2015 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Football Report Bethany | Carnegie Mellon | Case Western Reserve | Geneva | Grove City | Saint Vincent | Thiel | Thomas More | W&J | Waynesburg | Westminster Monday, October 19 Presidents’ Athletic Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE P.O. Box 183 Contact: Kevin Fenstermacher New Wilmington, Pa. 16142 E-mail: [email protected] www.pacathletics.org PAC Standings (– through October 18 –) PAC Overall School W L Pct. PF PA Home Away Streak W L Pct. PF PA Home Away Streak Thomas More 5 0 1.000 229 88 3-0 2-0 W5 7 0 1.000 361 95 5-0 2-0 W7 Case Western Reserve 5 0 1.000 214 61 2-0 3-0 W5 5 1 .833 244 92 2-0 3-1 W5 Westminster 4 1 .800 151 98 1-1 3-0 W3 5 2 .714 199 142 1-1 4-1 W3 W&J 3 1 .750 179 101 2-0 1-1 W2 5 1 .833 270 142 3-0 2-1 W2 Carnegie Mellon 3 2 .600 165 106 1-1 2-1 W2 3 3 .500 189 151 1-1 2-2 W2 Saint Vincent 2 2 .500 155 133 1-1 1-1 L1 3 3 .500 186 180 2-2 1-1 L1 Geneva 1 3 .250 69 123 1-2 0-1 L3 2 4 .333 111 191 1-3 1-1 L3 Bethany 1 4 .200 148 233 0-2 1-2 L3 2 5 .286 199 296 1-2 1-3 L3 Waynesburg 1 4 .200 94 168 1-2 0-2 L2 2 5 .286 150 206 1-2 1-3 L2 Thiel 0 4 .000 38 215 0-2 0-2 L4 1 5 .167 91 287 1-2 0-3 L5 Grove City 0 4 .000 66 182 0-2 0-2 L4 0 6 .000 95 229 0-3 0-3 L6 This Week’s Schedule PAC Storylines Saturday, October 24 Bethany: In Saturday’s 66-42 loss no. 16 W&J, Jalen Holmes posted a career 1 p.m., Geneva at Bethany* [Bethany, W.Va.] high with 180 rushing yards and a pair of scores ... Lincon Reyes has eight touchdown passes in his last two games ... Eric Blinn matched his career high 1 p.m., Saint Vincent at Carnegie Mellon* [Pittsburgh, Pa.] with three touchdown receptions. 1:30 p.m., Thomas More at Grove City* [Grove City, Pa.] 1:30 p.m., Thiel at Waynesburg* [Waynesburg, Pa.] Carnegie Mellon: Sam Benger became the fourth player in school history to 6 p.m., W&J at Case Western Reserve* [Cleveland, Ohio] reach the 1,000-yard plateau, and sixth overall in a single season, in Saturday’s 44-0 win at Grove City ... His 1,174 rushing yards leads all of Division III ... Off – Westminster Carnegie Mellon recorded its first shutout since 2007. * – PAC game Case Western Reserve: Turned in its best defensive effort of the season in Saturday’s 20-7 win at Geneva ... Held Geneva to 124 total yards of offense, including just 24 on the ground ... Zech Medved caught a 38-yard touchdown pass in the win, his first of the season, while registering season highs with four receptions and 86 yards. Geneva: Fell at home to Case Western Reserve Saturday 20-7 ... The defense recorded six sacks in the loss. Grove City: Wolverines home for the second straight week ... Grove City hosts Last Week’s Results Thomas More for first time since 2012 ... Four Wolverines to be nominated for Saturday, October 17 CoSIDA Academic All-America program. W&J 66, Bethany 42* [Washington, Pa.] Carnegie Mellon 44, Grove City 0* [Grove City, Pa.] Saint Vincent: Held 14-0 first quarter lead and were tied 28-28 entering the Case Western Reserve 20, Geneva 7* [Beaver Falls, Pa.] fourth quarter but fell 42-28 to #12 Thomas More Saturday at Chuck Noll Field. Thomas More 42, Saint Vincent 28* [Latrobe, Pa.] Thiel: Coming off a bye, the Tomcats will travel to Waynesburg Saturday Westminster 24, Waynesburg 7* [Waynesburg, Pa.] ... Reily Shane has 9.5 tackles for loss, tying him for the third most in the Off – Thiel conference. Thomas More: Rallied from an early 14-point deficit Saturday to defeat Saint * – PAC game Vincent, 42-28 ... Trey Wells intercepted his second pass of the game with 3:33 remaining and returned it nine yards to put the Saints up two scores. W&J: Got four interceptions and a blocked punt for a touchdown in 66-42 win over Bethany Saturday ... The 66 points were the most for W&J since 2008 against Saint Vincent (72). Westminster: Won 24-7 Saturday at Waynesburg ... Jametrius Bentley totaled 172 scrimmage yards (100 receiving, 72 rushing) in the win ... Offense converted on 7-of-14 third downs and was a perfect 3-for-3 in the red zone. Links • PAC Football PAC unbalanced schedule • PAC Schedule & Results Beginning with the 2014 season, PAC football programs are playing • PAC Statistics an unbalanced schedule with eight conference and two non-conference • D3football.com dates. While some schools are filling one of their two open dates with a non-conference game against a team in the PAC, those non-conference • NCAA Statistics games against league members do not count in the overall conference • NCAA Rankings standings. Week 2015 PAC Football 2 7 PAC FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PAC WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Offensive Player of the Week Offensive Players of the Week Ryan Ruffing• Senior running back • Washington & Jefferson College September 8 ............... WR Tyler Vogelpohl, Thomas More Pittsburgh, Pa. / Thomas Jefferson September 14 ............................... WR Eric Blinn, Bethany Ruffing accounted for 170 yards from scrimmage on 19 touches, rushing 17 September 21 ....... QB Rob Cuda, Case Western Reserve times for 116 yards and three scores and catching two passes for 54 yards September 28 ...............RB Sam Benger, Carnegie Mellon in Saturday’s 66-42 win over Bethany. He only played the first half, plus the October 5 ....................... QB Tyler Donahue, Saint Vincent opening drive of the second, as W&J built a 59-21 lead three minutes into October 12 ............ QB Rob Cuda, Case Western Reserve the second period. His rushing total marked the 14th time in the last two October 19 ......................................RB Ryan Ruffing, W&J seasons he has gone over 100 yards in a game. October 26 .......................................................................... November 2 ........................................................................ November 9 ........................................................................ Others Nominated: Bethany junior RB Jalen Holmes, Carnegie Mellon senior QB Andrew November 16 ...................................................................... Hearon, Case Western Reserve junior TE Zech Medved, Saint Vincent sophomore QB Tyler Donahue, Waynesburg senior RB Jerry Lawman, and Westminster sophomore RB Jametrius Bentley. Defensive Players of the Week Defensive Player of the Week September 8 .................................LB Ryan Torrance, W&J September 14 ................................LB Jon Fiscus, Geneva Trey Wells • Senior defensive back • Thomas More College Louisville, Ky. / duPont Manual September 21 ....................DB Gator Phillips, Westminster Wells helped the Thomas More defense limit Saint Vincent to 314 yards of September 28 .................... LB Donavan Hayden, Bethany total offense in Saturday’s 42-28 win. He finished with three tackles (2 solo, October 5 ...............S Scott Suren, Case Western Reserve 1 assist) and had two interceptions. His second interception, which came October 12 ............. LB Stanley Bikulege, Carnegie Mellon with 3:33 remaining, was returned nine yards for a touchdown to put the October 19 ...........................DB Trey Wells, Thomas More Saints up by two scores. October 26 .......................................................................... November 2 ........................................................................ November 9 ........................................................................ November 16 ...................................................................... Others Nominated: Carnegie Mellon junior DE Brian Khoury, Case Western Reserve senior DL Justin Williams, Geneva junior LB Jimmy Quinlan, Saint Vincent senior LB Renny LaRue-Holloman, W&J senior LB Jalen Morris, Waynesburg senior LB Aaron Palmer, and Westminster junior LB Mac Quinn. Special Teams Players of the Week September 8 ...................................... WR Daniel Lis, W&J Special Teams Player of the Week September 14 ........................... DB Nate Cannon, Geneva Ben Carniol • Sophomore kicker • Case Western Reserve University September 21 ..................... LB Tre’ Tunstill, Thomas More Vienna, Va. / Thomas Jefferson Science & Technology September 28 ................. WR Damon Black, Saint Vincent Carniol accounted for eight points in Saturday’s 20-7 win over Geneva. He October 5 .........................K Steven Scherer, Saint Vincent connected on both of his field goal attempts during the game, including a October 12 ................ WR Bryson Paulinellie, Westminster career-long 36-yarder with 56 seconds remaining in the first half that gave October 19 .............K Ben Carniol, Case Western Reserve the Spartans a 10-0 lead. He also hit a 28-yard field goal with 3:05 left in the third quarter, putting the Spartans on top 20-0, and converted both of October 26 .......................................................................... his extra point tries. November 2 ........................................................................ November 9 ........................................................................ November 16 ...................................................................... Others Nominated: W&J senior WR Asa Costelnock and Waynesburg senior K Scott Lewis. 2015 PAC Football Preseason Poll D3football.com Top 25, Week 7 (Predicted order of finish) No. School (1st-place votes) Record Points Prev. No. School (1st-place votes) Points 2014 Record 11. Thomas More 7-0 384 12 1. W&J (28) 368 10-2 (7-1 PAC) 15. W&J 5-1 239 16 2. Thomas More (6) 341 8-2 (7-1 PAC) AFCA Division III Top 25, Week 5 3. Bethany 265 6-5 (5-3 PAC) No. School (1st-place votes) Record Points Prev. 4. Waynesburg 225 8-3 (6-2 PAC) 11. Thomas More 7-0 632 12 5. Saint Vincent 212 4-6 (4-4 PAC) 17. W&J 5-1 323 18 6. Westminster 209 4-6 (4-4 PAC) 7. Case Western Reserve 169 3-7 (3-5 PAC) 8. Carnegie Mellon 148 4-6 (3-5 PAC) 9.