[Careless Whisper]

Tartans’ Win Streak Snapped in Rain-Soaked Defeat to Hofstra
Carnegie Mellon struggled throwing the ball once again and missed a pair of field goals in a 15-7 loss

by Alicia Brown, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Carnegie Mellon saw its three-game winning streak come to an end this afternoon, as an ineffective passing game and two missed field goals led to a 15-7 defeat to Hofstra from a rain-soaked Gesling Stadium.

Carnegie Mellon (4-6) received another strong performance from freshman tailback Jim Manning, who ran for 138 yards and a third-quarter touchdown on 26 carries. But fellow first-year Justin Keyes completed just 6-of-16 passes for 39 yards and lost a fumble, giving Hofstra (3-7) just enough opportunities to come away with the win.

“Definitely not our best game today,” said second-year head coach John Elliott. “We made too many mistakes and weren’t effective enough as a whole on offense. It’s disappointing to see our winning streak come to an end in this way, because this was definitely a winnable game.”

For the Pride, Kareem Huggins was the bellcow as he carried the ball 33 times for 187 yards and a touchdown in the second quarter. The Tartans managed to bring down Dennis Davis three times – two coming from freshman linebacker Matt Johnson – and Braylon Cunningham picked him off once, but Rob Zarrilli nailed all three of his field goal attempts compared to Justin Thompson’s 0-for-2 effort.

Manning’s 138 yards moved him over the 1,000-yard mark for the season with two games remaining. The first-year tailback didn’t receive his first start until the sixth game of the season against Southeast Missouri State.

Carnegie Mellon closes out the home slate of its schedule next Saturday, Nov. 17 against Towson.

Hofstra Pride at Carnegie Mellon Tartans
Nov 10, 2007	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Hofstra Pride (3-7)	3	9	3	0	15
Carnegie Mellon Tartans (4-6)	0	0	7	0	7

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		HOF	CMU
1:44	(HOF) Rob Zarrilli 35-yard field goal	3	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		HOF	CMU
10:04	(HOF) Rob Zarrilli 35-yard field goal	6	0
1:16	(HOF) Kareem Huggins 7-yard run (run failed)	12	0
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		HOF	CMU
9:07	(HOF) Rob Zarrilli 46-yard field goal	15	0
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		HOF	CMU
3:07	(CMU) Jim Manning 6-yard run (Justin Thompson kick)	15	7

Hofstra Pride

Carnegie Mellon Tartans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Justin Keyes 6/16 39 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jim Manning 26 138 5.3 1 Justin Keyes 6 29 4.8 0 Tramon McCollum 3 22 7.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Pete Carlson 4 27 6.8 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Matt Johnson 8 2 0 0 Andrew Motte 7 1 0 0 Aaron Crosby 7 0 0 0 Andrew Miller 5 0 0 0 Braylon Cunningham 0 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Justin Thompson 0/2 1/1 1 --