Oct. 26, 2002

Sophomore Lane Schwarzberg kicked three field goals including a career long 39 yarder with one second remaining in the game to lift Colgate to a 9-7 Patriot League victory over Towson Saturday afternoon on Minnegan Field.

The Raiders improved to 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the league with the win and kept their unbeaten record against the Tigers intact, pushing it to 7-0. Towson dropped to 5-3 and 3-2 in the conference.

Schwarzberg put the only points of the first half on the board with 9:52 left in the first quarter when he booted a 36 yard field goal to cap an 8 play, 54 yard drive on Colgate's opening possession.

Towson didn't answer until time ran out in the third quarter when quarterback Jay Amer sneaked in from a yard out after a Keith Meeney interception had given the Tigers the ball at the Raiders' 33 yard line. But Colgate came right back when J.B. Gerald returned the ensuing kickoff 71 yards to the Towson 13 yard line, setting up Schwarzberg's second field goal that hit from 24 yards out with 13:51 remaining in the contest.

Towson dodged another Raider score when cornerback Allante Harrison intercepted Colgate in the end zone with just 3:40 left to play. Colgate then stopped the Tigers on downs and started its last drive from its own 29 yard line with 2:22 remaining.

Colgate quarterback Tom McCune, who shook off three interceptions, engineered an 11 play march that stalled at Towson's 22 yard line with five seconds left but Schwarzberg's game winner split the uprights four seconds later.

Towson's offense was stopped repeatedly by the Raiders, forcing the Tigers' Steve Bulcavage to punt 11 times, tying a school record for most punts in a game.

McCune finished the day completing 21 of 39 attempts for 247 yards with Gerald hauling in seven catches for 86 yards. Maurice Bowers paced Colgate's defense with 6 tackles that included two sacks.

P.D. Moore and Neal Regan shared tackle honors for Towson with 14 each. Safety Edmund Carazo, the Patriot League's interception leader, came away with his sixth theft of the season. It was the first time Towson had held Colgate to under 30 points in the seven game series.