West Haven, Conn. (October 6) -- No. 6 ranked New Haven took advantage of five first-half turnovers by Assumption to build a 45-7 halftime lead over the Hounds, en route to a 65-7 victory on Saturday afternoon in Northeast-10 Conference action at DellaCamera Stadium. The all-time series is now even at 2-2.

New Haven took the opening kickoff down deep into the red zone before the Hounds forced a fumble at the one-yard line, which was recovered by junior Emanuel Riggins (Dorchester, Mass./Boston College HS). Assumption put together a drive that stalled out around midfield and on the punt attempt, the Chargers blocked the kick and had the ball in the red zone again. With 6:04 left in the opening quarter, quarterback Ronnie Nelson found an open Chris Ruffin for the 16-yard touchdown strike. On the ensuing kickoff, the Chargers forced another fumble and recovered the ball at the two-yard line. Just one play later, Mike DeCaro rushed to his right and was stopped, but reversed field and ran to the left pylon for the touchdown. The extra-point attempt was wide and the Chargers jumped out to the 13-0 lead.

New Haven added to the lead with a 35-yard field goal from Chris Scifo to make it a 16-0 score late in the first quarter. On the ensuing Assumption drive, a pass attempt by junior Bobby Jordan (Cromwell, Conn./Cromwell) was deflected and then intercepted, giving the Chargers three forced turnovers in the first period. The Chargers converted this one as well as Nelson found Jason Thompson open in the back right corner of the end zone to make it a 23-0 score after one period.

The Hounds got on the board less than four minutes into the second as Jordan found Neil Harrington (Bridgewater, Mass/Bridgewater-Raynham) on the left side around the three-yard line and Harrington scampered in for his first touchdown of the season to cut the lead down to 23-7 with 11:06 left in the first half.

On the next drive, New Haven used a 34-yard pass to Demetrius Washington-Ellison to get into Greyhound territory. Capping the eight-play, 75-yard drive with 6:44 left in the first half was a nine-yard touchdown catch across the middle by Josh Smart for New Haven. The Chargers added the two-point conversion to extend the lead to 31-7 late in the period. The Hounds drove into New Haven territory in the final minutes of the half, but Jordan was picked off in the end zone with 3:21 left in the second. The Chargers took advantage of that turnover as well, taking the ball 75 yards in just 1:29 for the 38-7 lead following a 48-yard touchdown pass to Thompson. Thompson caught the ball short, dodged a tackle and tip toed up the near sideline for his second touchdown of the day.

On the final drive of the first half, the Hounds punted to near midfield but gave the Chargers the ball at the 16-yard line after a pair of 15-yard personal foul penalties. New Haven converted again as DeCaro caught a pass to the left side and dove just inside the left pylon for a 45-7 halftime advantage.

New Haven converted its first drive of the second half as Washington-Elllison pulled down an eight-yard touchdown reception to extend the lead to 52-7, which it would stay at thru three quarters. The Chargers converted on the first play of the fourth quarter though as Anthony Tillman scampered left and into the end zone from two yards out for the 59-7 margin with 14:54 left in the game.

The Chargers closed out the scoring with 2:44 left as Geo Santos recovered a fumble by Gabe Homiski (Preston, Conn./Norwich Free Academy) and took the ball 66 yards for the 65-7 final.

Sophomore Devon Barrett (North Wales, Pa./Lansdale Catholic) led the Hounds with 14 tackles in the game.

With the loss, Assumption falls to 1-5 on the season and 1-4 in Northeast-10 play, while New Haven remains unbeaten at 5-0 overall and 4-0 in the league.

Assumption is idle next Saturday before returning to action on Friday, October 19th as the Hounds travel to Southern Connecticut for a 7 p.m. start at Jess Dow Field.

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