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United States Merchant Marine Academy

EXCELLENCE IN ATHLETICS
Matt Savard
Alan Schaefer
13
SUNY Maritime MTIME 1-2
48
Winner Merchant Marine USMMA 1-1
SUNY Maritime MTIME
1-2
13
Final
48
Merchant Marine USMMA
1-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
MTIME SUNY Maritime 6 0 0 7 13
USMMA Merchant Marine 7 21 13 7 48

Game Recap: Football |

Croall Earns First Coaching Victory As Mariners Cruise Past Privateers, 48-13, On Homecoming Weekend

KINGS POINT, N.Y. (Sept. 17, 2022) – The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy football team won the first ever game of the quest for the 2022-23 Captain James Harvey Tomb Trophy with rival SUNY Maritime on Homecoming Saturday, 48-13, at Tomb Field. The victory was the first in the coaching career of new Head Coach Jameson Croall and improved the Mariners' record to 1-1, the Privateers dropped to 1-2 on the season.
 
Game File The Tomb Trophy will be an added incentive to the teams from both SUNY Maritime and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, as every sport will be represented and earn one point for each victory over their rival. The institution with the most points at the end of the school year will take home the Tomb Trophy. It is named in honor of Captain James Harvey Tomb, who has very important ties to both schools. Captain Tomb served as the superintendent of SUNY Maritime from 1927 until 1942, bringing the then-New York Maritime Academy from its location on a ship pier-side in New York Harbor to its current location at Fort Schuyler in the Bronx before being selected as the first ever superintendent of USMMA in 1942, overseeing the physical construction of the academy here at Kings Point.
 
The Mariners were led by senior fullback Matthew Savard (Orlando, Fla.), who rushed for 177 yards and found the end zone three times, including on the Mariners' opening drive. Merchant Marine totaled 495 rushing yards on the day and six of the Mariners' seven TDs were ran in, with the other coming on a 30-yard pass from senior Jeremiah Wang (Manassas, Va.) to senior Thomas Gehman (Valley Center, Calif.) in the second
 
Wang found the end zone in himself on a 21-yard run in the second quarter, while senior Max Michaels (Fleming Island, Fla.) and sophomore Zach Zebro (East Brunswick, N.J.) both had rushing TDs, Michaels' from 17 yards out in the third quarter and Zebro's from six yards out in the fourth.
 
The defense forced two fumbles, both by senior Daniel Falzone (Medford, N.J.), and had multiple blocked kicks on the afternoon. Junior Thomas Joyce (Taunton, Mass.) and sophomore Chad Hollar (Wilmington, N.C.) led the way with five tackles each, and the Mariners got sacks from senior C.J. Mustain (Oro Valley, Ariz.) with 1.5 sacks and sophomore C.J. Livesay (Morristown, Tenn.) with one.
 
A full recap will follow later on Saturday on www.USMMASports.com.
 
The Mariners hit the road next Saturday, Sept. 24, when they close out non-conference play at Kean University. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Cougars'  Live stats and a live video feed of the game will be available with links on the USMMA Football Schedule Page.
 
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