Storm 47 - Voodoo 66

Final - New Orleans Arena - Attendance: 8,677

Friday, April 6, 2012

Score By Quarters

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Storm	14	0	14	19	47
Voodoo	7	26	7	26	66

Game Recap

New Orleans – The Tampa Bay Storm (2-2, 2-1) fell to the New Orleans Voodoo (2-2, 1-0) Friday night at the New Orleans Arena by a score of 66-47 in front of 8,677 fans. The victory for the VooDoo was its first home victory since May 30, 2008.

Tampa Bay was paced by Prechae Rodriguez who led all receivers with nine receptions, 121 yards and four touchdown receptions. Rodriguez was knocked out of the game late in the fourth quarter after he was hit in the head by a VooDoo defender. That was the third personal foul for the VooDoo in the game, as one late in the second quarter knocked offensive lineman Julius Wilson out of the game as well.

Amarri Jackson caught six passes for 98 yards and a score in his first game back. Starting quarterback Stephen Wasil finished the game with 310 yards and seven touchdowns as he completed 25-of-47 passes. Wasil also had three interceptions.

The recipient of one of those interceptions was defensive player of the game Jeremy Kellem. His interception in the second quarter turned the momentum of the game in favor of the VooDoo, as he returned the interception 39-yards for a touchdown to put the VooDoo up 30-14. New Orleans Starting quarterback Kurt Rocco completed 24-of-35 passes for 305 yards and five touchdowns. The Voodoo added three more scores on the ground including two Joe Alajajian from Florida International.

The Tampa Bay Storm returns home next week to face the Cleveland Gladiators, Friday, April 13 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 PM.

Statistical Leaders

Storm					Voodoo
Passing	CP/AT	Yds	TD	INT	Passing	CP/AT	Yds	TD	INT
S.Wasil	25-47	310	7	3	K. Rocco	24-35	305	5	0

Rushing	ATT	Yds	TD	LG	Rushing	ATT	Yds	TD	LG
W. Rutledge	1	3	0	3	J. Bush	2	8	1	4
S. Wasil	1	1	0	1	Q. Payne	1	1	0	1
					J. Alajajian	4	-4	2	3

Receiving	REC	Yds	TD	LG	Receiving	REC	Yds	TD	LG
P. Rodriguez	9	121	4	40	J. Bush	8	90	1	18
C. Williams	8	74	2	15	L. Castile	8	100	2	41
A. Jackson	5	64	1	45	Q. Payne	7	101	2	33
V. Williams	2	17	0	10	C. Franklin	1	14	0	14

Kickoff Returns	No.	AVG	TD	LG	Kickoff Returns	No.	Yds	TD	LG
C. Williams	5	19.6	0	32	J. Bush	1	3	0	3
A. Jackson	1	9	0	9	L. Castile	3	12.3	0	16

Game Stats (Team)

Storm		Voodoo
20	First Downs	21
2-4	Yards Rushing (Net)	7-4
310	Yards Passing (Net)	287
47-25-3	Passes Att-Comp-Int	35-24-0
49-314	Total Offensive Plays-Yards	44-292
0-0	Fumble Returns - Yards	0-0
6-107	Kickoff Returns - Yards	5-40
0-0	Interception Returns - Yards	3-43
1-1	Fumbles - Lost	2-2
5-43	Penalties- Yards	9-52
30:18	Tme of Possession	29:42
2-6	Third Down Conversion	2-5
1-3	Fourth Down Conversions	0-0

Will be updated at half and at end of game

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

TAM – Chandler Williams 14-yd pass from Stephen Wasil (Juan Bongarra good) 7-0

NOV – Quorey Payne 33-yd pass from Kurt Rocco (Matt Denny good) 7-7

TAM – Prechae Rodriguez 11-yard pass from Wasil (Bongarra good) 14-7

2nd Quarter

NOV – Josh Bush 10-yd pass form Rocco (Denny failed) 14-13

NOV – 25-yd FG by Denny 14-16

NOV – Payne 31-yd pass from Rocco (Denny good) 14-23

NOV – Jeremy Kellem 39-yd interception return (Denny good) 14-30

NOV – 25-yd FG by Denny (14-33)

3rd Quarter

NOV – Bush 4-yd run (Denny good) 14-40

TAM – Rodriguez 5-yd pass from Wasil (Bongarra good) 21-40

TAM – C. Williams 15-yd pass from Wasil (Bongarra good) 28-40

4th Quarter

NOV – Joe Alajajian 2-yd run (Denny good) 28-47

TAM – Amarri Jackson 45-yd pass from Wasil (pass fail) 34-47

NOV – Joe Alajajian 2-yd run (Denny good) 34-54

TAM – Rodriguez 12-yd pass from Wasil (pass fail) 40-54

NOV – L.J. Castile 41-yd pass from Rocco (kicked blocked) 40-60

TAM – Rodriguez 40-yd pass from Wasil (Bongarra good) 47-60

NOV – Castile 7-yd pass from Rocco (Denny failed) 47-66

Storm Defensive Stats

##	Tampa Bay Storm	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	Sack/Yds	QBH
32	HOLMES, Lendy	6	.	6.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
13	BOLDEN, Deonte	5	.	5.0	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
19	MCINTOSH, Erick	3	1	3.5	.	.	1-0	.	.	.	.	.
48	OCTAVIEN, Steve	3	1	3.5	2.0/21	.	.	.	.	.	1.0/10	.
18	WILLIAMS, Chandler	3	.	3.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
3	SWANSON, Riley	2	.	2.0	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
54	GRIFFIN, Paul	2	.	2.0	1.0/8	.	.	.	.	1	1.0/8	.
14	WILLIAMS, Victor	2	.	2.0	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
92	PHILLIPS, Pernell	1	.	1.0	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
TM	TEAM	1	.	1.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

Game Notes

The Storm welcomed back receiver Amarri Jackson, who missed the first three games due to injury. Jackson caught 5 passes for 64 yards and a touchdown.
The Storm suffered several injuries in the game, including one to linebacker and offensive lineman Julius Wilson, who was taken to the hospital.
The Storm recovered an onside kick early in the third quarter that is the fourth consecutive game the team has recorded a turnover on special teams.
DL Paul Griffin blocked a PAT in the fourth quarter, the last time a kick was blocked by the Storm was 6/25/11 at Jacksonville by Jermaine Smith
Head coach Dave Ewart challenged two plays in the game; he was awarded a reversal on each one.
QB Stephen Wasil surpassed 300 passing yards for the third time this season as he tied a single-game career high with seven touchdown passes.
He also tied a single-game high of three interceptions for the second time in his career.
The Victory for the VooDoo snapped a losing streak at home the extended back to May 30, 2008 when it defeated the Columbus Destroyers 83-61
WR Prechae Rodriguez surpassed 100 yards receiving for the fourth consecutive game…He now has 572 receiving yards on the season.
Rodriguez also has nine touchdown receptions in the past two games.
VooDoo Assistant Coach Tim Marcum was the Storm head coach for 15 seasons (1995- 2010).

Pre-Game Coverage

Last Time Out

Tampa Bay’s Prechae Rodriguez caught a one-yard touchdown pass as time expired and the Storm (2-1) defeated the Jacksonville Sharks (1-2), 71-69, Friday at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.

Full Storm vs. Sharks Game Recap