1:14 into the second period.ĬAA kickoff return leader Young’s 45-yard return with the ensuing kickoff gave UMaine great field position at the UNH 42-yard line and, four plays later, Brock scampered 29 yards for a touchdown.īut UNH answered just 2:03 later when the Wildcats marched 75 yards on just five plays with Herion throwing a 10-yard TD pass to Brian Espanet. UNH expanded the lead to 13-0 on Herion’s four-yard strike to Carlos Washington Jr.
Herion began the scoring by throwing a five-yard TD pass to Nick Lorden with 7:30 left in the first quarter, capping a 10-play, 98-yard drive. The game certainly didn’t start well for the Black Bears as they fell behind 13-0. (Miller) had 10 targets with 136 yards and a touchdown. “After seeing the defense play their hearts out and getting stops, (the offense) really came together as one there. “When you see guys out there making plays, you want to go out there and make plays. When they’re doing their job, it makes our jobs a lot easier,” Fagnano said. “They had four (interceptions) so it’s hard (for us) not to score points off them. But once we realized what we had to do, we got the job done.”įagnano said the offense fed off the defense. “We kind of got away from that early as a unit.
We played our brand of football: hard-nosed, disciplined, everyone running to the ball,” senior cornerback Carr said. The UMaine defense made yet another big play with 3:44 left in the game when redshirt freshman nose tackle Dorian Royal sacked Herion on fourth down at the UMaine 14-yard line.Īfter giving up 299 total yards in the first half, the UMaine defense limited UNH to 95 in the second half to go with the four interceptions. Richard Carr had UMaine’s third interception later in the third period and Shakur Smalls’ fourth-quarter interception set the stage for Messina’s 33-yard field goal with 6:05 left. On UNH’s next possession, Brown’s interception and 16-yard return set up UMaine at the UNH 49-yard line.įagnano threw a 28-yard pass to Miller and Messina capped the drive with a 34-yard field goal to make it 30-20 with 3:17 left in the third quarter. On UNH’s first possession of the second half, Brown intercepted a Herion pass at the UNH 34-yard line and, two plays later, Fagnano tossed a 30-yard touchdown pass to Miller to supply the Black Bears with their first lead of the game.
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