Senior free safety Peter Mayer (Hamilton/Hubbardsville) intercepted two passes - returning one for a touchdown - and senior Pete Celebre (Strath Haven/Wallingford, Pa.) ran for a pair of scores as 21st-ranked Ithaca upset 14th-ranked Montclair State in the second round of the NCAA playoffs. Ithaca, the region's sixth-seeded team, held the third-seeded Red Hawks scoreless for the game's first 50 minutes and scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns. Ithaca advances to play at Rensselaer (a 40-34 upset winner over eighth-ranked and previously undefeated Springfield) in Saturday's quarterfinals. Celebre gained 98 yards on 22 carries (picking up 72 yards on 11 fourth-quarter rushes) and scored a pair of touchdowns in the final period - a 26-yard run and a six-yard run. Ithaca's first touchdown came on a three-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Josh Felicetti (Central Bucks East/Doylestown, Pa.) to freshman tight end Mike Oertel (Peru/Peru) early in the second quarter. Felicetti threw for 152 yards, completing 12 of 26 passes. Senior Caleb Greer-Carney (Concord/Cushing Academy [Mass.]/Concord, N.H.) ran for 40 yards on 11 carries and junior fullback Jamie Free (The Gunnery/Brookfield, Conn.) gained 36 yards on a career-best eight carries. Junior wide receiver Jeff Welch (Ithaca/Ithaca) posted team-best totals of four catches for 64 yards. Free and sophomore wide receiver PJ Canestrari (Randolph/Ironia, N.J.) each caught three passes; Canestrari's three receptions matched a career-high. 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.) - did not allow a sack. Mayer scored on a 45-yard interception return (his first career score) with 5:21 remaining in the game, then intercepted a pass on his own 10-yard line and returned it 67 yards to set up Ithaca's final touchdown. He broke up two other passes and recorded a pair of tackles. Senior cornerback Seth Molisani (Canandaigua Academy/Canandaigua) led Ithaca with 10 tackles (one short of his career-high) including one for loss, broke up two passes and intercepted another (returning it 62 yards to set up a Bomber field goal). He also knocked down a two-point conversion pass in the end zone. Molisani's four career playoff interceptions (which include three in the past two weeks) match Ithaca's career record. Senior middle linebacker Robert Truman (Allegany-Limestone/Allegany) added 10 tackles and broke up a pass. Senior linebacker Brett Campbell (Oswego/Oswego) finished with nine tackles and broke up a career-best three passes. Senior defensive end Cory Coady (Tupper Lake/Tupper Lake) matched a career-high with five tackles, including a pair for loss. Junior defensive end Bryan Steele (Hudson Falls/Hudson Falls) and freshman defensive tackle Dave Celeste (North Tonawanda/North Tonawanda) combined for a sack. Junior defensive tackle Jeff Kasarjian (Cazenovia/Cazenovia) intercepted a pass. Freshman Brett Kitenplon (Admiral Farragut Academy/Seminole, Fla.) kicked a pair of second-quarter field goals - a 41-yard kick and a 27-yard kick. He added extra points after Ithaca's last three touchdowns (his first attempt bounced off the left upright). Sophomore Nick Aiello (Allegany-Limestone/Allegany) punted five times; only one of his kicks was returned (it was fielded at the Red Hawk one-yard line). Junior Matt Tosh (Abington Heights/Clarks Summit, Pa.) returned the opening kickoff 74 yards and averaged 17.5 yards per return on a pair of punt returns. Senior David Prutting (New Canaan/New Canaan, Conn.) recorded two special teams' tackles.