ITHACA, N.Y. – The nationally ranked No. 18 Ithaca College football team will make the near six-hour trip to Beverly, Mass. this Saturday, September 9 for a 12 p.m. kickoff at Endicott College. IC is 0-1, while Endicott is 1-0 on the season.

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ALL-TIME SERIES: Ithaca and Endicott have never played each other. Endicott is one of the newer football programs to Division III as the Gulls' first season was 2003.

MORE ABOUT ENDICOTT: The Gulls compete in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) and have made four NCAA appearances in 20 seasons (2010, 2013, 2021 and 2022) but have never made it past the first round. Endicott two 10-win seasons in program history and has finished .500 or better in 13 of the past 14 seasons.

RECAP FROM SEASON OPENER: Ithaca dropped its opener to then No. 18 Johns Hopkins, 27-17, last Saturday in Baltimore. The Bombers led, 10-7, early in the second quarter but Hopkins scored 21 straight points to build a 17-point lead by the end of the third quarter. IC scored the final touchdown of the game with 10:56 remaining in the contest.

A.J. Wingfield threw for two touchdowns, while Julien Deumaga (12 yards) and Sam Kline (48 yards) were on the receiving end of those passes. Jake Williams rushed for 85 yards on 14 carries and Jalen Leonard-Osbourne caught four passes for 53 yards.

Ben Stola led the defense with 10 total tackles and an interception, while Jake Connolly added eight stops.

Derek Baldin made his first field goal with Ithaca, a 25-yarder, and averaged 60.0 yards on four kickoffs. Darren Brunner averaged over 42 yards on five punts and Tyrell Penalba notched a 47-yard kick return.

DOMINANT START FOR THE GULLS: Endicott breezed past St. Lawrence last Saturday, 31-0. The Gulls only allowed 111 yards of total offense to St. Lawrence and forced three turnovers with four sacks and 10 tackles for loss. St. Lawrence never entered the red zone in the game. Endicott is 3-0 all-time against St. Lawrence and has shut out the Saints each of the past two seasons.

Offensively, Endicott accounted for 367 yards (195 passing and 172 rushing) as quarterback Clayton Marengi produced 265 yards on his own (186 passing and 79 yards) with three total touchdowns.

Joe Tirrell had nine tackles, while Matthew Licciardi made seven tackles with 3.5 for a loss of 14 yards.

RECENT COMMON OPPONENTS: Ithaca rarely ventures into New England after the departure of Springfield and Norwich as conference opponents in the mid-2000s. Since 2011, IC has only played in New England once – 2022 at Bridgewater State – but the Bombers and Gulls have faced some common opponents over the past few seasons (2017-23). Those teams are St. Lawrence, Bridgewater State, Springfield, RPI, Rochester and Hobart.

RIGHTING THE SHIP: Last weekend's loss to Hopkins was the first season-opening setback for IC since 2017, which was also the last time the Bombers started a year 0-2. Prior to that, Ithaca's last season to start with a loss was 1997.

D3FOOTBALL.COM TOP 25 POLL: Ithaca fell from No. 9 in the preseason poll to No. 18 in this week's poll. Endicott is currently receiving the second-most votes in the poll with 24.

UP NEXT: Ithaca remains on the road for the third straight week as the Bombers head to Alfred for a 1 p.m. kickoff on September 16.