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Staten Island, NY – – Senior quarterback Nick Doscher (Staten Island, NY/ Moore Catholic) completed 16-of-26 passes for 246 yards and two touchdowns while junior running back Dominique Williams ran for 106 yards on 15 carries and added another 61 yards receiving to lead Wagner past Bryant 31-21.
 
Fresh on the heels of last week's 31-13 win at Central Connecticut, the Seahawks improve to 2-3 on the season, 2-1 in Northeast Conference (NEC) play. Bryant falls to 0-5 overall, 0-3 in league play.
 
Wagner was leading 24-21 late in the fourth quarter and had the ball near midfield when Williams delivered an extraordinary 29-yard run that will keep Seahawk Nation buzzing for quite some time. The play was highlighted by the explosive 5-9, 200-pound Williams leaping over a Bryant defender, before steam-rolling another would-be tackler.
 
The memorable highlight reel run gave the Green & White a first down at the Bryant 20. Two plays later, Doscher scampered his way for a 19-yard touchdown to put the Seahawks up 31-21 with less 90 seconds to play.
 
After a defensive-minded first half resulted in a 7-7 deadlock at intermission, things began heating up in the second half. A 39-yard field goal by senior kicker David Lopez (Plantation, FL/ American Heritage) put Wagner on top 10-7 at 10:38 of the third quarter. The Bulldogs, however, answered with a 45-yard kickoff return and then, on the first play of the drive, quarterback Mike Westerhaus found wide receiver Jordan Harris along the left sideline for a 54-yard touchdown with 10:37 remaining in the quarter to give Bryant a 14-10 lead.
 
After a Wagner three and out and ensuing punt, Bryant took over at its own 43. The Bulldogs moved the ball to the Seahawk 49 and appeared bent, at this point, on taking the game over. Seahawk sophomore cornerback Jarrett Dieudonne (Fort Lauderdale, FL/ Dillard/ Purdue), however, had other ideas. The 6-1, 195-pound Dieudonne turned in a game-changing play, picking off a Westerhaus second-and-13 pass at the Wagner 34 and returning it 16 yards to midfield.
 
On third-and-nine from the Bryant 49, Doscher hit sophomore tight end Bryant Watts (Burlington, NJ/ Florence) over the middle for a 30-yard gain down to the Bulldog 19. Three play later, Doscher found Watts in the left corner of the end zone for a 17-14 Wagner lead with 2:36 to go in the quarter. The score marked the fourth lead change of the game and gave the Seahawks the lead for good.
 
With momentum and the loud crowd of 2,037on its side, the Seahawk defense rose to the occasion, forcing Bryant to punt when Westhaus was hurried by redshirt freshman defensive back James Howell (Brooklyn, NY/ Fort Hamilton) and threw incomplete on third-and-five.
 
Following the Bryant punt, a five-yard run by redshirt freshman running back Ralph Greene (Tigard, OR/ Tigard), and a Doscher incompletion brought about third-and-five from the Seahawk 30. Doscher then stepped up and found sophomore Anthony Carrington (Toms River, NJ/ Toms River South) all alone at the Bulldog 30 and the smooth-gliding wide receiver did the rest with his legs as the play went for a 70-yard touchdown.
 
The Doscher to Carrington hook-up gave Wagner 14 points in a span of 2:30 and, more importantly, a 24-14 lead at the 1:03 mark of the third quarter.
 
The resilient Bulldogs responded with a nine-play, 69-yard drive in 3:54 that was capped by a one-yard touchdown run by Jordan Brown which made it a 24-21 game. The scoring march was kick-started by a 23-yard strike from Westhaus to wide receiver Jordan Harris on the drive's first play.
 
Wagner then chewed off 6:42 on its next drive before stalling at the Bulldog 34. Lopez then came on to try a 52-yard field goal but his attempt was blocked by Jeremy Woodson. At this point, the Bulldogs had life, trailing just 24-21, when they took over at their own 39 with just over six minutes to play.
 
Once again the Seahawks came through in a big spot when senior defensive end Jerome Williams (Burlington Township, NJ/ Holy Cross) burst through for an 11-yard sack on third-and-two from the Bryant 47. The UConn transfer and first-year Seahawk made his presence felt throughout the contest, finishing with six tackles, three tackles for loss (minus 24 yards) and two sacks (minus 20 yards).

Still leading by a scant 24-21 margin, Wagner took over at its own 29 and on the third play of the drive Williams turned in his highlight reel launch, hurtling his way to a 29-yard gain the Bryant 20. Two plays later, Doscher weaved his way through traffic for a 19-yard touchdown, to make it a two-score game 31-21 with just 1:29 to go.
 
Bryant marched down to the Wagner 32 before the Seahawk defense came through again, forcing Westhaus into three straight incompletions, the last one coming on a fourth-and-five from the 32. The Wagner defensive brain trust dialed up another blitz as redshirt freshman safety Shan Berry (Orlando, FL/ University) hurried Westhaus on the fourth down throw.
 
Wagner goes after its third consecutive win on Saturday,, October 6 when the Seahawks travel to Sacred Heart for a 1:00 pm game.