Hartwick Rolls Past Privateers in Season Opener

Hartwick Athletic Communications

Football | 9/3/2022 8:01:00 PM

ONEONTA, NY – The Hawks football program took to the field on Saturday afternoon in a non-conference matchup with the Maritime Privateers and picked up the 31-10 victory.
 
THE BASICS
 
  • Final Score:  Hartwick 31, Maritime 10
  • Location:  Oneonta, N.Y.
  • Records:  Hartwick (1-0), Maritime (0-1)
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
 
  • The two squads traded possessions in the first part of the first quarter, but it was the Hawks that got on the board first with a field goal by Nick Andrade (Shelton, Conn.) with 6:05 remaining in the 1st.
  • In the ensuing possession, Maritime marched down the field to the Hartwick 31 yard line seconds before the quarter expired.
  • Needing just one yard to get the first down to keep the drive alive, the Privateers elected to go for it on fourth down.
  • The Hawks defense stepped up as Jeremy Gerdvil (East Northport, N.Y.) and Tyler Norman (Hyde Park, N.Y.) brought down the Privateers quarterback for a nine yard sack.
  • After the turnover on downs, Hartwick picked up a huge 27 yard gain when Kyle Szokoli (Greenlawn, N.Y.) hit Nate Rath (Newport, N.Y) to jumpstart the drive.
  • From there, Carlvin McDonald (Central Islip, N.Y.) took over on the ground, picking up 33 straight rushing yards.  The last ten put him in the endzone to give the Hawks the 9-0 advantage.
  • Andrade converted the point after attempt, bringing the score to 10-0.
  • Unfortunately, the Privateers would capitalize on their next two drives, scoring a touchdown and field goal to knot the score at 10-10 heading into half time.
  • Maritime received the second half kick off and once again worked their way to just over the 50 into Hartwick territory. 
  • The Privateers opted to go for it on fourth down to keep the ball moving, but they would once again be hit with a nine yard sack, this time at the hands of linebacker Jules Pierre (West Babylon, N.Y.).
  • Starting their drive in Maritime territory, the Hawks once again looked to McDonald to get them down field.  The sophomore picked up 36 yards on the drive.
  • A ten yard pass from Szokoli to Justin LoBasso (Honesdale, Pa.) put Hartwick in the endzone.
  • After another converted point after attempt by Andrade, the Hawks would lead 17-10 with just over 8 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter.
  • Hartwick took over again after a three and out by the defense and once again found themselves in the endzone as McDonald punched in another from the 10 yard line.
  • The Hawks defense stifled another Privateer drive to give the ball back to their offense with 45 seconds remaining in the 3rd quarter.
  • McDonald capped off the scoring for the Hawks with his third touchdown of the game with 8:25 remaining in the contest.
  • Maritime tried to regain the momentum, but the Hartwick defense was up to the challenge, picking up two more huge sacks down the stretch.
  • Gerdvil picked up one of those two, while Chris Kenney (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) picked up the other.
  • All-in-all, the Hawks offense picked up 200 yards on the ground to go along with 96 through the air. 
  • McDonald ended the day with 173 yards rushing on 29 carries, while also picking up 21 yards on two receptions.
  • Rath collected 52 yards on four receptions.
  • Szokoli finished 8-17 for 96 yards through the air.
  • Defensively, the Hawks posted 10 tackles for losses totaling 44 yards. Gerdvil led the way posting 6 solo tackles and 5 assisted tackles with 3.5 of those coming as tackles for losses totaling 21 yards.
  • Bryan Grimes (Albany, N.Y.), Jake Ely (Fulton, N.Y.), and Richie Mercurio (Smithtown, N.Y.) each ended with 6 total tackles.
 
UP NEXT FOR THE HAWKS
 
The Hawks will look to defend their home field again next week as they host the King's College Monarchs out of Scranton, Pennsylvania for a 1 PM kickoff on Saturday, September 10.
 
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