CCSU edges out Wagner

Romelo Williams threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score and Central Connecticut opened Northeast Conference play with a 21-19 win over Wagner on Saturday in New York.

Wagner (0-2, 0-1) jumped out to a 10-0 lead on Naiem Simmons’ 5-yard TD run in the first quarter and Austin Hosier’s 18-yard field with 6 minutes left in the second quarter.

The Blue Devils (1-1, 1-0) didn’t get on the scoreboard until the final play of the first half when Williams hit Jiovany Pierre with a 6-yard scoring strike to cut the deficit to 10-7.

Hosier stretched the Seahawks’ lead to 13-7 with a 38-yard field goal at the 9:23 mark of the third quarter. Williams answered on the ensuing possession, capping a five-play, 70-yard drive with a 1-yard TD run and a 14-13 lead. Williams stretched the Blue Devils’ lead to 21-13 with 11:01 left in the game, needing just four plays to go 70 yards, culminating with a 34-yard scoring strike to Everett Wormley.

Jaalon Frazier pulled Wagner within 21-19 with 5:34 left to play on an 18-yard TD pass to Jayvin Little, but the two-point try failed. Hosier missed a 43-yard go-ahead field goal try for the Seahawks with 1:11 remaining.

Stonehill 54, SCSU 21: At Easton, Mass., the Skyhawks set the tone early with a 20-0 lead and Justin Felder ran for 188 yards and five touchdowns as Stonehill cruised to its non-conference win.

Southern got on the scoreboard when quarterback Jackson Ostrowsky scored on a 2-yard run with 7:51 to go in the second quarter to cut the lead to 20-7.

Ostrowsky threw for 271 yards and a touchdown and Tylon Pappalo had five receptions for 123 yards and a touchdown for the Owls who fall to 1-1.

Albright College 33, WestConn 28: At Danbury, Matt Forti registered a game-high 11 tackles and freshman quarterback John Giller threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns, but Western Connecticut State fell to 1-1 on the season.

Giller completed 23-of-32 passes, but it was an interception on the closing drive, at the Lions three yard line by Armo Jefferson, that put the game away for Albright, with 16 seconds remaining. Giller's touchdowns came from 25 and 17 yards out.

Albright quarterback Todd Shelley completed 18 of 29 passes for 246 yards, tossed three TDs and was picked off once. His primary target was Malik Bootman, who finished with seven catches for 107 yards and scores from 21 and 12 yards, respectively.

Curry 21, Coast Guard 18: at Milton, Mass., Cameron Cruz's 20-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter helped seal the non-conference win for Curry.

For Coast Guard (1-1), quarterback Tafari Wall threw a pair of touchdowns, but was intercepted four times. Damaso Jaime finished with 100 yards receiving on eight catches.