Pictured Above: Junior outside linebacker Trevor Loveland (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) is tied with safety Blake Bascom (Monroe Township, NJ/ Monroe) for the team lead in tackles with 30. (photo by Dave Saffran)

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Fairfield, CT - The Wagner Seahawks are looking to snap a four-game losing streak and gain their first NEC win of the season when they travel to Fairfield, CT to meet undefeated Sacred Heart at 1:00 pm on Saturday. The Pioneers, picked to finish seventh in the NEC Preseason Poll, are the league's surprise team at 5-0 while the Seahawks come in with a 1-4 mark. This is Sacred Heart's NEC opener.

About the Seahawks
The defending NEC Champion Seahawks were picked No. 1 in the 2013 NEC Preseason Poll and No. 24 in the 2013 Lindy's Annual Preseason Poll, is 1-4 on the season and opened the season with a 28-21 come-from-behind win over Georgetown in the season opener on August 31. The following week, Wagner was edged by Merrimack in a 42-41 shoot-out on Sept. 6. In the last three weeks Wagner has been blitzed by Syracuse (54-0, 9/14), Delaware (49-9, 9/21) and Bryant (47-28, 9/28).

Dominique Is Unique
The Seahawks are led by 5-9, 205-pound senior running back Dominique Williams (Bridgeton, NJ/Bridgeton/Milford Academy), a tough, sturdy and elusive back, and one who enters the Delaware game ranked fourth all-time in in Wagner history in rushing yards (3,838) and third in scoring (258 points). Williams enters the Sacred Heart game ranked fourth all-time in NEC history with 4,808 all-purpose yards and eighth in rushing. Williams is a 2013 College Sports Journal Preseason Third-Team All-American and a 2012 Preseason All-NEC selection. In 37 games as a Seahawk, Williams has topped the 100-yard rushing mark 24 times.  

Coming Out Party For Redshirt Freshman QB Chris Andrews
Last week's game vs. Bryant served as a coming out party for redshirt freshman quarterback Chris Andrews (Queens, NY/St. Joseph's/Valley Forge Military Academy). The athletic, left-handed Andrews came on in the second quarter and went on to account for 269 yards of offense but it was not enough to offset the 173-yard rushing, three-touchdown day by Bryant's Paul Canevari as the Bulldogs posted a 47-28 win on Homecoming at Hameline Field. Andrews was spectacular at times, completing 16-of-25 passes for 223 yards and three touchdowns – all career highs – while picking up another 46 yards and a touchdown on 17 rushing attempts. Senior wide receiver Tyree Watkins (Camden, NJ/ Camden/Duke) had four receptions for 90 yards, including touchdown receptions of 67 and nine yards

16th All-Time Meeting Between Seahawks & Pioneers
Sacred Heart and Wagner will be meeting for the 16th time. In a series that began in 1998.  the Seahawks lead 8-7, including last season's 12-3 road on October 6 2012.

HISTORY vs. SACRED HEART
(Wagner Leads, 8-7)

2012: Wagner 12, SHU 3
2011 Wagner 27 SHU 21
2010 SHU 38 Wagner 22
2009 Wagner 49 SHU 28
2008 SHU 42 Wagner 20
2007 Wagner 18 SHU 15
2006 SHU 25 Wagner 17
2005 Wagner 26 SHU 21
2004 SHU 30 Wagner 24 (2ot)
2003 Wagner 24 SHU 16
2002 SHU 10 Wagner 7 (ot)
2001 SHU 45 Wagner 24
2000 SHU 22 Wagner 20
1999 Wagner 33 SHU 0
1998 Wagner 40 SHU 8

bold = home game
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Head Coach Walt Hameline
Now in his 33rd season as head coach, Walt Hameline, who doubles as the Seahawks' athletic director, owns a sparkling 214-131-2 (.620) record. In 2012, he led the Seahawks to their first-ever Northeast Conference (NEC) Football Championship with a thrilling 23-17 come-from-behind win over Duquesne on November 17, 2012, while clinching a berth in the 2012 D-I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Championship. The win personified the Green & White's as Wagner began the campaign with three straight losses, before winning its next nine games. In defying the odds throughout its triumphant march to the school's first-ever NEC title and the conference's first-ever NCAA FCS win, Wagner compiled a 9-4 record, including a 7-1 mark in the NEC. The Seahawks finished the season ranked 21st in The Sports Network Top-25 Poll and 22nd in the FCS Coaches Poll, marking the first time an NEC team has ended the season with an appearance in both official Top-25 polls. The accolades soon began to pour in for Hameline. After being named the NEC Football Coach of the Year, he was tabbed the 2012 FCS National Coach of the Year by both College Football News (CFN) and the College Sports Journal (CSJ). In the 2012 home opener against Monmouth, Wagner College Stadium was renamed Hameline Field in his honor. On November 6, 2010, Hameline became just the eighth active FCS coach to win 200 games with a 31-20 victory over Monmouth, is 54th on the all-time NCAA wins list (any level) and one of just 36 coaches to win 200 games at one school. The 1987 Kodak National Coach of the Year, after guiding Wagner to a 13-1 record and to the Division III National Championship, Hameline currently ranks sixth in victories among all active FCS coaches.