Trio of Football Players Honored By Northeast Conference on Monday

Following a 37-35 home victory over Sacred Heart on Arute Field last weekend, a trio of Blue Devils earned Northeast Conference weekly awards on Monday.  Central used a field goal from senior Ed Groth with 15 seconds left in the game to top the Pioneers and claim their first NEC win of the season.

Central will travel to St. Francis U on Saturday in a game to be televised live on ESPN3 at 12 noon.

On Monday the league announced that junior Joey Fields, sophomore Tymir Hinton and senior EdGroth earned week honors.  Fields shared Offensive Player of the Week honors, Hinton was named the Defensive Player of the Week and Groth took home Special Teams Player of the Week honors for their efforts in the home victory.

Fields had his best game in a CCSU uniform in a 37-35 victory at home over Sacred Heart on Saturday.  Field caught a career-high eight passes for a career-high 122 yards and a touchdown in the victory.  He also produced 103 kick return yards on three kick returns to help the Blue Devils win the field position battle.  Fields caught a 37-yard touchdown in the third quarter to push the Blue Devil lead to 31-21 late in the quarter.  

Fields also had kickoff returns of 37, 36 and 30 and gave the Blue Devils starting position of the SHU 41, CCSU 45 and CCSU 40 yardlines on those returns.  All three led to CCSU scores, including the game-winner.  Of his eight catches, five went for first downs.

Groth made the most out of his first career attempt at a game-winning field goal on Saturday. He hit the game-winning 35-yard field goal with 15 seconds on the clock to give the Blue Devils the win.  Groth finished the game 3-of-3 on field goals, including a 29-yarder and a 39-yarder in the game. Groth is now 10-of-13 on the year after starting the season 1-of-3 in the first week.

His three field goals gave him 13 points in the game, and 130 in his career, good for 10th in school history. His 24 career field goals in third in school history.

Hinton provided the game's first points, intercepting an RJ Noel pass and returning it 11 yards for a defensive touchdown and the 7-0 lead.  The pick 6 was the second of the season for Hinton, and the third for the Blue Devils.  Hinton finished the game with eight tackles, and two pass break-ups.  With one final play, Noel sent the ball to the end zone as time expired and Hinton knocked it down to secure the win.