2017 Belhaven University Blazers Football Notes Game 3 - Belhaven @ East Texsas Baptist University BELHAVEN FOOTBALL Game NOTES Dylan Foley, Director of Athletics Communication Office: 601.968.8765 Cell: 601.946-0080 Email: [email protected] 2017 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BELHAVEN BLAZERS 8/31 Millsaps 2017 Record: 1-1 Belhaven Bowl Stadium Head Coach: Hal Mumme Jackson, Miss. Record at BU: 7-27 (4th season) Blazers Sports Network W 42-37 EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY 2017 Record: 2-0 9/16 @ Texas Lutheran Univ. Head Coach: Scott Highsmith Bulldog Stadium Seguin, TX. All-Time Series Record: ETBU leads 2-0 Blazers Sports Network 6:00 pm Week two Recap 9/23 @ East Texas Baptist Univ. The Belhaven University football team dropped their first game of the 2017 season Ornelas Stadium last Saturday evening in a 37-0 loss at Texas Lutheran in American Southwest Con- Marshall, TX. ference play opener for the Blazers. Blazers Sports Network 7:00 pm The Blazers started the contest off on a positive note on their opening drive. After 9/30 Howard Payne Univ. converting a couple of first downs, Hunter McEachern connected with Kyky Austin Belhaven Bowl Stadium for a 51-yard completion down to the TLU 18-yard line. Octavious Arrington would Jackson, Miss. rush the ball all the way to the Bulldogs’ two yard line, but multiple penalties and a Blazers Sports Network sack stalled the drive for the Green and Gold. 7:00 pm / Family Weekend 10/7 @ McMurry University Texas Lutheran scored on its first possession and led 7-0 after the first quarter. The Moore Stadium Abilene, Texas Bulldogs would add another touchdown in the second quarter before kicking a field Blazers Sports Network goal right before halftime to lead 17-0. 12:30 pm 10/14 Southwestern University In the second half, Texas Lutheran scored on a two-play 62-yard drive to extend their Belhaven Bowl Stadium lead to 24-0. Later on in the third quarter, the Bulldogs struck again quickly on a Jackson, Miss. short three-play 53-yard drive to lead 31-0. Blazers Sports Network 6:00 pm The Bulldogs added another score in the fourth quarter, but would fail on the PAT. 10/21 @ Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusader Stadium Belhaven had opportunities to get on the board in the second half with multiple Belton, TX. drives, well inside TLU territory, but turnovers, incompletions, and penalties kept Blazers Sports Network Blazers outside of the endzone against the Bulldogs. 1:00 pm 10/28 Louisiana College The Blazers were unable to stop the ground attack of Texas Lutheran as they Belhaven Bowl Stadium marched for 311 yards throughout the game. Jackson, Miss. Blazers Sports Network 6:00 pm TLU also had 216 passing yards to compile over 500 yards of total offense. 11/4 Hardin Simmons Univ. Shelton Stadium McEachern finished the game 40-69 for 310 yards with three interceptions. Abilene, TX. Blazers Sports Network The Blazers were limited to only 42 rushing yards, as Marquis Hedge led the way 1:00 pm with 32. 11/11 Sul Ross State Univ. Belhaven Bowl Stadium Kyky Austin posted a team-high 64 receiving yards, and Jacob McNeill and Nolan Jackson, MS. Satcher each tallied seven receptions for 44 and 43 receiving yards respectively. Blazers Sports Network 2:00 pm Defensively, Keith Marshall finished with 10 tackles, six of which were solo. David Lewis, Alvin McCaskey, and Justin Percy all finished with seven tackles apiece. Mau- rice Stewart, who tabbed five tackles, collected a 31-yard interception return in the second half. With the loss the Blazers are now 1-1 overall and 0-1 ASC play. Blazers.Belhaven.edu / @BelhavenBlazers 1 2017 Belhaven University Blazers Football Notes Game 3 - Belhaven @ East Texsas Baptist University BLAZERS QUICK FACTS General Information SENIOR DUO TO LEAD THE RUNNING GAME Institution: Belhaven University Returning senior running back Octavious Location: Jackson, Mississippi Arrington and transfer senior running Nickname: Blazers Founded: 1883 back Marquise Hedge are expected lead Enrollment: 4280 the ground attack this season. School Colors: Green and Gold President: Dr. Roger Parrott Arrington rushed for 262 yards on 64 Web Address: www.belhaven.edu attempts for a 4.09 yards per carry average. Hedge returns to the Blazers Athletics Information after sitting out a year ago, but in 2015 he Director of Athletics: Scott Little rushed for 306 yards on 81 carries for a 3.8 Athletics Phone: (601) 968-5956 yards per carry average and 1 TD. Athletics Fax: (601) 965-7025 Dir of Athletics Comm: Dylan Foley Phone: (601) 968-8765 EXPERIENCE RETURNING foR DEFENSE E-mail: [email protected] While the defense for DC Josh Creech has Mailing Address: 1500 Peachtree Street some newcomers that will be key in 2017, Jackson, MS 39202 the Blazers have several key returners Web Address: blazers.belhaven.edu coming back. Facebook: BelhavenBlazers Senior Alvin McCaskey recorded 24 solo Twitter: @belhavenblazers tackles and 24 assists a year ago and Instagram: @belhavenblazers Senior Maurice Stewart recorded 31 Affiliation: NCAA D3 Conference: American Southwest solo stops and 15 assists for the Blazers the victory on October, 27, 2012. Home Field: Belhaven Bowl Stadium Defense. Capacity: 1,200 Senior Keith Marshall played in all 10 Prior to that, Belhaven’s last and only games last year and was credited with 32 other shutout came on November 4, 2000 PRESS CREDENTIALS solo tackles and 13 assisted tackles. in another 35-0 victory in a conference Requests for credentials for working press, game over Union (Ky.). photographers, television and radio should TALENTED GROUP OF RECEIVERS be made to Dylan Foley, Director of Athletics The Blazers receiving corp has posted Next Game Communication. Credentials should be four receiver with 100 yards or more so Belhaven will return home to play requested at least seven days in advance of the game. No credentials will be mailed. If far through two games. Kyky Austin leads Howard Payne University on September there is a special circumstance, please contact the Blazers with 157 yards receiving on 8 30th. The Blazers will face off against the the Office of Athletics Communication. catches. Yellowjackets in a 7pm kickoff on Family Senior, Nolan Satcher leads the team with Weekend. RADIO AND TELEVISION 12 receptions while registering 126 yards Radio stations planning to originate a through the air. Satcher also leads the broadcast(s) from the Belhaven Bowl Stadium team with 3 touchdown receptions. should contact the Office of Athletics Jareth Embry has 6 receptions for 120 Communication at least one week prior to the yards, 1 TD and senior Jacob McNeill planned broadcast. Courtesy lines are provided for the official station of the opposing school. has 11 receptions for 112 yards and 1 Touchdown. PLAYER INTERVIEWS Media members must adhere to the following MCEACHERN LEADING THE AIR RAID OFFENSE guidelines regarding Belhaven University Hunter McEachern through two games player interviews: (1) All player interviews this season has aired the ball out 96 times must be coordinated through the Office of while completing 56 of those attempts. Athletics Communication; (2) Players are McEachern has also posted 573 passing available for interviews, either at the Athletics yards to go along with 4 TD’s and 5 Communication Office or via telephone prior to practice (generally 1:30-4:00 p.m.) and following interceptions. McEachern enters game the completion of practice; (3) Please give at three against East texas Baptist averaging least 24 hours notice; (4) No interviews will be 286.50 yards through the air. allowed prior to kickoff on gameday. Last Clean Sheet BLAZERS.BELHAVEN.EDU Belhaven’s last shutout came in 2012 when Belhaven University Blazers Football fans have the Blazers blanked the Eagles of Faulkner an official source for updated news, features, University in a Mid-South Conference statistics and more; blazers.belhaven.edu. It’s West Division battle in Montgomery, Ala. the official home of the Belhaven Football program on the web! Log on today to find out The Blazers defeated Faulkner 35-0 with more about the 2017 edition of the Blazers. COACH MUMME Blazers.Belhaven.edu / @BelhavenBlazers 2 2017 Belhaven University Blazers Football Notes Game 3 - Belhaven @ East Texsas Baptist University 2017 BELHAVEN UNIVERSITY BLAZERS FootbALL ROSTER # FULL NAME POS YEAR HT WT HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Nick Guzman K FR 5-10 190 Panama City Beach, Fla. Arnold HS 1 Rogelio Rodriguez K SO 5-8 155 Tampico, Mexico Berwick HS 2 Hunter McEachern QB SO 6-3 212 Keller, Texas Keller HS Texas-El Paso 3 Nolan Satcher WR SR 6-0 185 Denham Springs, La. Denham Springs HS 4 Isaac Nelson DB SR 6-1 192 Terry, Fla. Taylor County HS Union (Ky.) 5 Jacob McNeill WR FR 5-9 170 Laplace, La. East Saint John 6 Kyky Austin WR FR Olive Branch, Miss. Northwest Mississippi CC 7 Noah Nix WR FR 5-8 180 Bailey, Miss. Cumberland University 8 David Hudson DB SR 6-0 184 Jackson, Miss. Callaway HS 10 Isaiah Blackmon LB SO 6-2 227 Birmingham, Ala. Sipsey Valley HS Stillman 11 Jareth Embry WR SR 6-0 170 Winter Haven, Fla. Lake Region HS Concordia (Ala.) 13 Rydarrian Bowie WR FR Mobile, Ala. Bryant HS 14 Deon Richardson WR SR 5-6 150 Florence, Miss. McLaurin HS 15 Jacob Kemp QB FR 6-0 205 Keller, Texas Keller HS 16 Woodland Lehn QB FR 6-0 195 Richton, Miss. Richton HS 17 Watson Fondren QB JR 6-1 205 Centreville, Ala. Bibb County HS 18 Quan Jones FR 19 Marquis Hedge RB SR 5-9 195 Jackson, Miss. Forest Hill HS East Central CC 19 Emanuel Jones DB FR 5-9 157 Hueytown, Ala.