Sophomore quarterback
Josh Felicetti (Central Bucks East/Doylestown, Pa.) threw for two touchdowns and reached the 2,000-yard mark for his career, but the 14th-ranked Bombers lost to #21 Springfield, 51-22. The Pride, who scored 28 points in the final 13 minutes, recorded touchdowns off four Bomber turnovers.
Felicetti, who became the fifth Bomber to throw for 2,000 career yards and reached the mark in his 12th game, threw for 219 yards, completing 21 passes (matching a career-high). He threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to junior
Jeff Welch (Ithaca/Ithaca) to open the game's scoring and completed a five-yard pass to junior tight end
Vince Dargush (Amsterdam/Amsterdam) in the fourth quarter. Senior
Caleb Greer-Carney (Concord/Cushing Academy [Mass.]/Concord, N.H.) scored his first touchdown of the season on a one-yard run in the third quarter. That score pulled the Bombers to within eight points, but Springfield scored on four of its next five drives to put the game away. Welch posted career-best totals of nine catches for 121 yards. Sophomore wide receiver
Justin Esposito (Fayetteville-Manlius/Manlius) caught five passes for 35 yards and junior fullback
Jamie Free (The Gunnery School/Brookfield, Conn.) made three receptions for 43 yards. Senior
Pete Celebre (Strath Haven/Wallingford, Pa.) ran for a team-leading 56 yards on 17 carries. Ithaca's offensive line - senior left tackle
Tariq Ahmad (Holmdel/Holmdel, N.J.), sophomore left guard
Joe Scalice (North Tonawanda/North Tonawanda), senior center
Matt McMahon (Chenango Valley/Binghamton), senior right guard
Alex Hill (Bridgton Academy/Gloucester, Mass.) and junior right tackle
Chris Swiss (Haddam Killingworth/Higganum, Conn.) - allowed just one sack as the Bombers threw 32 passes.
Ahmad also recovered a fumble. Senior middle linebacker
Robert Truman (Allegany-Limestone/Allegany) recorded 13 tackles, tying his career high for the second straight week. Sophomore linebacker
Dustin Ross (Salamanca/Salamanca) finished with 11 tackles. Senior linebacker
Brett Campbell (Oswego/Oswego) collected a career-best 10 tackles. Junior linebacker
Lito Gonzalez (Salem/Salem, Mass.), who was making his first career start, made a personal-best five tackles, forced one fumble and recovered another. Junior cornerback
Matt Tosh (Abington Heights/Clarks Summit, Pa.) collected his first career sack (just the third given up by Springfield in five games) and forced a fumble. Senior strong safety
Jon Edgcomb (Honeoye Falls-Lima/Honeoye Falls) forced a Springfield fumble and recovered it himself, setting up Ithaca's first score.
Truman recovered a fumble in the Bomber end zone, setting up
Dargush's touchdown catch. Senior
Seth Molisani (Canandaigua Academy/Canandaigua) forced a fumble on the opening kickoff that was recovered by
Welch. Senior
Paul Colistra (La Salle College/Elkins Park, Pa.) recorded a tackle for a one-yard loss on a Bomber punt. Sophomore
Nick Aiello (Allegany-Limestone/Allegany) punted five times, averaging 31.8 yards per kick. Three of his kicks landed inside the Pride 20-yard line. Freshman
Brett Kitenplon (Admiral Farragut Academy/Seminole, Fla.) kicked a pair of extra points; the Bombers scored on a two-point conversion following their second touchdown when
Felicetti completed a pass to
Esposito.