UNION, N.J. - Cortland scored 22 fourth-quarter points to come back from a 14-10 deficit and the Red Dragons stayed unbeaten with a 32-28 victory at Kean University. Cortland is 3-0 on the season, both overall and in the New Jersey Athletic Conference. The Red Dragons are ranked 13th nationally by the AFCA and 17th by D3football.com.

Senior Ray Miles (Port Byron) completed 15-of-24 passes for 304 yards and three touchdowns. He connected on 6-of-8 pass attempts for 170 yards and all three of his scoring throws in the fourth quarter.

Three Cortland receivers accounted for 14 of the team's 15 catches. Senior tight end Jeffrey Lang (Dryden) made five catches for 104 yards and a touchdown, sophomore Anthony Giuliano (Thornwood/Westlake) grabbed five passes for 56 yards and a score and senior Eric Hajnos (Grand Island) finished with four catches for 114 yards and a touchdown. Giuliano also blocked a punt in the fourth quarter that set up Cortland's go-ahead touchdown drive.

Kean (2-1, 1-1 NJAC) lost despite outgaining Cortland 400-377 in total offense. Freshman quarterback Tom DAmbrisi (Eatontown, NJ/Monmouth Regional) completed a school record 34 passes in 48 attempts for 352 yards and three touchdowns. Senior Durell Dukes (Elizabeth, NJ) caught 14 passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns and senior James Felton (Plainfield, NJ) made 10 catches for 52 yards and a touchdown and also rushed for a score.

Cortland took an early 7-0 lead on a 1-yard scoring run by senior Andrew Giuliano (Thornwood/Westlake). He entered the day as the top rusher in Division III with an average of more than 200 yards per game but finished with 80 yards on 27 carries.

The Red Dragons extended the lead to 10-0 on a Lang 34-yard field goal early in the second quarter, but the host Cougars used a 5-yard Felton touchdown run with 6:46 left in the half and an 8-yard touchdown pass from D'Ambrisi to Dukes with 2:29 remaining in the third quarter to take a 14-10 lead.

Anthony Giuliano's blocked punt with 12:09 left in the game gave Cortland the ball at the Kean 23-yard line.Three plays later, Miles connected with Lang on an 11-yard touchdown pass to put the Red Dragons up for good at 17-14. Cortland forced a punt on Kean's next possession and Hajnos turned a short wide receiver screen pass into an 81-yard score with 7:53 left. The play is tied for the second-longest pass completion in school history. Cortland added a two-point conversion when holder Wayne Wheeler (Memphis/Jordan-Elbridge) took off after a high snap, then threw back to kicker Lang in the middle of the field. Lang raced in, bounced off a tackler and ran in for the conversion and a 25-14 lead.

Kean answered with a four-play, 68-yard touchdown drive, capped by a 31-yard D'Ambrisi pass to Dukes with 6:44 left. A two-point pass to Alex Cade (Galloway, NJ/Absegami) cut Cortland's lead to 25-22.

Cortland started its next drive on its own 34-yard line and mounted a clinching drive. Miles hit Lang for a 13-yard completion on 3rd-and-12 at the Red Dragon 32-yard line and Andrew Giuliano turned a short reception into a 30-yard gain to the Kean 24-yard line two plays later. Cortland completed the drive with a 24-yard Miles touchdown pass to Anthony Giuliano on a 4th-and-10 play with 1:34 left and Cortland led 32-22.

Kean mounted one final drive and scored on a 3-yard touchdown pass from D'Ambrisi to Felton on the game's final play. The extra point was not attempted.

Sophomore Chris Hanlon (Patchogue/Patchogue-Medford) led Cortland with 12 tackles, eight solo. Sophomore Brian Haas (East Aurora/St. Francis) made nine stops, 1.5 for lost yardage, and forced a fumble and senior Jim Smith (Nanuet) finished with nine tackles. Senior Matt Berman (Scarsdale) recorded seven tackles, forced a fumble and returned an interception 20 yards to set up Cortland's first scoring drive. Sophomore cornerback Joe Lopez (Port Jefferson Station/Comsewogue) finished with five pass breakups.

The Cortland defense limited Kean tailback Jared Chunn (Tinton Falls, NJ/Monmouth Regional), the second-leading rusher in Division III behind Andrew Giuliano, to just 27 yards on 13 carries. Chunn averaged more than 198 yards per game on the ground in his first two games this fall.

Kean was led by Joseph Laguna's (Middletown, NJ/Keansburg) nine tackles. Chris Lauda (Staten Island/Curtis) and Jake Pew (Sussex, NJ/Vernon) each intercepted passes for the Cougars.

Cortland, which has opened the season with three road games, will host Buffalo State in an NJAC game next Saturday at 1 p.m.

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