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08/23/2012 12:10 AM

Utica College football team hoping to get over postseason hump

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UTICA, N.Y. - The Utica College football team has yet to make the postseason in its 12-year history, something this year's group of Pioneers is aiming to change.

Utica returns 15 starters from last year's team that went 5-5 including fourth-year starting quarterback Andrew Benkwitt, who already holds several program records. Despite the load of returning experience the Pioneers will still have an uphill battle to climbin the always-difficult Empire 8 Conference which features nationally-ranked No. 7 Salisbury and No. 11 St. John Fisher.

Utica opens its season Saturday, Sept. 1 at home against St. Lawrence. The game will be televised on Time Warner Cable Sports beginning at 7 p.m.