Despite loss to Amherst, Williams’ football finishes strong

AMHERST – The Ephs had some setbacks at the beginning of the season, forcing Head Coach Aaron Kelton to deal with injuries, as well as a quarterback controversy, after the team’s 30-13 loss to Middlebury.

Yet Kelton steered the ship home – winning three of the last four games despite a setback at Amherst last Saturday.

“I am really pleased with how we played down the stretch with our slow first half start,” Kelton said in a phone interview on Tuesday. “It’s difficult because we never played with the same starting lineup anytime during the season – we were always trying to make adjustments.”

With running back Alex Scyocurka and offensive lineman Cong Tian out early on with injuries and starting quarterback Adam Marske struggling with his decision-making, Kelton made the tough decision to go with strong-armed backup QB Tom Murphy.

Murphy guided the Ephs to three consecutive wins before the Amherst game, where his team led 20-10 after three quarters before being replaced due to injury.

Amherst went on to score 13 unanswered points for the win, 23-20, causing the Ephs to finish a disappointed 4-4 overall.

“Anytime we lose that [Amherst] game it’s disappointing for our program – we didn’t do a great job of closing that game out,” Kelton said.

Posted by Tim Davis on November 15, 2012. Filed under College Sports,Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry