Team of the Week
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Games of Nov. 11-12, 2011
Offense
QB Dan Pitcher, Sr., Cortland State
Pitcher accounted for 374 yards of total offense in
Cortland's 27-3 Cortaca Jug win at Ithaca - the Red Dragons'
biggest road win vs. Ithaca since 1955. Extended his school records
to 29 TD passes for the season and 52 career TD passes. Pitcher was
23-for-36 for 280 yards and ran for 94 yards.
OL Jordan Austin, Ty Olson, John Schachtner, Gio Lapp,
Marc Valdez, Cal Lutheran
Cal Lutheran rushed for 346 yards and eight touchdowns in a
70-20 win at Occidental. As a team the Kingsmen have rushed for 36
touchdowns (averaging four per game) and totaled 340-plus yards in
three contests this season. Sixteen players carried the ball for
the Kingsmen.
RB Shawn Morris, Jr.,
Birminghan-Southern
Morris ran for 332 yards on 35 carries and scored three touchdowns
in a 35-21 win against Millsaps.
RB Clinton, Jr., Albion
Orr became Albion's career rushing leader by running through Trine
for 200 yards on 28 carries.
WR Jared Kuehner, Jr., Coe
Kuehner broke Coe's record for receiving yards with 267, on seven
receptions. He tallied 203 in the first half of the 77-7 win
against Cornell, which was just the fourth time in school history a
player had over 200 for a game.
WR Teddy Watkins, Sr., Wheaton
(Ill.)
Watkins set a school record with four touchdown catches in a 49-29
win against Millikin. He caught eight passes for 146 yards.
WR Rico Wallace, Sr.,
Shenandoah
Wallace had six receptions for 125 yards and two TDs in first half
on his way to an eight-catch, 154-yard day in a win at North
Carolina Wesleyan.
Defense
DE Corey Homer, Sr., Lebanon
Valley
Homer set a program ecord with 5.5 sacks among his 11 tackles.
Four of his sacks were solo efforts. His final sack of the game was
a safety in the second half; he had 4.5 sacks in the first half
alone.
DT Darryl Moore, Sr.,
Waynesburg
Moore went for a game-high 11 tackles, nine of them solo stops,
two tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble against the
Presidents.
DE Tyre Coleman, Fr.,
Hobart
Coleman took over the Division III lead for sacks with three at
Rochester on Saturday. He finished the day with six solo tackles
and was credited with two forced fumbles, giving him a Liberty
League-leading five for the season.
LB Jaden Rosselli, So.,
Willamette
Rosselli led all players on both teams with 11 total tackles. He
earned six solo tackles with two tackles for loss, including an
8-yard sack in a 13-6 loss to Pacific Lutheran.
LB JP Leary, Sr., St.
Scholastica
Leary led the team with 11 tackles, including seven which were
solo in Saturday's victory over Eureka. He also recorded one
interception. Leary led a defense that held Eureka's offense 150
yards below its season average.
LB Larry Delviscio, Jr.,
Gettysburg
DelViscio made a game-high 12 tackles (11 solo), including a
career-high 2.0 sacks, to go with a fumble recovery in Gettysburg's
28-14 victory at Franklin and Marshall.
LB Louis Baltazar, Sr., Lewis and
Clark
Baltazar had four and a half tackles for loss,
three and a half sacks as well as a forced fumble in a 47-14 loss
at Linfield. He had seven tackles, four solo.
CB Kevin Hearon, So.,
Hobart
Hearon recorded his first two career interceptions, returning the
second 36 yards for a touchdown as Hobart defeated Rochester 24-10
to clinch the Liberty League Championship. The backup corner also
recorded a pass break up and a solo tackle.
S Coltan Ellis, So., UW-Eau
Claire
Ellis recorded nine tackles (eight solo) while he broke up two
passes in a 27-21 win against UW-River Falls. One of the broken up
passes came at a crucial time, late in the first half as River
Falls attempted one final pass to the end zone before time
expired.
S Anderson Porter, So.,
Birmingham-Southern
Porter intercepted passes on back-to-back plays
from scrimmage for Millsaps, each of which the Panthers turned into
touchdowns in a 25-21 comeback win.
CB Tony Gordon, Sr.,
Heidelberg
Gordon notched seven tackles, including six solo stops, to lead
the secondary and returned a 50-yard fumble recovery for a
touchdown in a 48-21 win against Ohio Northern.
Special teams
K Mauricio Alfonso, Jr.,
Chapman
Alfonso hit both of his field goals, including a
46-yarder, in a 19-13 loss to Redlands.
P Colin Bultnick, Fr.,
Heidelberg
Bultinck averaged 50.8 yards on four punts with a long of 60 yards
and landed three punts inside the 20-yard line in the win against
Ohio Northern.
RET Jeret Smith, Fr.,
McMurry
Smith returned four kickoffs for 158 yards including a 100-yard
kickoff return for a touchdown. He also caught three passes for 29
yards and a touchdown in McMurry's 63-38 win against Mississippi
College.
ST Casey Kessler, Fr.,
Averett
Kessler picked up a blocked PAT attempt and returned it 98
yards for two points against Ferrum.
