kutztown University vs MANS (Sep 24, 2005 at Mansfield University)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
----------------- -- -- -- -- -----
Kutztown University. 10 7 14 14 - 45 Record: (1-3,1-0)
MANS................ 6 0 6 6 - 18 Record: (0-4,0-1)

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Scoring Summary:
1st 09:22 KUTZ - L. Baumgardner 5 yd pass from Kyle Spotts (Matt Scartozzi kick), 9-85 3:04, KUTZ 7 - MANS 0
05:20 MANS - Poohbear McNeal 1 yd run (Sean Hair kick failed), 9-69 3:58, KUTZ 7 - MANS 6
00:53 KUTZ - Matt Scartozzi 30 yd field goal, 11-54 4:22, KUTZ 10 - MANS 6
2nd 11:59 KUTZ - Tony Bria 1 yd run (Matt Scartozzi kick), 8-30 2:41, KUTZ 17 - MANS 6
3rd 11:28 KUTZ - L. Baumgardner 15 yd pass from Kyle Spotts (Matt Scartozzi kick), 9-67 3:24, KUTZ 24 - MANS 6
07:38 KUTZ - L. Baumgardner 7 yd pass from Kyle Spotts (Matt Scartozzi kick), 7-51 2:51, KUTZ 31 - MANS 6
04:06 MANS - Ozzie Mathis 29 yd pass from Poohbear McNeal (John Hengehold pass failed), 9-81 3:27, KUTZ 31 - MANS 12
4th 14:54 KUTZ - L. Baumgardner 10 yd pass from Kyle Spotts (Matt Scartozzi kick), 9-52 4:03, KUTZ 38 - MANS 12
11:10 MANS - Jeff Tanner 18 yd pass from John Hengehold (Poohbear McNeal rush failed), 10-83 3:39, KUTZ 38 - MANS 18
09:38 KUTZ - Maurice Adams 65 yd run (Matt Scartozzi kick), 1-65 0:13, KUTZ 45 - MANS 18

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KUTZ MANS
FIRST DOWNS................... 35 16
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 48-361 33-96
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 221 275
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 31-24-1 31-16-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 79-582 64-371
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 1-11
Punt Returns-Yards............ 2-15 0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 3-74 5-76
Interception Returns-Yards.... 1-8 1--8
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 0-0.0 6-31.2
Fumbles-Lost.................. 2-2 1-1
Penalties-Yards............... 4-18 3-30
Possession Time............... 32:26 27:34
Third-Down Conversions........ 8 of 9 8 of 16
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 0 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 6-8 2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 3-29 0-0

RUSHING: Kutztown University-Maurice Adams 14-143; Tony Bria 19-102; Travis
Barron 7-59; Tyler Dinnis 5-41; Kyle Spotts 3-16. MANS-Poohbear McNeal
22-58; John Hengehold 9-20; Rodney Davis 2-18.

PASSING: Kutztown University-Kyle Spotts 24-31-1-221. MANS-John Hengehold
14-29-1-205; Poohbear McNeal 1-1-0-29; Brandon Hunt 1-1-0-41.

RECEIVING: Kutztown University-L. Baumgardner 9-93; James Brooks 5-40;
Maurice Adams 4-30; Jason Henley 3-28; Tony Bria 2-20; Brett Harbach 1-10.
MANS-Rodney Davis 4-63; Poohbear McNeal 4-42; Jeff Tanner 3-50; Ozzie Mathis
2-66; Tyrone Robinson 2-48; Matt Hildebrand 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS: Kutztown University-Michael Baldwin 1-8. MANS-R. Montgomery
1-minus 8.

FUMBLES: Kutztown University-Travis Barron 1-1; Tony Bria 1-1. MANS-Rodney
Davis 1-1.

Stadium: Van Norman Field Attendance: 2016
Kickoff time: 1:00 pm End of Game: 3:53 pm Total elapsed time: 2:53
Officials: Referee: Bob Finnecy; Umpire: Brad Hudak; Linesman: Chris Burgess;
Line judge: John Wilson; Back judge: Dwayne Mihalow; Field judge: Frank Burbridge;
Side judge: Matt Conrad; Scorer: Pat Ross;
Temperature: 70 Wind: calm Weather: sunny

Kutztown University vs MANS (Sep 24, 2005 at Mansfield University)

SACKS (UA-A): Kutztown University-Leroy Azubuike 1-0; Mike Grosso 1-0; Kevin
Branco 1-0. MANS-None.

TACKLES (UA-A): Kutztown University-Leroy Azubuike 3-4; Mike Grosso 4-2;
Greg Mitchell 2-4; Drew Hicks 2-3; Kevin Branco 2-3; Scott Smith 1-4; Brian
Burke 2-2; Mark Irwin 0-4; Nick Cresta 3-0; Matt Millard 2-1; Sam McKellar
1-2; Tony Garipoli 1-2; Brian Bingnear 0-3; James Crognale 2-0; Louie Gibbs
1-1; Dan Chominski 1-1; Tom Cressman 0-2; James Brooks 1-0; Justin Gibbs
1-0; Kyle Spotts 1-0; Michael Baldwin 0-1; Jason Harrison 0-1. MANS-R.
Montgomery 10-6; Jason Zeigler 7-4; Andre Turner 3-6; Marc Hunsberger 7-1;
C.J. Okogeri 6-2; Ryan Kassak 5-3; K. Pennicott 2-2; Wes Bair III 1-3;
Taylor Ruddy 2-1; Keith Slezak 1-2; Jovan VanPatton 1-2; Nick Roseberry 1-1;
Paul Potzman 0-2; Jamie Laws 0-2; Angelo DePrimo 1-0; Dan Eberly 1-0; Brian
Smith 1-0; Mike Guanciale 1-0; Kevin Calvert 0-1; Robert Geiger 0-1; Patrick
Devlin 0-1.