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2015 Malone University Football Presented By: Game 2 Preview Notes - Sept. 12, 2015 Malone Pioneers (0-1, 0-1 GLIAC) at Michigan Tech Huskies (1-0, 1-0 GLIAC) 1:00 pm | Sherman Field | Houghton, Mich. Schedule/Results All-Time Series Sept. 3 #8 Ohio Dominican* L 59-21 Mich. Tech leads 1-0 Sept. 12 @ Michigan Tech* 1:00 pm Sept. 19 @ Wayne State* 6:00 pm Year-by-Year Results Sept. 26 Tiffin* 1:00 pm 2014: Mich Tech 37, @ Malone 6 Oct. 3 Ashland* (Homecoming) 2:00 pm Oct. 10 @ Northern Michigan* 1:00 pm Oct. 17 Walsh* 6:00 pm Around The GLIAC (Sept. 12) Oct. 24 @ Lake Erie* 7:00 pm Ashland at Walsh - 12pm Nov. 7 @ Findlay* 12:00 pm Truman St. at Wayne St. - 12pm Nov. 14 Northwood* 1:00 pm Grand Valley St. at Ohio Dominican - 12:30 pm *GLIAC Contest Saginaw Valley St. at Tiffin - 1:30 pm Quincy at Northern Michigan - 4pm Northwood at Ferris State - 7pm Lake Erie at Hillsdale - 7pm Findlay at Tarleton St. - 8pm Broadcast/Ticket Information MTU Live Streaming Video (Fee) Coaches http://portal.stretchinternet.com/mtu/ Eric Hehman is in his sixth season as the Pio- neers’ head coach and has tallied an 11-43 record Malone Live Streaming Audio (Free) at Malone. Prior to arriving in Canton, Hehman http://www.malonepioneers.com/showcase spent the previous five years as head coach at Clint Scroggs - Play-by-Play NCAA Division III Greenville (IL) College where he Larry Ridgeway - Color Commentary led the Panthers to a 28-22 record and a berth in the 2009 NCCAA Victory Bowl. Live Stats Tom Kearly is in his tenth season as the Huskies’ http://gliac.org/sports/fball/2015-16/ head coach and has guided MTU to a 60-35 overall gameday/week_2 record, including a 9-2 mark and NCAA Postsea- son berth last fall. He was named the GLIAC Tickets Coach of the Year in 2010 after guiding the Hus- Adults: $9.00 kies to an 8-2 record. Prior to joining the MTU Youth: $5.00 staff, Kearly spent 19 seasons as an assistant at NCAA Div. I Central Michigan University. 2015 Malone Game Notes | www.malonepioneers.com | @maloneathletics Malone Notes Michigan Tech Notes +The Pioneers suffered a 59-21 defeat in their season +The Huskies, ranked 22nd in this week’s D2Foot- opener against 8th-ranked Ohio Dominican University bal.com National Poll and 27th (receiving votes) in on Thursday the AFCA Div. II national ratings, advanced to the +Malone got off to a fast start, connecting on a 82- NCAA Division II playoffs last year before suffering a yard touchdown pass on the first play from scrim- narrow 42-41 home loss to Angelo State University in the opening round mage…The lengthy pass gave the Pioneers a 7-0 lead just 16 seconds into the contest and marked the fifth- +MTU pulled out to a 20-2 halftime lead and then longest completion in school history held on for a 20-15 victory in its season opener at +However, ODU quickly responded, scoring six first- home against Wayne State (MI) University last Thurs- day half touchdowns with the help of three costly Pioneer turnovers that each occurred deep in Malone territory +Wayne State scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns +The Pioneers returned a punt for a TD late in the to pull within five with six and a half minutes to third quarter of the contest which marked just the play... However, the Huskies took nearly four minutes fourth punt-return TD in program history and the first off the clock with a 38-yard drive and then stopped the Warriors on downs near midfield to seal the win time Malone had returned a punt for a TD since 1996 (the Pioneers have scored several other TDs after +Both defenses played well throughout the contest as scooping up blocked punts, but only four times have neither team eclipsed 260 total yards or 80 yards punts been “returned” for touchdowns). rushing +The Huskies have now won 12 of their last 13 GLIAC games dating back to the end of 2013 Malone Players To Watch +WR Ashton Dulin made a big impact in his first collegiate game, hauling in the 82-yard TD on his first Mich. Tech Players To Watch play…The explosive freshman, who was a High School +QB Brandon Cowie, who earned All-GLIAC acco- Track & Field All-American and holds the third-fastest lades for MTU as a WR in both 2013 and 2014, had 300-meter hurdle time ever recorded in Ohio High success in his first collegiate start at the QB position School history, also tallied four rushing attempts for on Thursday against Wayne State, completing 18 of 50 yards (12.5 average) and returned a kickoff 20 23 passes for 178 yards and one TD…Cowie also did yards, giving him 152 all-purpose yards damage on the ground, rushing for 64 yards on 16 +DB Jordan Johnson’s 76-yard punt return for a carries, including a six-yard TD run at the start of the second quarter score broke a 20-year-old school record for the long- est punt return in program history…Johnson also +WR Ian Fischer hauled in a 47-yard touchdown posted five tackles, with one tackle for loss and a catch from Cowie in the first quarter and finished the pass break-up evening with six catches for 105 yards…RB John Wil- liams picked up 32 yards on 13 rushing attempts +QB Will Szpor completed nine of 19 passes for 149 yards on Thursday… the red-shirt senior passed +DB Cedric Jones notched a team-best 11 tackles Shane Nalepa on Malone’s all-time pass completion +DL Brandon Hutchison followed with nine tackles, list during the season opener and is now fourth with including a half sack and two tackles for loss 354 career completions…With the lengthy pass to +LB Paul Kuoppala, an All-GLIAC Second Team Dulin, Szpor now owns two of the five longest com- honoree last season, accounted for 3.5 of MTU’s 11 pletions in Malone history as he also tossed a 94-yard tackles for loss in the season opener TD to Justin McLean in 2011 +DL Evan Mayer had 1.5 of the Huskies five sacks +RB Matt Blasiole picked up 47 rushing yards and and also was credited with five quarterback hurries. a TD against the Panthers +WR Eian Elsass notched a game-high six catches for 59 yards in the season opener. 2015 Malone Game Notes | www.malonepioneers.com | @maloneathletics Malone University 2-Deep Depth Chart QB 4 Will Szpor SR 6-2 200 DE 57 Austin Cary JR 6-2 245 QB 11 John Iacucci R-FR 6-2 220 DE 93 Jesse Correll R-JR 6-3 230 RB 45 Matt Blasiole SO 5-10 200 NG 96 Tyler Bowman JR 6-2 250 RB 41 Tyler Howell FR 5-10 175 NG 77 Carl Grady SR 6-1 250 RB 42 Jon Zimmerly R-SO 5-10 210 DT 9 Colton Hale JR 6-5 240 RB 41 Tyler Howell FR 5-10 175 DT 91 Drew Shreve R-FR 6-4 225 LT 75 Fred Clearman SR 6-4 290 LB 8 Fred Baker Jr. R-JR 6-0 230 LT 66 Blake Cary FR 6-2 256 LB 15 Romel Pollard R-FR 6-3 215 LG 63 Derek Muncy JR 6-3 250 LB 52 Phil Fisher SR 6-0 225 LG 65 Nemo Stefonavic SR 6-2 295 LB 49 Charles Dickens SR 6-0 220 C 55 Sione Veikoso SR 6-0 290 LB 47 Ryan Weber SO 5-11 205 C 58 Greg Martinez JR 5-11 300 LB 54 Dan Mower R-SR 6-0 225 RG 72 Brenson Ennis R-JR 6-4 295 LB 2 Ricarlo Bell JR 6-3 240 RG 78 JD Stamper FR 6-2 270 LB 35 Matt Ramsey FR 6-3 220 RT 74 Trevoy Bates JR 6-5 285 CB 25 Jordan Johnson SO 6-0 170 RT 73 Joe Turner R-SO 6-3 290 CB 12 Darien Giles JR 5-10 177 TE 82 Chris Henke JR 6-2 270 SS 6 Lucas Haupt SR 5-11 175 TE 87 Rodney Lewis FR 6-2 225 SS 26 Cameron Pitts FR 5-11 192 WR 81 Eian Elsass R-SO 6-1 180 FS 13 James Pawlyk JR 5-11 190 WR 18 Tyler Billie JR 6-1 195 or FS 20 Josh Correll SO 6-2 200 WR 3 Damien Russell SR 5-10 180 CB 5 Daniel Tepe SO 5-11 185 WR 19 Ashton Dulin FR 6-2 190 CB 29 Obrem. Oppong SO 5-11 185 KOR 18 Tyler Billie JR 6-1 195 P 85 Riley Escalle R-FR 6-3 185 KOR 19 Ashton Dulin FR 6-2 190 P 21 Devin Wallace FR 6-1 145 PR 18 Tyler Billie JR 6-1 195 K 21 Devin Wallace FR 6-1 145 PR 25 Jordan Johnson SO 6-0 170 K 85 Riley Escalle R-FR 6-3 185 LS 40 Tom Watt JR 6-2 230 LS 35 Matt Ramsey FR 6-3 220 2015 Malone Game Notes | www.malonepioneers.com | @maloneathletics 2015 Malone University Football Roster # First Last YR Pos HT WT Hometown High School/Previous School 2 Ricarlo Bell Jr. LB 6-3 240 Washington D.C. Jeb Stuart HS / Shepherd Univ.