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Monmouth 42, UNH 21

DURHAM – Sophomore linebacker Trevor Barry recorded a career-high 20 tackles Saturday, but the good news ended there for the University of New Hampshire as 23rd-ranked Monmouth breezed to a 42-21 victory at Wildcat Stadium.
Barry made 12 solo tackles and assisted on eight tackles.

BOX SCORE

Monmouth was led by the rushing duo of Kenny Smith, Jr. (27 rushes, 175 yards, two TDs) and Elijah Jennings (28 rushes, 126 yards, one TD). Frankie Weaver completed 16-of-25 passes for 195 yards and two TDs.
UNH moved to 2-6 overall and 1-4 in the CAA. Monmouth, which had not defeated the Wildcats in four previous meetings, is now 5-2, 4-0.
Grad student safety Jackson Stone finished with a career-high 16 tackles, including seven solo. Sophomore safety Cohen Cook made 12 tackles, with six solo, and sophomore linebacker Matthew Sopp was credited with a personal-best 10 stops, including five solo.
Grad student running back Myles Thomason led the UNH offense with 70 yards on seven rushes to averaging 10 yards per carry, and an 11-yard touchdown. Junior wide receiver Ty Carlson paced the attack through the air with 62 receiving yards, including a 41-yard score.
Sophomore quarterback Tommy McLeish played the second half. He engineered three touchdown drives by completing 13-of-19 passes for 178 yards.
FIRST QUARTER
  • Monmouth scored the first touchdown when Nazir Treadwell rushed up the middle 2 yards and Sky Sholder’s PAT kick was good to give the Hawks a 7-0 lead at 11:17.
  • Smith Jr. ran through the defense six yards into the end zone and Sholder’s PAT was successful to extend the advantage to 14-0 with 7:20 left in the first quarter.
  • A 35-yard pass from Weaver to Neal, who made a spectacular leaping catch in the end zone for a touchdown, put Monmouth up 21-0 with 1:23 left on the clock.
SECOND QUARTER
  • UNH’s defense made its first stop of the game with 6:26 left on the clock by limiting the visitors to 15 yards on five plays.
  • UNH quarterback Brooks Bentley rushed for 11 yards but then fumbled the ball at midfield. Monmouth’s JJ Lewis recovered it at the UNH 46 at 5:31.
  • Shane Garrett scored Monmouth’s fourth touchdown of the game just before the half when he caught the 3-yard pass from Weaver in the left flat with 21 seconds left on the clock to make the score 28-0 at the half.
THIRD QUARTER 
  • UNH’s defense came out strong in the second half by forcing Monmouth to a three-and-out at 12:48.
  • Thomason had a 33-yard run around the right end and then snuck his way into the end zone with an 11-yard rush around the left end to get the Wildcats on the board. Llucas Glassburn  kicked the PAT to narrow the margin to 28-7 at 12:07,
  • On a 75-yard drive, Smith Jr. scored on a 27-yard scamper into the end zone to extend the Hawks’ lead to 35-7 at 8:08.
  • With 4:50 left on the clock, McLeish’s pass was intercepted by Jaeden Jones at the MON 25.
FOURTH QUARTER
  • On UNH’s first possession of the fourth quarter, Ryan Ricketti got a big first down for the Wildcats when he caught a 9-yard pass to set up 1st-and-1 at the UNH 45. McLeish connected with Logan Perez for a 23-yard gain and Ricketti for 20 yards to set up 1st-and-goal.
  • On the next play, McLeish handed the ball off to Joquez Smith (Tampa, Fla.), who dashed in for a 3-yard touchdown to advance the score to 35-14.
  • Jennings scored on a 15-yard run to give the Hawks a 42-14 lead at 2:22.
  • The Wildcats quickly advanced across midfield and McLeish found Carlson deep on the right sideline for a 41-yard touchdown pass that capped the scoring with 1:16 remaining.
 
UNH NOTEBOOK
  • Barry, who entered the game ranked third in FCS in tackles per game, had the most tackles by a UNH player in one game since September 10, 2011, when Matt Evans had 24 vs Lehigh.
  • He has 179 career tackles in 22 games (8.1 per game).
  • Stone became the third Wildcat to eclipse 100 career tackles this season. He now has 102 with an even split of 51 solo tackles and 51 assisted.
  • McLeish threw his first career touchdown pass. He established career highs in completions (13), attempts (19) and passing yards (178).

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