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THE MATCHUP
Wagner and Sacred Heart have met 13 times and the Pioneers hold a slim 7-6 lead in the all-time series. The home team has come out victorious in each of the last nine match-ups dating back to the 2002 season. Wagner won the first two meetings by scores of 40-8 in 1998 and 33-0 in 1999 but since then  seven of the 11 meetings have been one-possession games.

SENIOR DAY SALUTE FOR 18 SEAHAWK SENIORS
The Wagner College footbal program will honor its 18 seniors in a ceremony prior to the kickoff of Saturday's Northeast Conference matchup vs. Sacred Heart. The 18 seniors who will don the Green & White for the last time on Saturday are:

Quintin Anderson DL, 6-5, 280 (Rochester, NY / Penfield/Milford Academy)
Jeremiah Brown DB 6-0, 205 (Brooklyn, NY / Grand Street Campus)
Matt Connelly OL, 6-3, 255 (Kingston, PA / Wyoming Valley West)
Rory Cregan P 5-10, 185 (Woodside, NY / St. Francis Prep)
Derrick Forrest   DL, 6-225 (Ft. Lauderdale, FL / Calvery Christian Academy)
Dom Gaston Sr LB, 6-2 225 (Phillipsburg, NJ / Bergen Catholic)
Sal Gigante DL, 6-1, 270 (New Windsor, NY / Cornwall Central Catholic)
Nick Linehan, LS, 6-0, 200 (Plainville, MA / Bishop Feehan)
Mark Mangion PK, 5-11, 190 (Basking Ridge, NJ / Ridge)
Justin Matthews WR, 6-1, 190 (Hillside, NJ / Hillside)
Ricky Morgan RB, 5-11, 195 (Miami, FL / Palmer Trinity)
Dustin Nelson QB, 6-4, 230 (Fort Benning, GA / Christchurch)
Sean O'Reilly WR, 6-2, 180 (Howell, NJ / Howell)
Tyler Seling OL 6-3 280 (Plymouth, MI / Detroit Catholic Central)
Edgar Sheppard DL 6-3, 290 (Washington, DC / Georgetown Prep)
Julian Stanford OLB, 6-2, 225 (Bloomfield, CT / Bloomfield)
Nick Suppes LB, 6-2, 220 (Dumont, NJ/ Dumont)
Rich Vellucci RB, 6-0, 220 (Newtown, PA / Council Rock)
 
SEAHAWKS LOOK TO SNAP SLIDE
The Seahawks are looking to snap a seven-game losing streah and enter the game with an overall reccod 1-7, including a 1-4 mark in the NEC. That 1-4 conference record places the Seahawks in seventh place. The Pioneers, meanwhile, are one of the surprise teams in the NEC this year. Picked to finish eighth in the NEC Preseason Poll, the Pioneers enter today's play with a 3-2 league mark, good for third place, to go with an overall record of 5-3.

THE LAST TIME THESE TEAMS MET
Nov. 20, 2010 - Wagner and Sacred Heart squared off at Campus Field in Fairfield, CT in the 2010 season finale for both teams. The  Pioneers rced out to a 31-7 lead en route to a 38-22  In defeat, junior David Crawford led the way for the Seahawks with four receptions for 79 yards and two touchdowns. In defeat, the Green & White ended the season at 5-6 and 3-5 NEC while the Pioneers finished up at 4-7 and 2-6 in the NEC. Quarterback Nick Doscher went 14-for-35 for 200 yards with a pair of touchdowns through the air while rushing for 27 yards on 12 carries. Crawford's big game highlighted a standout season in which the Texas native led the squad in receptions (35), yards (629) and yards per catch (18.0 ypc) while hauling in three touchdowns.

ABOUT WAGNER
Wagner gave first-place Albany a fight before the Great Danes pulled away for a 24-0 victory in a played in blizzard-like conditions at Wagner College Stadium in what was the NEC-TV Game of the Week last Saturday. Sophomore running back  Dominique Williams rushed for 145 yards on a career-high 34 carries, eclipsing the 100-yard mark for the fifth time this season and ninth time in his 16-game Seahawk career. Williams has rushed for 897 yards on the season, leaving him just 103 yards shy of the 1,000-yard mark with three games remaining. Together with 149 receiving yards and another 108 in punt returns, Williams is far and away the team leader in all-purpose yards with 1,154. For the first time in his career, junior quarterback Nick Doscher went an entire half without attempting a single pass as he was the case in the first half vs. Albany. After his 0-of-0 first half, Doscher completed 4-of-8 passes in the second half for 25 yards. Competing in an, at times, driving snowstorm with 20-plus mile per hour winds, Doscher and Albany quarterback Dan Di Lella went a combined 10-of-20 passing yards. The 24-0 blanking at the hands of the Great Danes marked the first time Wagner has been shut out since November 8, 2008 when Duquesne blanked the Seahawks 14-0 at Wagner College Stadium. Junior linebacker Mike Lombardo paced the Seahawks defensively with a game and career-high 12 tackles, including one sack while fellow junior linebacker Carl-Olivier Prime added 11 stops and a forced fumble. For the season, Prime leads the Seahawks in tackles with 63, to go with two forced fumbles, one pass breakup and one interception. Lombardo is second on the team in tackles with 62 along with 4.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, one interception and one forced fumble.

ABOUT SACRED HEART
Sacred Heart has been one of the surprise teams in the NEC this season Picked to finish eighth in the nine-team league, the Pioneers are currently in third place with a 3-2 conference record and sport and overall mark of 5-3. The Pioneers are coming off an impressive 27-15 road win over Robert Morris. Sacred Heart took a 17-13 lead into halftime and kept Robert Morris' offense off the scoreboard in the second in posting an NEC victory at Joe Walton Stadium. The Pioneers scored all three of their touchdowns courtesy of quarterback Tim Little. The sophomore threw for 212 yards and two scores and ran for another  touchdown. The win marked the first time that Sacred Heart has defeated a defending league champion since 2001. The Pioneers last accomplished the feat in 2001 against the Colonials en-route to the 2001 I-AA Mid-Major National Championship. Sacred Heart is now a perfect 3-0 on the road in 2011, owning victories at Columbia and Central Connecticut State as well as Robert Morris. Outside linebacker Niko Sierra intercepted two passes, including one late in the fourth quarter to seal the win. Sierra recorded six tackles, 1.0 sack, two interceptions and one pass break-up, leading a unit that held the Colonials to 239 yards of total offense throughout the game and kept their offense off the scoreboard for the entire second half  en route to earning NEC Defensive Player of the week honors. Running back Greg Moore racked up 108 receiving yards and a touchdown on six catches en route to 163 all-purpose yards.)

ROBB & LIA AWARD WINNERS
Annually at Homecoming, two Wagner College football players are selected to receive special awards for outstanding play. The James Robb Memorial Trophy is presented to the outstanding offensive player, while the Nick Lia Memorial Trophy is awarded to the Seahawks' outstanding defensive player. The winners are selected by an alumni panel. This year's panel was headed by Kevin Ketelsen ('79) and Fred Williamson ('64). This year's winner of the Robb Memorial Trophy for his efforts in Saturday's Homecoming Day game vs. Albany was sophomore running back Dominique Williams who navigated his way on a snow-filled field for 145 yards on a career-high 34 carries, eclipsing the 100-yard mark for the fifth time this season and ninth time in his 16-game Seahawk career. Williams has rushed for 897 yards on the season, leaving him just 103 yards shy of the 1,000-yard mark with three games remaining. The winner of the Lia Memorial Trophy was junior linebacker Mike Lombardo who paced the Seahawks defensively with a game and career-high 12 tackles, including one sack. Lombardo is second on the team in tackles with 62 and has 4.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, one interception and one forced fumble. Established in 1949, the Robb Trophy was named in memory of James Robb, a Seahawk gridiron star who was killed in action during World War II. It was presented to Wagner's outstanding individual player in the annual Homecoming game until 1969. In that season, the Lia Trophy was introduced in honor of another Wagner football player, Nick Lia. The 1965 recipient of the Robb Trophy was killed in the Vietnam War. An outstanding defensive player and team captain, the Staten Island native was a graduate of Curtis High School. In 2000, Lieutenant Nick Lia was honored for his athletic achievements by being inducted into the Wagner College Athletics Hall of Fame. Lia helped lead the 1964 football team to an undefeated season and captained the '65 team.