Week 9 Stats: 2-2 FG (40, 34 yards), 3-3 PAT
Scalese is the second Skyhawk in as many weeks to take home NEC/Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office Special Teams Player of the Week distinction. The junior kicker’s right foot helped the Skyhawks score a pivotal 34-28 win over Mercyhurst at W.B. Mason Stadium on Saturday. With the triumph, Stonehill moved to 3-1 in NEC play, a mark that is tied with LIU and Duquesne for second place. Scalese answered a second-quarter Lakers’ touchdown and put the Skyhawks on the board with a season-long 40-yard field goal at the 10:10 mark of that stanza. With 55 seconds to go before intermission, he converted on a 34-yarder to make it a 7-6 deficit headed into the halftime break. Those field goals put momentum in the hands of Stonehill out of intermission as the Skyhawks went on to tack 21 more unanswered points to their count to take a 27-7 lead. In addition to his perfect 2-of-2 clip on field goals, Scalese was perfect in each of his three PATs.