Team of the Week
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Games of Oct. 9-10, 2010
Offense
QB Mitchell Bunger, So., Texas Lutheran
Bunger played only three quarters in a
42-14 win against Trinity (Texas), directing the Bulldogs to
touchdown drives on six of the team's first eight possessions. He
was 11-for-15 with three TDs and 295 yards, while rushing 10 times
for 40 yards and two TDs. Bunger and the Bulldogs defeated Trinity
for just the second time in 11 games.
OL Sean Kluber, Art Garvey, Kelvin Cruz, Kyle Sandy,
Brendan Hatlee, Hobart
The Statesmen racked up 648 yards of total offense in a 41-35
double overtime win against Union. The line's play was especially
critical to the team's success as a first-time starter was under
center due to injury. The line allowed no sacks and blocked for an
average of 6.0 yards per carry.
RB Lee Vlasak, So., UW-Platteville
Vlasak became just the sixth player in
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference history to score five
rushing touchdowns. He carried 33 times for 114 yards and the five
scores, while adding 91 yards on four receptions.
RB Brent Donley, Sr., Ohio
Northern
Donley carried 29 times for 206 yards and had TD runs of 23, 12 and
44 yards as No. 13 Ohio Northern defeated Capital 44-10.
WR Junior Woodard, So.,
Hobart
In Hobart's 41-35 double overtime win over Union, Woodard caught
five passes for 182 yards, including touchdown receptions of 61
yards and 70 yards. On his 70-yard score, Woodard stepped out of
one tackle and out ran another defender to the pylon to tie the
game at 28-all in the fourth quarter.
RB Anthony Ambers, Sr.,
Greenville
Ambers scored Greenville's first four touchdowns in leading the
Panthers to a 35-7 win over St. Scholastica, finishing with 221
yards on 28 carries.
TE Austin Zoerhof, Sr., Wheaton
(Ill.)
Zoerhof helped lead Wheaton to a 27-24 victory at Elmhurst as he
scampered down the field on a key 52-yard touchdown reception to
cut Elmhurst's lead to 17-14 in the second half. He finished with
three catches for 100 yards.
Defense
DE Clay Eaton, So., Oberlin
Eaton had a career-high eight tackles,
seven solo, to go along with four sacks, three tackles for a loss
and a forced fumble in Oberlin’s 48-36 setback against Case
Western Reserve.
DT Dylan Burke, Jr., Lake Forest
Burke had three and a half tackles for
loss and a pair of sacks as part of his six tackles in an overtime
setback to Beloit.
DT Austin Hedderly, Sr., Defiance
Hedderly picked up a pair of sacks to go
with six tackles and a broken up in Defiance's 22-14 win againt
Mount St. Joseph. Hedderly's sack on MSJ's final series helped
stall the Lions' scoring chances, after the Jackets had held MSJ to
only 48 total yards and 3 rushing yards in the entire second
half.
DE Jordan Barta, Sr., Cal
Lutheran
Barta sacked the quarterback five times, the most by a Kingsmen
this millennium and led a defensive line that recorded nine sacks
in all. He also forced a fumble and contributed seven tackles (five
solo) in the team's 30-3 victory over Whittier.
LB Ed Kirschenbaum, Sr., Montclair
State
Kirschenbaum helped turn the momentum as No. 16 Montclair State ran
off the final 20 points in a 30-14 win over longtime rival TCNJ.
Trailing 14-10 late in the third, Kirschenbaum had tackles on three
straight plays, including a sack that pinned the Lions on their own
5. The sack forced TCNJ to punt which Montclair then turned into
the go-ahead score early in the fourth. He had 15 tackles, seven
solo, four and a half for loss and three and a half sacks.
LB Kevin Beck, Sr., Knox
Beck tied a school record with three
interceptions in Knox's 31-21 win against Grinnell. Beck also added
six tackles, three solo, had a tackle for a loss and broke up a
pass on the afternoon.
LB Matt Wenger, Sr., North Central
(Ill.)
Wenger recorded a
game-high 10 tackles in North Central's 34-14 win at Augustana, as
the Cardinals' defense forced Augustana to punt on its first five
possessions and limited the Vikings to 39 first-half
yards.
CB Griffin Cardew, Fr.,
Bowdoin
Cardew picked off two passes in Bowdoin's first
win of the season. His first interception set up the Polar Bears'
first score of the game and his second pick, with less than two
minutes remaining and Tufts driving for the tying score at the
Bowdoin 20, clinched the victory. He also had seven tackles, five
solo, and three passes broken up.
S Kyle Longsdorf, Sr.,
Defiance
Longsdorf led Defiance in tackles for the sixth game in a row, with
16 tackles, nine solo, a sack, an interception, two passes broken
up, two tackles for a loss and a quarterback hurry. Longsdorf's
interception came with 1:19 remaining and sealed the
victory.
S Ray Bierbach, Sr., Lycoming
Bierbach had his fourth interception of
the season and forced a fumble by stripping an Albright receiver in
a 50-0 road win.
CB James Binder, Sr.,
Greenville
Binder had two key interceptions and three solo tackles in
Greenville's 35-7 win at St. Scholastica.
Special teams
K Jon Storck, So.,
Waynesburg
Storck racked up 13 points in Waynesburg's 55-42 win against
Geneva. He made all nine of his kicks (seven PAT, two field goals)
and continues to be perfect on the year.
P Kris Rosholt, Jr.,
UW-Whitewater
Rosholt punted just twice for the No. 1 Warhawks
in a 30-7 win against UW-Stout, but each punt was downed on the
1-yard line and the kicks were 50 and 51 yards in length.
ST Danny Polaneczky, Jr., Chicago
Danny Polaneczky blocked a punt and
returned it for a touchdown in Chicago's 36-7 win against Denison.
He also collected two tackles on kickoff returns.
RET Dominic Jones, Jr., Otterbein
As part of a second quarter in which
Otterbein and Baldwin-Wallace combined for 48 points, Jones
answered a B-W kickoff return for a touchdown with an 81-yard
kickoff return for a score of his own. Jones finished with 128
yards in returns on the day. He also had 10 tackles, two pass
breakups and a sack on defense.
