CARNEGIE MELLON 20, CASE 10...
CLEVELAND, OH (October 14, 2006) -
Case Western Reserve University senior wide receiver Joe Brenner (Lititz, PA-pictured) had nine catches for 133 yards and one touchdown this afternoon in the Spartans’ (3-3, 0-1 UAA) University Athletic Association opener loss (10-20) to Carnegie Mellon University (6-0, 1-0 UAA) at Case Field. Case will travel to St. Louis this Saturday to face Washington University in another UAA game.
Carnegie Mellon set the tone early as they opened the game with a 19 play, 89-yard drive, consuming nine minutes and thirteen seconds. Tartan junior full back Travis Sivek capped it off with a one-yard touchdown run at 5:47 in the first to give his team an early 7-0 advantage.
The Spartans would put their first points on the board at 14:47 in the second quarter via a sophomore kicker Brian Calderone (Broadview Hts., OH) 27-yard field goal (7-2 Carnegie Mellon). Just over a minute later (13:27) Carnegie Mellon senior quarterback Kevin Mulkern threw 76-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Mark Davis, but Spartan senior linebacker Tom Brew (Mentor, OH) blocked the point after, giving the Tartans a ten point lead (13-3). That would end the scoring in the first half.
Sivek ran another one in from one-yard out in the third (8:44), ending a seven play, 64-yard drive and giving the Tartans a seventeen point cushion, 20-3. Case would score with 5:51 left in the fourth quarter on a senior wide receiver Joe Brenner 42-yard touchdown reception from freshman quarterback Dan Whalen (Willoughby, OH), but it was too late as they dropped their third straight.
Sivek finished the game with 29 carries for 103 yards as the Tartans gained 205 yards on the ground compared to Spartans’ 87. Case had three defensive players in double-digits in tackles. Brew and sophomore linebacker Ben Chlebina (Uniontown, OH) had 15 each and Calderone had 12 at the defensive end position. Carnegie Mellon, who claims the Academic Bowl Trophy for the second consecutive season, had two interceptions and two fumble recoveries in the game.
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