Mansfield Beats Princeton – Seniors Shine on Senior Day

MANSFIELD – Seniors Jeremy Estremera, Mike Maniscalco and Roland Miller combined for five touchdowns to lead Mansfield to a 67-0 Senior Day win over Princeton in a CSFL contest Saturday afternoon at Karl Van Norman Field.

Mansfield, which led 14-0 at halftime, exploited numerous Princeton turnovers in exploding for 53 second half points.

Nine graduating seniors, Tim Carr, Estremera, Jared Green, Maniscalco, Anthony Mazzone, Brendan McDermott, Roland Miller, Kyle Sadler all played significant roles in the win with fellow senior and starting middle linebacker Christian Sookdeo sidelined with an injury.

Mansfield racked up a season-high 546 yards in total offense and recorded the program's first shutout since blanketing Post 34-0 on Senior Day in 2011.

Maniscalco played just the first three quarters but passed for more than 250 yards for the third straight week, completing 16-of-34 passes for 268-yards and two touchdowns. He also ran the ball eight times for 41-yards and a touchdown.

Estremera, who already holds the MU career receiving yardage record for sprint football, become the all-time sprint football rushing leader after running for 78-yards on 15 carries including touchdowns of 2, 3 and 8 yards. He also caught two passes for 43 yards.

Estremera capped off a 49-yard drive with an 8-yard run for the Mountaineer's first score of the day with just under five minutes to play in the first quarter.

On its next possession, Mansfield drove 76-yards on seven plays cumulating with Eddie Larcom pulling in a 5-yard touchdown pass from Maniscalco with a second remaining in the first quarter.

The Mountaineers struggled to finish drives in the second quarter, turning the ball over inside the Princeton 30 three times on downs. A fumble as time expired ended the half on the Tigers 12 yard line.

The second half proved to be a different game with Mansfield scoring on eight of its 10 possessions.

Mansfield took the opening kickoff of the second half and drove 46 yards in eight-plays with Estremera scoring from two yards out to extend the lead to 21-0.

A little over two minutes later, the Mountaineers would strike again with Maniscalco capping-off a 31 yard dive with a 10-yard run giving Mansfield a 28-0 lead with 8:01 to play in the third quarter.

Mansfield scored on a safety later in the quarter when Princeton stepped out of the endzone. The Mountaineers added another touchdown taking the free kick and marching 39 yards with Kurt Logan catching an 18-yard touchdown pass from Maniscalco for a 37-0 Mansfield lead just before the end of the third quarter.

Mansfield scored five times in the fourth quarter on a 3-yard run by Estremera, a 23-yard fumble return by senior Roland Miller, an 11-yard touchdown run by Leron Strothers, a 22-yard field goal by Paul Harrison and a 13-yard run by Scott Conrade.

Mansfield held a 510-86 yard advantage in total offense and held Princeton to -3 yards rushing while running for a season-best 232 yards.

Scott Conrade ran for 65-yards and a touchdown on 11 carries and Leron Strothers picked up 43-yards on 12 carries.

Eddie Larcom led the receiving corps, catching seven passes for 93 yards and a touchdown. Kurt Logan and Joe Bucek each had three catches for a combined 85 yards. Harrison hit seven-of-eight PAT's along with the 22-yard field goal attempt.

Junior Spencer Underdown led the defense with six tackles and an interception with Brandon Pace being credited with five stops. Jonathan Badman, Richard Robinson and senior Jared Green all had interceptions.

Quarterback Chad Cowden completed 9-of-33 passes for 89 yards for Princeton but was intercepted four times. Patrick Yu had four catches for 45 yards Dan Paolillo recorded a game-high 10 tackles including a sack and 2.5 tackles-for-a-loss. Adam Grabowski had nine tackles.

The 67 points are the most scored by a Mansfield team since the inception of its sprint football program in 2008 and the 67 point win margin is the second-highest in the school's 123-year football history.
Mansfield will conclude the 2014 season when the Mountaineers travel to Cornell Friday night.