{"id":478,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/homecomingrecap\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:22","slug":"homecomingrecap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/homecomingrecap\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"sharingTools\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/sharingtools.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"breadcrumb\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/breadcrumb.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n    &#013;<\/p>\n<p>It  was a bonfire, a tailgate party and a standing-room only stadium. It was the  taste of victory and the setting of new records.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>It  was Western\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/homecoming\/\">Homecoming 2013<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The excitement kicked off at the Westside  Athletic Complex at 5 p.m. and ended after Western scored 70 points \u2013 breaking  a 10-year record for the most points scored in a WCSU game.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Running back Octavias McKoy (Stratford) rushed  22 times for 226 yards and tied his own record of five touchdowns during the  game. He set a new seasonal mark with 18 touchdowns. For more record-breaking  statistics, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcsuathletics.com\/sports\/fball\/2013-14\/releases\">www.wcsuathletics.com\/sports\/fball\/2013-14\/releases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Western improves to 4-2 overall and is now 3-2 in the  Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Colonials travel to  Worcester State University Oct. 26, to take on the Lancers at 1:30 pm. On Nov.  2, the team travels to UMass at Dartmouth for a 1 p.m. kickoff. The season ends  Nov. 16 when the Colonials take on Westfield State at home beginning at noon.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Western Connecticut State University offers   outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs.  Our   diverse university community provides students an enriching and   supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural   offerings of Western Connecticut and New York.  Our vision: To be an   affordable public university with the characteristics of New England\u2019s   best small private universities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p \/>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebookShare\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/facebookshare.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;\n        <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; &#013; &#013; &#013; It was a bonfire, a tailgate party and a standing-room only stadium. It was the taste of victory and the setting of new records. &#013; It was Western\u2019s Homecoming 2013. &#013; The excitement kicked off at &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-478","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}