The Cards rush all over the Golden Eagels and move to #14

Cards 28, Goldne Eagles14

PITTSFORD, N.Y., October 9, 2005 — The St. John Fisher College football team improved to 5-1 overall, as the Cardinals, ranked 15th nationally, came through with a 28-14 win over visiting SUNY Brockport tonight in front of 3,244 fans at Fisher’s Growney Stadium.

Sophomore tailback James Reile (Herkimer/Herkimer) rushed for a career-high 240 yards on 35 carries and scored three touchdowns to the lead the Cardinals, while the Fisher defense shut Brockport out in the second half and gave up just 92 yards over the final 30 minutes. Fisher jumped out to a 21-0 lead. Reile scored on a career-long 66 yard run
midway through the first quarter, and Noah Fehrenbach (Marcus Whitman/Rushville) caught a five-yard touchdown pass from Nick Suchyna (St. Francis/Buffalo) with 2:24 left in the opening period. Riele scored his second touchdown of the day 30 seconds into the second quarter on a 34-yard run to put the Cardinals up 21-0, but the Golden Eagles rallied, scoring the game’s next 14 points.

After a scoreless third quarter, Reile scored his third and final touchdown with 6:44 left on a four-yard run. Brockport drove twice into Fisher territory in its final two possessions, but had its drives ended on downs and an interception from sophomore Steven Stepnick Iroquois/Cowlesville), his second of the game. Suchyna completed 16 of 23 passes for 166 yards, while Fehrenbach led all receivers with eight catches for 94 yards and one touchdown, and Reile snagged four passes for 59 yards. 2 Gene Lang (C.W. Baker/Baldwinsville) led the Fisher defense with 16 tackles, including two sacks, while Gavin Stackhouse (Ithaca/Spencer Van Etten) added 13 tackles and one sack. Senior captain Brandon Banks (Penfield/Penfield) tallied six tackles, while
classmate Matt Marshall (Fredonia/Fredonia) tallied six tackles and one pass breakup.

Running backs Craig Fitzpatrick (G. Ray Bodley/Fulton) and Geoff Gane
(North Tonawanda/North Tonawanda) combined to grab four passes for 13 yards and 15 yards on three carries. Stepnick, who moved into a tie for third all-time on the college’s careerinterceptions list (9), finished the evening with three tackles and two more pass break ups, and Scott Miranto (North Tonawanda/North Tonawanda) racked up four tackles for the Cardinals.

Sophomore kicker Kyle Piccirilli (Albion/Albion) went 4-for-4 in point after attempts, while averaging 39.5 yards per punt, including one punt inside the 20-yard line. Defensive linemen Greg Pyszczynski (West Seneca East/West Seneca) and Adrian Ivasic (Lake Catholic/Mentor, OH) each tallied tackles and one sack, while junior Shaun Isaacs (Adirondack/Forestport) posted three tackles and Micah Norton (Elmira Notre Dame/Lowman) had three tackles as well. Shawn Crandall (Pembroke/Corfu), Dan Reed (Cicero-North Syracuse/Clay), Michael Sefcik (Susan E. Wagner/Staten Island), Larry Frawley (Monsignore
Farell/Staten Island), Nick Terranova (St. Joseph’s Collegiate/Williamsville), Steve Flagler (Vernon-Verona Sherrill/Sherrill), and Matt Driscoll each made one tackle for a Fisher defense that forced the Golden Eagles to punt eight times. Fisher will return to action at 1 p.m. next Saturday and will host Norwich University in Empire 8 Conference action. Norwich handed the Cardinals their only loss of the regular season in 2004, with the win coming on a 34-yard touchdown pass with 58-
seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.