Linebacker Max Wassel  (Photo Above by Dave Saffran) is third on the team with 42 tackles and No. 1 with nine tackles for loss

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Staten Island, NY - The Wagner Seahawks and the Central Connecticut Blue Devils are each seeking their second Northeast Conference (NEC) win of the season when they square off in a 1:00 pm tilt at Hameline Field today.

26th All-Time Meeting
Central Connecticut and Wagner will be meeting for the 26th time today and the Blue Devils lead the all-time series 13-12.

About the Seahawks
The defending NEC Champion Seahawks, picked No. 1 in the 2013 NEC Preseason Poll and No. 24 in the 2013 Lindy's Annual Preseason Poll, are 2-6 on the season and coming off a tough 17-13 loss to Robert Morris in a game that Wagner appeared to be in control of for a long stretch. After graduating 27 players from last year's title team, Wagner is in a youth movement at several positions and are particularly young on defense. The Seahawks have used four different players at quarterback this season with senior Kramer Berg and redhsirt freshman Chris Andrews getting the majority of the snaps of late after redshirt junior Matt Misley got the starting nod in the season's first four games.

Dominique Is Unique
The Seahawks are led by 5-9, 205-pound senior running back Dominique Williams, a tough, sturdy and elusive back, and one who enters the Delaware game ranked fourth all-time in Wagner history in rushing yards (4,221) and third in scoring (270 points). Williams enters the Sacred Heart game ranked fourth all-time in NEC history with 5,217 all-purpose yards and seventh in rushing. Williams is a 2013 College Sports Journal Preseason Third-Team All-American and a 2012 Preseason All-NEC selection. In 39 games as a Seahawk, Williams has topped the 100-yard rushing mark 256times.  

About Central Connecticut
After dropping their first three games of the season, the Blue Devils have rebounded to win three of their last five games and enter the Wagner game with an overall mark of 3-5 and a 1-1 NEC record. Central Connecticut is led offensively by the league's third-leading rusher, elusive 5-8, 170-pound junior RB Rob Holloman, who has gained 1,006 yards on the ground, with 13 touchdowns to his credit. The Devils have an efficient leader at quarterback in sophomore Nick SanGiacomo who boasts a sparkling 154.78 passer rating. The 6-3, 224-pounder has completed 82-of-135 passes (61%) with 12 touchdowns and just five interceptions. His favorite target is 6-2 junior WR Tyrell Holmes, who has 26 receptions for 490 yards and six TDs.  Senior WR Denzell Jones is a big target at 6-6, 210 pounds. Jones and Holloman are tied for second on the team with 18 receptions apiece. Defensively, CCSU is paced by senior DB Antwione Reese who has a team-high 55 tackles, followed by senior LB Chuck Watson, who is second on the team with 48 stops.

Head Coach Walt Hameline
Now in his 33rd season as head coach, Walt Hameline, who doubles as the Seahawks' athletic director, owns a sparkling 215-132-2 (.619) 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.