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Brendan Harty
  • mechanical engineering
  • Class of 2018
  • Plymouth, Mass.

Brendan Harty of Plymouth, Mass., Member of ECAC Bowl-Bound WPI Football Team

2015 Nov 16

Brendan Harty is a member of the WPI Football team that earned a berth to Friday's ECAC Division III Presidents Bowl Championship game. It is the first time in 23 years the program has earned a postseason bid.

The Engineers have been selected to play in the ECAC Presidents Bowl where they will face Kean (NJ) on Friday at 8pm at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain.

WPI enters Friday's contest with a record of 7-3, equaling the most wins since its last postseason appearance in 1992, when they squared off with Rowan in the NCAA Championships. It marks just the third postseason game in the 126 year history of WPI football as the Crimson and Gray appeared in their only other ECAC Bowl game in 1991 against Buffalo State.

Kean also enters Friday's match-up with a 7-3 record. The Cougars finished with a 6-3 mark in the rugged NJAC and defeated Montclair State this past weekend 28-21 on the road. WPI also closed out the regular season on a high note, winning for the first time ever at Springfield 19-17.

The Presidents Bowl is one of six ECAC Bowl games this weekend. The games, two-a-day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, are at a neutral site for the first time in recent memory. Tickets for each game are $10. More information on ticket sales will be available later in the week.

About Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Founded in 1865 in Worcester, Mass., WPI is one of the nation's first engineering and technology universities. Its 14 academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. WPI's talented faculty work with students on interdisciplinary research that seeks solutions to important and socially relevant problems in fields as diverse as the life sciences and bioengineering, energy, information security, materials processing, and robotics. Students also have the opportunity to make a difference to communities and organizations around the world through the university's innovative Global Projects Program. There are more than 45 WPI project centers throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.