Team of the Week
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Games of Sept. 9-10, 2011
Offense
QB Travis Lane, Sr., Hampden-Sydney
Lane was 28-for-32 passing for 389 yards and seven touchdowns in a
rout of North Carolina Wesleyan. Lane did all his damage in a
little over three quarters, as his touchdown pass on the first play
of the fourth quarter was his last snap.
OL Raul Millan, Matt DeRosa, Anthony
Zamora, Aaron Mower, Ken Scholz, Lewis and Clark
The Pioneers racked up 331 yards rushing, 7.7 yards per carry in a
36-14 win against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Jevonte Mayes averaged
9.8 per carry and quarterback Keith Welch went for 9.6 a
rush.
RB Joe Rollins, So.,
McDaniel
Rollins led the Green Terror to a 35-14 victory over
Moravian, matching the program record with 311 yards rushing. He
carried the ball 26 times and scored three touchdowns. The
sophomore ripped off runs of 41, 63 and 72 yards as part of the
biggest rushing day by any Green Terror player since 1970.
RB Chris D'Andrea, Sr., Montclair
State
D'Andrea waited 344 days for his chance to return to the field and
he seized the opportunity rushing for 239 yards and collecting 253
all-purpose yards in the Red Hawks' 18-7 win over Salve Regina. He
scored both of MSU's touchdowns, carrying 21 times and averaging
11.4 yards per carry.
WR Tyler Mazur, Jr.,
Lawrence
Mazur, who also serves as the team's backup quarterback, had a
career day catching the ball. Mazur caught eight passes for 220
yards and a school-record four touchdowns. Mazur tied the record of
four TD catches, which was set by Zach Michael vs. St. Norbert in
2003. Mazur grabbed a 92-yard touchdown pass, the fourth-longest
pass play in Lawrence history, to give the Vikings the lead for
good in the second quarter. He then added 72-yard touchdown catch
early in the fourth quarter. He also had TD catches of four and 14
yards.
WR Warren Oliver, So.,
Lycoming
Oliver posted just the second 200-yard game in
school history, catching eight passes for 226 yards in leading the
Warriors to a 41-3 rout of Westminster (Pa.). He scored on strikes
of 66, 23 and 37 yards and had five receptions of 20 or more yards.
He entered the game with 151 career receiving yards.
TE Delfonte Diamond, Sr.,
McMurry
Diamond caught the winning 32-yard touchdown pass from Jake Mullin
to help McMurry knock off NCAA Division I FCS UT-San Antonio. In
addition he had seven receptions for 142 yards, and had four
catches for first downs.
Defense
DE Riley Mitchell, Sr., Lewis and
Clark
Mitchell forced two fumbles and sacked the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
quarterback for a 7-yard loss in the Pioneers' win, to go along
with five tackles, four solo.
DT Sam Cox, Sr.,
McDaniel
Cox recorded five sacks, forcing fumbles on two
of them, as part of a dominant defensive performance in a 35-14 win
against Moravian. He finished with six tackles for loss among his
nine tackles, all of them solo.
DT Peter Bulandr, Sr., North Central
(Ill.)
Every tackle Bulandr made in a 70-26 win against
Bethel (Tenn.) was a sack, as he racked up three of them, including
two on the same series in North Central territory. All of Bulandr's
tackles came in the first half of the rout.
DE Roger Jayne, Jr.,
Lycoming
Jayne led the Warrior defense with 2-1/2 sacks, 3-1/2 tackles for
loss and a fumble recovery against Westminster, leading Warriors to
a 41-3 win. All three of his sacks came on third down, forcing
punting situations.
LB Ryan Pearcy, Sr.,
UW-Stout
Pearcy's interception in the first quarter led to UW-Stout's first
touchdown in a 20-17 win against Jamestown. He finished with 20
tackles, eight solo, and also forced a fumble.
LB Anthony Sabatella, Sr.,
Alma
Sabatella made 18 tackles, including 4-1/2 tackles for loss and
forced two fumbles in the Scots’ 17-9 loss to Illinois
Wesleyan. He also had two sacks and a quarterback hurry.
LB Navahri Holden, So.,
Methodist
Holden scored the team's first touchdown on an interception which
helped the Monarchs defeat Guilford, 40-22. In addition to his
interception, Holden also recovered a fumble and accumulated a
team-high nine total tackles.
CB Gene Hudson, Sr.,
McMurry
Hudson broke up four passes and recorded three tackles in the War
Hawks win over Division I FCS UT-San Antonio. In the first quarter,
he broke up a third-down pass that led to a UTSA punt. In the
second, he broke up a pass in the end zone on second down that led
to a War Hawks blocked field goal two plays later. Finally, with 14
seconds left, Hudson knocked down another pass just outside the end
zone as UTSA tried to retake the lead.
S Andrew Shannon, Jr.,
Birmingham-Southern
Shannon led the BSC defense in a thrilling double overtime victory
against Huntingdon on Saturday, racking up 13 solo tackles and six
assists for a school-record 19 total tackles. He also had two
tackles for loss, a forced fumble, and a pass breakup.
S Peter Hak, Sr.,
Gettysburg
Hak made a career-high 15 tackles as Gettysburg defeated Ursinus
40-34 in its Centennial Conference and home opener. He had a tackle
for loss and 11 solo hits.
S Will Morris, Sr.,
McMurry
Morris recorded 10 tackles (eight solo), forced a fumble, and
broke up a pass in McMurry's 24-21 win over D-I FCS UT-San
Antonio
CB Trevor Kinnett, So.,
Dubuque
Kinnett picked off two passes for the Spartans,
returning them a total of 106 yards in Dubuque's 67-20 win against
Anderson.
Special teams
K Kyle Evans, Sr.,
Manchester
Evans connected on four field goals, three from
beyond 40 yards, as Manchester beat Kalamazoo 26-13. He hit from
44, 41, 42 and 23 yards.
P Zak Brinkman, Sr.,
UW-Platteville
Brinkman averaged just 33.3 yards per punt but made the most of
his field position. He had seven punts, five of which landed inside
the 20 and four inside the 10 in the Pioneers' 26-3 win over
UW-Stevens Point.
ST Nick Graff, Sr.,
Kean
Graff blocked a Wesley punt, recovered the ball and ran it back 6
yards for the touchdown in Kean's 31-28 win against No. 3 Wesley.
The touchdown gave Kean a 17-6 lead in the second quarter after the
Cougars blocked their second consecutive punt.
RET Brian Lecheler, Jr., Northwestern
(Minn.)
Lecheler returned four kickoffs for 213 yards, including
two returns for touchdowns from 84 and 90 yards out in Saturday's
36-26 loss to Westminster (Mo.). Lecheler also caught a touchdown
pass to account for 18 of Northwestern's 26 points on the day.
