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FOOTBALL RELEASE OCTOBER 13, 2014 www.northernsun.org RELEASE NO. 7 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE #NSICFB Nick Kornder • Asst. Commissioner for Media Relations • 2999 County Road 42 West • Burnsville, MN 55306 • P: 651.288.4017 • F: 952.378.1694 • [email protected] Week 6 Results Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Thursday, October 9 Overall Football Standings Minnesota State 44 at Winona State 22 as of October 13, 2014 North Division Standings W-L Win % Strk Saturday, October 11 Minnesota Duluth 2-0 1.000 #2 Minnesota State 6-0 1.000 W6 Minnesota Crookston 3 at Bemidji State 38 Northern State 2-0 1.000 Minnesota Duluth 44 at St. Cloud State 21 #3 Minnesota Duluth 6-0 1.000 W6 Bemidji State 2-0 1.000 Sioux Falls 23 at Augustana 12 #19 Sioux Falls 6-0 1.000 W6 U-Mary 1-1 0.500 Wayne State 54 at Concordia-St Paul 14 Upper Iowa 5-1 .833 L1 St. Cloud State 1-1 0.500 Northern State 40 at MSU Moorhead 38 Northern State 4-2 .667 W3 MSU Moorhead 0-2 0.000 U-Mary 31 at Minot State 29 Wayne State 4-2 .667 W3 Minot State 0-2 0.000 Upper Iowa 25 at SMSU 28 Augustana 3-3 .500 L2 Minnesota Crookston 0-2 0.000 U-Mary 3-3 .500 W1 South Division Standings Week 7 Schedule Winona State 3-3 .500 L3 Bemidji State 2-4 .333 W2 Minnesota State 2-0 1.000 Friday, October 17 Sioux Falls 2-0 1.000 Concordia-St. Paul at Minnesota State 6 p.m. Southwest Minnesota State 2-4 .333 W1 St. Cloud State 2-4 .333 L1 Wayne State 2-0 1.000 Upper Iowa 1-1 0.500 Saturday, October 18 Concordia-St. Paul 1-5 .167 L2 MSU Moorhead 1-5 .167 L3 Southwest Minnesota State 1-1 0.500 Southwest Minnesota State at Sioux Falls 12 p.m. Augustana 0-2 0.000 Augustana at Wayne State 1 p.m. Minnesota Crookston 0-6 .000 L6 Winona State 0-2 0.000 Northern State at Minnesota Duluth 1 p.m. Minot State 0-6 .000 L6 Concordia-St. Paul 0-2 0.000 University of Mary at Minnesota Crookston 1 p.m. Rankings based on AFCA Coaches Poll (10/14/14) St. Cloud State at MSU Moorhead 1 p.m. Minot State at Bemidji State 2:30 p.m. The NSIC football schedule is broken into two eight-team divisions (North/South). Each team Winona State University at Upper Iowa 6 p.m. will play 11 conference games that will count towards the NSIC Overall Champion as well as seven divisional games that will count towards the NSIC North/South Championships. In all, three league championships will be awarded (Overall Champion, North Division Champion, South Division Champion). Ties will not be broken for league or division champions. American Football Coaches Association DII Coaches’ Poll - October 13, 2014 D2Football.com Poll 2014 Last Oct. 14, 2014 Rk School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Rank 1. Northwest Missouri St. (31) 6-0 775 1 Rk School Rec. LW 2. Minnesota State 6-0 730 3 1 Northwest Missouri 6-0 1 3. Minnesota Duluth 6-0 707 4 2 Minnesota State 6-0 3 4. North Alabama 5-0 672 5 3 Henderson State 6-0 4 5. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 6-0 618 6 4 Minnesota Duluth 6-0 5 6. Henderson St. (Ark.) 6-0 617 7 5 North Alabama 5-0 6 7. Ohio Dominican 6-0 582 8 6 Ohio Dominican 6-0 7 8. Shepherd (W.Va.) 6-0 538 9 7 Lenoir-Rhyne 6-0 8 9. Delta St. (Miss.) 5-0 497 11 8 West Chester 6-0 9 10. West Chester (Pa.) 6-0 487 10 9 Shepherd 6-0 10 11. Ferris St. (Mich.) 6-0 454 13 10 Ferris State 6-0 11 12. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 6-0 431 12 11 Delta State 5-0 12 13. Harding (Ark.) 5-0 364 14 12 Bloomsburg 6-0 13 14. Colorado St.-Pueblo 5-1 360 2 13 CSU-Pueblo 5-1 2 15. Colorado School of Mines 6-0 317 16 14 Winston-Salem 5-1 15 16. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) 5-1 312 15 15 Pittsburg State 5-1 16 17. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 5-1 274 18 16 Carson-Newman 4-1 17 18. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 4-1 259 17 17 Colorado Mines 6-0 18 19. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 6-0 252 20 18 Harding 5-0 19 20. Michigan Tech 5-0 206 22 19 Sioux Falls 6-0 20 21. Concord (W.Va.) 6-0 144 23 20 Concord 6-0 21 22. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 5-0 107 NR 21 Indianapolis 5-1 24 23. Texas A&M-Commerce 5-1 87 NR 22 Central Oklahoma 5-1 25 24. Ashland (Ohio) 5-1 61 NR 23 Valdosta State 3-2 NR 25. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 5-1 58 NR 24 Michigan Tech 5-0 NR Other NSIC Schools Receiving Votes: None 25 California 5-1 NR The NSIC is a 16-team, 17-sport, NCAA Division II Conference with teams located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. • Augustana College • Bemidji State • Concordia -St. Paul • University of Mary • Minnesota Crookston • Minnesota Duluth • Minnesota State University, Mankato • • MSU Moorhead • Minot State • Northern State • Sioux Falls • Southwest Minnesota State • St. Cloud State • Upper Iowa • Wayne State • Winona State • NSIC Players of the Week NSIC OFFEnsiVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK #9 Drew Bauer (QB, 6-2, 210, So., Inver Grove Heights, Minn. / Eagan HS) University of Minnesota Duluth Bauer threw for a career-high 326 yards and two touchdowns in quarterbacking UMD to a convincing 44-21 road victory over St. Cloud State Saturday. His passing yardage and total offense (408 yard) were both the highest by a Bulldog since the 2007 season finale (All-AmericanTed Schlafke with 350 and 495 yards, respectively at St. Cloud State). Bauer completed 20 of 31 passes on the day and his two third-quarter touchdown tosses helped UMD seal its 14th consecutive regular season win. Bauer also led both teams in rushing with 82 yards on 13 carries and scored UMD’s first touchdown of the afternoon. His 408 yards of total offense were the fifth-highest single-season total in program history while his 326 passing yards ranked 1th.1 Bauer is now 17-2 as a starter since taking over that role at the start of last season. NSIC DEFEnsiVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK #95 Josh Gordon (DE, 6-2, 250, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis. / Wisconsin Lutheran) Minnesota State University, Mankato Playing in front of a national television audience, Gordon recorded four of Minnesota State’s seven quar- terback sacks in a 44-22 win at Winona State. His four sacks combined for a loss of 18 yards as he now has 12 quarterback sacks on the season, just 1.5 sacks behind Steve Connelly for the most sacks in a season by a Maverick. With its win over Winona State, the Mavericks have now won 28-straight NSIC games and 14-straight road games. NSIC SPEciAL TEAms PLAYER OF THE WEEK #20 Bradley Hatfield (PK, 5-11, 185, Sr., Manteca, Calif. / Manteca HS) University of Sioux Falls Hatfield hit three field goals of 26, 34, and 38 yards to help #20 USF turn back Augustana, 23-12 in the Key to the City game on Saturday at Kirkeby-Over Stadium. He also connected on a pair of PATs to record 11 points in the game. He has made 6-of-6 on field goals this season and is 31-of-33 on PATs to total 51 points. Hatfield hit field gals at the end of the first half (26 yards), with 10:04 left in the third quarter (34 yards) and a crucial kick from 38-yards with 8:47 to play in the fourth quarter. His final make helped USF built a double digit lead over the Vikings. Past NSIC Players of the Week 9/8/14 9/29/14 Off: Josh Mikes, WSU Off: Chris Smith, UIU (2) Def: Alex Wahl, UIU Def: Solomon St. Pierre, USF SpT: Lucas Wainman, Augie SpT: Tom Obarski, CU 9/15/14 Off: Jack Nelson, WSU 10/6/14 Def: Joe Parsley, NSU Off: Jared Jacobson, NSU SpT: Mike Wenk, SMSU Def: Javon Moore, UIU SpT: Austin Rieder, MSU 9/22/14 Off: Chris Smith, UIU 10/13/14 Def: Ben Skelly, Augie Off: Drew Bauer, UMD SpT: Alden Haffar, MSU Def: Josh Gordon, MSU SpT: Bradley Hatfield, USF For Updated Info Visit: www.northernsun.org • Augustana College • Bemidji State • Concordia -St. Paul • University of Mary • Minnesota Crookston • Minnesota Duluth • Minnesota State University, Mankato • • MSU Moorhead • Minot State • Northern State • Sioux Falls • Southwest Minnesota State • St. Cloud State • Upper Iowa • Wayne State • Winona State • 2014 NSIC TEAM NOTES AugusTANA (3-3 NSIC, 0-2 SouTH) BEmidji STATE (2-4 NSIC, 2-0 NoRTH) www.goAugie.com - KIKN 100.5-FM www.bsubeavers.com - The River 92.1 FM Jerry Olszewski - UW-Stevens Point ‘93 Jeff Tesch - MSU Moorhead ‘78 2nd Season 19th Season Last Season 4-7 NSIC, 2-5 South (t-6th) Last Season 3-8 NSIC, 1-6 North (t-7th) LAST WEEK - VS USF - L 23-12 LaSt WeeK - vS UMC - W 38-3 #28 CJ Ham (RB, 6-1, 238, Jr., Duluth, Minn./Denfeld HS) #41 Tahi Nomane (RB, 5-10, 200, Fr., Maple Grove, Minn.