Pioneers Wrap Up Season vs. Morrisville

Morrisville scored 35 unanswered points as they earned a 62-20 victory in the season finale for both teams. The Mustangs broke a 13-13 tie with several quick drives.

Morrisville jumped out to an early 13-0 lead but the Pioneers answered back with a pair of touchdown drives. Mar-Keise Jones (Yonkers/Saunders) rushed in from 78-yards and Jordan Jones (Poughkeepsie) caught a 29-yard touchdown pass from Eli Frantz (Hubert, NC).

The Mustangs answered with quick drive to take back the lead as the 1st quarter ended. They then put together two scoring drives in the 2nd and three more in the 2nd half before Marcus Evans (Buffalo/St. Joe's) dove in from one-yard out with 2:26 remaining in the contest to get the Pioneers back on the board. MSC added another long TD run late in the game to cap the scoring.

Frantz completed 12 of 28 attempts for 137 yards while Jones led the team with 85 yards rushing on six carries. Josh Ashley (Brooklyn/Grand Street) caught five passes for 48 yards while Jordan Jones had 47 yards receiving on three catches.

Cory Benedetto led Morrisville with 292 yards passing (three TD passes) and 69 yards rushing (1 TD). Marcus Jackson Conner caught six passes for 103 yards while Kraig Gilbert rushed for 75 yards on six carries.

Steven Hubick (Fountain Hills, AZ) wrapped up his collegiate career with a team high 11 tackles. He finishes the year with 110 tackles and becomes the first NCAA Era Pioneer over the 100 tackle plateau. He also picked off a pass.

Justin Espinal (Beacon) added eight tackles and John Lauretti (Seaford) finished with seven.

Wallace Stephens led Morrisville with 14 tackles and 1.5 sacks. He also forced a fumble. Lucas Graves added nine tackles.

The Pioneers will open up the 2017 season at the Coast Guard Academy next September.