Offense QB
Mike Granato, Sr., Widener
Granato piled up a season-high 338 yards passing and tossed three touchdown
passes, including a long of 92. He helped Widener net a season-high 592
yards of total offense against No. 23 Susquehanna. Granato's touchdowns
spanned, 73, 65 and 92 yards.
RB Brian Pastermack, Sr., Wheaton
Pastermack ran for a career-high 220 yards on 20 carries in Wheaton's
29-24 win against Carthage. Pastermack ran for two touchdowns, including
the game-winning 7-yard touchdown run with 1:20 left in the game. Pastermack
had four carries for more than 20 yards, including a 64-yard touchdown
run.
RB Greg Lozeau, So., Rochester
Lozeau ran 20 yards for the game-winning TD on the second play of the
third OT as Rochester upended Canisius 34-28. He matched his career high
in yardage (140), but was outstanding in OT. He carried six times in the
extra sessions, gaining 46 yards, and scoring twice.
RB Aaron Kernek, Sr., Austin
Kernek surpassed the 200-yard rushing mark for the third consecutive game
as he rushed for 227 yards on 31 carries (avg of 7.3 yards/carry) and
scored three touchdowns (14, 1 and 41 yards, as Austin posted a 35-14
win at Texas Lutheran.
WR Matt Eisenberg, Sr., Juniata
Eisenberg caught three touchdown passes, including the game-winner with
47 seconds remaining during a 27-20 win for Juniata at Moravian. With
his third scoring snag he moved into a tie on Juniata's all-time touchdown
receptions list with 36.
TE Greg Balcavage, Sr., Hartwick
Balcavage caught 10 passes for 121 yards in a 57-19 win against Alfred.
He was the team's leading receiver as they improved to 5-1.
OL Jeff Faust, Tom Worrilow, Rob Schneider, Larry Bender,
Bill Woodburn, Widener
The line helped the offense roll up a season-high 592 yards, averaging
9.4 yards per play (63 plays) and a staggering 57.3 yards per scoring
play. The 592 yards came against the fourth-ranked total defense in the
Middle Atlantic Conference in No. 23 Susquehanna. The offensive line helped
two players gain more than 100 yards rushing and two receivers went over
150 yards.
Defense DL Mark Seagreaves, Sr., Lycoming
Seagreaves' six sacks set a Lycoming record for sacks in a game by one
player in a 21-6 win against Wilkes. He also had 11 tackles, seven of
which were for losses of 42 yards.
DL Jelani Patterson, Jr., Emory and Henry
Had six total tackles, 3½ sacks for 26 yards which tied a school record
for sacks in a game. Also added five tackles for losses totaling 27 yards,
and two pass breakups.
DL Esau McCaulley, Jr., Sewanee
McCaulley recorded six unassisted tackles, three tackles for loss of 21
yards and two quarterback sacks for 13 yards as the Tigers held Rhodes
to just 110 yards of total offense in the 32-6 win. He also had a safety
and deflected a field goal attempt at the line of scrimmage.
LB Matt Baranyay, Jr., Rowan
Baranyay led the Profs' defense with five tackles, all solo. Set up the
team's first touchdown with a 4-yard interception return to Cortland State's
11 yard line. Recorded two sacks, including one which caused a fumble
and ended a Red Dragon drive in the first quarter.
LB Ryan Moore, Jr. Gettysburg
Moore picked off a pair of passes on Saturday against Ursinus, returning
the first interception 31 yards for a touchdown and the second one 23
yards to set up the Bullets' final touchdown.
LB Jason Morrison, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
Morrison played a huge role in HSU’s 10-9 win at Howard Payne. He finished
with 10 tackles and three tackles for a loss of 16 yards. Morrison, who
has 44 tackles for the season, made several key stops as Hardin-Simmons
logged two key goal line stands in the win that kept the No. 3 Cowboys
tied for the top spot in the league standings.
LB Omar Lucas, Jr., Montclair State
Lucas recorded 13 tackles (eight solo), returned an interception for a
touchdown and forced a fumble that was returned for a touchdown in Montclair's
47-3 domination of William Paterson. Lucas also recorded two solo sacks.
DB Chris Scott, So., Hampden-Sydney
Scott continued his terror of the defensive backfield as he made 12 tackles
and intercepted two passes for the Tigers in their 45-28 victory against
Washington and Lee. Scott's second pick, midway through the fourth quarter,
iced the game for the Tigers as he returned it 49 yards for a touchdown.
DB Kevin Dewey, Fr., UW-Stout
Picked off three UW-La Crosse passes in a battle of conference unbeatens.
Dewey's first interception came in the end zone, and his next two stopped
drives at midfield.
DB John Savage, Fr., Rochester
Savage produced a career-high 14 tackles, had and interception and two
key pass breakups as Rochester upended Division I-AA Canisius, 34-28 in
triple overtime.
Special Teams
P Andy Gilburg, Sr., Franklin and Marshall
Gilburg obliterated the school mark for longest punt by booting a ball
77 yards to pin Hobart on its own 1-yard line. The smash broke the mark
of Lewis Stevenson, who hit a 71-yarder on Nov. 13, 1976. On the day he
had seven punts for a total of 321 yards.
PK J.R. Cipra, Sr., Ohio Northern
Went 6-for-6 on extra points, made both field goal attempts (28 and 31
yards), had four kickoffs into the end zone for touchbacks and a special
teams tackle. Cipra became ONU's all-time career field goal leader with
16 for his career, surpassing the previous mark of 15 by Jake Conley from
1974-76.