Hanover vs. Anderson, Oct. 3
Hanover rolls to Homecoming win against Anderson
Hanover College's football team opened its Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference schedule with a 51-13 victory against Anderson University in a Homecoming game Saturday, Oct. 3, at the L.S. Ayres Athletic Complex.
Hanover (1-3; 1-0 HCAC) scored on the first play of the game, forced eight Anderson turnovers and limited the Ravens to minus-33 rushing yards in the squad's first win of the season.
Second-year quarterback C.J. Croft (Fort Campbell, Ky.) completed 17-of-31 passes for 268 yards and five touchdowns. Sophomore receiver Daniel Passafiume (Louisville, Ky.) caught eight passes for 145 yards and three touchdowns and senior Adam Miller (Franklin, Ind.) added six receptions for 104 yards and a score to lead Hanover's offensive attack.
Hanover's defensive unit racked up five interceptions and recovered three fumbles while limiting Anderson (0-4; 0-1 HCAC) to 330 total yards. The Ravens rushing effort was held to minus-33 yards on 31 attempts.
Senior Linebacker Daniel Cornely (Palmetto Bay, Fla.) led Hanover's defense with 13 tackles and a forced fumble.
Senior Corry Stewart (Nashville, Tenn.) and freshman Neil Johnston (Owensboro, Ky.) had two interceptions apiece to spark the Panthers' defense. Stewart had nine tackles, while Johnston added six stops. Both players also had a tackle for loss and a pass deflection.
Freshman defensive back Lucas Mackey (West Terre Haute, Ind.) also picked off a pass, intercepting a ball at the goal line to end the contest.
Hanover jumped out to a 6-0 lead on the first play of the game. Croft hit Passafiume in stride for a 78-yard touchdown to start the onslaught.
Croft tossed a one-yarder to sophomore running back Jeremy Cook (Batesville, Ind.) to push the Panthers ahead 13-0 with five minutes left in the opening quarter.
Hanover freshman Pavel Polochanin (Indianapolis, Ind.) and Anderson's Tristan Cork traded 39-yard field goals early in the second period to make the score 16-3.
The Panthers jumped ahead 23-3 with 3:20 left in the half when Croft dumped a nine-yard touchdown pass to Miller.
Hanover scored again just 80 seconds later when sophomore defensive lineman Dylan Bostwick (Norwood, Ohio) smothered a fumble in the endzone to give the Panthers a 30-3 cushion at the intermission.
Cork booted a 27-yard field goal to cap Anderson's opening drive of the second half and cut Hanover's margin to 30-6. The Panthers, however, answered with two touchdown passes from Croft to Passafiume in the period to stretch the margin to 44-6 at the close of three quarters of action.
Anderson's Brock Bender scored on a 47-yard pass play midway through the fourth period to make the score 44-13.
Hanover freshman receiver Colton Zeck (Galveston, Ind.) capped the scoring with a five-yard scamper into the endzone wiht 2:10 left in the contest. Zeck rushed for 40 yards and had two catches for 18 yards in the final 15 minutes of the outing.
