THE BASICS:
 
- Score: Springfield College 38, MIT 10
 
- Records: MIT (1-4, 0-3 NEWMAC); Springfield College (5-1, 3-0 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Roberts Field at Steinbrenner Stadium)
 
- The Lead: On a rainy Saturday in Cambridge, the MIT football team dropped a 38-10 home final to visiting Springfield College in NEWMAC play.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- The two teams traded first-quarter scores as Arsen Shtefan scored up the middle from four yards out for the Pride for the 7-0 edge with 5:48 left in the period. MIT got on the board in the final minute of the opening quarter when junior Nico Bulhof (Bryan, Texas) converted a 34-yard field goal to pull the Engineers within 7-3.
 
- In the second, Springfield quarterback Jacob Silvester scored on a nine-yard TD run off the left side to cap an 11-play, 65-yard drive. Christian Hutra booted a 51-yard field goal as time expired in the first half and it was the Pride heading to the locker room up 17-3.
 
- Blane Hart added to the Springfield lead on a three-yard TD midway through the third quarter before MIT found the end zone to pull within 24-10. On the Engineer touchdown, sophomore Chase Harmon (West Linn, Ore.) found first-year Keegan Doody (Eastchester, N.Y.) for an over-the-shoulder catch in the left side of the end zone for his first TD catch of the season.
 
- Springfield sealed the game in the fourth as Joseph Cannizzaro scored up the middle from 20 yards out, along with a 54-yard scoring run up the far sideline by Silvester to account for the 38-10 margin.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Harmon completed 15 passes for 145 yards and one touchdown as first-year Michael Dennison (Beaufort, S.C.) led the way with three catches for 43 yards. On the ground, senior Brady Klein (Washington, Ill.) finished with 74 yards on 17 rushing attempts.
 
- Defensively, senior Stan Lacksen (Watkinsville, Ga.) led three Engineers in double figures in tackles as he piled up a season-high 15 tackles and 1.5 sacks. Junior Jack Grier (Cornelius, N.C.) picked up the start in the game and posted 12 tackles, one sack and a forced fumble, along with 12 tackles by sophomore Chase Williams (Missoula, Mont.).
 
- For the Pride, Silvester led the offense with 134 yards rushing and two touchdowns, while Joe Maurer and Tyler Pohlman led the defense with eight tackles each.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- The Engineers are back in action on Saturday, October 14th when the team travels to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy for a Noon start in Kings Point, N.Y.
 
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