Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008

East Stroudsburg (6-2, 3-2 PSAC East)    27
Kutztown (3-5, 2-3 PSAC East)                 3
BOX SCORE

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. - Dontay Wilson (jr. Stamford, Conn./Stamford) ran for 109 yards on 14 carries, but the Kutztown University football team lost to East Stroudsburg 27-3 in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division contest Saturday afternoon.

Tim Roken completed 11-of-24 for 154 yards and a TD, Russell Johnson and Jesse Reider ran for TDs and Greg Knauss hit a pair of field goals for the Warriors (6-2, 3-2 PSAC East).

Matt Dineen (so. Wilmington, Del./Concord) booted a 23 yard field goal in the third quarter to account for KU's only points.  It was Dineen's ninth field goal of the season, tying the KU record held by Dean Myers and Tim DeLaney.

ESU's defense held Shane Martin (jr. New Holland/Garden Spot) to just 12-of-27 passing for 86 yards.  Wilson accounted for over half of KU's 204 total yards.

Mike Gardier (jr. Dunmore/Dunmore) and Joel Irwin (so. Coatesville/Bishop Shanahan) led all players with 12 tackles each.  Khalief Evans (so. Philadelphia/Imhotep Charter) had eight tackles, with a forced fumble and a pass breakup.  Kevin Bolinsky (so. Ashland/North Schuylkill) had eight tackles, while Greg Rotkowski (so. Macungie/Emmaus) and Colin Henny (fr. Lititz/Manheim Twp.) shared a sack.

Ryan Nye (sr. Bernville/Holy Name) was busy, punting eight times for an average of 41.5 yards.

The Golden Bears (3-5, 2-3 PSAC East), who had just 273 penalty yards entering the game, were flagged for a season-high 78 yards on six penalties.  Among the flags were a roughing the punter to sustain an ESU drive, a personal foul to negate an interception and lead to an ESU field goal, an illegal chop block that stalled a KU drive, and an illegal block that negated a Martin TD run and forced KU to settle for its only field goal.

The Warriors drew first blood late in the first quarter, with Joe Partridge running six times on an eight play drive, setting up Roken's 14-yard pass to Jeff Giglio with 3:01 left in the first.

After a KU punt, ESU's first drive of the second quarter resulted in a 23 yard field goal by Knauss.

Later in the quarter, Roken was picked off by Cory Porrino (sr. Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain) near midfield, but the play was nullified by a personal foul penalty on KU.  ESU capitalized, going 39 yards on 11 plays to set up Knauss' 44 yard field goal and a 13-0 lead four seconds before halftime.

Kutztown got the offense going on its third drive of the second half. Wilson's 41-yard run set up what looked to be a Martin TD run, but an illegal block below the waist nullified the TD.  KU had to settle for Dineen's 23-yard field goal, making it 13-3 with 1:30 left in the third.

ESU quickly retook control. A 46-yard hookup from Roken to Sam Shuman set up Reider's 1-yard run on the fourth play of the final quarter.

After a KU punt, Drew Stem finished off a stellar day of punt returns.  His 37-yard return gave him 108 on seven returns, and gave the Warriors the ball at midfield.  Nine plays later, Johnson went in from 6 yards out to make it 27-6. 

Kutztown will return home next week for homecoming to face Millersville.  Kickoff is set for 1:05 p.m. at University Field.