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Lycoming College Football Contact: Joe Guistina • Associate A.D./Communications • Phone: (570) 321-4028 • Fax: (570) 321-4337 • E-mail: [email protected] • Web: athletics.lycoming.edu • Address: 700 College Place, Williamsport, Pa. 17701 2017 Lycoming Schedule Game 8 Date Opponent Time/Result Lycoming (3-4, 3-3) vs. Misericordia (1-6, 1-5) 9/2 at Susquehanna L, 6-7 Sat., Oct. 28, 2017 • 1 p.m. Stagg Hat Trophy Game David Person Field • Williamsport, Pa. Coaches: Lycoming head coach Mike sport and won the last meeting, 28-24, in 9/9 * #12 Delaware Valley L, 3-34 Clark (Lycoming ’93) is 58-39 overall in Dallas in 2016. his 10th year. Misericordia head coach Radio: Fox Sports 1050AM/92.7 FM Mark Ross (Penn State) is 5-52 in his (Todd Bartley - play-by-play; Jerry Girardi 9/16 * Albright L, 17-21 seventh year. - analysis). Websites: Lycoming - athletics.lycom- On Deck: The Warriors head to Lebanon ing.edu; Misericordia - athletics.miseri- Valley for a 1 p.m. game on Saturday, cordia.edu. 9/23 * at King’s W, 44-41 Nov. 4. Misericordia hosts ninth-ranked The Series: Lycoming leads, 5-0. The Delaware Valley at the same time. Warriors lead the series, 2-0, in William- 9/30 * Wilkes W, 34-7 About The Game Warriors ready for Senior Day Warrior Notes 10/7 * FDU-Florham W, 48-21 showdown with Cougars • With a win, the Warriors can surpass Homecoming & Family Wkd. Coming out of its bye week, the Lycom- their win total from 2016. ing College football team will get back • A win would also secure Lycoming’s on the field looking to even its record eighth winning campaign at David Per- 10/14 * at Widener L, 17-31 when it hosts Middle Atlantic Confer- son Field in Mike Clark’s 10 years as head coach. ence foe Misericordia today as part of • With 12 field goals made, sophomore Senior Day at David Person Field. Jamie Fisher needs one more to tie 10/28 * Misericordia 1 p.m. John Phillips (1990) for the single-season The Warriors (3-4 overall, 3-3 MAC) sit school record. just one game out of third place with • Fisher is second in Division III with an av- 11/4 * at Lebanon Valley 1 p.m. three games remaining. The team has erage of 1.71 field goals made per game. won three of its last four games, falling • Sophomore Dante Gipson needs 41 31-17 to Widener in its last outing on more all-purpose yards to become the Oct. 14. 28th player in school history to post 1,000 11/11* at Stevenson 12 p.m. in a season. The Cougars (1-6 overall, 1-5 MAC) put • With 231 career tackles, senior Mike * MAC games together one of its strongest defensive Ward is 13 stops away from reaching the top 10 in school history. efforts of the season in its last outing, a • In five meetings, the Warriors are aver- Misericordia Schedule 17-0 loss to Lebanon Valley. Sophomore aging 292.8 rushing yards against the Nick Yeager led the team with 10 stops. Cougars. Date Opponent Time/Result 9/2 at Merchant Marine L, 35-56 Middle Atlantic Conference 9/9 * Albright L, 17-50 School MAC Overall Around The MAC 9/16 * at Widener L, 21-34 Delaware Valley 6-0 7-0 Saturday, Oct. 21 Widener 5-1 5-2 at Stevenson 26, Albright 23 9/23 * Wilkes W, 43-14 Albright 4-2 5-2 at FDU-Florham 49, Wilkes 31 9/30 * at Stevenson L, 7-65 Lebanon Valley 4-2 4-3 Lebanon Valley 17, at Misericordia 0 10/7 * King’s (Pa.) L, 37-63 Stevenson 4-2 4-3 10/21 * Lebanon Valley L, 0-17 Lycoming 3-3 3-4 Saturday, Oct. 28 King’s 2-4 3-4 Wilkes at Albright, 1 p.m. 10/28 * at Lycoming 1 p.m. FDU-Florham 1-5 2-5 Widener at Stevenson, 1 p.m. 11/4 * Delaware Valley 1 p.m. Misericordia 1-5 1-6 Lebanon Valley at Delaware Valley, 1 p.m. 11/11 * at FDU-Florham 1 p.m. Wilkes 0-6 0-7 Misericordia at Lycoming, 1 p.m. (Through Oct. 22) FDU-Florham at King’s, 1 p.m. * MAC games 2017 Lycoming Football - 2 - 2 - 2 - Lycoming Quick Facts Last Time Out... School Name ........................................ Lycoming College Widener 31, Lycoming 17 Location ....................................................Williamsport, Pa. Founded ...........................................................................1812 Oct. 14, 2017 • Chester, Pa. Enrollment ......................................................................1,300 CHESTER, Pa. – Junior Joe Pinzka forced a fumble and recovered another one on special teams President ..............................................Kent Trachte, Ph. D. to help the Lycoming College football team score two touchdowns, but Widener University came Affiliation ............................................... Methodist Church back from a 10-point first quarter deficit to post a 31-17 Middle Atlantic Conference win at Leslie School Website ................................. www.lycoming.edu C. Quick Jr. Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 14. Nickname ..................................................................Warriors School Colors ...............................................Blue and Gold Down by two touchdowns early in the fourth quarter, the Warriors (3-4 overall, 3-3 MAC) caught Affiliation ..................................................NCAA Division III a huge break in special teams after being forced to punt from deep in their territory. The punt Conference..................................................Middle Atlantic was muffed and Pinzka was there to fall on it at the 24-yard line. On the next play, seniorCollin Director of Athletics ...........................................Mike Clark Senior Woman Administrator ............. Christen Ditzler Wright found junior Kyle Slivka-Fralin over the top for a beautiful touchdown as he was hit to Faculty Athletics Rep. ...........................Dr. Susan Biedler make it 24-17 with 11:03 to play. Dr. John Whelan Assistant A.D./Sports Information ............Joe Guistina The Warriors halted the Pride (5-2 overall, 5-1 MAC) on their next three drives, but couldn’t get Office Phone ..................................................570-321-4028 the ball past its 43 on any of them, which led to a Widener punt that was returned to the Widener Office Fax ........................................................570-321-4337 five-yard line with 1:10 left. On the first play of the ensuing drive, Justin Hardy stepped in front of E-mail ........................................... [email protected] a pass and returned it 14 yards for a touchdown to seal the win. Athletics website .......................athletics.lycoming.edu David Person Field Press Box ...................570-323-5765 Both teams’ defenses played well in the game, with neither one getting more than 300 yards of Stadium ................................................. David Person Field total offense, as Widener held a slim 287-250 advantage in the department. Widener held a 141- Capacity ...........................................................................3,700 42 advantage in total rushing, but Lycoming led 208-146 in passing yards. Lycoming was hurt by Surface ......................................................................FieldTurf Head Coach ..........................................................Mike Clark three interceptions, two that were returned for touchdowns, while Widener was forced into one Alma Mater .....................................................Lycoming ’93 interception and two fumbles, both of which led to touchdown drives. Record (Years) ...................................................... 55-38 (10) Asst. Head Coach/Def. Coord. ..Steve Wiser (44th year) Senior Sam Dressler finished with 61 yards on 12 carries and sophomore Dante Gipson had 26 Quarterbacks/Special Teams .....Tim Landis (5th year) yards rushing on nine carries, 49 yards on three receptions, 62 yards on five punt returns and 36 Defensive Backs/Def. Pass Game .Mark Surma (2nd year) yards on two kick returns. Offensive Line/Run Game .......Sami Caygoz (1st year) Asst. Quarterbacks ........................... Pat Carey (1st year) Quickie Statistics (Final) Linebackers ..................................Brian Kilbane (1st year) Lycoming vs Widener (10/13/17 at Chester, Pa.) Linebackers ........................................Chris Kish (6th year) LYCO WID Asst. Offensive Line ......................Chris Long (2nd year) Score 17 31 FIRST DOWNS 14 17 Wide Receivers ...........................Lumoi Muttu (1st year) RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 36-42 43-141 Defensive Line .......................Steve Radocaj (10th year) PASSING YDS (NET) 208 146 Passes Att-Comp-Int 34-14-3 21-11-1 Asst. Linebackers ................. Jermaine Reyes (3rd year) TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 70-250 64-287 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 5-62 1-1 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-82 5-120 Misericordia Quick Facts Interception Returns-Yards 1-11 3-55 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-35.8 8-38.5 Name ..............................................Misericordia University Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 8-80 6-46 Location ..................................................................Dallas, Pa. Possession Time 27:50 32:10 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 16 5 of 15 Founded ..........................................................................1924 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 3 1 of 1 Enrollment ......................................................................1,886 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 1-1 President ...........................................Dr. Thomas Botzman Lycoming Widener Conference..................................................Middle Atlantic Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Sam Dressler 12 61 0 61 1 15 5.1 Ennis 22 109 18 91 0 20 4.1 Nickname .................................................................Cougars