Brady Olson found Donnie Marcus with a 30-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter to lift Central Connecticut State to a 21-17 victory over Stonehill to keep the Blue Devils in contention for a Northeastern Conference title. The Blue Devils are now tied with Robert Morris, which lost to Duquesne 31-6 Saturday, with a 4-1 league record.
NORTH EASTON, Mass. — Brady Olson found Donnie Marcus with a 30-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter to lift Central Connecticut State to a 21-17 victory over Stonehill on Saturday to keep the Blue Devils in contention for a Northeastern Conference title.
The Blue Devils are now tied with Robert Morris, which lost to Duquesne 31-6 Saturday, with a 4-1 league record. The Dukes are alone in first place at 5-0. Central Connecticut hosts the Colonials on Saturday followed by Duquesne in the regular-season finale a week later. Ricky Ortega scored from the 1 in the first quarter and after Danny Hurley kicked a 49-yard field goal to get Stonehill on the board, Elijah Howard capped a15-play, 73-yard drive, carrying the final eight yards for the touchdown. But Stonehill came up with a goal-line stand as time expired in the half, standing Olson up at the goal line as time expired, forcing a fumble in the process.
The Skyhawks stormed back to take the lead in the third quarter behind a pair of touchdown passes by Jack O’Connell — firing 15 yards to Jake Newsham, then 14 yards to Chase Miller — to take a 17-14 lead going into the fourth quarter.Ewers’ 5 TD passes lead No. 5 Texas in 49-17 rout of struggling FloridaHoward finished with 70 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries to lead the Blue Devils. Olson was 10-of-16 passing for 110 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
O’Connell was 11-of-20 passing for 166 yards and two touchdowns with an interception. The Skyhawks managed just 75 yards rushing on 28 attempts.
Connecticut CT State Wire MA State Wire Elijah Howard Sports Dan Hurley Chase Miller Brady Olson Duquesne Dukes
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Olson throws 3 touchdown passes in 38-20 Central Connecticut win over MercyhurstBrady Olson threw three touchdown passes, Elijah Howard ran for 169 yards and Central Connecticut rode a big lead to beat Mercyhurst 38-20 on Saturday. Mercyhurst scored first but the Blue Devils took the lead for good on Olson’s first of two touchdown passes to Paul Marsh Jr.
Read more »
Saunier scores twice and Dartmouth rallies for 20-16 win over Central Connecticut to remain unbeatenGrayson Saunier scored twice on short runs including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter and undefeated Dartmouth held on for a 20-16 win over Central Connecticut on Saturday.
Read more »
Gophers women's hoops blows out Central Connecticut State in season openerMinnesota handeled the Blue Devils to tip off its 2024-25 campaign.
Read more »
Perrantes passes for 412 yards and 5 TDs as Duquesne beats Stonehill 48-34Darius Perrantes was 25-of-34 passing for 412 yards and five touchdowns and John Erby had eight receptions for 138 yards and two TDs to help Duquesne beat Stonehill 48-34. JaMario Clements had 108 yards rushing and a touchdown on 20 carries for Duquesne (5-2, 3-0 Northeastern Conference). Joey Isabella added 118 yards receiving and a touchdown.
Read more »
Ethan Greenwood rushes for 184 yards as Long Island University beats Stonehill for its first victoryQuarterback Ethan Greenwood rushed for 184 yards and a touchdown, and he added a touchdown passing as Long Island University beat Stonehill 31-7 for its first victory of the season. Long Island (1-6, 1-1 Northeast Conference), which lost its season finale against Stonehill last season, won for the first time since topping Wagner 49-14 on Nov.
Read more »
Connecticut deals with more than 100 brush fires as historic drought persists: officialsBrush fire burns in central Connecticut
Read more »