2015 Malone University Football Presented By: Game 1 Preview Notes - Sept. 3, 2015 NCAA DII #8 Ohio Dominican Panthers (0-0, 0-0 GLIAC) at Malone Pioneers (0-0, 0-0 GLIAC) 7:30 pm | Tom Benson Stadium | Canton, Ohio Schedule/Results All-Time Series Sept. 3 Ohio Dominican* 7:30 pm ODU leads 7-1 Sept. 12 @ Michigan Tech* 1:00 pm Sept. 19 @ Wayne State* 6:00 pm Year-by-Year Results Sept. 26 Tiffin* 1:00 pm 2014: @ ODU 59, Malone 14 Oct. 3 Ashland* (Homecoming) 2:00 pm 2013: ODU 40, @ Malone 13 Oct. 10 @ Northern Michigan* 1:00 pm 2012: @ ODU 56, Malone 7 Oct. 17 Walsh* 6:00 pm 2008: ODU 34, @ Malone 24 Oct. 24 @ Lake Erie* 7:00 pm 2007: @ ODU 31, Malone 21 Nov. 7 @ Findlay* 12:00 pm 2006: @ ODU 41, Malone 17 Nov. 14 Northwood* 1:00 pm 2005: ODU 27, @ Malone 13 *GLIAC Contest 2004: Malone 39, @ ODU 32 Stadium Renovations Tom Benson Stadium will undergo Coaches renovations throughout the 2015 season. Eric Hehman is in his sixth season as the All fans must enter through Gates 7 & 8 Pioneers’ head coach and has tallied an 11-42 located adjacent to McKinley High School. record at Malone. Prior to arriving in Canton, All other entrances will be closed. Hehman spent the previous five years as head coach at NCAA Division III Greenville (IL) Col- Broadcast/Ticket Information lege where he led the Panthers to a 28-22 re- cord and a berth in the 2009 NCCAA Victory Live Streaming Video Bowl. http://livestream.com/maloneuniversity Clint Scroggs - Play-by-Play Bill Conley is now in his sixth season as the Larry Ridgeway - Color Commentary Panthers’ head coach and has guided ODU to Live Stats a 38-18 overall record, including a memorable http://gliac.org/sports/fball/2015-16/ 11-2 mark and a trip to the NCAA Division II gameday/week_1 Regional Finals last fall. Prior to becoming Tickets Ohio Dominican’s head coach, Conley com- Adults: $8.00 pleted two stints as an assistant at Ohio State Students/Senior Citizens: $5.00 University - from 1984-87 under Earl Bruce Children (12 & under): Free and then from 1992-2003 under John Cooper 2015 Malone Game Notes | www.malonepioneers.com | @maloneathletics Malone Notes Ohio Dominican Notes +2015 marks the 23rd season of intercollegiate foot- +The Panthers captured the GLIAC South Title and ball at Malone…It is also the Pioneers’ fourth year of made their second straight appearance in the NCAA competition in the GLIAC and third year as full mem- Division II playoffs last season bers of NCAA Division II +ODU notched road wins in each of the first two +Malone has tallied a 10-11-1 mark in its first 22 rounds of the 2015 postseason before suffering a season openers narrow 31-28 loss in the Regional Finals to the even- +The Pioneers are 5-4 all-time in season openers tual National Champions, Colorado State University- Pueblo played at home +In last year’s match-up with ODU, Malone trailed by +The Panther defense surrendered the fewest yards a slim 17-14 margin at halftime before four third- (326.4 per game) in the GLIAC last fall while the ODU quarter fumbles by the Pioneers allowed the Panthers offense led the league in passing and ranked near the top of numerous other statistical categories to quickly put the contest out of reach +After battling through an injury-plagued year in +Ohio Dominican was picked to win the GLIAC South Division in the 2015 Preseason Coaches’ Poll 2014, Malone will be aiming to recapture some of its 2013 success when the squad averaged over 395 +In preseason national polls, ODU is ranked 8th by yards and nearly 30 points per game AFCA, 4th by the Sporting News and 5th by D2Foot- ball.com. Malone Players To Watch ODU Players To Watch +QB Will Szpor: After missing the entire 2014 sea- +RB Brandon Schoen, a 2014 Second Team All- son due to a preseason injury, Szpor returns to lead GLIAC honoree and the Panthers’ all-time leading the Pioneer offense this fall...Szpor, who started in rusher (3,246 career yards), returns for his senior each of his first three years on the team, enters his season…Last fall, Schoen tallied his third consecutive final collegiate season ranked among Malone’s all- 1,000-yard season, ending 2014 with 1,134 yards time leaders in several passing categories…He cur- and 12 TDs rently ranks fourth in career completion percentage +WR Dez Stewart is also back looking to build upon (.550) and is fifth in career pass attempts (627), an impressive 2014 season..A Preseason All-America completions (345), yards (3916), and touchdowns pick by D2Football.com, Stewart earned First Team (27) All-GLIAC accolades last fall after leading the confer- +WRs Damien Russell and Eian Elsass: both fig- ence in yards (1,156) and TDs (11) ure to be two of Szpor’s top targets in the passing +QB Grant Russell takes over at the QB position game…Last fall, Russell hauled in 21 catches for 189 this fall, following the graduation of three-year starter yards while Elsass averaged 23.6 yards on seven Mark Miller…In limited action last fall, Russell com- catches, including two TDs pleted 16 of 22 passes for 191 yards and two touch- +RB Matt Blasiole will likely see an expanded role downs this season after averaging 6.9 yards on 40 carries as +DL Sydney Omameh, a D2Football.com Preseason a freshman in 2014 All-America selection who was named First Team All- +DL Austin Cary and LB Fred Baker Jr. both GLIAC in 2014 after registering 62 tackles, including earned USA College Football Preseason All-America 17.0 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks honors…Last fall, Cary notched 30 tackles with a +K Grant Wahle, another D2Football.com Preseason team-best 4.5 sacks while Baker finished third on the All-American, made 19 of 24 field goals last season. team with 63 total tackles. 2015 Malone Game Notes | www.malonepioneers.com | @maloneathletics Malone University 2-Deep Depth Chart QB 4 Will Szpor SR 6-2 200 DE 57 Austin Cary JR 6-2 245 QB 11 John Iacucci R-FR 6-2 220 DE 93 Jesse Correll R-JR 6-3 230 RB 45 Matt Blasiole SO 5-10 200 NG 96 Tyler Bowman JR 6-2 250 RB 41 Tyler Howell FR 5-10 175 NG 77 Carl Grady SR 6-1 250 RB 42 Jon Zimmerly R-SO 5-10 210 DT 9 Colton Hale JR 6-5 240 RB 41 Tyler Howell FR 5-10 175 DT 91 Drew Shreve R-FR 6-4 225 LT 75 Fred Clearman SR 6-4 290 LB 8 Fred Baker Jr. R-JR 6-0 230 LT 66 Blake Cary FR 6-2 256 LB 15 Romel Pollard R-FR 6-3 215 LG 63 Derek Muncy JR 6-3 250 LB 52 Phil Fisher SR 6-0 225 LG 65 Nemo Stefonavic SR 6-2 295 LB 49 Charles Dickens SR 6-0 220 C 55 Sione Veikoso SR 6-0 290 LB 47 Ryan Weber SO 5-11 205 C 58 Greg Martinez JR 5-11 300 LB 54 Dan Mower R-SR 6-0 225 RG 72 Brenson Ennis R-JR 6-4 295 LB 2 Ricarlo Bell JR 6-3 240 RG 78 JD Stamper FR 6-2 270 LB 35 Matt Ramsey FR 6-3 220 RT 74 Trevoy Bates JR 6-5 285 CB 25 Jordan Johnson SO 6-0 170 RT 73 Joe Turner R-SO 6-3 290 CB 38 Darien Giles JR 5-10 177 TE 82 Chris Henke JR 6-2 270 SS 6 Lucas Haupt SR 5-11 175 TE 87 Rodney Lewis FR 6-2 225 or SS 26 Cameron Pitts FR 5-11 192 30 RJ Salazar R-FR 6-0 260 FS 13 James Pawlyk JR 5-11 190 WR 81 Eian Elsass R-SO 6-1 180 FS 20 Josh Correll SO 6-2 200 WR 18 Tyler Billie JR 6-1 195 or 19 Ashton Dulin FR 6-2 190 CB 5 Daniel Tepe SO 5-11 185 CB 33 Obrem. Oppong SO 5-11 185 WR 3 Damien Russell SR 5-10 180 WR 10 Garrett Beech R-FR 5-10 175 P 85 Riley Escalle R-FR 6-3 185 P 21 Devin Wallace FR 6-1 145 KOR 18 Tyler Billie JR 6-1 195 KOR 19 Ashton Dulin FR 6-2 190 K 21 Devin Wallace FR 6-1 145 K 85 Riley Escalle R-FR 6-3 185 PR 18 Tyler Billie JR 6-1 195 PR 25 Jordan Johnson SO 6-0 170 LS 40 Tom Watt JR 6-2 230 LS 35 Matt Ramsey FR 6-3 220 2015 Malone Game Notes | www.malonepioneers.com | @maloneathletics 2015 Malone University Football Roster # First Last YR Pos HT WT Hometown High School/Previous School 2 Ricarlo Bell Jr. LB 6‐3 240 Washington D.C. Jeb Stuart HS / Shepherd Univ. 3 Damien Russell Sr. WR 5‐10 180 Cleveland, OH Lincoln West 4 Will Szpor Sr. QB 6‐2 200 Reedley, CA Reedley 5 Daniel Tepe So. DB 5‐11 185 Hilliard, OH Hilliard 6 Lucas Haupt Sr. DB 5‐11 175 Youngstown, OH Austintown‐Fitch 7 Omar Walker Fr. QB 6‐2 185 Bel Air, MD C Milton Wright 8 Fred Baker R‐Jr.