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Date: October 23, 2004
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby football defeats Hamilton, 35-0

WATERVILLE, Maine --- Sophomore quarterback Justin Smith

(Rockland/Rockland, Mass.) threw for 253 yards and four touchdown passes to

lead Colby College to a 35-0 victory over Hamilton College in New England

Small College Athletic Conference football Saturday at Seaverns Field.

The Mules (3-2) are 3-0 at home this season and have allowed just six

points in those games. Colby has not allowed a touchdown in the last nine

quarters on Seaverns Field.

Senior wide receiver Steve Markesich (Weymouth/South Weymouth, Mass.)

caught seven balls for 131 yards and one touchdown for Colby. First-year

running back Chris Bashaw (Wachusett/Rutland, Mass.) had 80 yards of

rushing and sophomore Nial DeMena (Scarborough/Scarborough, Maine) had 70

yards on just 11 carries. Bashaw also caught two passes for 37 yards.

Colby's defense is allowing just 9.2 points per game after the shutout.

Wayne Harrington (Rockland/Rockland, Mass.), the NESCAC Defensive Player of

the Week last week, recovered two fumbles and brought one of the fumbles

back 3 yards for the Mules' final touchdown.

After a scoreless opening quarter, Smith hit fullback Chris Duncombe

(Madison/Athens, Maine) on a 5-yard scoring pass with 12:58 to

intermission. With just 34 seconds left to halftime, Smith struck again

when he found wide receiver Jon Vacca (St. Sebastian's School/Quincy,

Mass.) on a 16-yard scoring strike for a 14-0 lead.

Markesich helped the Mules go up 21-0 with an 11-yard touchdown catch with

10:12 left in the third quarter. Smith then all but put the game away with

a 25-yard scoring play to senior Michael Tomich (Kinkaid School/Houston,

Texas).

Harrington added his fumble recovery for touchdown with 9:25 left on a play

started by a strong hit by Colby's Mike Poplaski (St. John's Prep/North

Reading, Mass.).

Josh Berman (Lyndon Institute/Lyndon, Vt.) led all tacklers with 12 stops

and had one fumble recovery. Mike Civitello (Notre Dame/Hamden, Conn.)

added 10 tackles and one interception, while Steve Kasperski (Naperville

North/Naperville, Ill.) had eight tackles.

Hamilton (1-4) quarterback Brandon Holtslag (Whitesboro/Whitesboro, N.Y.)

had 110 yards rushing on 19 carries, but the Mules held him to just 28

yards of passing.