Sacred Heart Pioneers @ Central Connecticut Blue Devils

6-3, 1-3 NEC

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sacred Heart SHU	7	0	14	14	35
Cent Conn St CCSU	7	10	14	6	37

Central Connecticut Blue DevilsCent Conn StCCSU

2-7, 1-3 NEC

Groth's FG lifts Central Connecticut State over Sacred Heart

Nov 5, 2016, 03:45 pm

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- Ed Groth kicked a 35-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to lift Central Connecticut State over Sacred Heart 37-35 on Saturday.

Sacred Heart (6-3, 1/3 Northeast) led 35-34 with 1:28 left after RJ Noel hit Moses Webb on a 4-yard TD pass. Noel threw for three TDS and 263 yards.

Jacob Dolegala hit Jose Garcia for a 23-yard gain on the ensuing drive and Cameron Nash ran four yards to the 18 before the drive sputtered and Groth kicked the winner. Groth added a 29-yard field goal in the second quarter and a 39-yarder earlier in the fourth.

Dolegala threw for 328 yards, ran 4 yards for a score and hit Joey Fields on a 37-yard scoring strike to make it 31-21 Blue Devils (2-7, 1-3). Nash scored on a 2-yard run in the second quarter.

CCSU's Tymir Hinton picked off a pass and returned it 11 yards for a TD to open the scoring.

Game Information

New Britain, CT

FCS

Coastal Athletic Association	CONF	OVR
Rhode Island	8-0	11-3
Villanova	7-1	12-3
New Hampshire	6-2	8-5
Monmouth	6-2	9-3
William & Mary	6-2	7-5
Maine	5-3	6-6
Elon	4-4	6-6
Stony Brook	4-4	6-6
Towson	4-4	6-6
North Carolina A&T	2-6	2-10
Campbell	2-6	2-10
Bryant	1-7	3-9
UAlbany	1-7	2-10
Hampton	0-8	2-10

Northeast Conference	CONF	OVR
Central Connecticut	6-1	8-5
Duquesne	5-2	7-5
Mercyhurst	4-3	5-7
Long Island University	4-3	6-6
Wagner	4-3	5-7
Stonehill	3-4	4-8
Robert Morris	2-5	3-9
New Haven	0-0	5-5
Saint Francis	0-7	0-11

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