PSAC Football Athletes of the Week - 10
Football: Eastern Division Offensive Athlete of the Week
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Brandon Monk
West Chester (Sr. / RB)
West Grove, Pa. / Avon Grove
Brandon Monk rushed for 170 yards and a pair of TDs in West Chester's PSAC East-clinching win over East Stroudsburg Saturday. His last run of three yards with 2:27 left in the game salted away the contest, giving WCU a 41-27 edge. On that game-clinching drive, Monk rushed for 63 of the 77 yards that West Chester traveled to put the game away. Monk also set up the first score of the game with a 34-yard scamper down to the five-yard line. Four plays later, Camille Max caught a 1-yd pass from Moriarty. Monk then scored the first of his two TDs on a six yard run early in the second quarter to put WCU up, 14-0. Monk's 170 rushing yards marked his first 100-yard game of the 2015 campaign. |
Football: Eastern Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
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Zack Delp
Kutztown (Jr. / LB)
Whitehall, Pa. / Whitehall
Junior captain Zack Delp led the way in KU's victory over Shippensburg with 10 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. It moved him up to 198 career tackles, two shy of being the 21st player in school history to be part of the 200-tackle club. |
Football: Eastern Division Special Teams Athlete of the Week
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Jarel Elder
West Chester (So. / RB/KR)
Allentown, Pa. / Parkland
Elder returned five kickoffs for a total of 133 yards on Saturday. He had a long of 48 yards, allowing the Golden Rams to start their second possession of the second half in East Stroudsburg territory. |
Football: Western Division Offensive Athlete of the Week
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Dan Pietrangelo
Seton Hill (Sr. / QB)
Ridgecrest, Calif. / Burroughs
Pietrangelo led the Griffins to a 44-23 Senior Day win over Edinboro. He was 35-48 for 399 yards and 3 touchdowns. Dan also rushed for 20 yards and a touchdown. Pietrangelo threw TD passes of 56, 50 and 7 yards. He also completed passes to 11 receivers. |
Football: Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
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Titus Howard
Slippery Rock (So. / DB)
Clairton, Pa. / Clairton
Howard led the SRU defense to a dominant performance against Clarion's prolific offense. The Rock held the fith ranked passing offense in the country to 213 passing yards and just 237 yards of total offense. Howard recorded a team-high six tackles, including five solo, and also recorded four passes defended. He picked off one pass and returned it 17 yards for a touchdown just 16 seconds into the second half. |
Football: Western Division Special Teams Athlete of the Week
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Jaimire Dutrieulle
Slippery Rock (Sr. / WR/PR)
PIttsburgh, Pa. / Woodland Hills
Dutrieuille had a remarkable day in The Rock's dominant win over Clarion. He returned a punt 91 yards for a touchdown and finished with 210 all-purpose yards and two total TDs. Dutrieuille returned three punts for 159 yards total, including a 37-yarder that set up the go-ahead TD in the second quarter, and also caught two passes for 51 yards and a TD, a 48-yard deep ball. |
Game Notes
Bloomsburg
The Huskies beat Lock Haven, 31-28, in 2 overtimes. It's the second time this season the Huskies went to overtime, the first time in school history with multiple OT games in one season. Tailback
Lawrence Elliott Jr had another big game with career-highs in carries (37) and yards (271). It's the second straight week Elliott has set a career-high for yards rushing in a game. The 271 yards rushing is the fifth-best single game rushing total in school history. Quarterback
Tim Kelly had his best day passing with 201 yards passing against LHU. Kelly now needs 90 yards in his final game next week to become the school's all-time leader in passing yards. Eric Miller is all-time leader with 7,474 yards. Bloomsburg extended its winning streak over the Bald Eagles to six straight games. Bloomsburg needs a win over Seton Hill to extend its PSAC record of 16 consecutive years with at least seven wins in a season.
California
The Vulcans closed divisional play with a 31-21 victory over Mercyhurst to finish third in the PSAC West standings with 5-2 league mark. Senior QB
James Harris finished with 316 passing yards and two touchdowns on 13-of-16 attempts. He became the third quarterback in school history to throw for 7,000 passing yards in a career. Junior WR
Garry Brown posted the ninth 100-yard game of his career and now ranks fifth all-time in school history with 2,175 receiving yards. The Vulcans, who averaged 9.0 yards/play, finished with a four-yard advantage in total offense despite running 35 less plays than the Lakers. Cal U was without a punt for the first time since the 2007 NCAA Playoffs. Senior WR
Kowan Scott is now tied for second in school history with 2,524 career receiving yards, which is nine yards short of breaking the school record. Sophomore RB
John Franklin finished with 72 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 17 attempts, marking his 10th-consecutive game with at least one rushing score.
Cheyney
Fell to Millersville, 26-6
Clarion
The Golden Eagles are now 7-3 overall and finished 4-3 in the PSAC West after losing 65-13 to Slippery Rock on Saturday. The Golden Eagles were without the services of top running back
Delrece Williams who was out with an injury. Clarion started the season 7-0, the best start for the program since 1983. First year head coach Chris Weibel is having an outstanding season leading the Eagles. QB
Connor Simmons has now set a new single season passing record with 3,257 yards, passing Chris Weibel’s total of 2,880 in 1996. Weibel also tossed 32 td passes that year and Simmons is tied with him at 32. Wide receiver
Matt Lehman caught a TD pass at SRU on Saturday and set the new single season mark at 14, breaking the old record set by Alvin Slaughter in 1998. Lehman has 883 receiving yards in 9 games – and can become only the third player in Clarion history to reach 1,000 yards if he gets 117 on Saturday at Kutztown. Williams, meanwhile, needs 100 rushing yards to reach 1,000. Only four other players have reached 1,000 yards – the last was Alfonso Hoggard in 2010 and 2009. Clarion travels to Kutztown on Saturday for the season finale. The two teams combined for 76 points and 1,042 yards in KU’s 41-35 overtime win.
East Stroudsburg
ESU (5-5, 4-3) fell 41-27 at West Chester on Saturday. The Warriors cut a 31-7 halftime deficit to 34-27 with 6:44 left, but were unable to get any closer. Last week, ESU tied school records for its largest comeback (18 points) and largest halftime comeback (14) in a 35-34 win vs. Bloomsburg, and trailed 24-0 at West Chester before getting on the board Saturday. R-Sr. WR
Jon Schnaars had 10 catches for 87 yards and a TD, and threw a 66-yard TD to Sr. WR
Joe Welk. Schnaars set ESU’s single-season record for receptions (98). He is tied for 5th in PSAC history in single-season receptions, tied for 11th in yards (1,388) and tied for 8th in TD (18) entering the season finale Saturday vs. Gannon. He ranks 8th in career receptions (223), 10th in yards (3,225) and 7th in TD (41). R-Sr. QB
Matt Soltes moved into 2nd in PSAC history in career passing yards (12,109) and 3rd in pass TD (121). He was already 2nd in career total offense (13,577). In DII history, Soltes ranks 10th in total offense, t-11th in passing yards and t-6th in TD passes. He is 2nd in DII history in career total offense per game (348.1 ypg) and t-1st in career games with 5+ TD passes (12). R-Jr. TB
Robert Healy had 174 yards from scrimmage, his 10th career 100-yard rushing game (116) and 26th game with 100 yards from scrimmage in 26 contests. ESU completes its 42nd season under head coach Denny Douds Saturday vs. Gannon. Douds is in his 50th season at ESU, including 8 years as an assistant coach from 1966-73. He holds the PSAC record for career wins (255), ranking t-2nd in DII history, t-18th in NCAA history and 3rd among active coaches. He holds the DII record for career games coached (439) and ranks 9th in NCAA history.
Edinboro
Darren Massey broke his own season record for receptions against Seton Hill. The junior boosted his total to 84 receptions, bettering his total of 80 set last year. He finished with 11 catches for 81 yards, the fifth time this season he has caught 10-or-more passes in a game. He also moved into fifth place in career receiving yards with 2,014 yards, and is 11th in season receiving yards with 775.
Alex Caratelli enjoyed his fourth 100-yard game receiving, catching a career-high 13 passes for 139 yards and a touchdown. He has 814 yards receiving, good for seventh in a season. True freshman
Jack Wallman made his first career start at quarterback. He had not played a down prior to the Seton Hill game, but completed 31 of 50 passes for 283 yards with 2 TDs and an INT. The 50 pass attempts was the fifth-highest in school history.
Cory Bell recorded Edinboro’s first 100-yard rushing effort of the season, finishing with 116 yards on 14 carries, including a 54-yard touchdown run. Freshman linebacker Trey Hall totaled 19 tackles, a high for Edinboro this season.
Mitch Thomas returned four kickoffs to set the season record for kickoff returns in a season with 32. He has 724 yards on returns, good for second all-time. He needs 34 yards to break Eric Bosley’s school record. Edinboro has now allowed 404 points and 5,044 yards in total offense, both school records. The Fighting Scots will try to avoid just the second winless season in school history when they finish the season next Saturday at Millersvile.
Gannon
Gannon dropped its second consecutive game with a setback at Indiana (Pa.) last Saturday. For the second time this season, Gannon has followed a three-game win streak with a two-game losing streak. Redshirt senior
Joshua Wiechelt led all tacklers on both sides with 13 stops, reaching double digits for the second consecutive game and sixth time this season. Redshirt sophomore
Nico Mendieta tied a career-high last week with nine tackles against California (Pa.), before setting a new career-high with 11 stops at IUP. Junior
Mike Zanders moved into Gannon's all-time top 10 in tackles, finishing the game with 251 career stops. Mendieta reached the 100-career tackle plateau during his second season. Wiechelt cracked Gannon's all-time top 20 in tackles, jumping four players and moving into a tie for 16th place with Joe Dipre (2004-05) and Todd Proper (1996-99) with 216 career tackles. Senior
Brock Jones became the sixth Golden Knight to record 1,000 rushing yards in a season and the second to accomplish it twice. Jones moved into a tie with Gannon Hall of Famer Darmel Whitfield (2001-04) for second place all-time with 210 career points and needs two touchdowns during the regular-season finale to tie Jon Richardson's (2006-09) school record. Wiechelt became the eighth Golden Knight in school history to record 100 tackles in a season and can tie Pat Rodkey's single-season record (120 in 1996) with 15 tackles during next week's regular-season finale.
IUP
The Crimson Hawks clinched a share of the PSAC West division title with a 26-14 win over visiting Gannon on Senior Day. IUP improved to 7-2 overall and 6-1 in the league with the victory, claiming a share of the program's 16th division crown. Redshirt freshman quarterback
Lenny Williams ran for a 64-yard touchdown with 4:35 left in the game and redshirt sophomore cornerback
Jay Watkins picked off a pass with 2:09 to play to clinch the IUP win. Williams finished with 140 rushing yards - his fifth straight 100-yard game - while also passing for 124 yards and a touchdown in the win. Sophomore running back
Chris Temple had a game-high 142 rushing yards and a score. Watkins had three tackles, that interception, and broke up another pass, helping an IUP defense that allowed just 225 total yards to the Golden Knights. IUP will now play Cheyney this coming Saturday, as the Crimson Hawks' original opponent, West Chester, will play Slippery Rock in the PSAC Championship game.
Kutztown
Defeated Shippensburg, 51-27
Lock Haven
The LHU football team dropped a heartbreaker in Week 10 at Bloomsburg. Looking for their first win over Bloomsburg since 2003, LHU fell 31-28 in double-OT to the Huskies, the preseason PSAC East favorite. LHU got another record-setting day from QB
Caleb Walton. Walton threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns. He completed 24 of 43 passes. Entering the game, Walton needed just one TD pass to break the all-time single-season record for touchdown passes. He now has 21 on the season. Yesterday marked Walton’s 14th career game with 200-plus passing yards and his third career game over 300. His 312 passing yards today also push him over 2,000 for the second the consecutive season and surpass his career-mark of 2,164 set last season. Walton’s 2,219 yards are the fourth-most in school history for a single season. Walton now has 45 career TD passes, No. 2 all-time and 5,539 yards, No. 2 all-time. Yesterday marked Lock Haven’s first OT game since the 2007 season-finale at Clarion.
Luke Erdman (center) started his 40th career/consecutive game vs. Kutztown. Erdman has started every game since Week 4 of his freshman year in 2012.
Mercyhurst
Mercyhurst had its three-game win streak against California (Pa) snapped in a 31-21 loss. The two teams are now even in the all-time series, 4-4. The Lakers head to Shippensburg for the season finale and need a win to avoid their first losing season since 2011. A win would also be the 75
th at the helm for head coach Marty Schaetzle. The Lakers have played Ship three times in program history, all since becoming members of the PSAC in 2008. Mercyhurst owns a 2-1 mark against the Red Raiders, but has yet to win at Seth Grove Stadium. Red Raiders’ wide receiver Sheldon Mayer set a Mercyhurst opponent record with his 14 receptions last year in the Lakers 42-21 home victory.
Millersville
Millersville did not allow an offensive score against Cheyney, marking the second time this season the defense did not allow a single point in regulation. The 191 yards of total offense allowed to Cheyney was the best single-game performance by a Marauder defense since holding Mansfield to 118 in the 2006 season finale.
Sene Polamalu picked up a half sack against Cheyney, boosting his total to a team-leading 5.0, which is the most by a Marauder since Nick Reynolds’ 7.0 in 2001. Polamalu also led the team in sacks as a freshman in 2014, making him the first Marauder since Jarrod Linn (2006-07) to lead the team in sacks in back-to-back seasons and just the sixth since 1979 to accomplish the feat. His 9.0 sacks through 21 career games are the most since Millersville Hall of Famer Scott Martin totaled 10 as a freshman and sophomore in 1990-91.
Wide receiver
Kevin Wiggins has caught fire over the last three weeks, catching eight touchdown passes and 22 total catches for 267 yards. Wiggins has caught at least two passes in all nine games he has played this season and in 20 consecutive dating back to the start of his freshman season.
Seton Hill
SHU concluded the home portion of the schedule with a 44-23 victory over Edinboro on Senior Day. SHU improves to 3-7 overall and concludes PSAC West play with a 2-5 record. The Griffins led 17-16 at the half and outscored the Scots 27-7 in the second half. Seton Hill dominated the stats in the game as well. SHU held a 31-22 advantage in first downs and nearly had 300 more yards of total offense, finishing with 653 to just 376 for Edinboro. The Griffins also had a 33:17-26:43 advantage in time of possession.
Dan Pietrangelo finished the game 35-48 for 399 yards and 3 touchdowns. He also rushed for a touchdown. Pietrangelo completed passes to 11 different receivers.
Brandon Stout led the rushing game with 72 yards and a touchdown.
KeDario Lewis added 64 yards on 7 carries.
Ardell Brown caught 9 passes for 137 yards and 1 touchdown.
Shane Leatherbury added 8 receptions for 75 yards.
Otis Williams and
Nicholas Boynton each had 9 tackles to lead the defense.
Dexter Williams added 8 tackles. SHU will close out its season next weekend when they travel to Bloomsburg for the season finale. Kickoff is set for noon.
Shippensburg
Shippensburg was eliminated from the PSAC Eastern Division championship race on Saturday with a loss at Kutztown. Redshirt freshman defensive end
Richard Nase now has 10 sacks, tied for the third-most in SU single-season history. Nase is second in the PSAC in sacks and third in tackles for loss. SU has now scored 400+ points in all five seasons under head coach Mark Maciejewski, the only PSAC team to surpass 400 in each of the last five years. SU has scored 113 points off turnovers while allowing just 20 points off turnovers. SU had a PSAC-best 34 sacks this season, tied for fifth-most in school history. SU is second in the PSAC in scoring and leads the league in kickoff returns and punt returns.
Slippery Rock
George Mihalik won his 194th career game. SRU won its 15th straight home game and wrapped up its third straight undefeated regular season at home. The last SRU loss at home came in the final game of the 2012 season. SRU is now 28-4 at home since the beginning of the 2010 season. SRU won the PSAC West for the 3rd straight time and the 15th time in program history. It is the eighth PSAC West title for Mihalik. SRU will play in the PSAC title game for the third straight year. The Rock have won the last six meetings with Clarion and all six "Milk Jug" games. The 65 points are the most SRU has ever scored against Clarion and the most either team has ever scored in the series. SRU honored 19 senior players and one manager in a pregame ceremony Saturday. Those seniors won three PSAC West titles in their four-year careers. Dutrieuille's 91-yard punt return was the first SRU punt return for a TD since 2013 against Bloomsburg. It is the believed to be the longest punt return TD in school history based on available records. Durden's 17 rushing TDs rank fourth in single-season history at SRU. Nania's 19 TD passes rank sixth in single-season history. Durden has scored 102 points this season, fourth most in program history. SRU broke the program record for rushing TDs in a season and now has 39 in 10 games. Greene now has 3,193 career rushing yards and moves up to fifth all-time at SRU. Dutrieuille's 17th career receiving TD moves him up to fifth all-time at SRU. He is now 18 yards away from 2,000 career receiving yards. Martin's 2.0 sacks give him 25.0 sacks in 22 games and move him up to third on the all-time list at SRU. He also has 35.0 tackles for loss and moves up to 10th on the all-time list at SRU.
West Chester
West Chester's win over East Stroudsburg moved the Rams to 59-22 overall against the Warriors and was the third straight win in the series. West Chester's win, coupled with Kutztown's 51-27 win over Shippensburg Saturday, puts the Golden Rams into the "State Game" for the first time since 2008. West Chester is 6-8 in the conference championship game and 2-3 against Slippery Rock. The Golden Rams have lost the last six times it has played for the conference crown in a championship game. West Chester has not won the "State Game" since 1971 (35-14 vs. Edinboro). PK
Brendan Paulison has made his last nine FG attempts. He has not missed since the Millersville game (44 yards). He is 11 of 12 on the year and a perfect 11-for-11 under 40 yards. QB
Pat Moriarty's 26 TD passes ranks tied for third in the PSAC this year and tied for ninth all-time in a single season at WCU. It also marks the fourth straight year in which a WCU QB has thrown for at least 26 touchdowns in a season.