NEWTON, MA – Junior quarterback
Nick Martin (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) went 14-for-27 for 198 yards and threw four touchdown passes while running for a fifth to lead the Utica College football team to a 42-12 non-conference win over Mount Ida College earlier today. Utica improves to 4-1 on the season with their second straight victory.
Martin helped the Pioneers to an early 6-0 lead when he hooked up with senior running back
Paul Hart (Whitesboro, NY/Oriskany) on a one-yard scoring toss less than four minutes into the game. Mount Ida managed the game's next score as senior wide receiver Corey Doe (Roxbury, MA/Charlestown) ran 62 yards for a touchdown with just under two minutes to play in the first quarter. The ensuing point after attempt was missed and Utica retained a 7-6 lead.
The Pioneers pulled away from there, scoring 28 unanswered points behind the arm and legs of Martin. Martin connected with sophomore running back
Mike Capra (Schenectady, NY/Schenectady) midway through the second quarter on a 14-yard touchdown pass and also tossed a 32-yard scoring pass to sophomore wide receiver Anwaar Muhammad with just 15 seconds left in the first half. Utica led 21-6 at the half.
The Pioneers added a pair of scores in the third quarter. Martin threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver
John Slopnick (Mohawk, NY/Mohawk) with 12:04 left in the period. Later, Martin called his own number with a one-yard touchdown scamper with 3:33 to go in the quarter as Utica took a 35-6 lead.
Doe scored his second touchdown of the game on a 24-yard run in the fourth quarter before Pioneer senior running back
Chad Clark (Cambridge, NY/Cambridge) added the final score of the game with a one-yard touchdown run in the closing minutes of the game.
Capra ran for 119 yards on 17 carries to lead the Pioneers on the ground while sophomore wide receiver
Andrew Casullo (Little Falls, NY/Little Falls) led Utica with 86 receiving yards on just three catches including a long catch of 37 yards. The Pioneers outgained Mount Ida 419-189 in total net yards.
Next up for the Pioneers is an Empire 8 contest at Alfred University at 1:00 pm on October 15.
