Mansfield plays hard but outmatched by Cornell is Sprint Football debut

MANSFIELD—Cornell quarterback Zak Dentes threw for one touchdown and ran for another, and the Big Red amassed 456 yards in total offense enroute to a 35-0 victory over Mansfield in a Collegiate Sprint Football League contest Saturday before 3,100 at Karl Van Norman Field.

The contest marked the debut of sprint football at Mansfield after the varsity program was disbanded following its 115^th season in 2006.

Cornell struck paydirt on its opening two possessions on Dentes’ one-yard sneak followed by his 25-yard scoring pass to wide receiver Joshua Friedman.

Reserve quarterback Elliot Corey, who threw for 105 yards, extended Cornell’s lead to 21-0 early in the second quarter on a one-yard run.  Running backs D.J. Schiavetta and Ryan Smith completed the Big Red scoring with runs of one and five yards, respectively, in the third period.

Mansfield  (0-1, 0-1), composed primarily of first and second-year players, played with intensity before a regional television audience.  The partisan crowd showed its support to the final whistle.

Quarterback Danny Moss completed 6-of-13 passes for 47 yards before leaving the game. Tyler Floyd had four catches for 25 yards while Lucas Bailey had three catches for 25 yards. Bailey also returned three punts for 45 yards including a long of 19 yards.

Mountaineer weakside linebacker Soloman Isom posted a game-high 12 tackles, and defensive end Cody Croasdale added 11 stops.

“That’s the type of game you get (today’s performance) when you play freshmen against juniors and seniors”, said Mansfield head coach Dan Davis.  “We’re basically an expansion team, and we know that.  We played a very good Cornell team.  We didn’t play our best but we played hard and we are going to get much better in the future.”

Mansfield will host the University of Pennsylvania (2-0) next Saturday as part of Homecoming Weekend.

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Cornell University.. 14  7 14  0  - 35       Record: (1-1,1-1)
Mansfield University  0  0  0  0  -  0       Record: (0-1,0-1)



Scoring Summary:
1st 10:55 CORN - Zak Dentes 1 yd run (Mitch Ottinger kick), 9-49 4:05, CORN 7 - MANS 0
    04:18 CORN - Joshua Friedman 25 yd pass from Zak Dentes (Mitch Ottinger kick), 12-76 5:20, CORN 14 - MANS 0
2nd 13:12 CORN - Elliot Corey 1 yd run (Mitch Ottinger kick), 9-54 4:23, CORN 21 - MANS 0
3rd 08:46 CORN - DJ Schiavetta 1 yd run (Mitch Ottinger kick), 7-83 3:11, CORN 28 - MANS 0
    01:55 CORN - Ryan Smith 5 yd run (Mitch Ottinger kick), 10-80 5:06, CORN 35 - MANS 0



                                   CORN     MANS
FIRST DOWNS...................       25        4
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   53-215   20--58
PASSING YDS (NET).............      241       72
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  24-16-0  28-11-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   77-456    48-14
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............     5-18     3-45
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     1-26    5-103
Interception Returns-Yards....      1-0      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   4-33.0   8-37.9
Fumbles-Lost..................      5-3      4-1
Penalties-Yards...............     7-62     3-41
Possession Time...............    38:54    21:06
Third-Down Conversions........  7 of 15  1 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   3 of 3   0 of 3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      4-5      0-0
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     3-23     3-11

RUSHING: Cornell University-DJ Schiavetta 11-50; Timothy Bruhn 7-50; Ryan Smith 7-47; Zak
Dentes 3-20; Daniel Rowoth 4-18; Doug Famularo 6-13; Elliot Corey 10-11; F. Lalezarzadeh 4-11; TEAM
1-minus 5. Mansfield University-Tyler Floyd 2-6; Paul Frederick 1-1; Michael Steele 1-0; 05 1-0;
Lucas Bailey 1-0; Desmen Johnson 3-minus 1; Danny Moss 6-minus 19; Sean Kenny 5-minus 45.

PASSING: Cornell University-Zak Dentes 7-9-0-74; Elliot Corey 5-8-0-105; Timothy Bruhn
4-7-0-62. Mansfield University-Sean Kenny 5-14-1-25; Danny Moss 6-13-0-47; Matt Gant 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Cornell University-Michael Brennan 5-61; C. Latimer 4-28; Joshua Friedman 3-53;
Upal Sarker 2-57; Brandon Stoller 2-42. Mansfield University-Tyler Floyd 4-25; Lucas Bailey 3-25;
Ryan Bernaiche 2-9; Kevin Valentine 1-7; Matt Gant 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS: Cornell University-Daniel Kubis 1-0. Mansfield University-None.

FUMBLES: Cornell University-Timothy Bruhn 2-1; Ben Williams 1-1; Matt Malleo 1-1; Doug
Famularo 1-0. Mansfield University-Sean Kenny 2-0; Danny Moss 2-1.

Stadium: Van Norman Field      Attendance: 3100
Kickoff time: 12:35 PM  End of Game: 3:16 PM   Total elapsed time: 2:41
Officials: Referee: John Gerbino; Umpire: Tony Donato; Linesman: T. Ciccaglione;
Line judge: Dan Bush; Back judge: Mel Riddick; Field judge: Matt Brewer;
Side judge: Ron Reindeer; Scorer: Caleb Grove;
Temperature: 64F       Wind: calm      Weather: mostly cloudy

CSFL Conference Game

Cornell University vs Mansfield University (Sep 27, 2008 at Mansfield University)

SACKS (UA-A): Cornell University-C. Hemminger 1-0; Patrick Gorring 1-0; Matt Ferrari 1-0.
Mansfield University-Dorsea Palmer 1-0; Soloman Isom 0-1; Dan Edmonson 1-0; C. Hammerstein 0-1.

TACKLES (UA-A): Cornell University-N. Indovina 5-3; Matt Ferrari 1-3; Daren Philips 1-2; 31
2-0; Nick Tripoli 1-1; Daniel Kubis 1-1; Ryan Jacob 1-1; Evan Levy 1-1; Matt Malleo 1-1; Kevin
Schmidt 0-2; Daniel Navo 0-2; Matt Goggin 1-0; Joseph Bright 1-0; Pyrs Carvolth 1-0; Mike Kenien
1-0; Bryan Murray 1-0; Mitch Ottinger 1-0; Patrick Gorring 1-0; C. Hemminger 1-0; M. Zambrana 1-0;
Andrew Jeong 1-0; C. Lounsberry 1-0; Tim Kozen 1-0; John Parke 0-1; Joshua Minsky 0-1; Daniel Rowoth
0-1. Mansfield University-Soloman Isom 6-6; Cody Croasdale 5-6; James Wronski 6-3; Dorsea Palmer
6-1; C. Hammerstein 3-4; Will Williams 3-2; Dan Edmonson 3-1; Joshua Schrum 3-1; Daniel Krause 1-2;
Brett Butler 1-2; Ray Shaffer 0-3; Brittan Ernst 0-2; Brian Caldwell 0-2; Adam Breon 1-0; Sam
O'Connor 1-0; Ron Bolek 1-0; Paul Frederick 1-0; Ryan Richie 1-0; Kevin Valentine 1-0; Ryan
Bernaiche 1-0; Jon Whitman 1-0; Steve Pratel 0-1.

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