THE BASICS:

• Final Score: Morrisville 56, Hartwick 28 (halftime: Morrisville 28-7)
• Location: Wright Stadium, Oneonta, N.Y.
• Records: Morrisville 4-4, Empire 8 2-2; Hartwick 1-7, 0-4 Empire 8

• Morrisville football collected their second straight Empire 8 league win Saturday afternoon as they toppled host Hartwick College by a 56-28 final score.
• Morrisville controlled the tempo of the contest from the get go, outscoring the hosts 21-0 in the opening quarter, before adding another score in the second for the 28-7 halftime lead.
• A four touchdown third quarter for the Mustangs put the game out of reach for the hosts, who were able to sneak in three total in the second half.
• Morrisville collected 532 yards total offense in the contest, 201 coming in the running game as senior Kinsey Williams (Rome, N.Y.) posted a team high 83 net yards, to go along with his two rushing scores.
• Sterling Fitz-Henley (Brentwood, N.Y.) added 48 yards on four carries, and Mike Cirasuolo (Marcy, N.Y.) 45 more on 12 attempts.
• Bill Flatow (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) connected on 14-of-21 passes for the Mustangs, recording 206 yards and four touchdown scores.
• Freshman Steven Frerichs (Wilson, N.Y.) also saw time under center, connecting on 2-of-5 attempts for 125 yards and a score.
• Senior Jermaine Cooper (New York, N.Y.) pulled in six receptions to lead the Mustangs with 99 yards and two scores, while Justin Adams (West Babylon, N.Y.) added a single game high 88 yards on one catch for a touchdown.
• Williams added 52 yards receiving to his offensive tallies, with tight end Adam Abdullah (Bronx, N.Y.) adding 37 yards on his one reception.
• Defensively, the Mustangs had a field day forcing six total Hawk turnovers that included two fumbles and four interceptions.
• Mike Bodnar (Miller Place, N.Y.) posted a team best 10 tackles, eight solo, while fellow teammate Ernesto Mitchell (Wheatley Heights, N.Y.) added a seven stop effort.
• Joe Miller-LaBar (Groton, N.Y.) also collected seven stops, but picked off Hartwick's Grant Harmon, for the 18-yard interception return.
• Jose Garcia (New York, N.Y.) also added an interception to go along with his six tackles.
• Fellow safety Nash Nelson (Bemus Point, N.Y.) posted a collegiate best two interceptions, returning the picks a total eight yards.
• Harman led the Hartwick offense to a total 437 yards offense on the day, completing 29-of-55 attempts for a total 327 yards passing.
• Davien Kuinlan collected 102 net yards and two rushing scores in the ground game for the Hawks, with Jack Steinman posting a game high 160 yards receiving on 10 attempts. Steinman also posted two touchdowns.
• Hartwick elected to receive after winning the opening toss and following a series of plays, found themselves scrambling as the snap for the punt sailed high and turned the ball over to the Mustangs on the home 41-yard line to start their drive.
• Morrisville took to the air on their first play of their opening drive, as Flatow connected with Cooper for a 40-yard gain before hitting Toure' Hall Jr. (Stratford, Conn.) for the one-yard score.
• Just one play later, Miller-LaBar picked off Harman and returned the ball 18 yards to the Hartwick 14, where in one strike Flatow hit Cooper for the 14-yard scoring pass play, and a 14-0 Morrisville lead.
• Hartwick was able to put together a complete drive on their ensuing possession, but the Mustangs forced the punt after limiting the Hawks to just 31 yards in their seven play attempt.
• Morrisville hit the running game full force on their ensuing possession, and Williams picked up a 28-yard gain before completing the 81-yard drive with a seven-yard pound forward for the rushing touchdown score and three possession lead.
• Following the kick-off that pinned the Hawks down to their own four, Hartwick maintained a long possession that took 19 plays, but found the scoreboard after a one-yard scoring run on the 96-yard drive midway through the second.
• Late in the quarter, Morrisville put together their fourth scoring drive of the contest, kicked off by a 14-yard completion from Flatow to Hall, followed by a 52-yard pass play to Williams. Flatow then hit Parrish Durham (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) for the 18-yard slant score and 28-7 Mustang lead.
• Morrisville opened the second half with the ball and ate up over four minutes of time off the clock, capping off a 10-play, 69-yard drive with a one-yard rushing score from Williams, his second of the game, before regaining possession moments later as Hartwick coughed up the ball on the kick-off and Shawn Pierson (Poland, N.Y.) recovered the fumble.
• The turnover proved costly, as Morrisville added to their lead with a second Flatow to Cooper strike, this time from five-yards out, to extend the lead to a 42-7 advantage.
• Morrisville collected another score not even three minutes later, this time at the direction of Frerichs, who on his first attempt hit Abdullah for a 37-yard gain. Cirasuolo capped off the drive with three straight carries, extending the lead to a six possession game.
• Hartwick got one back, but not before the Mustangs added another after at the 3:16 mark after Sage Thomas (Brooklyn, N.Y.) stripped the ball from Hartwick's kick returner, recovering the ball on the host 41 yard line.
• A Mustang turnover resulted in a Hartwick score early in the fourth, and the hosts added to their efforts with a second quarter touchdown, but it wasn't enough as Nelson picked off Harman on two consecutive Hawk drives to secure the win for the Mustangs.

• Morrisville returns to their home field for two straight battles to wrap up the regular season, the first next Saturday against St. John Fisher at 2 p.m.