Catawba 21, Winston-Salem State 7

August 26, 2006

SALISBURY, NC – Kory Fisher recorded a trio of touchdown runs as the Catawba College Indians earned a 21-7 win over the Winston-Salem State University Rams in front of 5,039 fans at Shuford Stadium in Salisbury, NC on Saturday evening.

Despite gaining only 57 yards on 19 total rushes, Fisher was able to single-handedly earn the Indians their first win of the season. 

The Rams struck first as running back Tionti Powell (Junior/ Beaulaville, NC) capped a 10 play, 65-yard drive with a one-yard scoring run to record his first career touchdown, putting the Rams on top of the Indians 7-0 with 9:53 remaining in the first quarter of play.

Following a scoreless first quarter of play for the Indians, Fisher recorded a touchdown run in each of the remaining quarters as he tallied TD runs of four yards (second quarter), two yards (third quarter), and one yard (fourth quarter), powering the Indians to victory.

Fisher tallied his first touchdown of the evening at the 10:22 mark of the second quarter when he punched the ball into the endzone from four yards out to draw Catawba College to within one point at 7-6.

A Ram offense that looked promising on the first drive of the game encountered problems in the remaining three quarters of play as WSSU failed to score in the game’s final 54:53 with junior quarterback Monte Purvis (Winston-Salem, NC) waiting until there was only 9:56 to play before recording his first pass completion (on the fifth pass play of the contest).

The Rams recorded only 179 yards of total offense in the loss while Catawba College charged to 292 yards of offense in the win.

The loss, WSSU’s fifth consecutive opening-day loss, drops the Rams to 0-1 on the season while Catawba College improves to 1-0 with the win. 

Winston-Salem State returns to action on Saturday, September 2, 2006 in the “Battle of I-40” as they travel to Greensboro, NC and Aggie Stadium as they face North Carolina A&T State University.  The contest marks the first game between the two once-heated rivals since 1999.