Box Score

Salisbury, N.C.----Wingate University redshirt senior quarterback Cody Haffly (Locust Grove, Ga.) completed 20-of-31 passes for 321 yards and four touchdowns as the Bulldogs earned a wild 51-41 South Atlantic Conference victory over host Catawba College Saturday afternoon at Shuford Stadium and Kirkland Field. The two teams combined for 920 yards total offense.
 
With the victory, the Bulldogs improve to 5-3 overall and 4-1 in the SAC. With Mars Hill’s 51-31 setback to Lenoir-Rhyne, three teams have one SAC loss each. The Catawba Indians fall to 2-6 overall and 1-4 in the SAC. Wingate’s 51 points are the second-most for the modern-day Bulldogs in the Catawba series. Wingate defeated host Catawba 61-55 on Nov. 6, 1993.
 
Haffly used seven different receivers Saturday. Bulldog junior wide receiver Chris Bowden (Forsyth, Ga.) caught seven passes for 90 yards and two touchdowns. Bowden has 24 career TD grabs, moving him to third on Wingate’s lifetime touchdown reception list.
 
Wingate freshman running back Nestor Lantigua (Wellington, Fla.) scored his first career rushing touchdown. He carried five times for 49 yards and one score. In addition, Lantigua returned four kick-offs for 92 yards (23.0 yards per return). Classmate Josh Covington (Charlotte, N.C.) rushed 12 times for 50 yards. Collectively, the Bulldogs rushed 34 times for 128 yards and one score.
 
Bulldog senior walk-on place kicker Paul Grammaticopoulos (Paris, France) had the biggest day of his eight-game football career. The Wingate soccer standout hit three-of-three field goals (26, 19, 38) and averaged 62.4 yards on 10 kick-offs. The Bulldogs won the field position battle by 14 yards (W47 to C33).
 
Wingate senior linebacker Clayton Hazeltine (Nokomis, Fla.) and redshirt junior linebacker Jared Seate (Charlotte, N.C.) combined for 25 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and one sack. Both Hazeltine and Seate had eight solo stops each. Bulldog redshirt junior defensive back Warren Brown (Miami, Fla.) had 10 tackles and a blocked field goal.
 
Brown’s blocked field goal broke a 7-7 tie, thanks to an 80-yard missed field goal return by junior defensive back Jarvis Smith (Godfrey, Ill.). The extra point by Wingate redshirt junior place kicker Matthew Sierk (Saluda, N.C.) put the visiting Bulldogs up 14-7 with 6:41 to play in the first quarter.
 
Haffly found Bowden for six points twice in the first half (11 yards, nine yards). The second connection gave Wingate a 34-24 lead with 5:17 remaining in the opening stanza. After Catawba turned the ball over on downs, Grammaticopoulos hit his first field goal of the afternoon (26 yards) to give Wingate a 37-24 lead with nine seconds to go before intermission.
 
Grammaticopoulos and Catawba senior placekicker Thomas Trexler (Wilmington, N.C.) traded field goals to open the third quarter scoring. A Catawba fumble led to the second of Grammaticopoulos’ three field goals. After the Trexler triple, Haffly and company marched 80 yards in six plays to allow Lantigua to find pay dirt from three yards at the 1:36 mark. The 80-yard drive was the longest for either team Saturday. Haffly added the two-point conversion run to give Wingate a 48-27 lead entering the final stanza.
 
Catawba junior quarterback Jacob Charest (Charlotte, N.C.) scored two of his three one-yard touchdowns in the fourth quarter. A 38-yard field goal from Grammaticopoulos was sandwiched between the two Charest QB sneaks. A transfer from the University of Illinois, Charest completed 35-of-58 passes for 384 yards and one touchdown Saturday. He also rushed 13 times for 52 yards and three scores.
 
Eleven different Catawba Indians caught passes from Charest, led by senior wide receiver Eric Morman (Rockingham, N.C.), who corralled nine catches for 93 yards and one score. Sophomore wide receiver Nate Charest (Charlotte, N.C.) caught eight passes for a game-high 146 yards from his brother.
 
Catawba senior running back Josh Wright (Raeford, N.C.) ran the ball 11 times for 46 yards and one touchdown. He also caught six passes for 35 yards. Wright’s eight-yard TD scamper in the first quarter (8:44) tied the contest at 7-7. After Wingate fumbled on the next play from scrimmage, the Catawba Indians moved down the field for Trexler’s ill-fated field goal attempt from 42 yards.
 
Catawba senior linebacker Lakeem Perry (Louisburg, N.C.) had 12 tackles and one fumble recovery. Senior defensive back Casey Hall (Concord, N.C.) had eight tackles and two forced fumbles. Freshman defensive lineman CJ Barksdale (Simpsonville, S.C.) had six tackles, two tackles for loss, one quarterback sack and one QB hurry.
 
Wingate utilized the bend-but-don’t-break policy, holding Catawba to four-of-15 third-down conversions. The Indians were successful on four-of-six fourth down conversions, with all four successful attempts coming in the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs had seven quarterback hurries, with redshirt senior defensive end Jack Taylor (Keystone Heights, Fla.) and redshirt freshman defensive lineman Nick Napolitano (Shallotte, N.C.) recording two each.
 
Wingate continues its SAC road swing next Saturday, visiting Lenoir-Rhyne University (4-3, 3-1 SAC) for a 2 p.m. contest. Catawba also pounds the pavement next week, traveling to Tigerville, S.C. for a 3:30 p.m. non-conference encounter with North Greenville University.

NCAA Division II Box Score (Final)
Wingate vs Catawba (Oct 22, 2011 at Salisbury, N.C.)

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Wingate............. 14 23 11  3  - 51   Record: (5-3 all, 4-1 SAC)
Catawba............. 10 14  3 14  - 41   Record: (2-6 all, 1-4 SAC)

Scoring Summary:

1st 11:17 WU - Andrew Nallenweg 6 pass from Cody Haffly (Matt Sierk kick)    
    08:44 CAT - Josh Wright 8 run (Thomas Trexler kick)
    06:41 WU - Jarvis Smith 80 blk. FG return (Sierk kick)     
    04:27 CAT - Trexler 34 FG
2nd 14:44 WU - Chris Bowden 11 pass from C. Haffly (Sierk kick)
    10:36 CAT – J. Charest 1 run (Trexler kick)
    10:30 WU - Marquise Allen 42 pass from C. Haffly (Sierk kick)
    09:00 CAT - Eric Morman 8 pass from J. Charest (Trexler kick)
    05:17 WU - Chris Bowden 9 pass from C. Haffly (kick blocked)
    00:09 WU – Paul Grammaticopoulos 26 FG
3rd 08:41 WU – Grammaticopoulos 19 FG
    04:47 CAT - Trexler 22 FG
    01:36 WU - Nestor Lantigua 3 run (C. Haffly rush)
4th 14:08 CAT – J. Charest 1 run (Trexler kick)
    09:49 WU – Grammaticopoulos 38 FG
    01:40 CAT – J. Charest 1 run (Trexler kick)

                                     WU      CAT
FIRST DOWNS...................       25       26
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   34-128    32-87
PASSING YDS (NET).............      321      384
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  31-20-0  58-35-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   65-449   90-471
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............     2-14      0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........    5-119    7-163
Interception Returns-Yards....      0-0      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   1-52.0   2-46.5
Fumbles-Lost..................      4-3      3-2
Penalties-Yards...............    10-95     9-90
Possession Time...............    28:33    31:27
Third-Down Conversions........  4 of 10  4 of 15
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 1   4 of 6
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      7-8      7-7
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     2-12     2-25

RUSHING: Wingate-Josh Covington 12-50; Nestor Lantigua 5-49; Andrew Nallenweg 10-38; Marquise Allen 1-20; TEAM 3-minus 8; Cody Haffly 3-minus 21. Catawba-Jacob Charest 13-52; Josh Wright 11-46; Bobby Morrison 4-10; Jacorian Brown 2-6; Omar Craig 1-minus 1; TEAM 1-minus 26.

PASSING: Wingate-Cody Haffly 20-31-0-321. Catawba-Jacob Charest 35-58-0-384.

RECEIVING: Wingate-Chris Bowden 7-90; Josh Clawson 3-44; Andrew Nallenweg 3-27; Josh Covington 2-58; Marquise Allen 2-46; Bryan Caffrey 2-37; Brandon Ellington 1-19. Catawba-Eric Morman 9-93; Nate Charest 8-146; Josh Wright 6-35; Lavon Curtis 3-29; Antwan Thorpe 2-35; Payton McCollum 2-5; Chase Kellum 1-13; Jason Williams 1-8; Aaron Rainey 1-7; Bobby Morrison 1-7; Omar Craig 1-6.