BROOKVILLE, N.Y. — Redshirt junior quarterback Ethan Greenwood passed for one touchdown and ran for another to lead the Long Island University football team (6-6, 4-3 NEC) to a 24-17 win over NEC rival Wagner College (5-7, 4-3 NEC) in the season finale on Saturday afternoon at Shark Stadium. With the win, the Sharks closed the season on a three-game winning streak and posted the program's best record in its Division I history.
Greenwood scored from two yards out to make it 21-17 early in the fourth quarter, the touchdown coming three plays after he found freshman wide receiver Jayden Simpson for 47 yards, setting up a first down and goal at the Wagner seven-yard line.
Junior kicker Will Johnson capped the LIU scoring with a 32-yard field goal that put the game away with 4:12 remaining.
Wagner, which had a four-game win streak snapped, turned the ball over on downs at the LIU 39 yard line on its final possession.
The Seahawks, 5-7 (4-3), took a 17-14 lead into the fourth quarter when defensive back Shamar Williams returned a fumble for a 62-yard touchdown.
All told, Greenwood completed 11 of 15 passes for 155 yards and was intercepted once. He also rushed for a game-high 103 yards on 21 carries.
Redshirt senior running back Kam Ingram also had 100 yards on the ground for LIU while redshirt junior running back O'Shawn Ross, Jr. had a 42-yard rushing touchdown as the Sharks picked up 278 total yards rushing on the day.
Freshman wide receiver Jayden Simpson paced the LIU passing game with five catches for 93 yards while sophomore wide receiver Cory Nichols grabbed four passes for 55 yards and had a 16-yard touchdown catch for the Sharks.
Defensively, sophomore defensive back Jalen Bell led LIU with 14 tackles (4 solo, 10 assisted). Bell also registered a half tackle for loss.
Senior defensive back Norman Massey followed Bell with eight tackles (4 solo, 4 assisted).
Sophomore defensive tackle Scoop Gardner, Jr. (4 solo, 2 assisted) and redshirt freshman defensive lineman Rodney Mills (2 solo, 4 assisted) added six tackles each for the Sharks stop unit with Mills also recording 1.5 tackles for loss.
