Football

FIVE SETTERS LAND ON NORTHEAST-10 FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

STREANY AND ROBINSON NAMED TO FIRST TEAM - DEFENSE
TURNIER, JONES AND COONEY NAMED TO SECOND TEAM- DEFENSE

SOUTH EASTON, MA - Five Pace University football players were named to the 2007 Northeast-10 Conference Football All-Conference Teams. Seniors linebacker Joseph Streany (Croton, NY/Croton-Harmon) and defensive end Lee Robinson (New Milford, CT/New Milford) were both named to the First Team - Defense, while senior linebacker Ernst Turnier (Stratford, CT/Bunnell), junior defensive back Jon Jones (Dover, NH/Bridgton Academy) and senior punter Matt Cooney (East Rockaway, NY/East Rockaway) were all named to the Second Team - Defense.

Streany led the nation in tackles with 148, averaging 13.5 tackles per game, on his way to breaking the school record for tackles in a season, which was previously held by Brian Pirone's 142 tackles in 1994. Streany also broke the single-season record for fumble recoveries, which led the NE-10. Robinson led the NE-10 in sacks (9) and tackles for loss (18) while tying for third in forced fumbles (3), ranking him 15^th nationally in sacks, 17^th nationally in tackles for loss and 42^nd in forced fumbles.

Turnier was fourth on the team in tackles with 65, which placed him 28^th in the conference. Jones was third on the team in tackles with 75, which ranked him 19^th in the conference. Jones also ranked sixth in the conference in passes defended. Jones set a new school record for interceptions in a game in the season opener with four against Husson College. Jones' five interceptions on the season ranked him second in the conference and 25^th in the nation. Cooney led the NE-10 in punting averaging 38.2 yards per punt. Cooney also set a school record for longest punt when he booted a 71-yard punt against American International College.

Streany, Robinson, Turnier and Jones were all instrumental in leading a Pace defense that was ranked 52^nd in the nation in total defense, 36^th in rushing defense, 75^th pass efficiency defense, 67^th in scoring defense, 76^th in sacks, 36^th in turnovers gained, 22^nd in interceptions and 64^th in fumbles recovered. Cooney was vital in Pace ranking 69^th in the nation in team net punting.