PSAC Football Athletes of the Week - 6 Sunday, October 13, 2013 2:30 PM PSAC Football Athletes of the Week - 6 - 104 Gallery Can't View the gallery? Click here. WEEK 6 - OCTOBER 6-13 Standings | Statistical Leaders | Schedule/Results Football: Eastern Division Offensive Athlete of the Week Sean McCartney West Chester (Jr. / QB) Doylestown, Pa. / Archbishop Wood Sean McCartney was responsible for all four West Chester touchdowns in a come from behind 34-20 victory against East Stroudsburg. McCartney threw three touchdown passes, all to different receivers, and rushed for another score. McCartney finished 25-for-39 for 275 yards through the air, while completing passes to nine different receivers. In the second-half comeback, the Doylestown native went 15-for-21 for 169 yards. Football: Eastern Division Defensive Athlete of the Week Isaiah Fleming Cheyney (Jr. / LB) Wilmington, Del. / Newark Isaiah Fleming of Cheyney recorded 21 tackles on the road against Kutztown. Fleming registered 14 solo tackles along with a pair of sacks for 13 yards. The Wilmington, Del. Native finished the day with 5.5 tackles for a loss of 21 yards. The junior linebacker was also credited with two quarterback hurries. Football: Western Division Offensive Athlete of the Week Nigel Barksdale Slippery Rock (Sr., QB) San Jacinto, Calif./San Jacinto Slippery Rock’s Nigel Barksdale passed for 425 yards and two touchdowns, ran for one touchdown and caught a 24-yard flea-flicker pass to lead The Rock to a 676-yard total offense effort in a 42-16 upset of No. 7 IUP. Prior to Saturday, IUP was the nation's top pass (118.2ypg) and scoring defense (6.0ppg). Slippery Rock’s 676 yards of total offense and 449 passing yards were the most ever allowed by an IUP defense. Barksdale finished the day going 27-of-38 in the air and accumulated 68 yards on the ground on 17 carries. Football: Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week Slippery Rock Defense Slippery Rock’s defense held the West’s top rushing offense (203.8ypg prior to Saturday) to just 59 yards on the ground in route to a 42-16 win over No. 7 IUP. Leading the way with seven tackles apiece was Isaiah Coleman with a forced fumble, Tony Papley with 1.5 tackles for loss, Garry Allen with a fumble recovery of 13 yards, and Matt Peacock with a sack of 12 yards. As a unit, The Rock recorded 12 pass breakups lead by Anthony Saunders’ four denials. TEAM NOTES Bloomsburg The ninth-ranked Huskies kept their record unblemished by moving to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the PSAC East with a 45-7 victory over Millersville on Homecoming Weekend. Bloomsburg recorded a defensive and special teams touchdown in the same game for the first time this year with a 34-yard interception return by senior safety Jonathan Patrick and a 73-yard punt return by true freshman Lawrence Elliott Jr. Franklyn Quiteh had two rushing touchdowns and quarterback Tim Kelly threw for two more to receivers Glenn Hutton Jr. and Tony Peregrin to highlight the offense. With the win, Bloomsburg starts the season at 6-0 for the third consecutive year. Next up is a trip to East Stroudsburg on Saturday, Oct. 19 in a key PSAC East battle. California (Pa.) The Vulcans posted a season-high 474 yards of total offense and scored 21 points in the fourth quarter en route to claiming a 35-7 victory against Clarion. Cal U has won nine-consecutive games on Homecoming. The Vulcans rushed for a season-high 230 yards and three touchdowns after entering the game with only two rushing scores this year. Senior wide receiver Trey Johnson totaled 169 all-purpose yards in the victory, including a 61-yard run on a reverse to mark the program’s longest run since the 2009 season. Eight different players made at least reception with senior Mike Williams posting his seventh career 100-yard game, finishing with 118 yards and one touchdown on seven receptions. Cal U will next face league-newcomer Seton Hill. In the first and only meeting between the two programs, the Vulcans earned a 48-7 victory in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Playoffs. Cheyney Isaiah Fleming had a monster game on the defensive side of the ball but it wasn’t enough as the Cheyney Wolves fell to Kutztown 35-19. The junior from Wilmington, Delaware recorded 21 tackles including 14 solo tackles and 5.5 tackles for loss (21). He was also credited with two sacks (13) and two hurries. Cheyney signal caller Adler Thony was 13-23 for 134. His counterpart Alec Werner was 19-38 for 166 yards including three touchdowns and an interception. The Wolves will host Millersville next Saturday at 1:00 PM. Kutztown will host Shippensburg. Clarion After winning its first three games of the 2013 season, the Golden Eagles have dropped their last three games to even their record at 3-3. Freshman qb Darelle Carson has rushed for 4 td's in the last two games. He had three against East Stroudsburg and one at California. The Golden Eagles are outscoring opponents in the second half by a 74-71 margin. Its the second quarter that has been a problem - with Clarion being outscore 80-41 in the second quarter. Junior running back Bobby Thomas has 955 career rushing yards and needs 45 to hit the 1,000 yard total. Wide receiver Jon Reid has 83 career catches in 32 games and needs 17 to reach 100. He has 1,197 receiving yards. All-America defensive end Julian Howsare had 8 tackles, 2 tfl's, 1 sack, 1 break-up and 1 qb hurry at Cal. He has 11 tfl's and 5 sacks this season - and in his career has totaled 128 tackles, 34 tfl's and 23 sacks. Clarion travels to Slippery Rock next Saturday. East Stroudsburg ESU (4-2, 1-2) fell at #17 West Chester (6-0, 3-0) Saturday and hosts #9 Bloomsburg (6-0, 3-0) next Saturday at 1:05 pm. ESU is facing West Chester and Bloomsburg in consecutive weeks for the 8th straight year, and last beat both in the same regular season in 1991. ESU led 20-10 at halftime at West Chester before the Golden Rams scored 24 unanswered points. R-So. QB Matt Soltes opened 5-for-5 for 90 yards and a TD, and finished 5-for-7, leaving with an injury after a 6-yard run early in the 2nd quarter. R-Sr. QB Nate Daniels threw a TD pass on the drive for the go-ahead score and Sr. OLB Darius Jackson had a 44-yard interception return for a TD for the halftime lead. Jackson is the 1st defensive player under Denny Douds (40 years) with 3 career TD. He also had 1 rushing TD and 2 receiving TD as a fullback. R-Sr. WR Robert Bleiler (5 catches, 85 yards, TD) just missed his 4th straight 100-yard game. Soltes is 108-185 for 1583 yards, 16 TD and 1 Int. He was 2nd in the PSAC in total offense (350.0 ypg) entering the week. ESU will look for its first win over a ranked team since 2008 (Virginia Union, season opener) against Bloomsburg, and its first overall against the Huskies since the 2005 NCAA Playoffs. Edinboro Edinboro suffered its first loss to Gannon after winning the first seven meetings … when Gannon took a 14-7 lead in the first quarter, it marked Gannon’s first lead in the series since 2009. With two receptions for 101 yards, Marcus Johnson moved into a tie for seventh place in career receptions (131) and fourth in career receiving yards (2,000). Mike Shansky finished with a career-high 14 tackles. The Fighting Scots now look to snap a string of three straight losses to Indiana(Pa.). Edinboro last one in 2009 by s 38-24 score. That was also the last time the Scots won at George P. Miller Stadium. Gannon Gannon assumed sole possession of first place in the PSAC West for the first time since joining the league in 2008 with a 55-14 victory against Edinboro. It was the Golden Knights’ first victory against the Fighting Scots in eight tries all-time. The 41-point difference represented the third-largest margin of victory in school history. Redshirt senior Jansen Jones set a school record with four rushing touchdowns. Jones became the second Golden Knight in school history to rush for over 200 yards in a game twice during the same season and the seventh Golden Knight in school history to reach the 2,000-yard plateau in rushing yards. Redshirt sophomore Liam Nadler tied Darmel Whitfield’s (2001-04) school record for career 300-yard passing games with seven, finishing with 350 yards on 26-of-38 passing. The Gannon defense posted season-lows in points allowed (14), total offense allowed (258) and rushing yards allowed (66). The rushing yards were the fewest by an opponent since Lock Haven had minus 15 yards on October 15, 2011. Gannon (4-2) is off to its best six-game start since the 2003 NCAA Division II Independent club began 5-1. Redshirt junior Luke Rankie reached double digits in tackles for the second consecutive game and third time this season. IUP The seventh-ranked Crimson Hawks were upset by rival Slippery Rock 42-16 on the road on Saturday. It was the first loss on the year for IUP, which falls to 5-1 overall and 2-1 in the PSAC West. The defeat was the first regular season loss for IUP since falling to California 26-24 on Sept. 22, 2012, a streak of 11 consecutive regular season wins. The 26-point loss was the worst loss for IUP since a 47-20 defeat at Bloomsburg in 2010. Rock QB Nigel Barksdale’s 480 yards of total offense and the team’ 676 total yards set IUP opponent records. Sr. QB Mike Box threw for 278 yards and a touchdown in the loss. Sr. WR Terrill Barnes caught nine passes for 160 yards and a score and Jr. WR Drew Carswell had seven catches for 103 yards. IUP returns home this week to host Edinboro (3-3, 1-2) for a 1 p.m. kickoff at Frank Cignetti Field. Kutztown Kutztown defeated Cheyney 35-19 for head coach Drew Folmar's first career win. Kutztown ran for 225 yards, the first time this season it reached triple-digits. Curtis Wortham ran for a season-high 154 yards on 20 carries. Kellen Williams had a career-high 11 catches for 119 yards against Cheyney. Sam Dixon-Dougan is third in the PSAC with 60 tackles. English Peay is seventh in the PSAC with 52 tackles. Kutztown is third in the PSAC in passing yardage (300.2). KU has held the advantage in time of possession in five of its six games this season. Lock Haven Despite 21 fourth-quarter points on Saturday, LHU fell to perennial national-power Shippensburg 30-24 at Hubert Jack Stadium. The Bald Eagles are now 2-4 overall and 1-2 in PSAC East action. LHU started the year 2-1, but has dropped three straight games. Saturday’s loss snapped a three-game home winning streak. Highlighting Saturday’s loss was the play of redshirt-freshman quarterback Caleb Walton, who led the Bald Eagles to 24 points in the final 16:49 of the game. He finished 15-of-22 through the air for 206 yards and threw his first career touchdown, a 53-yard strike to Jeremy Cornelius. LHU is home next Saturday for the second straight week. Mercyhurst Mercyhurst earned its first victory against a PSAC West opponent on Saturday, defeating PSAC newcomer Seton Hill 50-19. It was the first meeting between the two schools. Redshirt junior Alec Swartz made his first collegiate start at QB and completed 12-of-16 passes for 168 yards and three touchdowns. Redshirt sophomore RB Brandon Brown-Dukes had 127 yards and one score on just 13 carries. It was his fourth 100-yard game of the season and the 10th of his career. Mercyhurst has 113 points in the last two games - second-highest total over a two-game span in school history (127 in 1985). The Lakers had 112 points in their first four games combined. Millersville Millersville held Bloomsburg to under 300 yards of total offense for the first time since 2011--a span of 18 games. The defense also held the nation's No.2 rushing attack to 159 yards below its average. Joey Pham recorded his first career interception. Connor Casey completed a 56-yard pass to Kevin Porter. It was the longest pass of Casey's career and the longest play from scrimmage for Millersville this season. Porter also caught a TD pass--his second of the season. Seton Hill Seton Hill falls to 0-6 overall and 0-3 in PSAC West play after a 50-19 loss at home to Mercyhurst. Mercyhurst jumped out to a 17-0 lead and led 31-7 at the halftime break. The total yardage in the contest was a lot closer than the scoreboard showed with Mercyhurst outgaining the Griffins by a 485-392 margin. Mercyhurst racked up 22 first downs to 21 for the Griffins. Denzell Jackson led the Griffins with 11 carries for 51 yards and 2 touchdowns. Rafal Garcarzwas 19-30 for 193 yards and 1 touchdown. Erik Kerns pulled down 10 catches for 115 yards. Nicholas Boynton led the defense with 12 tackles. Shippensburg Shippensburg improved to 4-2 (3-0 PSAC East) and won its fourth consecutive game of the season on Saturday afternoon with a 30-24 win at Lock Haven. The win was SU's 10th consecutive win vs. the Bald Eagles. The 6-point winning margin was the smallest winning margin in an SU game (by either opponent) in the last three seasons – a span of 30 contests – and just the second game during that span in which the winning margin was fewer than 10 points. Junior RB Blair Brooks ran for a career-high 145 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries for an impressive 9.1 yard-per-carry average while totaling a career-best 245 all-purpose yards (89 on kick returns, 11 receiving). Junior WR Trevor Harman caught 15 passes for 122 yards and a score, as his catch total is the second-most in a single-game in school history (he holds the record with 18 catches). Senior QB Zach Zulli was 30-for-41 passing for 280 yards and two touchdowns, bringing his career TD passes total to 106 and tying him for 14th all-time in Division II history. Slippery Rock. The Rock, who averaged 389.6 passing and 565.4 total yards in their first five games, collected 449 passing yards and 676 yards Saturday against an IUP defense that had allowed its first five opponents only 118.2 passing and 213.4 total yards. Equally impressive was the fact SRU’s passing and total yardage marks were the largest ever allowed by an IUP defense. Adding even more polish to the effort was the fact SRU also outrushed the ground-oriented Crimson Hawks by a 227-59 margin Saturday afternoon. Senior quarterback and Harlon Hill Trophy candidate Nigel Barksdale led The Rock attack as he completed 27 of 38 passes for 425 yards and two touchdowns with one interception. Barksdale also rushed for 68 yards and one TD on 17 carries and caught a flea-flicker pass for 24 yards to finish the day with 517 all-around yards. Redshirted senior wide receiver John Schademan caught six passes for 170 yards and two TDs and classmate Ken Amos had nine catches for 85 yards to lead The Rock receiving effort. Junior running back Teddy Blakeman, who began his collegiate career at IUP, ran for 55 yards and two TDs to complement redshirt freshman Shamar Greene’s game-high 101 yards on 17 carries. Redshirt sophomore Brett Crenshaw also scored a rushing TD for The Rock. Defensively, The Rock held IUP redshirt senior running back D’antwan Williams to only 34 yards on 13 carries. Saturday’s performance propelled Barksdale, a second-year SRU player, into third place on SRU’s single-season passing yards list with 2,190, six yards shy of second and 355 yards away from the school record of 2,551 yards by Cody Endres in 2011. Schademan, a third-year Rock player, assumed fourth place in single-season TD catches (10), jumped six spots into fifth place on SRU’s career pass receiving yardage chart (1,589), leaped 10 spots into fifth place in single-season receiving yards (828), moved into a tie with Jeremy Rock (1993-96) for eighth place in career pass receiving TDs (14) and took over 12th place in career receptions (89). Saturday’s game marked the third time in six outings this fall Barksdale passed for more than 400 yards. He threw for 465 yards and a school-record six TDs in the season-opening Sept. 7 win at Northwood (Mich.) and had 439 passing yards and two TDs in the Sept. 28 win over Mercyhurst. Saturday’s point total gave The Rock a school-record 294 tallies in the first six games. That total also betters the school records for points in the first seven games (261 in 1999) and eight games (293 in 2007) and is only 26 points shy of bettering the best-ever nine-game point total (322 in 1999). West Chester West Chester improves to 6-0 on the year for the first time since 1974 when the Golden Rams opened 8-0. West Chester has now won seven straight games, dating back to last season – it’s longest winning streak since 2008. West Chester’s win on homecoming ended a personal four-year losing streak. The Golden Rams had not won their Homecoming game since 2008. QB Sean McCartney was responsible for all four West Chester touchdowns. He threw three TDs and rushed for another himself. His three TD passes were all to different wide receivers, who hauled in their first career scoring passes. RB Rondell White rushed for more than 100 yards in a game for the fourth time this season and 14th time in his career. He did not score a TD in a game for the first time this season, ending a 13-game streak in which he had scored. White moved into 2nd place all-time at WCU in career all-purpose yards (5,993). He will become just the second player in school history with more than 6,000 all-purpose yards in a career with his next seven yards. He also moved into 4th place all-time in career rushing attempts (617). WR Jim Hurley caught his first career pass – a 25-yard TD catch. TE Shawn Driggins caught his first career pass – a 4-yard TD catch. Shannon Mayer’s 7-yard TD reception in the third quarter was his first career TD reception.