LIU Grinds Out 14-9 Win over Winless Wagner
Wagner is 0-4 and, honestly, this one was not a blowout. The Wagner offense rushed for 30 yards on 22 carries, and it still had the game tied and then in front in the third quarter. It lost by five.
All of the scoring came in the third. Luca Stanzani opened it with a 27-yard touchdown run (Lance Maiberg kick) with 10:23 left in the quarter, and Wagner answered at 6:07 on a 9-yard Benjamin Newman pass to Christopher Harris to tie it at 7-7. A team safety at 3:29 made it 9-7 Wagner, the only lead the home side had. It lasted two minutes and 21 seconds. At 1:08, Sam Slade (listed as a running back) threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Gianni Marino, and that was the last of the scoring.
The yardage split is the strange part. Long Island University ran 48 times for 233 yards and threw for 59, with Slade and Stanzani accounting for 204 of those rushing yards. Wagner went the other way, 196 through the air and 30 on the ground. LIU did not lose a fumble or throw an interception, and Wagner lost one fumble (Newman's). Defensive sacks were 3 for LIU and 2 for Wagner.
LIU moves to 3-3, and Wagner stays at 0-4. For fantasy purposes this was a running-game afternoon: Slade led everyone with 18.3 points, Stanzani was next at 16.5, and Newman's 13 was the best day of his season. Take away the one throw by a running back and LIU loses 7-9. It is that kind of game.