Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Football PSAC Football Weekly Release - October 29, 2008 PSAC Football Contact: Matt Beltz; Office: (570) 484-2884; Cell: (570) 660-8215; Fax: (570) 484-2206; Email: [email protected]; www.psacsports.org 2008 Conference and Overall Standings (through games of 10-25) Eastern Division PSAC East Pts. Streaks Overall Pts. Streaks W L Pct. H A For Opp Overall 2008 W L Pct. H A For Opp. Top 25 Overall 2008 Bloomsburg 6 0 1.000 2-0 4-0 199 81 W10 W6 9 0 1.000 4-0 5-0 296 140 2-0 W14 W9 West Chester 6 0 1.000 4-0 2-0 226 62 W15 W6 7 2 .778 5-0 2-2 315 160 0-2 W6 W6 East Stroudsburg 4 2 .667 3-1 1-1 218 174 W2 W2 7 2 .778 5-1 2-1 304 223 1-1 W2 W2 Kutztown 3 3 .500 2-1 1-2 131 158 W1 W1 4 5 .444 3-2 1-3 210 222 0-1 W1 W1 Shippensburg 2 4 .333 2-1 0-3 131 156 L3 L3 3 6 .333 2-3 1-3 194 210 0-2 L3 L3 C.W. Post 2 4 .333 1-2 1-2 155 143 L1 L1 2 7 .222 1-5 1-2 181 260 0-2 L1 L1 Millersville 1 5 .167 1-1 0-4 151 212 L2 L2 1 8 .111 1-3 0-5 200 338 0-2 L2 L2 Cheyney 0 6 .000 0-3 0-3 44 269 L15 L6 0 9 .000 0-6 0-3 88 395 0-2 L15 L9 Western Division PSAC West Pts. Streaks Overall Pts. Streaks W L Pct. H A For Opp Overall 2008 W L Pct. H A For Opp. Top 25 Overall 2008 California (Pa.) 6 0 1.000 3-0 3-0 237 107 W12 W6 8 1 .889 5-0 3-1 352 163 3-1 W7 W7 Mercyhurst 5 1 .833 3-0 2-1 193 126 W1 W1 6 3 .667 3-0 3-3 238 164 1-2 W1 W1 Edinboro 4 2 .667 2-2 2-0 182 93 L1 L1 7 2 .778 2-2 5-0 282 121 1-1 L1 L1 IUP 4 2 .667 4-0 0-2 212 94 W2 W2 6 2 .750 4-0 2-2 316 97 0-2 W2 W2 Slippery Rock 2 4 .333 1-1 1-3 123 153 L2 L2 4 5 .444 2-1 2-4 209 228 0-3 L2 L2 Gannon 2 4 .333 1-2 1-2 132 165 W1 W1 4 5 .444 1-2 3-3 206 228 0-2 W1 W1 Clarion 1 5 .167 0-2 1-3 105 260 L1 L1 2 7 .222 0-4 2-3 179 352 0-2 L1 L1 Lock Haven 0 6 .000 0-3 0-3 45 231 L6 L6 0 9 .000 0-5 0-4 51 334 0-4 L9 L9 Last Week’s Results 2008 PSAC Players of the Week Thursday, October 23 August 31 October 12 Mercyhurst 24, Edinboro 21 East Offensive: Kenny Domzalski, RB, Bloomsburg East Offensive: Cardoza Jacks, RB, Millersville Saturday, October 25 East Defensive: Fred Rice, LB. East Stroudsburg East Defensive: Mike Dell, LB, West Chester Gannon 26, Lock Haven 0 West Offensive: Trevor Harris, QB, Edinboro West Offensive: Richard Stokes, RB, Mercyhurst East Stroudsburg 48, C.W. Post 42 West Defensive: Jeremy Appell, DE, Edinboro Kevin McCabe, QB, California (Pa.) Bloomsburg 21, Shippensburg 0 West Defensive: Mike Enoch, DE, Edinboro West Chester 60, Cheyney 6 September 7 Kutztown 26, Millersville 17 East Offensive: Mike Washington, WR, West Chester October 19 California (Pa.) 31, Slippery Rock 10 East Defensive: Matt Freed, LB, East Stroudsburg East Offensive: Jason Gwaltney, RB, C.W. Post IUP 66, Clarion 16 West Offensive: Ryan Lehmeier, RB, Slippery Rock East Defensive: Mike Dell, LB, West Chester West Defensive: Jimmy Simmons, DT, Clarion West Offensive: Trevor Harris, QB, Edinboro This Week’s Schedule West Defensive: Kevin Minor, LB, Gannon September 14 Saturday, November 1 East Offensive: Tim Roken, QB, East Stroudsburg October 26 Edinboro at Clarion, 12:00 p.m. (PA SportsFever Network) East Defensive: Jon Ochs, DL, Bloomsburg East Offensive: Doug Ogden, WR, East Stroudsburg California at Mercyhurst, 1:00 p.m. West Offensive: Andrew Krewatch, QB, IUP East Defensive: Matt Freed, LB, East Stroudsburg IUP at Gannon, 1:00 p.m. West Defensive: Branden Williams, CB, Edinboro West Offensive: Tobias Robinson, RB, IUP Lock Haven at Slippery Rock, 1:00 p.m. West Defensive: Theo Hall, DB, Mercyhurst Cheyney at Shippensburg, 1:00 p.m. September 21 C.W. Post at Kutztown, 1:05 p.m. East Offensive: D’Andre Webb, RB, West Chester November 2 East Stroudsburg at Millersville, 1:30 p.m. East Defensive: Greg Myers, LB, Bloomsburg East Offensive: West Chester at Bloomsburg, 3:30 p.m. (PA SportsFever Network) West Offensive: Tobias Robinson, RB, IUP East Defensive: West Defensive: Sam Morant, DB, Slippery Rock West Offensive: Next Week’s Schedule West Defensive: September 28 Saturday, November 8 East Offensive: Joe Wright, QB, West Chester November 9 Millersville at Edinboro, 12:00 p.m. East Defensive: Riley Bowen, LB, Shippensburg East Offensive: Bloomsburg at Gannon, 1:00 p.m.* West Offensive: Kevin McCabe, QB, California (Pa.) East Defensive: East Stroudsburg at Slippery Rock, 1:00 p.m. West Defensive: Matt Ward, DL, Gannon West Offensive: C.W. Post at Lock Haven, 1:00 p.m. West Defensive: Cheyney at Clarion, 1:00 p.m. October 5 West Chester at Mercyhurst, 1:00 p.m.* Kutztown at IUP, 1:00 p.m. East Offensive: Mike Washington, WR, West Chester Shippensburg at California (Pa.), 6:00 p.m.* East Defensive: Jason Stone, S, Shippensburg West Offensive: Brandon Lombardy, RB, California (Pa.) * Game may change based on PSAC Championship Game West Defensive: Branden Williams, CB, Edinboro PSAC Football - Week 10 Notes - 10/29/08 PSAC Players of the Week - Oct. 25 (Week 9) It’s ‘Semifinal’ Week in the PSAC PSAC East Offensive Player of the Week Although the schedule was not designed to match up such teams at this juncture in the season, it just hap- Doug Ogden, East Stroudsburg, Pa. pened to work out that two games this week will decide the champions of each PSAC division and who WR, Sr., East Stroudsburg, Pa./ES South will represent each division in the PSAC Championship game next week. California (Pa.) will travel to Ogden turned in the top performance for a PSAC receiv- Mercyhurst in a game that will decide the PSAC West while a pair of undefeated teams in divisional play er this year in terms of yards as his eight-catch, 194- in Bloomsburg and West Chester will square off to decide the PSAC East championship. yard effort helped the Warriors win in a shootout over C.W. Post. He averaged 24.3 yards per catch and had Five PSAC Teams in Poll For Second Straight Week - Most of Any Conference four catches for over 25 yards, including a 63-yard For the second straight week, the PSAC has five teams ranked in the AFCA Top 25 poll, the most of any touchdown haul on the final play of the first half, which conference in the poll. Bloomsburg, California (Pa.), IUP, Edinboro and West Chester all remained ranked capped East Stroudsburg’s 35-point second quarter. this year but there was some movement. Bloomsburg remained at No. 4 heading into its showdown with With his effort, he went over 1,500 career receiving West Chester this week while Cal, which was tied for sixth last year, is now No. 7. IUP moved up three yards. spots to No. 18 after its pasting of Clarion, while West Chester moved up five spots to No. 19 after its past- ing of Cheyney. Edinboro fell six spots from No. 15 to No. 21 after its loss to Mercyhurst. Bloom, Cal and PSAC East Defensive Player of the Week IUP have been ranked for all 10 weeks of the season this year, while Edinboro is ranked for the seventh Matt Freed, East Stroudsburg straight week. West Chester is ranked for the second straight week and the fifth week overall this year after LB, So., Souderton, Pa./Souderton being ranked in the first three weeks of the season before falling out for the next five. Freed, the PSAC’s leading tackler, is the East’s East Stroudsburg is receiving votes for the fifth straight week after breaking its two-game losing streak with Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this a win over Kutztown. year after turning in a full-game’s worth of a perform- The five schools in the poll is the most of any conference for the second straight week. The PSAC has now ance in less than a half. Before leaving the game just had the most or has been tied for the most schools in the poll with for eight weeks this year, having four before halftime, Freed recorded 10 tackles, including schools in six of those weeks and now five for two weeks, while the MIAA had five ranked in the two other eight solo stops, which also included a sack and 1.5 weeks. tackles for loss. He also forced a fumble and had a 30- In the D2football.com poll this week, Bloomsburg remained at No. 6 while Cal moved up a spots from No. yard interception return for a touchdown in the second 10 to No.