United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(1/6/09)--Coast Guard Academy junior defensive back Pat Bennett and freshman kicker Jacob Shackleford were named to the 2008 ECAC Division III Northeast All-Star team.

Bennett earned ECAC All-Star honors for the first time in his career while Shackleford was the only freshman named to the 25 player team.

Shackleford, who was 8 for 9 on field goal attempts this season with a long of 45 yards was a New England Football Conference (NEFC) Bogan Division first team selection. He made 18 of 20 extra points and his only missed field goal was from 49 yards.

Linebacker Brian Yurovich led the team in tackles and earned first team All-division honors.

After going 8-1 and winning back-to-back New England Football Conference (NEFC) Bogan Division championships in each of the last two seasons with perfect 7-0 records in division play, Coast Guard did something it had not done in each of the last two seasons, the Bears dropped a close game, in fact, the team dropped a pair of close games, the final two game of the season, and finished 3-6 overall and 3-4 in division play.

Coast Guard had won all six games that were decided by seven points or less, three in each of the last two seasons and after posting a 16-13 win over Westfield State in the Bogan Division opener on a 32-yard field goal by freshman Jacob Shackleford with 16 seconds left, the Bears pushed their Bogan Division winning streak to 15 games while notching another nail biter.

Justin Brooks earned first team All-division honors for the second straight season.

NEW LONDON, CONN.—-(11/24/08)--Coast Guard placed seven players on the New England Football Conference (NEFC) All-Bogan Division team including five on the first team in voting by the division’s eight head coaches.

Coast Guard which won back-to-back NEFC Bogan Division championships with perfect division records in 2006 and 2007 finished 3-6 overall and 3-4 in division play.

Senior linebackers Brian Yurovich and Brian Field along with junior cornerback Pat Bennett were named first team from the defense. All three were second team All-division selections in 2007.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(11/8/08)--Senior quarterback Bruce Rich scored on a 13-yard run with 10 seconds left as Framingham State scored a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns to beat Coast Guard 25-23 in a New England Football Conference (NEFC) Bogan Division game, the final game of the season for both teams.

Framingham State (5-5, 3-4), which had 508 yards of total offense, finishes the season at .500 for the first time since the team finished 6-4 in 1986 while Coast Guard finishes 3-6 overall and 3-4 in division play.

Coast Guard was leading 23-19 and appeared to have the game in hand when junior Pat Bennett intercepted Rich with 3:47 left on the Coast Guard 16-yard line, but junior running back Steve Arguelles fumbled with 52 second left on the Framingham 41-yard line giving the Rams one last chance and it took them just four plays to go 59 yards and win the game.

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