PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL 2019 Contact: Ryan Sakamoto, Assistant Commissioner for Communications Phone: (610) 289-1963 E-Mail: [email protected]
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PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL 2019 CONTACT: RYAN SAKAMOTO, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR COMMUNICATIONS PHONE: (610) 289-1963 E-MAIL: [email protected] Release - Week EIGHT www.patriotleague.org witter.com/patriotleaguefb acebook.com/patriotleague PatriotLeague WEEK EIGHT GameS League Play Continues With Two Important Matchups in Week 8 SATURday, OCT. 19 Lafayette at Georgetown (Stadium/PLN) .Noon 2019 STANDINGS Harvard at Holy Cross (PLN/TV3) ............ 1 p.m. Lehigh at Fordham (PLN) ......................... 1 p.m. Patriot League Overall Colgate at Cornell (ESPN+) .................1:30 p.m. W-L PCT H A Streak W-L Pct H A Streak Bucknell at Towson (Flo) ......................... 4 p.m. Holy Cross 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 W1 3-3 .500 1-0 2-3 W2 Fordham 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 W1 3-4 .429 1-1 2-3 W1` Lehigh 1-0 1.000 0-0 1-0 W1 2-3 .400 1-1 1-2 W2 UPCOMING GAMES Bucknell 1-1 .500 0-1 0-0 W1 1-5 .167 0-3 1-2 W1 SATURday, OCT. 26 Lafayette 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-6 .000 0-2 0-4 L6 Georgetown at Lehigh (PLN/SE2) ....12:30 p.m. Georgetown 0-1 .000 0-1 0-0 L1 4-2 .667 2-1 2-1 L1 Colgate at Holy Cross (PLN/TV3) ............. 1 p.m. Colgate 0-2 .000 0-2 0-0 L2 0-6 .000 0-4 0-3 L7 Bucknell at Lafayette (PLN/LSN) ........3:30 p.m. LAST WEEK’S RESULTS FRIdAY, OCT. 11 Patriot League Twitter Notebook - @PatriotLeagueFB - #PATRIOTFB At No. 19/21 Princeton 28, Lafayette 3 •7 #PatriotFB teams will be in action in #Week8 with 3 games on @PatriotLeagueTV, including 2 League matchups SATURday, OCT. 12 •.@Stadium #GameoftheWeek #Week8 @LafColFootball opens League slate at @HoyasFB at Noon Holy Cross 47 at Brown 31 •.@LehighFootball travels to @FORDHAMFOOTBALL in a matchup of undefeated teams in League play Bucknell 32 at Colgate 14 •.@PatriotLeagueFB #Week6 #POWs: Offensive @HCrossFB QB Connor Degenhardt; Defensive @Bucknell_FB LB Simeon Fordham 30 at Georgetown 27 Page; Special Teams @Bucknell_FB K/P Alex Pechin & Rookie @HCrossFB WR Ayir Asante •3 #PatriotFB student-athletes are semifinalists for @NFFNetwork’s 30th Annual William V. Campbell Trophy, including PLN - Patriot League Network @Bucknell_FB’s Alex Pechin @ColgateFB’s Chris Puzzi & @HCrossFB’s Derek Mountain #AcademicHeisman CBSSN - CBS Sports Network LSN - Lafayette Sports Network (RCN-4, WBPH-60) •.@LafColFootball QB Keegan Shoemaker was named @STATS_FCS National Rookie of the Week for #Week3 TV3 - Charter TV 3 • 7 former #PatriotFB players are with @NFL organizations: @MiamiDolphins OL Julien Davenport @AZCardinals RB Chase WDCW - CW 50, Washington D.C. Edmonds, @ChicagoBears DL Abdullah Anderson & WR Thomas Ives, @Chiefs OL Jimmy Murray, @Raiders Dylan Mabin, @ ESPN3 - WatchESPN.com Titans Kalif Raymond. ESPN+ - ESPN Plus •.@ColgateFB DL Nick Wheeler & DB Abu Daramy-Swaray were selected to the @STATS_FCS Buck Buchanan Award Watch Flo - FloSports.TV NEC - NEC Front Row List for the FCS’s #DPOY Pluto - Pluto.TV •.@ColgateFB QB Grant Breneman has been selected to the @STATS_FCS Walter Payton Award Watch List for the FCS’s #OPOY SE2 - Service Electric 2 •.@Bucknell_FB’s Alex Pechin, @FORDHAMFOOTBALL’s Andrew Mevis & @HoyasFB’s Brad Hurst have been named to the Stadium - Stadium OTA inaugural @FCSPunteroftheYear Watch List Patriot League Notebook (WEEK EIGHT) HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN TO PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND Seven Patriot League football teams will be in action in Week 8 with Lafayette traveling to Georgetown for the Stadium Game of the Week on Saturday. Matt Martucci, Dave Owens and Morgan Uber will be on the call as coverage on Stadium begins at noon. Holy Cross hosts Harvard and Lehigh travels to Fordham, with coverage on the Patriot League Network (PLN) beginning at 1 p.m. Colgate heads to Cornell for a 1:30 p.m. on ESPN+ and Bucknell plays at former Patriot League associate member Towson for a 4 p.m. start on FloSports.TV. The Patriot League Network, powered by Stadium, streams more than 1,000 live events per year, including coverage of more than 10 Patriot League THREE PATRIOT LEAGUE STUDENT-ATHLETES NAMED WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL TROPHY SEMIFINALISTS Championships. Bucknell fifth-year punter Alex Pechin, Colgate senior placekicker Chris Puzzi and Holy Cross senior tight end Derek Mountain were named among the 185 semifinalists for the 30th Annual William V. Campbell Trophy, presented to college football’s top student- athlete. To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a senior or graduate student with a 3.2 cumulative grade point average (GPA), have Today’s Scholar-Athletes, outstanding football ability and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship. The finalists will be announced on Oct. 30. Tomorrow’s Leaders PATRIOT LEAGUE SEASON CONTINUES ON SATURDAY Lafayette becomes the final team to open its six-game League slate on Saturday when they travel to Georgetown for the Stadium The Patriot League continually demonstrates Game of the Week. The Hoyas opened its League schedule with a 30-27 loss to Fordham during Week 7. Lehigh returns to action that student-athletes can excel at both after a bye week and travel to the Bronx to take on the Rams in a battle of undefeated League teams. Bucknell, Colgate and Holy academics and athletics without sacrificing Cross all play non-League opponents in Week 8. Colgate travels to Holy Cross and the Bison take on the Leopards on Oct. 26. its high standards. The Patriot League’s athletic success is achieved while its member PATRIOT LEAGUE 2019 SINGLE-GAME LEADERS institutions remain committed to its founding principle of admitting and graduating student- OFFENSE DEFENSE/ST athletes that are academically representative PASSING: Keegan Shoemaker (LAF), 391 (vs. SHU, 9.14) TACKLES: Marco Olivas (LAF), 17 (vs. Penn, 9.28) of their class. Participation in athletics at Patriot TD PASSES: Tim DeMorat (FORD) 2x, Keegan Shoemaker (LAF), 3 TACKLES FOR LOSS: Ryan Greenhagen (FORD) 4.5 (vs. Richmond, 9.28) League institutions is viewed as an important RUSHING: Zach Davis (FORD), 146 (vs. Richmond, 9.28) SACKS: Erik Slater (LEH), Simeon Page (BUCK), 3.0 component of a wellrounded education. RECEIVING: Michael Dereus (GU), 149 (vs. FORD, 10.12) INTERCEPTIONS: 30 tied with 1 RECEPTIONS: Brandon Sanders (BUCK), 14 (vs. HC, 10.5) LONGEST KR: F. Kokosioulis (FORD), 53 (at Yale, 10.5) 3773 Corporate Parkway, Suite 190 21 tied with 12 Derek Ng (HC), 48 (at Syracuse, 9.28) Center Valley, Pa. 18034 SCORING: FG DISTANCE: Phone: 610.289.1950 Today’s Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow’s Leaders 1 PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL 2019 CONTACT: RYAN SAKAMOTO, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR COMMUNICATIONS PHONE: (610) 289-1963 E-MAIL: [email protected] Release - Week EIGHT www.patriotleague.org witter.com/patriotleaguefb acebook.com/patriotleague PatriotLeague Patriot League Football SIDs BUCKNELL PATRIOT LEAGUE NOTEBOOK (WEEK EIGHT) Jen Dobias [email protected] PATRIOT LEAGUE DEFENDERS TOP FCS ACTIVE LEADERS IN TFLS WOETZEL AND GREENHAGEN AMONG FCS TACKLES LEADERS 570.577.3488 The Patriot League boasts four of the top five FCS active leaders Lehigh senior linebacker Keith Woetzel and Fordham sopho- www.bucknellbison.com in tackles for loss per game, led by Fordham sophomore line- more linebacker Ryan Greenhagen are first and second in backer Ryan Greenhagen, a three-time League defensive player the Patriot League lead and fourth and sixth among FCS play- COLGATE of the week this season. Junior linebacker and teammate Glenn ers in tackles. Woetzel is fourth in the FCS with 11.4 tackles John Painter Cunningham is second in the nation after leading the Patriot per game. He also leads all active FCS players in career solo [email protected] League and placing fourth in the FCS with 21.5 tackles for loss tackles per game (5.93) and third in career total tackles per 315.228.7602 in 2018. Preseason Player of the Year Nick Wheeler, a senior game (8.70). Greenhagen is sixth in the FCS this season with www.gocolgateraiders.com defensive lineman at Colgate, has 48.5 TFL’s in 37 games for the 10.7 tackles per game. Raiders’ defense. Bucknell junior linebacker Simeon Page has FORDHAM 28.5 TFL’s in 22 career games to place seventh. LAFAYETTE’S SHOEMAKER TOPS 500 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE Joe DiBari FCS ACTIVE TFL LEADERS Lafayette freshman quarterback Keegan Shoemaker received [email protected] 1. Ryan Greenhagen, Fordham ........................................... 1.47 the STATS FCS National Rookie of the Week accolades on Sept. 718.817.4240 2. Glenn Cunningham, Fordham ........................................ 1.38 16, following his record-breaking performance in the Leopards’ www.fordhamsports.com 3. Bryce Sterk, Montana St. ...................................................1.34 loss vs. Sacred Heart. Shoemaker, who was also named the Pa- 4. Nick Wheeler, Colgate .................................................... 1.31 triot League Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week, became GEORGETOWN 5. Simeon Page, Bucknell ................................................... 1.30 the first quarterback in League history to throw for more than Brendan Thomas 400 yards and rush for more than 100 yards in a single game. [email protected] PAGE AND WHEELER ATOP FCS ACTIVE SACK LEADERS LIST His 535 yards of total offense also broke a single-game Lafayette 202.687.6783 Wheeler became Colgate’s career leader in sacks, passed program record. www.guhoyas.com Georgetown alum Alec May for fifth in League history and vaulted into the lead among active FCS players with 29.5 career SIX LEAGUE PLAYERS NAMED STATS FCS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS HOLY CROSS sacks, after posting 2.0 vs. Bucknell. He is third among active Six Patriot League football student-athletes were recognized Charles Bare FCS players in career sacks per game with 0.80.