HIGHLIGHTS: Football opens 2021 season against NCAA Division I Merrimack

40 yard line the 41. quick play and it's blown up in the backfield it was a swing pass [Applause] out to jalani mason that's lake and here he is taking his first collegiate snap in the shotgun quick pass to his running back it's vincent wagner who's got some room to run and wagner will find his way into merrimack territory a big gain for the hawks on first down [Applause] elliott takes the snap looks left and he's going to be sacked big play by number 97 in the middle brandon hudgens six foot 270 and weston elliot felt all of that bear hug of a sack here in front about themselves right now looking to strike first it's handed to brihan and he'll be stuffed short of the first down marker so give the saint anselm defense some credit they held up handoff here goes to moals and he is dropped after a gain of about two looked like he might have a hole there for a moment but quickly was taken down first play of the second quarter and it's another fourth down stop for saint anselm's defense [Applause] merrimack unable to convert on fourth down again now 0 for 2 and saint anselm will take over here near midfield quick looking slant again and burkhalter this time is able to bring it in they say and they're going five willoughby in the shotgun looking towards the sideline it's caught inside the 10-yard line by goda [Applause] throw is on point goto makes the catch elliott time this time steps up now elliot's going to run for it and the big hit in the middle of the field there the ball came out as the helmet popped off elliot as well and that's going to be a turnover but elliott took a shot we'll have to see if he's okay he pops right back up patrick carroll the freshman his first career field goal attempt and it goes so the first points of the 2021 campaign for saint anselm it's been a long time coming they haven't played a game since november of 2012 or excuse me november of 2019. elliot again throwing here on first feels the pressure and it's intercepted ryan sullivan's gonna take it all the way [Applause] ryan sullivan read that one like a book jumps in front of the westin elliott pass and takes it the distance first touchdown since november 16 2019 for saint anselm i want to do is come all this way and not take points again that was a ball out to the sideline not a lot of steam on it and clency was able to break it up again after they last scored here's elliott edge rush coming and he's taken down [Applause] it's blown up by jake nadew ocean behind the snap will be quick pass right to the sticks and it's just secured by carson goda snap back a little outlet again to wagner out of the backfield and he picks up close to first down yardage in fact i do believe he's got it swing pass out to wagner he's got some room again after the first down he's going to get close to another about a couple yards short this time and if you take away the pick six they wouldn't have given up a touchdown the other end either just yet there's an outlet pass quickly caught by tj morgera willoughby now on the fresh set here's a handoff and still rumbling down the right side goes jc king his first opportunity of the afternoon and jc king making it work kind of a half back delay he faked like he was going to go out to the left gets the ball cuts back around the outside right and has this one inside the 10. just hand it to king again if i were them and that's exactly what they do king gets to the edge and king is into the end zone touchdown saint anselm for the second time today first time offensively and that looked like a pretty solid drive there from drew willoughby and company willoughby feeling some pressure quickly looks that direction wagner's got the catch on a slant he's got just about nine and a half yards so he'll be just short of that first down marker is yet another running back for merrimack well that's actually matt brihan back there right now so brihan will take the carry high snap handled and the handoff is given up to dawson who broke off the first tackle but then is quickly slowed up and they look to be well on their way that one is blocked it goes into and through the end zone so the extra point attempt is blocked by saint anselms the score will stay put at 41-16 willoughby to the middle of the field into traffic but going up and getting it is his intended target that's carson goda who he's found a few times today drops back looks towards the sideline again and this time he's on the marks move good connection with the ultimate goes right back that way they're levy here today in the middle he's made a big impact here's willoughby floating one towards the end zone oh what a pass and what a catch by anthony brown as willoughby finds brown that's the first career touchdown pass for drew willoughby as he finds anthony brown over the top

Channel: SaintAnselmAthletics

Views: 380

Rating: 5 out of 5

Keywords: Football, Merrimack College, NCAA Division II, Northeast-10 Conference, Saint Anselm College

Id: jPbTqleka6I

Length: 7min 4sec (424 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 07 2021