St. Onge, Lange recognized by NEFC

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University senior Jeff St. Onge (Kingston, N.H.) and sophomore Shane Lange (Branford, Conn.) have been named to the New England Football Conference (NEFC) Honor Roll.

St. Onge completed 19-of-28 pass attempts for 206 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for a game-high 116 yards and a pair of scores in the Seahawks 49-14 win over UMass Dartmouth on Saturday. St. Onge threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Michael Dargan (Meriden, Conn.) and a 43-yard scoring strike to senior Matt Shubert (West Bridgewater, Mass.) while rushing for touchdowns of one and 62 yards. In the process, he pushed his career rushing touchdown total to 18, which is two shy of third-place on the all-time list at Salve Regina. "He loves to run the football and to have the ball in his hands, and that's something you love from your quarterback," said Salve Regina head coach Chris Robertson. "Things are coming together very nicely for him. His play is very clean and very smooth, and it has a direct correlation with how comfortable he is with our offense."

Lange, meanwhile, recorded a team-high 14 tackles (five solo) and 0.5 sacks in the win. "Shane has a motor that doesn't quit. It's his first year on defense for us, but he has a great nose for the football," said Robertson. "He does a nice job getting off blocks, and he has done a very nice job of anchoring the perimeter for us."

The selection marks the third time this season St. Onge has been honored by the NEFC while Lange is a second-time honoree.

The Seahawks win snapped an eight-game losing skid to the Corsairs and marked their highest point total (49) since scoring 51 on UMass Dartmouth back in 2000. The Seahawks also converted 14-of-17 third downs situations in the contest, which is a school-record, and their 226 rushing yards was a season-high.

The Seahawks (3-4, 2-2 NEFC) return to action on Saturday when they travel to Cambridge, Mass. for a noon contest with MIT.