Hawks stomped by Cadets

Leicester, Mass. – Norwich University rushed for 557 yards and Kyle Marzeoti (Billerica, Mass.) scored three touchdowns as the Cadets defeated the Becker College Hawks 64-7 in Eastern Collegiate Football Conference action today at Alumni Field.

Norwich picks up their first conference win and improves to 4-1 (1-1 ECFC) while Becker drops to 1-4 (1-1 ECFC).

Norwich dominated the first half, outrushing the Hawks 298 yards to 29 yards. The Cadets also had 12 first downs to 3, all with the Hawks leading in time of possession 16:36 minutes to 13:24.

Norwich scored on their third play from scrimmage on quarterback Kris Sabourin's (Georgia, VT) 67 yard rushing touchdown for a 6-0 lead.  On the ensuing Hawks possession the Cadets' Mike Ohrenberger (Framingham, Mass.) recovered a Becker fumble at the 19 yard line and quickly made the game 14-0 on another Sabourin rushing touchdown. With a Kyle Marzeoti (Billerica, Mass.) 1 yard run the score was 21-0 at the end of first quarter.

Norwich added 10 points in the second half on a Long Ding (Franklin, Mass.) 29 yard field goal and a Andrew Fulford (Gloucester, Mass.) 5 yard run. Sabourin's day only lasted one half he finished with 133 yards rushing, 2 touchdowns.

Becker tipped the scoreboard in the second half, quarterback William Ramirez (Bethel, Conn.) hit wide receiver Daniel Ramos (Winthrop, Mass.) in the end zone for a 24-yard score to cut the lead to 38-7.

Norwich running back Danny Triplett (Haverhill, Mass.) scored the games next two touchdowns to make the game 51-7.  Marzeoti scored his second TD of the game with a 24 yard run to increase the score to 57-7.