CASE 19, KENYON 8...
GAMBIER, OH (September 17, 2005) - A week ago the Case Western Reserve University (3-0, 0-0 UAA) defense held visiting Denison University scoreless for the first 52 minutes (52:48) of the game. They had a repeat performance today at Kenyon College (0-2, 0-0 NCAC), holding the Lords pointless for the first 58 (58:84) as the Spartans won their third straight 19-8.
The Spartans will host the College of Wooster at Case Field this Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
Case junior linebacker Nick Decesare (Westlake, OH), a local St. Ignatius HS product, recorded eight tackles (4 solo, 4 assist) and junior linebacker Tom Brew (Mentor, OH), a Mentor HS graduate, added seven (6 solo, 1 assist) to lead the way for the Spartans. Offensively, senior quarterback Alex Harvey (Dunnellon, FL), who filled in for injured sophomore starter Angelo Mirando (Jefferson, OH), completed 17 of 29 for 212 yards and one touchdown.
The Spartans scored both a touchdown and field goal in the first and second quarter to take a 19-0 lead into the half. Junior kicker Joe Brenner (Lititz, PA) put the first points on the board with a 32-yard field goal at the 11:02 mark in the first. Then Case junior running back James Rosenbury (Draper, UT) finished off a 14 play, 75-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown run at the 3:07 mark in the first quarter. Rosenbury ended the game with 35 carries for 96 yards. Brenner missed the point after, giving the Spartans the 9-0 advantage. In the second quarter, junior receiver Marshaun Minter (Cleveland, OH) ended a 10 play, 70 yard drive with a five-yard grab at the 10:11 mark to put Case up 16-0. Minter finished the day with five catches for 71 yards. Brenner then ended the first half with a 21 yard field goal with just over a minute left (1:01).
After a scoreless third quarter, Kenyon finally put points on the board with 1:16 left in the game. Junior running back Alby Coombs (Boston, MA) ran in the Lords only touchdown of the game from 6-yards out to complete a 16 play, 74-yard drive. Kenyon sophomore quarterback Rafael Sanchez (Tavernier, FL) then found sophomore tight end Hugh Guill (Houston, TX) in the end zone for the two point score.
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