PSAC Football Athletes of the Week - Week 9 (Oct. 24)
Erik Anderwkavich of C.W. Post became just the second player in the 77 years of organized PSAC football to account for over 600 yards of total offense in a single game, and the second in the last two years, and despite his team coming up just short in a loss to Kutztown, he is the PSAC East Offensive Player of the Week. East Stroudsburg linebacker Matt Freed is the East Defensive Player of the Week for the fifth time in his career and first this season after a standout performance that helped the Warriors snap a six-game losing streak with a win over Millersville.
Mercyhurst swept the awards in the West after knocking off California and snapping the Vulcans' 24-game PSAC West winning streak. Quarterback Travis Rearick is the Offensive Player of the Week after over 300 yards of total offense and four touchdown passes while cornerback Julius McCormick is the Defensive Player of the Week after making a couple of big plays that helped shift the momentum in the game. Their efforts not only helped the Lakers send the Vulcans to their first divisional loss since 2006 but also gave them a share of first place in the PSAC West and with them holding the tiebreaker over the Vulcans, the Lakers are the only team in the West that controls their own destiny for the division title.
PSAC Players of the Week - Oct. 24
(Week 9)
PSAC East Offensive Player of the Week
Erik Anderwkavich, C.W. Post
QB, Sr., Queens, N.Y./Holy Cross
Anderwkavich set a new school and PSAC record by accounting for 651 yards of total offense by throwing for 566 yards and rushing for 85 as he did all he could to lead the Pioneers to a win in a tough two-point loss, 50-48 to Kutztown. With his record-setting performance, he is the first player this year to earn a PSAC Player of the Week award after a loss. The senior completed 38-of-55 passes (69.1 pct.) for a school record 566 yards and threw for five touchdowns. He breaks the old PSAC record for total offense of 647 held by Edinboro’s Trevor Harris, becoming only the second player in PSAC history to accumulate over 600 yards of total offense in a game. His 566 passing yards ranks third all-time in PSAC history. Three of his TD tosses came in the fourth quarter and he also converted a pass on a two-point conversion as he rallied the Pioneers back from a 20-point deficit to come within a missed field goal as time expired of handing Kutztown its first loss.
PSAC East Defensive Player of the Week
Matt Freed, East Stroudsburg
LB, Sr., Souderton, Pa./Souderton
Freed recorded 11 tackles (8 solo), made two sacks, forced a fumble and had an interception to help lead the Warriors to a 65-14 win over Millersville. With his 11 total stops, he moved into third place in East Stroudsburg history with 364 career tackles. He was involved in two of ESU’s four first-half takeaways that helped lead to a 51-7 halftime advantage as he had a sack and forced fumble on Millersville’s first series, which was recovered inside the 20 and would later lead to a touchdown. He also returned an interception 30 yards to the Marauder 4-yardline to set up another TD in the second quarter.
PSAC West Offensive Player of the Week
Travis Rearick, Mercyhurst
QB, Jr., Elton, Pa./Forest Hills
Rearick guided the Lakers to a 31-21 upset win over California, which ended the Vulcans’ 24-game divisional winning streak and handed then their first PSAC West loss since 2006. The junior threw for 299 yards and four touchdowns, completing 21-of-37 passes (56.8 pct.) without an interception and only being sacked once. He also ran for 21 yards, giving him 320 yards of total offense. Rearick hit on two of his four TD passes on consecutive offensive plays to turn a 7-0 Lakers deficit into a 14-7 lead. He hit Terrance Coon for an 80-yard strike, the fourth-longest in school history, and then a 42-yard strike to Trevor Kennedy. He later engineered the Lakers to 17 straight unanswered points in the second half, including TD passes from four and 20 yards against a defense that had not allowed a second half touchdown in the last six games. His four TD tosses marked the most by Laker QB since 2007.
PSAC West Defensive Player of the Week
Julius McCormick, Mercyhurst
CB, Sr., Columbus, Ohio/Dublin Scioto
McCormick played an integral role in Mercyhurst’s 31-21 upset win over California as he recorded three solo tackles, including one for a loss of four yards, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, an interception and a pass break up. His two takeaways came on back-to-back possessions in the second quarter, which helped swing the momentum of the game. With Cal leading 7-0, he broke up a pass and then two plays later, picked off Cal QB Josh Portis at the Lakers 30-yardline to stop a threatening drive. Then, after the Lakers had tied the game with an 80-yard TD pass, McCormick stripped the ball from a Cal WR on the Vulcans’ first play from scrimmage, giving the Lakers the ball back and they would then score on their first offensive play on a 42-yard TD pass that gave them a 14-7 lead.
Team Notes
Bloomsburg Huskies
Bloomsburg had two rushers top the 100-yard mark in the team’s win over West Chester...Franklyn Quiteh ran for 161 yards, while Codie Butler rushed for a career-high 110 yards. As a team the Huskies rushed for 335 yards…Quiteh now has 1,310 yards rushing for the season setting a new school single-season freshman rushing mark. He is now seventh on the overall single-season rushing list…TE Ben Weaber had his first career completion when he threw a 53-yard flea-flicker to Kyle Fisher right before halftime setting up a score…The Huskies win was their seventh of the season. It is the 12th consecutive year the Huskies have won seven or more games in a season. Only Northwest Missouri State has a longer streak going at 14 years…The win over West Chester came in the annual Homecoming game. The Huskies are now 50-30-1 in homecoming games dating back to 1928.
California Vulcans
The Vulcans suffered their first PSAC West loss since November 2006 last Saturday with a 31-21 loss at Mercyhurst, snapping a 24-game winning streak…It was the first loss by Cal U to an unranked opponent since September 2006…In his first career start, freshman Trey Johnson rushed for 122 yards on 19 carries (116 yards in the first half)…The Vulcans committed four turnovers against the Lakers after entering the game with only six turnovers all season…Cal U allowed its first second-half touchdown since the season-opener…Sr. WR Terrance Moore posted a season-high 152 yards and two touchdowns after having only three touchdowns entering the game…The Vulcans will host IUP in the second-ever Coal Bowl on Saturday…Cal U has won four of the last five meetings against IUP after the Crimson Hawks won 20 straight games from 1985-2004.
Cheyney Wolves
It was the third time this year that the Wolves were shut out and the third time that Cheyney gave up 50 or more points…Cheyney surrendered a season high 264 rushing yards…Cheyney rushed for a season low 53 yards…RB Marcus Jones was tackled for a loss for the first time this season…QB Chris Anderson completed a season-low two passes…Cheyney turned the ball over four times and leads the PSAC in turnovers with a minus 13…Cheyney will end a three-game road trip this week when it travels to East Stroudsburg
Clarion Golden Eagles
Clarion (2-6; 2-3) lost a 31-14 decision to Edinboro…The game will be rebroadcast on FSN-Pittsburgh on Monday, October 25th at 7pm…Alfonso Hoggard was held to 31 yards on 10 carries …Hoggard now has 1,942 career rushing yards - ranking him 8th in Clarion history…He needs 20 yards to pass Demetrius Gardner (1,961) for 7th place all-time…Jacques Robinson had 1 catch for 12 yards - and now has 199 career grabs for 2,350 yards…Robinson ranks #1 in career catches and #3 at Clarion in receiving yards…SS Nick Sipes continues his outstanding play - He had 10 tackles against Edinboro and now has 78 tackles on the year with 9 tfl's…Clarion hits the road next Saturday for a 1pm game at Gannon.
C.W. Post Pioneers
C.W. Post's contest against Kutztown was one for the record books as the Pioneers nearly knocked off the 18th-ranked Golden Bears in the final seconds of the game Saturday evening…C.W. Post completed the game with 708 offensive yards on 86 plays and the teams combined for a total of 1,228 offensive yards in the game...Sr. QB Erik Anderwkavich set a new school and PSAC record with 651 offensive yards, including 566 passing and 85 rushing, surpassing Edinboro's Trevor Harris, who had 647 against West Liberty in 2009…He also eclipsed former Pioneer standout Perry Klein who had 623 against Salisbury State…Anderwkavich completed 38 passes, breaking another record held by Perry, and threw five touchdown completions, including three in the fourth quarter against the Golden Bears…Fr. Joe Botti made caught 10 passes for 227 yards and two touchdowns while senior wide receiver hauled in 11 catches for 131 yards and two touchdowns…The Pioneers will host their final regular season home game against Bloomsburg next Saturday at a1 p.m.
East Stroudsburg Warriors
ESU outgained Millersville 542-204 and scored 34 straight points in the second quarter in a 65-14 win, ending a six-game losing streak...Sr. QB Matt Marshall was 18-22 for 257 yards and 4 TDs in the first half...So. TB Kendrick Williams ran for 127 yards and 4 TDs, both career-highs...Sr. WR Ed Kiser had 6 catches for 148 yards and 2 TDs...ESU had its first 100-yard rushers and receivers of the season...Sr. OLB Matt Freed (11 tackles, 2 sacks, FF, Int.) moved into third at ESU with 364 career tackles...Freed was named a semifinalist for the NFF Campbell Award for football scholar-athletes and was first team Academic All-America last year...ESU will dedicate Gregory-Douds Field at Eiler-Martin Stadium next Saturday (Cheyney, 1 p.m.), recognizing Jack Gregory (PSAC titles in 1964-65) and Denny Douds (PSAC record 228 career wins) by renaming the playing surface.
Edinboro Fighting Scots
Edinboro snapped its three-game losing streak with a 31-14 win at Clarion, marking the fifth straight sin for the Fighting Scost at Clarion's Memorial Stadium…The defense held Clarion to 101 yards rushing, with Alfonso Hoggard gaining just 31 yards on 10 carries. Ryan Skelton paced the defense with 10 tackles, his fourth game with 10-or-more tackles…Fr. Mike Hanhauser scored his first career touchdown, blocking a punt and recovering it in the end zone…Drew Herrell fell just shy of 100 yards for the second straight week. After gaining 96 yards against Mercyhurst the redshirt freshman ran for 95 yards and 2 TDs at Clarion…David Bostic has enjoyed some of his best career games against Clarion. He caught 8 passes for 80 yards, one shy of his career high set vs. Clarion in 2007. That moved him into tenth place in career receptions with 94…Gary Nolen is now tied for fifth in career receptions with 131…Alex Romanias made a 23-yard field goal to snap a string of six straight misses.
Gannon Golden Knights
Gannon moved to 5-3 overall with a 45-17 victory against Indiana (Pa.) last Saturday. It represents the program's best eight-game record since the 2003 squad opened the season 7-1...The Golden Knights have scored at least 42 points in consecutive games for only the second time in school history and first time since 2004...The squad has won back-to-back games by at least 28 points for the first time in school history...Gannon out-gained IUP 216-2 in the second quarter...Sr. Levar Goff's 46-yard punt return for a touchdown was Gannon's first punt returned for a score since September 25, 2005...Sr. LB Kevin Minor's 48-yard interception return for a touchdown was Gannon's first interception return for a score since October 25, 2008...Sr. TB Tyler Batts recorded his first career two-touchdown game...Sr. S Matthew Neal-Mink recorded a season-high 11 tackles, moving into fourth place all-time at Gannon with 278 career tackles.
IUP Crimson Hawks
IUP lost its third in a row with a 45-17 setback at Gannon…The Crimson Hawks took an early 10-0 lead on a 29-yard touchdown pass from Bo Napoleon to Mychal Skinner and a 42-yard field goal by Craig Burgess…The scoring reception was Skinner's 15th in his career to move him into ninth place in school history while Burgess tied Shippensburg's Howie Guarini for third place in PSAC history with 45 field goals…Harvie Tuck rushed for 97 yards and moved up three spots to No. 21 in the IUP record book with 1,240 yards in his two-year career…IUP needs two wins in its final three games vs. California, Lock Haven and West Chester to avoid a second straight losing season after going 26 years of at least a .500 record…Lou Tepper will make his fourth attempt for career win No. 100 Saturday vs. the Vulcans.
Kutztown Golden Bears
Kevin Morton has thrown a touchdown pass in 13 straight games and has 39 career TD tosses…With 325 points scored this season, Kutztown is closing in on the single-season record for points scored..The 1991 squad scored 360 points...The Golden Bears have outscored its opponents, 132-24, in the third quarter..Joel Irwin recorded his first career interception in the third quarter against CW Post…Kutztown has set a school record for wins with eight…KU has also won five PSAC East games for the first time in school history…Matt Dineen upped his career FG total to 41 with a pair of successful attempts against CW Post…The Golden Bears have scored 50 or more points in a game twice this season, the first time since 1923, a KU football team has accomplished that..Josh Mastromatto scored three rushing touchdowns for the second time this season…Chris McCormick has 236 receiving yards in KU’s last two games..Kutztown has scored a point in 15 straight quarters.
Lock Haven Bald Eagles
Lock Haven is coming off a 56-14 setback at Slippery Rock...The loss marked the 28th straight for LHU, who hasn’t won since the 2007 season finale at Clarion...Lock Haven is now 0-8 overall on the year and 0-5 in PSAC West action...Over the last four seasons, Lock Haven has gone 1-38...LHU hosts Edinboro this weekend at Hubert Jack Stadium...This past week, one bright spot for LHU was returning All-PSAC performer Nick Gounaris, who made a team-high 10 tackles...Jarrett Krazter, who has been punting and receiving all year started under center for LHU. He was 15-for-30 passing, for 122 yards and one TD. He rushed for one score and 54 yards.
Mercyhurst Lakers
Mercyhurst snapped No. 3 California’s 24-game winning streak over divisional opponents with a 31-21 upset at home…The Vulcans are the highest-ranked team the Lakers have beat in the program’s 30-year history…Mercyhurst has defeated a top-25 team in each of the last three seasons, including IUP in 2009 and Edinboro in 2008…The Lakers are now 7-2 all-time at home against PSAC West teams and round out the season with two more home games against SRU and Clarion, two teams that beat the Lakers a year ago…QB Travis Rearick started his third straight game and led the Lakers to their third straight win, their longest streak since winning four in a row to open divisional play in 2008…He has thrown for nine TDs and 787 yards in the past three games, completing 69 of 120 passes…Terrence Coon’s 80-yard touchdown catch against Cal is the fourth-longest in program history…Coon and Trevor Kennedy posted their second game of the year where they each recorded more than 100 yards receiving.
Millersville Marauders
Millersville suffered its worst-ever Homecoming defeat and dropped to 20-15-1 in Homecoming games...Daniel Jones recorded a career-high nine tackles...Jeff Longley forced a fumble and made his first career interception...Jamie Thomas recorded his second sack of the season...Millersville lost just its third fumble of the season...Jamal Smith was held to just one catch and 21 yards—his low total in catches and yards since Oct. 11, 2008...Bill Shirk threw three interceptions in a game for just the second time in his career but the second time in the last three games...A pair of true freshmen—Brandon Gunn and Barry Surrett Jr.—led Millersville’s running game...Gunn totaled 45 yards on 16 carries and Surrett added 38 yards on 11 carries.
Shippensburg Red Raiders
SU earned its 400th victory as a NCAA member institution with a 50-0 Homecoming win over Cheyney...The defense recorded SU’s first shutout since beating Lock Haven on Sept. 13, 2008 – a 27-game span...The Red Raiders allowed just 85 total yards on offense, the fewest by an opponent since the aforementioned shutout in '08...Sr. TB Kevin Marshall finished with 67 rushing yards and a touchdown while moving into sole possession of second place on Shippensburg’s all-time all-purpose yards list (4,094 – second only to John Kuhn ’04)...Jr. Roshaan McCain was the first Red Raider to rush for three touchdowns in a game since he last achieved the feat at Millersville in 2009...Since 1926, SU is 400-340-21…SU is now 25-0 since 1998 in games in which it has allowed nine points or less...The Red Raiders will have a "Red Out" on Senior Day next Saturday at 1 p.m. versus the Marauders in the 2010 home finale.
Slippery Rock - The Rock
So. RB Akeem Satterfield scored three TDs Saturday to improve his league-leading total to 14 and move into a tie for ninth place on SRU’s single-season TDs chart...Satterfield needs 99 yards to become the 23rd player in Rock history to rush for 1,000 or more yards in a season...Fr. RB LaQuinn Stephens-Howling scored his first two collegiate TDs with runs of nine and 34 yards vs. Lock Haven...The Rock attempted only 10 passes vs. LHU in the process of compiling 401 yards in total offense...Leading receiver Devin Goda did not play due to a leg injury sustained in practice...The Rock defeated Lock Haven for the 22nd straight time and 29th time in the last 30 meetings...George Mihalik is now 19-4 in SRU Homecoming games...The Rock is assured of its fourth winning season in the last five years and 16th in the last 19 seasons.
West Chester Golden Rams
West Chester dropped a 45-21 decision at Bloomsburg Saturday...Sr. RB D'Andre Webb rushed for a season-high 83 yards...He scored on a 77-yard TD run...He has scored a touchdown in six of the last seven games.