BRYANT FOOTBALL HOSTS ASSUMPTION SATURDAY
Kickoff At Bulldog Stadium is 1 p.m.
Date: Saturday, September 23, 2006
Time: 1:00 p.m. kickoff
Location: Smithfield, RI
Stadium: Bulldog Stadium (natural grass / 4,.400)
Radio: www.BryantBulldogs.com (John McCarthy play by play,
Patrick Sullivan color)
TV: www.NE10.tv
Series: Bryant leads 7-0
Last Meeting: Bryant 48-38 W at Worcester, Mass.
Coaches: Bryant - Marty Fine, 3rd year (13-9)
Assumption - Corey Bailey, 2nd year (7-13)
THIS WEEK
Bryant returns to action Saturday hosting Assumption
College for a 1 p.m. Northeast-10 Conference game at Bulldog
Stadium. Bryant (2-1, 2-1 NE-10) is coming off a 34-7
win over conference foe Merrimack College last Saturday on
Homecoming & Reunion Weekend at Bryant. Senior tailback
Lorenzo Perry (Providence, RI) had 233 yards rushing to lead the
Bulldogs. Assumption (2-1, 2-1 NE-10) won its second in-a-row
last Friday night, defeating Saint Anselm 26-23. This will be
the eighth meeting between Bryant and Assumption with the Bulldogs
winning all previous seven meetings. Saturday's game will be
broadcast live online with Free audio available courtesy of Stretch
Internet. Video broadcast of the game can be found at
NE10.tv. John McCarthy calls the action with Bryant junior
Patrick Sullivan providing the color commentary. Bryant is
2-0 at home this year and have won seven-straight at Bulldog
Stadium dating back to last season.
PERRY DELIGHTS HOMECOMING FANS WITH A DAZZLING 233
YARDS
Behind the elusive running of senior
tailback Lorenzo Perry the Bulldogs rolled to a 34-7 win over
visiting Merrimack College last Saturday before a homecoming crowd
of 4,854 at a sun-drenched Bulldog Stadium. Perry rushed for
233 yards on 21 carries, the fourth-best single-game rushing
performance in school history.
Leading 14-7 at the half, Bryant stretched its
lead to 21-7 thanks to a 74 yard interception return for a
touchdown by junior safety Chris Wolhlheter (Newark, OH).
Wohlheter, who had a 75-yard interception return in the season
opener against Southern Connecticut, picked off a Warrior pass
early in the third quarter and made several nifty moves down the
Bryant sideline for the score. From there, it was all
Bulldogs as Perry scored on a six-yard run to cap a 7-play, 99-yard
drive by Bryant to make it 27-7 and would add another 10-yard
touchdown score early in the fourth.
Charles Granatell (Franklin Lakes, NJ) was
12 for 17 passing for 131 yards and had two touchdown
passes.
The Bulldogs struck first as Granatell
found Joey Brito (Pawtucket, RI) on the third play of the Bulldogs
second drive of the game for a short completion. But Brito was able
to turn the corner and break free down the Merrimack sideline for a
49-yard score.
Merrimack would answer right back as
Mike Young scored from a yard out to cap a 7-play drive for the
Warriors and tie the game at 7-7 with 8:18 left in the first.
Young, who had 94 yards on 19 carries in the game, carried the ball
four times on the scoring drive. However, that would be all
the scoring on the day for the Warriors as the Bryant defense
limited Merrimack to 319 yards of total offense including 150 yards
on the ground.
Chris Arnold (Wyckoff, NJ) had four
catches for 33 yards for the Bulldogs, including a 10-yard
touchdown reception from Granatell with only six seconds left
before halftime, giving the Bulldogs a lead they would not
relinquish.
THE BULLDOGS VS. GREYHOUNDS
This will be the eighth meeting all-time
between Bryant and Assumption with the Bulldogs winning all seven
games in the series dating back to 1999 - Bryant's first varsity
season. Last year's matchup turned into an offensive
shootout with Lorenzo Perry rushing for a 221 yards and three
touchdowns in Bryant's 48-38 win in Worcester, Mass.
Assumption's last visit to Smithfield, RI was back in 2004
that saw Bryant roll to a 24-6 win on a rainy Homecoming.
All-Time Series History
Year Location Result
1999 Worcester, MA 20-13 W
2000 Smithfield, RI 49-13 W
2001 Worcester, MA 52-36 W
2002 Smithfield,RI 43-28 W
2003 Worcester, MA 33-6 W
2004 Smithfield,RI 24-6 W
2005 Worcester, MA 48-38 W
THE GREYHOUNDS OF ASSUMPTION COLLEGE
Assumption, under the direction of second-year coach Corey
Bailey,
brings a two-game win streak into Saturday's game with the Bulldogs
thanks to wins over Stonehill (16-3) and Saint Anselm
(26-23). Last week against the Hawks, senior running back
Kevin L'Ecuyer rushed for a career-high 105 yards on 32 carries and
had a pair of touchdown for the Greyhounds. L'Ecuyer has 273
yards rushing in three games this season for a 91.0 yards per game
average. Saint Anselm led 10-6 but three-yard touchdown run
by L'Ecuyer put the hosts ahead for good with 2:45 left before
halftime. Quarterback Joe Correia has completed 46 of 89
passes for 582 yards and has thrown four interceptions. Jake
Longnecker has been his primary target, catching 14 passes for 181
yards.
BRYANT'S GOLDEN BOY
Senior tailback Lorenzo Perry was named the Northeast-10
Conference Offensive Player of the Week back on Sept. 5 after
rushing for 190 yards and four touchdowns in the Bulldogs' win over
Southern Connecticut in the season-opener. In addition, Perry was
named the Boston Globe Gold Helmet winner as the Division II Player
of the Week in New England by the New England College Football
Writers. Perry is the first football player at Bryant to win
the Gold Helmet Award.
WOHLHETER MAKES LIKE A RECEIVER
Although he lines up on the defensive side of the field, free
safety Chris Wohlheter of Newark, Ohio has looked more like a
receiver for the Bulldogs. Wohlheter, the conference
defensive player of the week back in Week 1 thanks to a
school-record 75-yard interception return against Southern
Connecticut, had a repeat performance last Saturday against
Merrimack. The junior picked off a Colin Temple pass and
returned it 74 yards only this time found the end zone, giving
Bryant a 21-7 lead in the third quarter.
2006 Northeast-10 Preseason Coaches Poll
Team Points Record This year
1. LIU / C.W. Post (6) 96 10-3,
8-1
2. Southern Conn. (2) 88 8-3, 7-2
49-7 W
3. Bentley (1) 79 7-3,
7-2
4. Bryant 71 7-3, 6-3
5. American Int'l 58 5-4, 5-4
7-20 L
6. Merrimack 43 4-6, 3-6
34-7 W
7. Pace
(1)
37 3-7, 2-7
8. Stonehill 35 4-6,
4-5
9. Assumption 30 4-6, 3-6
10. Saint Anselm 13 1-9, 0-9
NOTABLES
* Bryant is 10 for 12 (83.3 percent) when inside the
opponents red zone (20 yard line). The Bulldogs scored all
six times inside the Southern Connecticut 20 and once in week two
against AIC. Last week, Bryant came away with points on 3 of
5 trips inside the Merrimack redzone. Last year, Bryant's red-zone
defense was third-best in the conference, holding opponents
scoreless 11 times when in the red-zone (26 for 37). This
year, the Bulldog defense has allowed only five opponent scores on
10 trips inside the Bryant 20.
* Lorenzo Perry has 1890 yards rushing in two-plus
seasons after 190 vs. Southern Connecticut, 132 vs. AIC and 233 vs.
Merrimack ... Perry rushed for 1,335 yards in
‘05. .... Perry became Bryant's all-time rushing
touchdown leader with his 21st career TD vs. AIC ... He now has
23 ... Senior Justin Kix (7 career) needs seven touchdown
receptions to pass Adam Ewing for the all-time record.
Ewing had 13 from 1999-03.
*Bryant has won seven-straight at home dating back to last seasons
5-0 record in 2005 at Bulldog Stadium.
*Bryant has held opponents scoreless in the third quarter in three
games this season and have allowed only six points in the second
quarter. Alternatively, Bryant's second (28) and third (27)
quarters have been the most productive.
* Bryant has yet to attempt a field goal.
BULLDOGS DRAW A CROWD:
Bryant has led the Northeast-10 Conference in attendance in five of
the last six seasons including 2005. In five games last season (all
wins), Bryant averaged 2,799 fans. This year, Bryant is
averaging 4,353 fans after two games including 4,854 last week for
homecoming under beautiful, sunny skies in Smithfield.
2005 NE-10 rankings by average attendance:
1. BRYANT 2,799
2. Bentley 2,361
3. CW Post 1,895
4. Merrimack 1,885
5. So. Conn. 1,794
6. Stonehill 1,494
7. Assumption 1,438
8. Pace 1,202
9. St. Anselm 1,028
10. AIC 772
