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 Three www.patriotleague.org witter.com/patriotleaguefb acebook.com/patriotleague PatriotLeague WEEK THREE GameS SIX PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAMS IN ACTION FOR WEEK THREE SATURday, SEPT. 14 Catholic at Georgetown (PLN/WDCW) .....Noon 2019 STANDINGS Sacred Heart at Lafayette (PLN/LSN) 12:30 p.m. Fordham at Bryant (NEC) ........................ 1 p.m. Patriot League Overall Villanova at Bucknell (PLN) ..................... 6 p.m. W-L PCT H A Streak W-L Pct H A Streak Colgate at William & Mary (Flo) .............. 6 p.m. Georgetown 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 W1 Lehigh at UC Davis (Pluto) ..................... 10 p.m. Holy Cross 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 W1 Bucknell 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-2 .000 0-0 0-2 L2 UPCOMING GAMES Colgate 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 L2 Fordham 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 L2 SATURday, SEPT. 21 Lafayette 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-2 .000 0-0 0-2 L2 Maine at Colgate (Stadium/PLN) ..............Noon Lehigh 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 L2 Holy Cross at Yale (ESPN+) ...................... 1 p.m. Fordham at Stony Brook (Flo) ................. 6 p.m. Lafayette at Albany (Flo) .......................... 7 p.m. LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Patriot League Twitter Notebook - @PatriotLeagueFB - #PATRIOTFB SATURday, SEPT. 7 •6 #PatriotFB teams will be in action in #Week3 with 3 games on @PatriotLeagueTV At Georgetown 43, Marist 3 •.@PatriotLeagueFB #Week2 #POWs: Offensive @HoyasFB QB Gunther Johnson; Defensive @HCrossFB LB Liam Moran; At Monmouth 24, Lafayette 21 Special Teams @HCross P/PK Derek Ng; Rookie @LafColFootball QB Keegan Shoemaker At Holy Cross 13, New Hampshire 10 •.@HoyasFB DB Micah McNeil checks in at No. 3 on @NCAA_FCS Plays of the Week At Ball State 57, Fordham 29 At Villanova 38, Lehigh 10 •34 @PatriotLeagueFB games will be televsied in 2019 with an additional 37 on @PatriotLeagueTV At Sacred Heart 30, Lafayette • 7 former #PatriotFB players are with @NFL organizations: @MiamiDolphins OL Julien Davenport @AZCardinals RB Chase Edmonds, @ChicagoBears DL Abdullah Anderson & WR Thomas Ives, Chiefs OL Jimmy Murray, @Raiders Dylan Mabin, @ Titans Kalif Raymond. PLN - Patriot League Network •2019 @PatriotLeagueFB Preseason Poll: 1. @ColgateFB, 2. @HCrossFB, 3. @HoyasFB, 4. FORDHAMFOOTBALL, CBSSN - CBS Sports Network LSN - Lafayette Sports Network (RCN-4, WBPH-60) 5. @LehighFootball, 6. @LafColFootball, 7. @Bucknell_FB TV3 - Charter TV 3 •.@PatriotLeagueFB Preseason Major Award Winners: Defense - @ColgateFB Nick Wheeler; Offense- @ColgateFB Grant Breneman Davidson - DavidsonWildcats.com •.@ColgateFB DL Nick Wheeler & DB Abu Daramy-Swaray have been selected to the @STATS_FCS Buck Buchanan Award ESPN3 - WatchESPN.com Watch List for the FCS’s #DPOY ESPN+ - ESPN Plus •.@ColgateFB QB Grant Breneman has been selected to the @STATS_FCS Walter Payton Award Watch List for the FCS’s #OPOY Flo - FloSports.TV NEC - NEC Front Row •.@Bucknell_FB’s Alex Pechin, @FORDHAMFOOTBALL’s Andrew Mevis & @HoyasFB’s Brad Hurst have been named to the Pluto - Pluto.TV inaugural @FCSPunteroftheYear Watch List SE2 - Service Electric 2 Stadium - Stadium OTA Patriot League Notebook (WEEK THREE) HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN TO PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND Six Patriot League football teams will be in action on Saturday with three games on the Patriot League Network (PLN). Georgetown kicks off the day on the PLN at noon against Catholic. Lafayette welcomes Sacred Heart in its home opener at Fisher Stadium with coverage on the PLN at 12:30 p.m. Bucknell hosts No. 23/24 Villanova on the PLN at 6 p.m. Fordham travels to Bryant for a 1 p.m. start on NEC Front Row. Colgate returns to action at William & Mary for a 6 p.m. game on FloSports.TV. Lehigh heads west to play The Patriot League Network, powered by Stadium, streams more than 1,000 live events per year, No. 4/5 UC Davis at 10 p.m. on Pluto.TV. including coverage of more than 10 Patriot League Championships. DEFENDING CHAMPION RAIDERS PICKED ATOP THE 2019 PATRIOT LEAGUE PRESEASON POLL Colgate received 72 points and 12 first-place votes to finish atop the 2019 Patriot League Preseason Poll. The Raiders claimed the Patriot League title during a historic 2018 season that saw them tie the FCS single-season record with five shutouts and advance Today’s Scholar-Athletes, to the FCS Quarterfinals against eventual national champion North Dakota State. Holy Cross finished second in the preseason poll with 58 points and two first-place votes. The Crusaders went 4-2 in League play in Head Coach Bob Chesney’s first season in Tomorrow’s Leaders Worcester, Mass. last season. The Hoyas received 51 points in the preseason poll to place third after Head Coach Rob Sgarlata led the League’s biggest turnaround in 2018; improving by five wins - four in League play. Second-year Head Coach Joe Conlin and The Patriot League continually demonstrates Fordham received 39 points in the preseason poll, good for fourth place. Lehigh (38 points) will begin a new era under Head Coach that student-athletes can excel at both Tom Gilmore, who returns to the League after 14 seasons at the helm of the Holy Cross program from 2004-17. Head Coach John academics and athletics without sacrificing Garrett and Lafayette placed sixth in the preseason poll with 21 points while Bucknell under first-year Head Coach Dave Cecchini its high standards. The Patriot League’s rounds out the poll with 15 points. athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain committed to its founding principle of admitting and graduating student- PATRIOT LEAGUE 2019 SINGLE-GAME LEADERS athletes that are academically representative OFFENSE DEFENSE/ST of their class. Participation in athletics at Patriot PASSING: Tyler Monaco (LEH), 270 (vs. SFU, 8.31.19) TACKLES: Owen Kessler (GU), Jacob Dobbs (HC), P. Haffner (LEH), 13 League institutions is viewed as an important TD PASSES: Tim DeMorat (FORD), 3 (vs. CCSU, 8.31.19) TACKLES FOR LOSS: Nick Wheeler (GATE), 3.0 (vs. Villanova, 8.24.19) component of a wellrounded education. RUSHING: Zach Davis (FORD), 109 (vs. CCSU, 8.31.19) SACKS: 7 tied with 1.0 RECEIVING: Brandon Sanders (BUCK), 115 (vs. Temple, 8.31.19) INTERCEPTIONS: 8 tied with 1 3773 Corporate Parkway, Suite 190 Brandon Sanders (BUCK), 9 (vs. Temple, 8.31.19) F. Kokosioulis (FORD), A. Asante (HC), 33 Center Valley, Pa. 18034 RECEPTIONS: LONGEST KR: Phone: 610.289.1950 SCORING: 5 tied with 12 FG DISTANCE: E. Torres (BUCK), A. Henning (LEH), 37 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 Three www.patriotleague.org witter.com/patriotleaguefb acebook.com/patriotleague PatriotLeague Patriot League Football SIDs BUCKNELL PATRIOT LEAGUE NOTEBOOK (WEEK THREE) Jen Dobias [email protected] LEAGUE MAKES FCS PLAYS OF THE WEEK FOR SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK Six Patriot League football student-athletes were recognized 570.577.3488 Georgetown sophomore defensive back Micah McNeil’s one- when STATS FCS named its 2019 Preseason All-America www.bucknellbison.com handed, pinned-to-the-helmet interception was No. 3 on this Teams. Bucknell fifth-year punter Alex Pechin and Colgate week’s NCAA.COM FCS Plays of the Week segment. Last week, senior defensive lineman Nick Wheeler are first-team selec- COLGATE Bucknell junior wide receiver Brandon Sanders claimed the top tions. Raiders’ senior defensive back Abu Daramy-Swaray John Painter spot with a one-handed, 42-yard catch in the second quarter at received a spot on the second team. Colgate senior offensive [email protected] Temple. He was joined atop the list by a fellow Patriot League lineman Jack Badovinac and Georgetown senior defensive 315.228.7602 pass-catcher Lehigh sophomore tight end Alex Snyder, who lineman Khristian Tate placed on the third team. www.gocolgateraiders.com finished second with a one-handed catch in the fourth quarter against Saint Francis (Pa.). NCAA.com’s FCS Plays of the Week BRENEMAN NAMED TO WALTER PAYTON AWARD WATCH LIST are announced each week on Twitter at @NCAA_FCS. Colgate junior quarterback Grant Breneman was named to FORDHAM the STATS FCS Walter Payton Award Watch List, presented Joe DiBari [email protected] PATRIOT LEAGUE DEFENDERS TOP FCS ACTIVE LEADERS IN TFLS to the FCS’s offensive player of the year. Breneman led the 718.817.4240 The Patriot League boasts three of the top four FCS active Patriot League in pass efficiency (133.6), completing 126- www.fordhamsports.com leaders in tackles for loss per game, led by Fordham junior of-204 pass attempts for 1,605 yards and six touchdowns linebacker Glenn Cunningham. Cunningham led the Patriot with four interceptions in 10 games during the 2018 season. GEORGETOWN League and placed fourth in the FCS with 21.5 tackles for The Patriot League has had two previous football student- loss in 2018 and leads all active FCS players with 1.48 TFL’s athletes win the Walter Payton Award, both Colgate running Brendan Thomas backs Kenny Gamble (1987) and Jamaal Branch (2003). [email protected] per game. The Glastonbury, Conn. native posted six games with 2.0 or more TFL’s in 2018, including 4.0 apiece against 202.687.6783 WHEELER AND DARAMY-SWARAY NAMED TO BUCHANAN WATCH LIST www.guhoyas.com Lafayette and Holy Cross.