Staten Island, N.Y. - Saint Francis University marched into one of the five boroughs of New York City and spoiled Wagner College's Senior Day by putting up a season high 429 total yards of offense en route to a 23-20 victory, their second on the season. Senior kicker Adam Sciulli (Pittsburgh, Pa/Central Catholic) (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) not only drilled the game winning 29-yard field goal, but sent a career high and SFU's 4th longest field goal through the pipes with a 43-yard toe in the first quarter.

Freshman linebacker Scott Lewis (South Fork, PA/Bishop McCourt) (South Fork, Pa./Bishop McCort) finished with 14 tackles, 0.5 TFL and a fumble recovery on the third play of the game. Lewis is now just 19 tackles shy of breaking the Red Flash record for tackles in a season. He has 119 total tackles thus far in 2007. And most notably, sophomore running back Calvin Williams (Cleveland, Ohio/South High School) (Cleveland, Ohio/South) fronted the brunt of the offensive load, rushing for a career and SFU season high 159 total yards on 35 carries. Williams' 35 rushes places him 6th all-time in Red Flash history for attempts in a game. Freshman running back Jude Yearwood (Elkridge, Md./Howard) (Elkridge, Md./Howard) followed suit late in the fourth quarter when he sprinted for a 73-yard touchdown play, but was later wiped out after a penalty. Yearwood's valiant run set up Sciulli's winning three-pointer for Saint Francis' second conference victory on the season.

A couple more defensive notes include sophomore defensive lineman Russel Fisher (Kailua, Hawaii/Mid-Pac Institute)'s (Kailua, Hawaii/Mid Pac Institute) first career interception off the hands of Seahawks' field general junior Matt Abbey early in the third quarter as well as junior cornerback Rickey Williamson (Waldorf, Md/Crosslands)'s (Waldorf, Md./Crosslands) three pass break-ups. Williamson busted up two passing plays during Wagner's final march of the game, preventing any hopes of the Seahawks mounting a victory.

The Red Flash won the coin toss but deferred to Wagner College in an attempt to keep their stingy defense off the field. Luckily for Saint Francis, the decision paid off as the cold got to WC's junior center Riley Salinger. On Wagner's first drive, Salinger's snap sailed over the head of WC quarterback Matt Abbey, and then promptly recovered by freshman sensation Scott Lewis (South Fork, PA/Bishop McCourt) on the Seahawks' 20-yard line. The offense was spearheaded by Calvin Williams (Cleveland, Ohio/South High School) after the turnover on 4 attempts, but Sciulli had to come on and capitalize on the fumble recovery, sending a 25-yard try through the uprights at 11:05 to give the Flash the preliminary 3-0 lead.

After a 73-yard kick return by Al Phillips down to the SFU 21-yard line, a holding penalty by freshman Stefen Gage negated the fine run and brought the ball all the way back to the Seahawks' 25-yard line, giving way to a punt by senior Piotr Czech.

SFU regained tenure at their own 39-yard line at 9:07 of the first stanza. The Flash ran Williams four more times during their second drive, mixed in with four completions by sophomore quarterback George Little (Duquesne, Pa./Duquesne) (Duquesne, Pa./Duquesne); the final catch coming off a 26-yard touchdown catch from NEC leader in receiving yards, Antoine Rivera (Willingboro, NJ/Willingboro -BCIT) (Willingboro, N.J./Willingboro). The Flash went ahead 10-0 after a successful Sciulli extra try with 5:05 left in the first quarter.

The Flash defense forced a three-and-out after the Rivera score and SFU took over on their 14-hash mark. On 3rd and 8, Williams broke free on a 64-yard march; just one yard shy of this season's longest play. The impressive scamper from the sophomore set up a career-record field goal for Sciulli. The senior kicker lined up at the 33-yard line, and drilled a 43-yard three point boot. The field goal ties Sciulli for fourth longest in SFU history as well as Sciulli's longest field goal in his record-breaking career in Loretto. The score pushed the lead to 13-0 in favor of the Flash.

Wagner lit up the scoreboard for the first time in Saturday's contest as the first quarter terminated, when the Seahawks took over on their 41-yard line. The 8-play scoring drive was capped off by the NEC's leading rusher, Jason Butler, on a 30-yard touchdown scamper with 13:37 left in the second quarter.

Czech's touchback started the Flash out on their 20-yard line after Butler's score. Yet, the Flash didn't let Wagner's looming defense irk them, as SFU marched 80 yards on 11-plays. Little rolled out to his right, looking for Rivera, but ended up finding freshman Ryan Zarnich (Rochester, Pa./Rochester Area) (Rochester, Pa./Rochester Area) for his fourth career touchdown, giving the Flash a 20-7 advantage after Sciulli's tack with 7:43 to play in the first half. Zarnich has only six catches on the season, but has made four of them count for touchdowns.

Wagner ran three unsuccessful plays after an 18-yard completion to Joe Kinard, setting up a Northeast Conference record field goal off the toe of senior placekicker Piotr Czech. The new NEC record, a 56-yard bomb with plenty of room to spare, cut into SFU's lead, turning it into a 20-10 affair with Saint Francis taking over with 6:32 left in the second. Saint Francis couldn't convert and gave way to another Czech field goal at the 2:25 mark; this time Czech split the uprights from 34 yards out. Czech's second field goal would conclude the scoring for the first half with the count set at 20-13 in favor of Saint Francis.

SFU took the opening kickoff of the second half to the Saint Francis 25-yard line, but a muffed handoff exchange between Little and Williams gave the Seahawks the ball on the Flash's 39. WC's drive saw an interesting turn of events after Russel Fisher (Kailua, Hawaii/Mid-Pac Institute) picked off Abbey at the SFU 26-yard line. Fisher bulldozed his way down to the Wagner 32-stripe, but Jason Butler stripped the ball away from the defender and pounced on the ball himself. After the outlandish play, Wagner went 71 yards on 8 plays to tie the game at 20-20 as junior QB found wide receiver Lon Woods for the 29-yard touchdown connection at 8:18 of the third. The third quarter would close out with that same count.

The fourth quarter started with a 2nd and 9 situation for the Flash at Wagner's 34-yard line. Williams carried the ball 6 times, and on the sixth run he was stuffed by Jason Haskins and Jowan Thornton on 4th and 1. Wagner took over on their own six-yard line, but went three and out, bringing Czech onto the field for a 42-yard hanging punt.

SFU ran two plays, starting on the enemy's 44-mark. Three plays into the drive, Little ran out of the pocket and did not see the pursuit by Bryan Brand, chasing him from behind. Brand forced the fumble and was recovered by Robert Brown at the Seahawks' 38-yard line. Luckily, no points came off the turnover for WC and a touchback punt left SFU with 80 yards to score.

Freshman running back Jude Yearwood (Elkridge, Md./Howard) (Elkridge, Md./Howard) put his head down and bullied his way through the line, breaking free for what would have been a 73-yard touchdown scoring run a couple plays later. Yet, an illegal block in the back by Antoine Rivera (Willingboro, NJ/Willingboro -BCIT) counteracted what would have been the Flash's longest play all season. The ball was then marked on SFU's 17-yard marker. On 4th and 5 with 1:18 left to play, Sciulli came on for a 29-yard go-ahead field goal. He converted the game winning field goal, capping off the 6 play, 68 yard drive.

It's worth noting in Wagner's final attempt, cornerback Rickey Williamson (Waldorf, Md/Crosslands) stood tall and made two valiant pass break-ups, flattening any chances the Seahawks were to dream up of a comeback.

Saint Francis (2-7, 2-4) earned their second win of the season, and second in the conference, by rolling up a season high 429 yards of total offense. The defense stood tall, too, by holding the nation's fifth leading rusher, Jason Butler, to only 122 total yards on the ground. Saint Francis will travel to Philadelphia, Pa. for the season finale when they take on the LaSalle Explorers at 1pm on Saturday, November 17.