FINAL STATS

West Long Branch, NJ – Sophomore running back #Dominique Williams# (Bridgeton, NJ/ Bridgeton Academy) rushed for 116 yards on 18 carries and two touchdowns and threw his first career touchdown pass while senior linebacker #Julian Stanford# (Bloomfield, CT/ Bloomfield) blocked a punt that was returned by senior safety #Jeremiah Brown# (Brooklyn, NY/ Grand Street Campus) for a touchdown and then scored one of his own on an interception return to highlight Wagner's wild 44-29 win over Monmouth in the season finale for both teams.
 
In closing the 2011 season with three consecutive wins, the Seahawks finish with a 4-7 overall record, including a 4-4 mark in the Northeast Conference (NEC). Monmouth ends its season with a 5-6 mark and also finished with a 4-4 NEC record. With those identical 4-4 league records, Wagner and and Monmouth finish in a tie for fourth-place in the eight-team NEC. Albany and Duquesne tied for first place with matching 7-1 conference marks but it will be the Great Danes representing the NEC in the FCS Championships by virtue of their 38-10 win over Duquesne on October 8. To view the 2011 Final NEC Standings, click HERE.

The Hawks won all five road games they played this season while losing all six home games. The Wagner victory came on the heels of wins over Sacred Heart (29-21 on Nov. 5) and at Robert Morris (38-17 on Nov. 12).
 
Monmouth got on the board first, marching 66 yards in nine plays, culminating in a 31-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Craig Peterson to wide receiver Tristan Roberts on what would be first of three Peterson to Roberts TD connections. The Seahawks answered right back. Freshman #Otis Wright# (Fort Lauderdale, FL/ Dillard) gave Wagner excellent field position at its own 45 following a 25-yard return. After a personal foul penalty on the Hawks gave Wagner a first down at the Monmouth 28, the Seahawks reached into their bag of tricks as Williams rushed to the right and then straightened up and fired a 28-yard scoring strike to senior wide receiver #Justin Matthews# (Hillside, NJ/ Hillside), tying the game at 7-7.
 
That's the way the score remained until the waning minutes of the opening period. On third-and-1 from the Seahawk 24, Williams busted loose for a 76-yard touchdown run. It was the longest touchdown run of Williams' career and second-longest overall run of his career, topped only by last week's 79-yarder at Robert Morris. Wagner held the 14-7 lead until Peterson found Roberts for a 29-yard score with 13:26 left in the second quarter, capping a five-play, 59-yard drive that bridged the first and second quarters.
 
With the score tied at 14-14, Monmouth was forced to punt on a fourth and two from its own 37 and this is when Stanford struck, bursting through to block the punt that was recovered and returned 22 yards for a touchdown by Brown to give Wagner the lead for good at 21-14.
 
The Seahawks took that 21-14 into the locker room at halftime and the score remained that way for most of the third quarter. With less than six minutes left in the quarter, Wagner again struck for a big play, this time it was sophomore cornerback #Torian Phillips# (Staten Island, NY/ Port Richmond) coming up with an interception at the Hawk 32. For Phillips, it was his team-leading fourth INT of the season. After three plays netted five yards, senior kicker #Mark Mangion# (Basking Ridge,, NJ/ Ridge)# came on and delivered a clutch, career-long 44-yard field goal to give the Seahawks a two-score lead at 24-14 with 4:20 to go in the third.
 
Early in the fourth quarter, Monmouth put together a long drive that appeared destined to result in points until the Seahawks struck for yet another huge, momentum-changing play. A drive, that featured a good mixture of Peterson passes and effective runs by Julian Hayes, ended when Peterson was stripped loose of the ball on a third-and-one at the Wagner seven.
 
As was the case earlier on the punt block involving Stanford and Brown, another pair of Seahawk seniors playing their final game in the Green & White combined on this one as defensive tackle #Sal Gigante# (New Windsor, NY/ Cornwall Central Catholic) got the strip, and defensive end #Quintin Anderson# (Rochester, NY/ Milford Academy) picked up the loose ball. The athletic 6-5, 280-pound Anderson then rumbled 68 yards, all the way to the Monmouth 28.For Anderson, who also had eight pass breakups this season, it was his third fumble recovery of 2011.
 
Three plays later, Doscher found emerging sophomore tight end #Joe Sidaras# (Mastic Beach, NY/ William Floyd) on a 20-yard touchdown to extend the Seahawk lead to 31-14 with 9:11 remaining.    
 
Following a 44-yard kickoff return by Eric Sumlin, Monmouth countered quickly with a four-play, 45-yard drive with Peterson hitting wide receiver Neal Sterling on a 20-yard score on first down to make it a 31-21 game at the 7:45 mark of the third quarter. Monmouth then tried an on-side kick which the Hawks recovered before being whistled for illegal touching. Instead of it being Monmouth ball, Wagner took over at the Hawk 49 and promptly moved 49 yards in six plays with Williams darting over the left side from 17 yards out to put Wagner out in front, 38-21 with just 4:45 remaining in the game.
 
With four minutes remaining in the game, Stanford stepped in front of a Peterson pass and raced untouched into the end zone, building the lead to an insurmountable 44-21 margin. For Stanford,it was his second "pick-six" of the season as he had one two weeks ago on Senior Day in the win over Sacred Heart.
 
The Hawks did manage to make things interested when Adam Kugler blocked Wagner's extra-point try and teammate Jose Gumbs scooped it up and raced 97 yards for a rarely seen two-point defensive PAT cutting the Monmouth deficit to 44-23.  Monmouth managed to score its final points of the game when Peterson and Roberts connected on their third touchdown of the game with this one coming from 25 yards out with six seconds left to play.
 
On the play of his play-making career, Brown blocked the PAT, fashioning the final score at Wagner 44, Monmouth 29.
 
The Hawks won several of the statistical battles but could not overcome Wagner's penchant for making big plays. Monmouth led in first downs, 24-14, outgained Wagner from the line of scrimmage, 442-243, and held a 313-95 edge in the passing department. The Seahawks managed to out-rush Monmouth 148-129. But in the end, the two Monmouth interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown, one fumble, which was returned 68 yards to set up another TD, and the blocked punt, that was returned for a touchdown, proved to be the difference.
 
In addition to Williams' 118 yards rushing, Doscher was 6-of-11 passing for 67 yards while Williams completed his only pass attempt, the 28-yard score to Matthews who led all Seahawk receivers with 41 yards on three catches. Defensively, junior linebacker #Greg Burton# (South Plainfield, NJ/ South Plainfield) paced Wagner with eight tackles while Stanford had six stops, in addition his interception return for a touchdown and his blocked punt which was recovered and returned by Brown for a score.
 
For Monmouth, Peterson was 26-of-44 through the air for 313 yards with Roberts winding up on the receiving end of 12 of those aerials for 165 yards. Hayes was Monmouth's leading ground-gainer with 73 yards on 18 carries.
 
NOTES - Doscher, who recently took over the No. 1 spot on the Wagner career total offense list, padded his career total with 76 today (67 passing, nine rushing) and will enter the 2,012 season with 6,037 yards of total offense.
 
Williams' name continues to dot the Seahawk record book as well. The 5-9, 200-pound Williams accumulated 1,338 yards on the ground this season, good for sixth on the school's all-time single-season rushing list. Williams remains in eighth place on the Wagner all-time rushing list with 1,982 career yards.
 
Doscher, who missed one full game and parts of several others due to an assortment of injuries, finished the season with 909 yards passing with seven touchdowns and six interceptions. He also netted 290 yards rushing (including sacks), good for second on the team. Matthews wound up as the team leader in receptions with 21 while his 240 yards receiving was third on the team. Sidaras ended up second in receptions with 20 and led the team with 293 receiving yards. The diminutive, yet speedy 5-foot-7 dynamo #Wandy Saintilien# (Miami, FL/ ASA Institute) was second on the team in receiving yards (176) and third in receptions (15).
 
Defensively, first-year junior linebacker #Mike Lombardo# (Jupiter, FL/ Jupiter, FL) finishes as the team leader in tackles with 82, along with 8.5 tackles for loss, six sacks, one interception and one forced fumble. Fellow junior linebacker Carl-Olivier Prime (Quebec, Canada/ the Kent School) had 81 stops with four forced fumbles, three pass breakups, one sack and one interception. Brown was third on the team in tackles (72) while adding five pass breakups, two sacks, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.

After opening the season with a 38-28 win at home over Saint Francis (PA) on Sept. 3, the season then became very streaky. Wagner would lose its next seven games in falling to 1-7 on the year, before rebounding with three straight victories to close the year and finish with a 4-7 mark, 4-4 in the NEC.
   
RUSHING YARDS (Single-Season)
1. Terry Underwood (1988) ......        1809
2. Alonzo Patterson (1981) ......         1487
3. Rick Sarille (1996) ................         1479
4. Jason Butler (2007) ..............         1353
5. Alonzo Patterson (1982) ......         1351
6. Dominique Williams (2011)         1338
7. Rick Sarille (1999) ................         1337
8. Rick Sarille (1997) ................         1285
9. Terry Underwood (1985) ......         1207
10. John Franco (1983) .............        1166
 
RUSHING YARDS Career
1. Rick Sarille (1995-99)...........         5290
2. Terry Underwood (1985-88) .        5010
3. Alonzo Patterson (1979-82) .        4177
4. Kito Lockwood (1992-95) .....        3156
5. Greg Harris (1988-91) ..........         2433
6. Chris Davis (2000-03) ..........         2342
7. Jason Butler (2004-07) ...........      2088
8. DOMINIQUE WILLIAMS (2009-) ....1982
9. John Campbell (1998-01).....         1973
10. Tom Pugh (1985-88) ............        1883
 
SCORING
1. Terry Underwood (1988) ........       126
2. Rick Sarille (1999) ..................       102
Terry Underwood (1985) ........           102
4. Frank Melos (1961) ..................       96
5. DOMINIQUE WILLIAMS (2009-) ....92
6. Rick Sarille (1997) ....................       94
7. Greg Harris (1990) ...................       90
8. Alonzo Patterson (1981) ..........       84
9. Jason Butler (2007) ..................       80
10. NICK DOSCHER (2009) ..........       80
 
TOTAL OFFENSE
(PASSING + RUSHING)
1. NICK DOSCHER (2009 )..........       6037
2. John Sciarra (2004-05) .......          5845
3. Rick Sarille (1995-99)...........         5290
4. Terry Underwood (1985-88) .        5010
5. Don Cavalli (1958-61) ..........         4393
6. Jesse Foote (1984-86) .........        4273
7. Jason Cue (1993-94) ...........         4232
8. Alonzo Patterson (1979-82) .        4177
9. Matt Abey (2005-08).............           3862
10. Greg Kovar (1985-88) ..........       3854
 
WAGNER ALL-TIME
Passing Yards
1. John Sciarra (2004-05) ..........       5902
2. Jason Cue (1993-94)................     4590
3. Don Cavalli (1958-61) ..............    4393
4. NICK DOSCHER (2009-)..........    4306
5. Matt Abbey (2005-08) ..........         4021
6. Greg Kovar (1985-88) .............      3895
7. Terry O'Hare (1991-92) ...........     3870
8. Jesse Foote (1984-86) ..............    3639
9. Dan Coughlin (1962-64) .........     3634
10. Aaron Smith (1999-01) ...........    3625
WAGNER ALL-TIME
Completions
1. John Sciarra (2004-05) ............     473
2. Matt Abbey (2005-08) ............       334
3. NICK DOSCHER (2009-)              324
Terry O'Hare (1991-92) ..............       313
5. Aaron Smith (1999-01) .............    283
6. Jason Cue (1993-94)..................   282
7. Greg Kovar (1985-88) ...............    260
8. Dan Coughlin (1962-64) ...........   258
9. Jason Miletic (1995-96) .............   256
Jesse Foote (1984-86) ...............       256