THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT 21, WPI 14
 
- Records: MIT (3-6, 1-5 NEWMAC); WPI (4-6, 2-4 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Worcester, Mass. (H.Carr Field at Alumni Stadium)
 
- The Lead: In the 2022 season finale on Saturday afternoon, the MIT football team came away with a 21-14 road victory over WPI at H.Carr Field.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- The Engineers jumped out to an early 7-0 lead as senior Jay Theriault (Boxford, Mass.) capped a six-play, 31-yard drive with a one-yard rush. The drive was made possible by a forced fumble by senior Brady Sullivan (Littleton, Colo.) that was recovered by first-year Lucky Deignan (Indianapolis, Ind.) at the WPI 31-yard line.
 
- MIT made it a 14-0 score late in the second quarter as senior Dennis Gastel (Lincoln, R.I.) pulled down a five-yard touchdown pass, wrapping up a 10-play, 70-yard scoring drive. WPI answered just 52 seconds later with a 28-yard touchdown pass from Brendan Olexa to Bryce Curtin to cut the lead down to 14-7 at the break.
 
- Following a scoreless third quarter, Theriault and the Engineers found the end zone again with 4:16 remaining in the fourth as he scored from two yards out for the 21-7 advantage. That touchdown was also made possible by a WPI turnover as first-year Paul Gregory (Guilford, Conn.) recovered a fumble on a punt from sophomore Nico Bulhof (Bryan, Texas).
 
- WPI answered with an 11-play, 75-yard drive that took just 3:14 to pull within a touchdown with 1:02 on the clock. Dante Coccagnia completed seven passes on the drive for the Worcester Engineers, including the six-yard touchdown pass to Isaac Frederique.
 
- A WPI onside kick attempt was recovered by MIT as the visitors ran out the clock for the win, which was MIT's first in Worcester since a 16-4 victory in 1897. The all-time series is now even at 9-9-1.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- First-year Chase Harmon (West Linn, Ore.) completed 17-of-26 passes for 179 yards and one touchdown, while Theriault led MIT with 69 rushing yards and two touchdowns. First-year Colin Vollmer (Cleveland, Ohio) had three catches for a team-high 57 yards, while Gastel led the team with six catches for 42 yards and a touchdown.
 
- Hunter Carey led the WPI rushing attack with 79 yards on 16 rushes, while Curtin had four catches for 63 yards and a touchdown.
 
- Defensively, graduate student Paul Calvetti (Ridgewood, N.J.) led the Engineers with seven tackles, along with six tackles and one sack for six yards by graduate student Sam Gozelski (East Northport, N.Y.). Calvetti ends the season with a career-high 105 tackles on the season as he leads the NEWMAC at 12.6 tackles per game. Gozelski ends the season third in the conference with six sacks for 45 yards.
 
- Zachary Carney was the top tackler for WPI as he posted a game-high 10 solo stops.
 
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