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Wagner has taken the NEC by storm, making an unexpected surge up the Northeast Conference standings and can lock up their first-ever NEC crown by winning their last two games. Following a 1-6 conference record in 2008, the Seahawks were picked eighth in the 2009 NEC Preseason Coaches Poll. Riding a four-game NEC win streak for the first time since the conference formed in 1996, Walt Hameline's team owns a 5-1 league record and sits tied atop the standings with Central Connecticut State. Wagner's 32-27 win gives it the head-to-head tiebreaker over CCSU, but the Seahawks still have two tough tasks remaining. 

In order to break the single-season program record for NEC wins (6), Wagner must defeat red-hot Robert Morris on the road this weekend as well as NEC preseason favorite Albany (5-2) in the regular season finale on Nov. 21 Staten Island. in a game that will be televised live on Fox Sports Net - New York.

Seahawks in Top-15 in Nation in Net Punting, Scoring Offense
Thanks in large part to the 41.07-yard punting average of junior Kyle Muir (Spencerport, NY/Hudson CC), who is 13th nationally in punting average, the Seahawks are ranked fourth in the nation and No. 1 in the NEC in net punting (38.97). Wagner is also 14th nationally in scoring offense (33.3). which is also tops in the NEC.

Doscher Named NEC Offensive Player of the Week; Also Named Rookie of the Week for Fifth Time
Somerset, NJ – Freshman QB Nick Doscher (Staten Island, NY/ Moore Catholic) was named the Northeast Conference (NEC) Offensive Player of the Week and, for the fifth time this was season, tabbed NEC Rookie of the Week for his efforts in leading Wagner (6-3, 5-1) to its fourth straight win, a 32-27 victory over Central Connecticut St. on Saturday. Doscher produced more than 300 yards of total offense for the third time in four weeks to power Wagner into first place in the NEC. The 6-1, 220-pound Doscher was responsible for all five of Wagner's touchdowns in a 32-27 comeback victory that extended the Seahawks' win streak to four and lifted them into a first-place tie in the NEC standings. After the Blue Devils scored twice to claim a 27-20 lead in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, Doscher answered back by engineering a pair of touchdown drives within the final 10:15. First, he capped a six-play, 53-yard drive by rushing into the end zone from two yards out to cut the deficit to one. The rookie signal caller fumbled the snap on the ensuing extra point, but would do his best to make up for it. With 1:35 remaining on the clock and the ball at Wagner's 37-yard line, Doscher rushed for 24 yards and passed for another 39 in guiding his Seahawks to the game-winning score. Doscher, who finished 11-of-16 passing for 174 yards and three TDs, completed the comeback with a 15-yard scoring strike to Lon Woods. He added another 130 yards and two scores on 15 rushes.