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Seahawks At Saint Francis U In Season Finale Sat. At Noon On ESPN 3

Above: All-Time Seahawk greats, Dominique Williams and David Lopez, pictured with their
families during last week's Senior Day ceremony prior to the Monmouth game.


Game 11: Wagner (2-8, 1-5 NEC) at Saint Francis U (4-5, 2-2 NEC)

Saturday,  Nov. 16- 12:00 pm
DeGol Field – Loretto, PA


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Loretto, PA -
The Wagner Seahawks and the Saint Francis Red Flash will meet for the 23rd time at Noon on Saturday in a game that will be carried live on ESPN 3. Veteran Paul Dottino will be the play-by-play man while former New York Giants punter Jeff Feagles will provide color analysis
 
From Wagner's Angle
Saturday's matchup at Saint Francis will mark the 2013 season finale for the Seahawks. Picked No. 1 in the NEC Preseason Coaches poll following their surprise run to the 2012 NEC title, the Seahawks have struggled all season. There's one streak that the Seahawks would like to end on Saturday and another they'd like to continue as Wagner enters the contest looking to snap a four-game losing streak on the season while, in the process, extend their winning streak over the Red Flash to six games.
 
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 2-7 on the season and looking to snao a four-game losing streak. 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. Offensively, the Seahawks have started four different players at quarterback this season in senior Kramer Berg, juniors Brian Gehring and Matt Misley, and left-handed, run-oriented redshirt freshman Chris Andrews.

Head Coach Walt Hameline
Now in his 33rd season as head coach, Walt Hameline, who doubles as the Seahawks' athletic director, owns a sparkling 215-135-2 (.616) 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.
 
HISTORY vs. SFU (19-3)
 2012: Wagner 31, SFU 24
2011 Wagner 38 SFU 28 (3ot)
2010: Wagner 22, SFU1 4
2009 Wagner 56 SFU 48 (3ot)
2008 Wagner 17 SFPA 13
2007 SFU 23 Wagner 20
2006 SFU 35 Wagner 14
2005 Wagner 23 SFU 21
2004 Wagner 17 SFU 14
2003 Wagner 24 SFU 16
2002 Wagner 7 SFU 0
2001 Wagner 38 SFU 7
2000 Wagner 35 SFU 6
1999 Wagner 45 SFU 13
1998 Wagner 45 SFU14
1997 Wagner 42 SFU 6
1996 Wagner 24 SFU 6
1995 Wagner 38 SFU 21
1994 Wagner 35 SFU 13
1993 Wagner 31 SFU 21
1992 Wagner 48 SFU A 6
1992 SFU 21 Wagner 18
 
bold = home game
talics = road game

Lopez On Verge of Passing Former Seahawk for No. 1 Spot on NEC, Wagner Field Goal List
Fifth-year senior kicker David Lopez enters the final game as a Seahawk having made 43 career field goals, just one shy of matching from passing the Wagner and NEC all-time leader, Piotr Czech, who nailed 44 field goals between 2004 and 2007.

Field Goals
  
1.        Piotr Czech (2004-07)...................................44
   2.        DAVID LOPEZ (2009 - )................................ 43
   3.        Tom O'Riordan (1983-86)............................35
   4.        Walter Lopez (1988-91)................................32
   5.        Carl Franke (1994-97)..................................21

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 his final collegiate game ranked third all-time in Wagner history in rushing yards (4,350) and third in scoring (276 points). He also enters the Saint Francis U game ranked fourth all-time in NEC history in both rushing yards (4,350) and all-purpose yards (5,349).  Williams is a 2013 College Sports Journal Preseason Third-Team All-American and a 2012 Preseason All-NEC selection. In 42 games as a Seahawk, Williams has topped the 100-yard rushing mark 26 times. 

Dominique By the Numbers

Third Straight 1,000-yard Season
Fifth-year senior running back Dominique Williams (Bridgeton, NJ/Bridgeton/Milford Academy) came into the game 40 yards shy of the 1,000-yard rushing mark and he hit the milestone on a late second-quarter run, en route to a 20-carrry, 72-yard afternoon which gives him 1,032 for the season.  The first three-time captain in Seahawk history, Williams has now passed the 1,000-yard mark in three straight seasons, having rushed for 1,338 yards in 2011 and 1,228 yards in 2012.
 
WAGNER ALL-TIME RUSHING YARDS
1. Rick Sarille (1995-99), 5,290
2. Terry Underwood (1985-88, 5,010
3. Dominique Williams (2009-pres.), 4,340
4. Alonzo Patterson (1979-82), 4,177
 
Williams Cracks NEC Top-Five All-Time Rushing List
1.David Sinisi, MU, 2006-09, 5,049
2.Larry McCoy, DUQ, 2009-12, 4,549
3.Rick Sarille, WC, 1996-99, 4,460
4. Dominique Williams, WAG, 2009-, 4,350
5. David McCarty, UA, 2006-09, 4,287
6. Myles Russ, RMU, 2007-10, 4,271
7. Jordan Brown, BRY, 2009-12, 4,238
 
Williams Now 4th in All-Time NEC Scoring
When Dominique Williams broke the goal line on his 10-yard, first-quarter touchdown dash off the left side vs. Central Connecticut (11/2), he moved into fourth place on the all-time NEC scoring list, ahead of Albany's Drew Smith.
 3. Jordan Brown, BRY, 2009-12,290
4. Dominique Williams, WC, 2009-, 276
5. Drew Smith, UA, 2009-12, 270
 
WAGNER ALL-TIME SCORING
1. Rick Sarille (1995-99), 334
2. Terry Underwood (1985-88), 330
3. Dominique Williams (2009-pres.), 276
4. Piotr Czech (2004-07), 243
5. Tom O'Riordan (1983-86), 237
6. David Lopez (2009pres.-) 232
   Frank Melos (1958-61), 232
7. Alonzo Patterson (1979-82), 226
9. Kito Lockwood (1992-1995), 222
 
WAGNER ALL-TIME TOTAL OFFENSE (Passing + Rushing)
1. Nick Doscher (2009 - 12), 8,404
2 John Sciarra (2004-05), 5,845
3. Rick Sarille (1995-99), 5,290
4. Terry Underwood (1985-88), 5,010
5. Dominique Williams (2009-), 4,417
6. Don Cavalli (1958-61), 4,393
7. Jesse Foote (1984-86), 4,273
8. Jason Cue (1993-94), 4,232
9. Alonzo Patterson (1979-82), 4,177
10. Matt Abbey (2005-08), 3,862
 
TOP FIVE CAREER RUSHING GAMES
Dominique Williams' 177-yard rushing day vs. Robert Morris tied for the third-highest game of his career.
1. 216 yards at Robert Morris, 11/12/11
2. 180 yards Saint Francis U, 9/3/11
3. 177 yards vs. Robert Morris, 10/26/13
    177 yards vs. Holy Cross, 11/10/12
5. 145 yards vs. Albany, 10/29/11
 
TOP FIVE CAREER RUNS FROM SCRIMMAGE
Dominique Williams' 73-yard run day vs. Robert Morris tied for the third-longest of his career. All five of
his all-time longest runs have gone for touchdowns.
1 81 yards at Sacred Heart, 10/6/12, TD
2. 79 yards at Robert Morris, 11/12/11, TD
3. 76 yards at Monmouth, 11/19/11, TD
4 73 yards vs. Robert Morris, 10/26/13, TD
5. 63 yards at Maritime (NY), 9/10/09, TD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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