Monmouth Beats Sacred Heart 31-24 After Four Ties
The score was tied four times, and the last time it was broken belonged to Monmouth. Monmouth won 31-24 on a 7-yard touchdown pass from Frankie Weaver to Kenny Smith Jr. with 2:54 left in the fourth quarter.
Smith opened the scoring, too, with a 7-yard run in the first quarter, so he gets both ends of this one. In between, it went back and forth. Sacred Heart answered within minutes (Jason Palmieri, 6 yards from Snyder), then went up 14-7 on a 9-yard connection to Dean Hangey. Weaver found Gavin Nelson from 19 yards with 22 seconds left before the half to make it 14-14. Elijah Jennings caught a 10-yard score early in the third for 21-14 Monmouth, and Hangey tied it again at 21-21 with a 52-yard catch at 3:02 of the quarter.
Then the kickers took a turn. Sky Sholder hit a 25-yard field goal at 13:46 of the fourth to put Monmouth up 24-21, and Ryan Bocklet matched it from 23 yards at 8:08 for 24-24. Smith's touchdown from Weaver was the last score of the afternoon.
Sacred Heart actually moved the ball better, 410 total yards to 349, with 219 of those on the ground over 45 carries. Neither team gave the ball away (zero interceptions, zero lost fumbles on both sides), so there was no turnover to blame. Monmouth just scored last. Monmouth is 1-1 and Sacred Heart is 0-1.
Fantasy points went to the losing side, as they sometimes do. Jack Snyder and Hangey were the top two scorers on the page, and Weaver was third with three touchdown passes.