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HOBART COLLEGE STATESMEN HOBART TWO-DEEP FOOTBALLSUSQUehanna (1-2, 0-0) at HOBART (2-0, 0-0) QB 4 Rich Doyle (SR, 6-1, 210) Series SnaGAMEpshot 3 —• Hobart and Susquehanna will square off for just the fourth time this 12 Doug Vella (FY, 6-1, 180) afternoon with the Crusaders leading 2-1. Susquehanna won the first two meetings 35-6 in TB 23 Anthony Hobaica (SR, 5-5, 180) 2 Andrew Marlier (SO, 6-0, 200) 1961 and 27-14 in 1966. The Statesmen won the most recent meeting 41-13 in 2007. FB 25 Tony Siravo (SR, 6-0, 230) 36 Richard Fletcher (FY, 6-0, 220) WHEN LaST WE MET—Last season, Hobart rolled up 599 yards of total offense in a 41-13 WR 5 Tyler Vincent (JR, 6-2, 205) Liberty League win at Susquehanna. QB ANDREW Strom threw for a career-high 385 yards 84 Andy Schettine (SO, 5-11, 180) and four touchdowns to lead the Statesmen. Hobart scored the first 21 points of the game WR 8 Zach Schulz (JR, 6-2, 190) 85 Garth Muratori (FY, 6-2, 200) and answered the Crusaders’ first touchdown with three more TDs. The Hobart defense TE 15 Matt Duliba (SR, 6-1, 230) turned in a stellar performance, forcing the Crusaders to punt on their first eight possessions. 80 Mike Ehmke (SR, 6-3, 225) Susquehanna gained just three first downs and a scant 65 yards during the first half. LT 79 Angelo Catalano (JR, 6-3, 270) 74 Anthony Coletta (FY, 6-4, 250) STRENgth vs. STRENgth—Something’s got to give LG 60 Andrew Miller (JR, 6-1, 245) 62 Jarrid Blades (FY, 6-3, 290) today. Hobart leads the Liberty League in punt return C 78 Rick Riggi (SR, 6-5, 285) average (15.4 yds/ret), while Susquehanna leads the 55 Sean Kluber (SO, 6-1, 255) conference in punting (43.6 net yds/p). Junior Zach RG 61 Brian Monaco (JR, 6-2, 280) SCHULZ is averaging a league best 19.5 yards per 68 Aaron Roy (FY, 6-1, 280) punt return for the Statesmen, while Crusader Bobby RT 76 Mike Condon (SR, 6-2, 270) 65 Brendan Hatlee (FY, 6-4, 305) Eppleman is averaging 47.3 yards per punt. DE 52 Tony Guidetti (JR, 6-1, 235) aBOut last week—Hobart improved to 2-0 with 57 Chris Luber (SO, 6-4, 225) a 21-16 win at Carnegie Mellon. Senior quarterback DT 54 Mike Faracca (JR, 6-0, 280) RICH Doyle (27-14-3) threw for 219 yards and three 94 Mike Arduini (JR, 6-0, 280) DT 75 Ryan Aruck (SR, 6-2, 295) touchdowns. Junior wideout Zach SCHULZ scored 93 Anthony Shaw (JR, 5-10, 250) the final TD of the day on a 34-yard pass from Doyle DE 90 Kwame Lovell (SO, 6-1, 235) to put the Statesmen in front 21-14 midway through 97 James Rayhill (SO, 6-3, 200) the fourth quarter. The Tartans responded by moving OLB 26 Orlando Patterson (SR, 5-8, 210) from their own 36 to the Hobart 5 in 12 plays with just 53 Reggie Robinson (FY, 6-1, 230) over a minute remaining. Facing fourth down and 2, ILB 40 Justin Hager (SR, 6-0, 205) Zach Schulz 39 Kyle O’Laughlin (SO, 6-0, 210) CMU’s pass play was broken up by first-year corner- ILB 9 Jeff Sanders (SR, 6-1, 235) back DRAKE Woodard. 58 Taylor Ciali (SO, 5-10, 220) OLB 11 Ryan Robinson (JR, 5-11, 205) TWENTY-ONE—Senior inside linebacker JUstIN 59 Scott Ghiraldi (JR, 5-10, 215) CB 1 Drake Woodard (FY, 5-11, 165) Hager broke the Hobart single game record for tack- 31 Kevin Grogan (SO, 5-8, 185) les with 21 stops at Carnegie Mellon and was named FS 20 Lance Boyington (SR, 5-4, 155) the Liberty League and ECAC Upstate Defensive Player 30 John Kelliher (SO, 6-2, 205) of the Week. Jesse TRUley ’95 established the previ- CB 10 Chris Szymanski (JR, 5-10, 175) ous mark with 19 against Dickinson in 1995. In 2007, 13 Nick Bianchi (SO, 5-11, 175) Hager twice tied Truley’s mark, first against the Tar- PR 8 Zach Schulz (JR, 6-2, 190) tans and again at Rochester. 20 Lance Boyington (SR, 5-4, 155) KR 21 Dwayne Simon (FY, 5-11, 200) LEaGue LEaDER—Speaking of JUstIN Hager, he 2 Andrew Marlier (SO, 6-0, 200) leads the conference and ranks second in the nation P 5 Tyler Vincent (JR, 6-2, 205) 19 Conor Callahan (FY, 5-9, 185) in tackles, averaging 16 stops through the first two K 19 Conor Callahan (FY, 5-9, 185) games. Only two players in the League have more to- 99 Robert Roth (FY, 5-11, 180) tal tackles than Hager’s 32, and they’ve both played H 4 Rich Doyle (SR, 6-1, 205) in one more game. In 30 career games, Hager has 186 12 Doug Vella (FY, 6-1, 180) tackles. Justin Hager 2008 HOBART SCHEDULE SO CLOSE—On Saturday at Carnegie Mellon, senior inside linebacker JEFF SANDERS also broke the Ho- Sep 13 DICKINSON W, 28-21 bart single game record for tackles with 20 stops. The 20 at Carnegie Mellon W, 21-16 total is double his previous career-high. Sanders is 27 *SUSQUEHANNA 1 p.m. second in the conference and tied for fifth in the na- Oct 4 *at St. Lawrence 1 p.m. tion at 15.0 tackles per game. 11 *UNION 1 p.m. 25 *at Merchant Marine 1 p.m. BICENTENNIAL—Senior defensive tackle RyaN Nov 1 *WPI Noon 8 *at Rensselaer 1 p.m. ARUCK and senior linebacker JEFF SANders joined 15 *Rochester 1 p.m. an elite group of Statesmen on Saturday. With 11 *Liberty League game and 20 tackles, respectively, they both recorded their 200th career tackles. The two became the 16th and 2007 HOBART SCHEDULE 17th Statesmen since the start of the 1985 season to reach that plateau. Sanders is now 14th with 210, 12 Sep 8 at Dickinson L, 27-30 (ot) behind No. 11 Jarrod Kremblas ‘96, while Aruck is 15 Carnegie Mellon W, 27-26 22 *RENSSELAER L, 31-35 tied for 16th with RIch Barlette ’01 at 201, one shy of No. 15 Jesse TRUley ’96. Assistant Coach AaroN 29 *at WPI W, 45-35 Ryan Aruck Oct 6 *at Susquehanna W, 41-13 BackhaUS ’00 sits atop the list with 279. The career 13 *Merchant MARINE W, 55-9 record belongs to Tom Rosa ’86, who had 393, but 20 *ST. Lawrence W, 56-21 Hobart’s complete season-by-season statistics only go 27 Alfred W, 41-22 back to 1985. Nov 3 *at Union W, 30-20 10 *at Rochester W, 30-14 On the run—Senior tailback ANTHONY HobaICA 17 #at St. John Fisher L, 7-24 *Liberty League game, #NCAA Tournament rushed for a game-high 111 yards at Carnegie Mel- lon. He’s the first Statesman to gain 100-plus yards D3football.com Top 25 since Nov. 11, 2006 (118, DOUG BlakowskI ’07 at Rochester), while his 6.2 yards per carry average is the School (1st votes) W-L Pts Prev highest for a Statesman since Oct. 14, 2006 (7.6, Bla- 1 Mount Union (21) 2-0 621 1 kowski at Merchant Marine). Hobaica’s efforts earned 2 UW-Whitewater (4) 2-0 592 2 him the Liberty League Offensive Performer of the 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor 2-0 578 3 Week award. He ranks third in the conference in rush- 4 Capital 2-0 527 5 5 Muhlenberg 2-0 492 6 ing (91.5 yds/g). 6 Salisbury 3-0 450 8 7 Wheaton (Ill.) 2-0 445 10 DRE’S DaY—First-year corner back DRAKE WOO- 8 Wabash 2-0 421 7 dard, Dre to his teammates, earned his second con- 9 North Central (Ill.) 2-0 396 12 secutive Liberty League Rookie of the Week award Anthony Hobaica 10 UW-Eau Claire 2-1 349 14 after posting three tackles, two interceptions and a pass break up at CMU. He ended con- 11 St. John Fisher 2-1 340 11 secutive Tartan drives in the second quarter with interceptions and broke up CMU’s pass on 12 Wesley 1-1 289 15 fourth and 2 from the Hobart 5 to foil the hosts’ final bid to tie the game. Woodard is tied for 13 Washington & Jefferson 3-0 274 16 third in the nation in interceptions and tied for 19th in passes defended (interceptions plus 14 Franklin 2-0 248 17 15 Case Western Reserve 3-0 235 18 pass break ups). 16 Ithaca 3-0 224 19 17 Cortland State 2-0 205 20 LOng Range Forecast—Speaking of DRAKE Woodard, he’s the only player in the 18 St. John’s 2-1 196 4 conference with more than one interception this season. With seven games remaining, he’s 19 Millsaps 3-0 185 22 already a third of the way to Hobart’s single season record (9 shared by BIll Palmer ’94 20 Redlands 2-0 179 23 and ERIC Newsome ’01). 21 Trinity (Texas) 2-0 156 21 22 Wartburg 2-1 144 -- BaLance is the kEY—Opposing defenses have little choice but to prepare for both the run 23 Central 1-1 129 9 and pass when facing Hobart. Of their 122 plays this season, the Statesmen have called 59 24 Hardin-Simmons 3-0 122 24 25 Willamette 3-0 38 -- running plays and 63 passing plays.