The Mount Ida College football program captured their first Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) victory over hosting Anna Maria College winning 56-7 Saturday afternoon in Paxton, Massachusetts.  The Mustangs improve to 2-3 on the year (1-1 ECFC), while Anna Maria falls to 0-5 (0-3 ECFC) season.

The Visitors were led by senior half-back Johrone Bunch (Meriden, CT/F.T. Maloney) who bowled over the Anna Maria defense for 211 yards and a touchdown.  Bunch also finished the contest with outstanding 9.2 yards per carry average. Junior quarterback Scott Drosendahl (East Aurora, NY/East Aurora) also starred, passing for three touchdowns while rushing for a pair. 

The AMCATS were led by quarterback Santino Simone (Worcester, MA) and wide receiver Dom Concepcion (Middlebury, CT).  The junior classmates hooked up for the only AMCAT touchdown of the game, a spectacular 60-yard bomb.  Simone finished the game with 184 passing yards while Concepcion added 97 yards on four receptions.

Bunch was used early and often, as he slashed through the Anna Maria defense on the first drive of the contest for 41 yards.  His 20 yard scamper set up a 13 yard touchdown reception by Nick Lynch (Hampton Bays, NY/Hampton Bays). 

Mount Ida was in complete control from there, rolling off 35 unanswered points.  They received touchdowns from Drosendahl (two rushing), Bunch (34-yard rushing TD) and Jordan Hyman (Middletown, CT/Xavier) (16 yard TD reception).

The AMCATS finally broke up the run when Simone hit Dom Concepcion in stride after Concepcion burned his defender down the sideline.  Two defenders had Concepcion wrapped up near the goal-line, however, he refused to go down and scored on his second effort attempt. 

The following drive Drosendahl hooked up with Xavier Snipe (Brockton, MA/Broctkon) for a 30-yard touchdown and sent Mount Ida into half-time with a 42-9 lead. 

Mount Ida scored twice in the third quarter on two rushing touchdowns from Kareem Cope (Stamford, CT/Forman) and Mackenzie Lamour (Brookline, MA/Brookline) in the victory.

The Mustangs amassed 483 yards of total offense, while the AMCATS struggled to get the offense going with 159 yards.  The visitors also held a sizeable time of possession advantage 34:02-24:36, as Mount Ida forced the AMCAT defense to stay on the field for extended periods of time. 

The Mustangs head home for another league match-up with visiting Husson University with game time slated for 1:00 p.m.